Dynamics World, a Microsoft Dynamics resource community from UK, has listed The Microsoft Dynamics Top 100 Influential People 2009. This list is intended to provoke thought and reward those that have achieved something extraordinary within Microsoft Dynamics.

Arijit Basu, a Dynamics AX MVP from Kolkata, India, has been recognized at the 11th spot on the list. Being amongst the top influential people in the domain globally is a great achievement, and a feather in the cap for the MVP program too.

The list assesses individuals on several factors like how many people are affected in Microsoft Dynamics by their decisions, how many people do they have regular contact with in the community, how long have they been involved in the community and the positive feedback they get, and how many certifications do they have achieved. Click here for the complete list.

Session abstract of Jacob Sebastian, a SQL Server MVP from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on XML Schema Collections has been approved by the PASS Summit Program Committee and Jacob will have the, in his own words, ‘great’ opportunity to speak at the PASS Summit 2009 in Seattle, Washington later this year.

The presentation - SQL Server 2008 - Create powerful XML Schema collections to validate your XML documents focuses on explaining how effectively XML Schema Collections can be used to validate XML documents that a database application exchanges. Incidentally, the presentation is based on Jacob’s recent book, The Art of XSD – SQL Server XML Schema Collections, which as we’ve blogged about before is available as a free download.

If you are at the PASS Summit in November, you’ll find Jacob at the Red-Gate booth. Be warned, his XML enthusiasm is infectious!

Microsoft Community has been actively helping the technology professionals learn about Microsoft technologies for lots of years now. The most evident form of community is the local User Groups that meet in every city and host sessions for its members.

Microsoft Community has once again come together to organize a country wide event – TechEd On the Road. These events bring sessions and technology from TechEd India 2009 to your local city. Developers and IT Professionals will find these events interesting to attend. Keeping in mind your busy schedules, the events will only be done over the weekends – Saturday/ Sunday. The speakers will include the local MVPs from your city. You will learn a lot and more importantly get to know a lot of new people from different companies.

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Ahmedabad 

Ahmedabad User Group | 27 June, 2009 | Register
Ahmedabad SQL PASS | 20 June, 2009 | Register

Mumbai

Mumbai User Group | 27 June, 2009 | Register

MumbaiITPro | 27 June, 2009 | Register

Bangalore

BDotNet | 20 June, 2009 | Register

BITPro | 21 June, 2009 | Register

Pune

Pune User Group | 20 June, 2009 | Register

Delhi

Delhi Devs | 27 June, 2009 | Register 

DelhiITPro | 27 June, 2009 | Register

Chennai

Chennai User Group | 20 June, 2009 | Register

ChennaiITPro | 20 June, 2009 | Register

Kerala

K-MUG | 27 June, 2009 | Register

Hyderabad

Hyderabad Techies | 27 June, 2009 | Register

Siliguri

Windows Support | 27 June, 2009 | Register

Mandya / Mysore

MY-TUG | 27 June, 2009 | Register

Surat

Dot Net Chaps | 28 June, 2009 | Register

Surat User Group | 28 June, 2009 | Register

Nepal

FIT Nepal | 26 June, 2009 | Register

Bangladesh

MSDN Bangladesh | 20 June, 2009 | Register

The Microsoft MVPs in Bangladesh are presenting - Microsoft Day @ Dhaka, a special event dedicated to all developers and IT professionals, and students of Bangladesh.

Five MVPs from Bangladesh – Omar Al Zabir, Shariqul Islam Azad, Kazi Manzur Rashid, Mohammad Ashraful Alam, and Mehfuz Hussain are organizing the event and Omar (creator of www.pageflakes.com), Mehfuz, and Ashraful would also take sessions at the event. There would also be a Q&A session with the panel of MVPs.

If you are a Microsoft technology enthusiast or professional, make sure you do not miss it for the world. Check out event details, and registration information here.