Delayed feedback on SUGUK in Reading
There was a good turn out at the SUGUK meeting in Reading on 28th June.
First Session:
Groove: A powerful tool for collaboration, that is now part of Office 07
There was a guest presentation by the Groove User Group by Jim Moffat. The groove user group is fairly new and I was lucky enough to attend the very first ever meeting anywhere in the world at the recent UK EVO Day in Reading.
The number of users is increasing we are trying to do some ‘dog fooding’ as we have a Groove workspace setup for the UK members. Some of the key questions that came from the meeting
How will Groove do the sync if i’m in a locked down environment with no network access? not even email.
Well it kinda makes collaboration difficult and I’m afraid groove won’t help you here – carrier pigeon was suggested!
Doesn’t Groove and SharePoint do the same thing?
Yes and No. There was discussion on this and this posting helps explain it. This is something that the user group will be taking up to try and help people explain and understand.
Second Session:
Customising MOSS the supported way – from end-user to admin interfaces
Chris O’Brien did an excellent demo on the supported ways of customising MOSS, some really good tips on the use of the Delegate Control and where Microsoft themselves have missed a trick.
I recommend you read through Chris’ blog, he even has a really good theme 
which I am sure you will find familiar.
Down the Pub Session:
To the George
A good turn out at the Down the Pub session, if you haven’t stayed on after a SUGUK event I recommend you do. This is the best opportunity to talk about things like the current market, meet potential customers or resources. Oh and you get to have a few beers as well.
Looking forward to seeing you all at the next one, which I think will be London in July (am I allowed to say that Nick?) – watch out for formal confirmation on the SUGUK site.
