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From a small gathering of IT pros attending a product demonstration, to a huge national convention, you'll find a wide variety of upcoming events that offer these great benefits: - Regular meetings. See presentations by local and visiting speakers, take part in technical Q&A and troubleshooting sessions, and receive a variety of giveaways from sponsors.
- An online community: Get the latest technical news, special offers, technical white papers, and other educational resources.
- Peer support. Find answers to your technical questions while building a network in your local IT pro community.
- Volunteer opportunities. Gain valuable experience on development projects, organizational committees, and other aspects of nonprofits.
- Technical projects. Have the opportunity to practice and apply recently learned technical skills.
- IT pro tours. See the latest technologies and advance demonstrations of upcoming products and technologies when the Microsoft product teams tour the country visiting IT pro groups to gather feedback from the community.
Find a user group near youINETA User Groups
Audience: Developers
Microsoft has partnered with INETA (The International .NET Association) to expand online support for Developer oriented User Groups through USER GROUP SUPPORT SERVICES. UGSS has one mission: to support Developer and IT Professional User Groups worldwide in their success! User Group Support Services is not intended to be your final destination or your only destination. Get extra $ for your events, Get People at your Events, and Get great stuff to show! Learn more! - To register your user group or to see what other user group resources are available, please visit the INETA Web site and click the region to which your country belongs.
- To explore additional user group resources available through INETA, please the INETA Web site.
- Explore UGSS further! Register now to enjoy the benefits!
SQL PASS User Groups
Audience: Developers, IT Professionals
The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) is an independent, not-for-profit association, dedicated to supporting, educating, and promoting the Microsoft SQL Server community. From local user groups and special interest groups (SIGs) to webcasts and the annual PASS Summit – the largest gathering of SQL Server professionals in the world – PASS enables knowledge sharing, in-depth learning, access to the Microsoft SQL Server team, and the ability to influence the direction of SQL Server technologies. For more information and your free membership, visit www.sqlpass.org. Culminis
Audience: IT Professionals
Culminis is an international not-for-profit organization chartered with supporting the successful growth, development, technical education, community service, and influence of Information Technology (IT) User Groups and Associations interested in IT products and solutions. Microsoft has partnered with Culminis to expand online support for IT Professional focused User Groups through USER GROUP SUPPORT SERVICES. UGSS has one mission: to support Developer and IT Professional User Groups worldwide in their success! User Group Support Services is not intended to be your final destination or your only destination. Get extra $ for your events, Get People at your Events, and Get great stuff to show! Learn more! - To find an ITPRO User Group in your area, apply for your user group to become a Culminis Member Organization, or to learn more about other available services, please visit the Culminis web site.
- If you are looking for a set of support services to help you manage your offline user group act ivies AND have direct access to content built specifically for your events, connect your user group to Culminis to take advantage of the core services offered as a result of membership. The Culminis CORE Services are:
- Community Development: Facilitates the growth of existing and new professional IT User Groups and associations.
- Event Support: Apply for UGSS funding and find other resources to help User Group leaders stage and promote events.
- Relationship Mapping: Provide an interactive database in order to match leaders with the content and human resources they need to maintain and grow their groups. Microsoft Product Teams have partnered with User Group Support Services to provide demos, discussion presentations and other content that is specific to helping you hold successful meetings and events. Access to secured assets from the Culminis site requires the user to be registered on MS Connect and to have accepted the Terms of Use.
- Level 5 Participation (L5P): L5P tracks engagement with both Culminis and the community as a whole and rewards user groups accordingly.
- The VOICE: The VOICE is a monthly BLOG publication designed to literally be “the voice” of the User Group Community. In addition to conversation and discussions on relevant topics, The VOICE also contains reports on surveys carried out on behalf of our solution providers together with statistical data on the User Groups and their interests and activities.
Mindshare User Groups
Audience: Consumers, Mac Users, Pocket PC Enthusiasts
Mindshare connects you, as a user group leader or group member, to the best resources for learning and presenting on various Microsoft technologies. Whether your interest is software or hardware, online services or networking, operating systems or applications, the Mindshare User Group Experience connects you to resources that are relevant and worth sharing. To access a set of robust online services to help you manage your offline user group activities as well as get direct access to content built specifically for your events, register on Mindshare today!
Register a User GroupIf you belong to or run a user group, find out about and take advantage of the many benefits of registering it.
Additional User Group ProgramsMicrosoft also offers these user group programs: User Group Support Services
Audience: Developer/IT Professional
Microsoft has partnered with Culminis, INETA and PASS to expand online support for IT Professional focused User Groups through USER GROUP SUPPORT SERVICES. UGSS has one mission: to support Developer and IT Professional User Groups worldwide in their success! User Group Support Services is not intended to be your final destination or your only destination. Get extra $ for your events, Get People at your Events, and Get great stuff to show! Learn more! Looking for content only? UGSS offers content built specifically for user group events by Microsoft Product Teams! To access this content directly, sign in to Microsoft Connect with your Windows Live ID!
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International .NET Association (INETA) INETA provides structured peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft .NET user groups. Mindshare User Group Support Program Mindshare is Microsoft's program to support PC user groups and help build their enthusiasm about Microsoft technology. |