http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2010/06/25/microsoft-by-the-numbers.aspx
Great read!!!
Save the Date for SharePoint Conference 2011, the premier worldwide conference dedicated to SharePoint and related technologies being held October 3-6, 2011 in Anaheim, California.
SharePoint Conference 2011 will be the conference to learn more about Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010, the business collaboration platform for the enterprise and the internet. Learn how to apply the latest best practices for building and deploying solutions on the platform and find out how customers and partners are embracing cloud-based services to create value for their organizations.
Registration will open Spring 2011. Add yourself to the keep me notified list to stay up to date on all conference announcements at www.mssharepointconference.com.
We hope to see you in October 2011!
Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011 Team | SPC@Microsoft.com
HERE ARE THE TOP THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WPC THIS WEEK:
#1. BE INSPIRED BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 is honored to announce that President Bill Clinton, Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States as the WPC 2010 Guest Speaker. Hear President Bill Clinton presenting ‘Embracing our Common Humanity’ on Wednesday, July 14 in Washington, D.C.
President Bill Clinton was the first Democratic president in six decades to be elected twice – first in 1992 and then in 1996. Under his leadership, the country enjoyed the strongest economy in a generation and the longest economic expansion in U.S. history, including the creation of more than 22 million jobs.
#2. THE WPC 2010 AGENDA HAS BEEN ENHANCED TO SHOWCASE MICROSOFT'S ROADMAP AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES! IMPORTANT SCHEDULE CHANGES HAVE NOW BEEN MADE.
PLEASE VISIT WWW.DIGITALWPC.COM/CONNECT TO UPDATE YOUR IMPORTANT NETWORKING MEETINGS.
Due to overwhelming demand, we are excited to announce that the WPC 2010 Agenda has been further enhanced to support more vision keynotes, like Steve Ballmer, Kevin Turner, Stephen Elop, Bob Muglia, and more consumer keynotes than ever before.
As a result of this exciting news, the session schedule has officially changed with important time changes. These changes may affect your already booked networking meetings. Please review the updated Agenda and reschedule any meetings on WPC Connect. 
#3. SHOWCASE YOUR BUSINESS AND DRIVE AWARENESS AT THE EXPO - ONLY A FEW SPACES LEFT!
With over 10,000 partners from around the world attending, sponsoring or exhibiting at the WPC 2010 Expo will help you achieve your marketing and sales goals, increase awareness and create new partnerships. Get in on the opportunity and book your EXPO space today.
#4. HAVE YOUR TEAMS REGISTERED FOR WPC 2010?
#5. BE PART OF THE WPC 2010 CHORUS
Partners raise your voices to the Cloud! We’re looking for talented singers to appear in a virtual chorus that will be part of the Vision Keynote kick-off in Washington, D.C. Participation is simple, and the first 200 submissions will be assembled into an amazing virtual performance. If you would like to participate, you will be guided through 5 easy steps, so get started today!
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WPC 2010 VISIT OUR WEBSITE
CRM 4.0 in the Financial Sector (Level 200) - June 17th at 11:00 – 13:00
This event will focus on the extensibility and level with which Dynamics CRM can be customized to fit various industries. This Event will primarily focus on the financial sector and help manage companies of all sizes. This industry demo will provide an opportunity to maintain a clear view of customers enabling financial advisors, financial planners and insurance agents to leverage their clients’ profile and portfolio information to identify cross-sell and up-sell opportunities, improve customer retention and overall portfolio performance. This vertical solution delivers on results driven management of lead and referral tracking, comprehensive contact relationship features, improved productivity with Outlook integration, and business analytics consisting of portfolio tracking and robust reporting capabilities
Target Audience: Pre-sales, Technical consultants and Field Consultants
SharePoint 2010 – Search (Level 200) - June 24th at 11:00 – 13:00
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 offers all of the enterprise search features and functionality that are in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and provides many new enterprise search capabilities. This session summarizes the new enterprise search features and functionality in SharePoint Server 2010. With these new capabilities, search administrators can configure an optimal, secure search infrastructure that enables end users to find information in the enterprise quickly and efficiently.
Target Audience: IT-Pro, Consultants
“These online SharePoint Server 2010 training courses are video-based. Each course includes several video lessons, a brief quiz (not scored), and a printable Quick Reference Card. You can take these training courses at your desk and at your own pace simply by viewing them in a web browser. No special installation or configuration is required.”
Specific to training courses, take a look at Take SharePoint Server 2010 training at your desk, where you will find free online training courses of the enterprise capabilities of SharePoint 2010.
There are additional training courses available free at “Browse all SharePoint Server 2010 end user training” and Short How-To type videos at Browse all SharePoint Server 2010 end user videos. Microsoft also provides Basic Tasks in SharePoint Server 2010 to help end user pick up SharePoint quickly and don’t forget the all-time familiar “Getting Started with SharePoint Server 2010”, “What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010”.
All training courses and help contents are also available upon clicking on the help icon of any SharePoint deployment.