Office Business Applications (OBA) Team Blog : ODC2008

ODC2008 content published!

khawara — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:01:00 GMT

ODC2008 presentations, keynotes and news are now published externally!

You can access these by going to www.obacentral.com and clicking on the ODC2008 tab, or directly via the link below:

https://www.obacentral.com/ODC/Default.aspx

- Khawar

Winners of OBA Solution of the Year announced at ODC 2008!

khawara — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:16:00 GMT

Winners of the OBA Solution of the Year Award Contest

1st place: SmartAsset ODC

2nd place: Intrasphere PharmaCM

3rd place: IntelliSafe Vault Desktop for Microsoft Office 2007

Congratulations!!

Congratulations to Round 2 Finalists

Bluespring BPM Suite 4.5
Epicor Information Worker
FirstPoint Enterprise Content Management
IntelliSafe Vault Desktop for Microsoft Office 2007
K2 blackpearl
Knowledge Driven Solution Accelerator
ObjectRisk Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance Modular System
Intrasphere PharmaCM
SmartAsset ODC
Xpertdoc Studio 2007

- Khawar

Soma's blog post on Office development and Visual Studio

khawara — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:50:00 GMT

Soma Somasegar (VP, dev div) posted an interesting post on Office development recently. Here's the link:

http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2008/01/30/integrating-business-systems-with-office-and-sharepoint.aspx

- Khawar

Update: 2008 Office Developer Conference is only 18 work days away!

khawara — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:35:00 GMT

First, we're now only 18 work days away from ODC 2008!!

There's some excellent OBA related content and world class speakers in each and every track so if you haven't checked out the details yet, I encourage you to do so now. You can find details of the various tracks and sessions via the links below:

By the way,Hugh MacLeod of "Blue Monster" fame just confirmed he'll be at the conference. More here.

- Khawar

Office Developer "Sleepless" Contest - $100K in prizes!

khawara — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:48:00 GMT

Several Microsoft groups have teamed up to bring a series of Sleepless events to you! The finals will take place in San Jose and winners will be announced at ODC 2008!

If you are wondering why Sleepless and what the event is like, check out this video to get an idea:

http://www.infusion.com/media/sleeplessmedia/SleeplessInNY.wmv

This time Sleepless is bringing the best of SharePoint, Office Development and Silverlight training to you AND a chance at $100,000 in prizes, including all-expense-paid trip to ODC 2008 in San Jose!

Events will take place in Atlanta, Dallas, LA, Silicon Valley, Chicago and Washington DC and SharePoint’s elite including Microsoft Product Team members and SharePoint MVPs will be there.

The weekend features:

· Training from Office and SharePoint development elites including Microsoft Product Team members and SharePoint MVPs

· A Mystery Game-show

· Overnight Developer competition

Think you’ve got what it takes??

Apply Now at www.infusion.com/sleepless and find out.

Good luck!

- Khawar

ODC 2008 - Registration now open!

khawara — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:04:00 GMT

ODC 2008 registration is now open. Register today via www.odc2008.com!

Be sure to check out the blogs displayed in the silverlight control on the right side of the main page. We are still in the process of sorting out the detailed plans for the conference and content for the various tracks, and will use these blogs to share our ideas/issues/direction via the blogs. Would love to get your feedback and what you'd like to see at the conference.

- Khawar

Announcing Microsoft Office System Developer Conference 2008!

khawara — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:56:00 GMT

The Microsoft Office team is pleased to announce the dates and location for the 2008 Office Developer Conference!

When: February 10-13, 2008

Where: San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA

Who: 2000 developers and architects who build solutions on the Office platform (Office clients, servers, and services)

More info available at: http://www.odc2008.com.

Hope to see you all there!

- Khawar