I just came to know about this. SharePoint Saturday is organizing a daylong conference style event on Saturday, January 10^th, 2009. There will be sessions on SharePoint and its related technologies.

The best part? It's FREE!

The following is what they have to say about it.

Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for 'SharePoint Saturday', on Saturday, January 10th, 2009 at the ATC in Virgina Beach, VA. SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint!

I am going there! Are you?

Following are some of the free SQL Server 2008 resources available from Microsoft. Check them out before they are gone!

eBook – Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Clinic – What's New in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for Enterprise Data Platform

Clinic – What's New in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for Business Intelligence

Clinic – What's New in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for Database Development

Clinic – New Features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

Or better yet book mark the SQL Server 2008 Learning Portal.

Woow, Microsoft is giving away free software to students from selected countries! As of this writing this blog post, students from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium are eligible for this offer but Microsoft will be adding more countries to the list, so stay tuned.

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