Archive for the ‘Riyadh SharePoint User Group’ tag
Meet Yasir Attiq – SharePoint MVP from Saudi Arabia
Tell us who you are?
Hi Everyone, My Name is Yasir Attiq, but I am mostly known as Jerry Yasir in the communities. I am SharePoint Services MVP and SharePoint Trainer and Consultant at EJADA, Saudi Arabia. I am also Founder and Lead for Riyadh SharePoint User Group (RSUG.NET). RSUG is a Leading SharePoint User Group in Saudi Arabia with over 1600 Members. I am Microsoft Certified Trainer and presenter.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I have been awarded on 1st April for the very first time.
What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
As the key area of Interest for me is SharePoint, I keep reading information about the technology from Blogs, RSS Feeds and articles. Having Interest in Research and Development, Leads me to test the products early in beta and try to learn it myself and later share it with my community members and colleagues through community events and trainings. I do trainings regularly which enables to prepare for new technologies by preparing every day.
Saudi Arabia – “Deep Dive – SharePoint 2010″ in Pictures
Riyadh SharePoint User Group recently organized “Deep Dive – SharePoint 2010” event at the Microsoft Innovation Center, Alyamama University, Riyadh. The event provided deep knowledge about SharePoint 2010, Administration, Development and Upgrade while providing live demos. This event gave quick “how to do” with SharePoint Lists and using Microsoft Project 2010 with SharePoint 2010.
“Deep Dive – SharePoint 2010″ by Riyadh SharePoint User Group
Riyadh SharePoint User Group will be organizing their next User Group event to be held on February 18, 2009 at the Microsoft Innovation Center, Alyamama University, Riyadh. The event will provide deep knowledge about SharePoint 2010, Administration, Development and Upgrade while providing live demos. This event will also give you quick “how to do” with SharePoint Lists and using Microsoft Project 2010 with SharePoint 2010.
Why should you attend the event?
- If you are eager to learn and get ready for SharePoint 2010
- You want to win Windows 7 Ultimate
- You want to have chance to Win XBOX 360
- A Chance to Win 400 GB USB Hard Drive Include SharePoint 2007 and 2010 All Software Virtual PC and HyperV Images
- Cool Give Ways including Books, USBs, Reading Material etc.
- Chance to ask questions and get answers to your problems.
- Get SharePoint 2010 All Software Hyper V Image. (Bring your USB Disk with around 15 GB Size)
List of Microsoft technical communities in Saudi Arabia
RSUG
http://www.sharepointgroups.org/rsug/default.aspx
RSUG is the primary SharePoint user group in Saudi Arabia. It consists of a set of great technical consultants from different well known partners in the industry.
- International Associations: ISPA, INETA, CULMINIS
- Community lead: Jerry Yasir
VirManSec
IT Professional community that consists of strong potential IT Pros and technical experts who are working for top Microsoft partners in the areas of virtualization, security and system management (Windows Server technologies).
- International Associations: CULMINIS
- Community Lead: Asem Hourani (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=A7574DBE-B82B-48C4-A51D-3E52B5B521C7)
DevLifeStyle
Devlifestyle community is the second oldest community in Saudi that is lead by a number of great technical experts in the areas of .NET development, SQL Server BI, and BizTalk technologies.
- International Associations: INETA , CULMINIS
- Community Lead: Mohamad Halabi
Pakistan – SharePoint 2010 Community Launch in Pictures
SharePoint Pakistan User Group recently arranged “SharePoint 2010 Community Launch” at University of Central Punjab, Lahore. During the event the speakers covered latest technologies like Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010, ASP.NET 4, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio Team System and provided real world guidance on Developing Application on top of SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET, Exploring Implementation and Integration scenarios and getting ready for SharePoint 2010.
Starting a New Microsoft User Group or Community – Guidelines and Links
Creating User Group or technical groups is not easy step. It requires lot of time and resources to find people who are interested in working with you as volunteers and successfully creating a trust in your group members minds. But once everything is up and running the result is great. So while answering the question I was able to note down the things and resources to get help from. It is given below.
- Name the User Group and define your scope, objectives and target audience.
- Get Volunteer/Community Geeks on board – You need to define a Board build a relationship between the volunteers who are interested to be part of such a group and designate positions and responsibilities.
- Distribute Roles according to Skills and availability
- Create Check Lists of Tasks
- Design Group Logo and Moto
- Try to find a Local Microsoft Community Lead or MVP to guide you and present you some contacts.
- Do board meeting in the early weeks to discuss user group topics and vision for 6 months at least.
- Create a Facebook/Online Group Site and publish your Group with basic introduction to get peoples interest and on-board.
SharePoint Pakistan User Group – SharePoint 2010 Community Launch
SharePoint Pakistan User Group is arranging a “SharePoint 2010 Community Launch” that will be held on 5th of December, 2009 at University of Central Punjab, Lahore. Technical Communities play very important role in helping developers stay in touch with other developers, learn latest technologies and getting solutions to the problems they are facing in the their working environments This event will help reigniting the communities in Lahore as well as help restructuring SharePoint Pakistan User Group and related Microsoft User Groups.
The event will exclusively disclose the latest technologies like Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010, ASP.NET 4, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio Team System and while providing real world guidance on Developing Application on top of SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET, Exploring Implementation and Integration scenarios and getting ready for SharePoint 2010.
Saudi Arabia – Riyadh Community Summit in Pictures
Riyadh SharePoint User Group, DevLifeStyle and CodeBetter communities recently collaborated to conduct the first ever Riyadh Community Summit on October 22, 2009 at the Microsoft Innovation Center, Alyamama University, Riyadh. During the event the speakers disclosed the latest technologies like Visual Studio 2010, BizTalk Server 2009, Visual Studio Team System and also provided the real world guidance on developing applications on top of SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET and BizTalk, Exploring Implementation and Integration scenarios and getting ready for SharePoint 2010.
Windows 7 was also offically launched during the event. Ammar Abuthurayya from Microsoft (Saudi Arabia) highlighted some amazing and useful features of Windows 7. He also explained the background on how developers can develop application for Windows 7 and increase productivity of end users.
History, Evolution and Future of Microsoft Communities
Jerry Yasir, Founder of Riyadh Sharepoint User Group recently done an interview with Ammar Abuthuraya (DE, Microsoft – Saudi Arabia) at the Riyadh Community Summit to discuss the history, evolution and future of Microsoft Communities in Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh Community Summit, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh SharePoint User Group, DevLifeStyle and CodeBetter communities collaborated to announce the the first ever Riyadh Community Summit being held on October 22, 2009 at the Microsoft Innovation Center, Alyamama University, Riyadh.
The summit will exclusively disclose the latest technologies like Visual Studio 2010, BizTalk Server 2009, Visual Studio Team System and while providing real world guidance on Developing Application on top of SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET and BizTalk, Exploring Implementation and Integration scenarios and getting ready for SharePoint 2010.
