We’ve written before about the positive benefits SharePoint Saturdays add to the learning community in posts like “Is SharePoint Saturday Coming to Your Town?” If you are in the Austin area on Saturday, January 21, you may want to stop by this one-day conference. SharePoint architects, developers, end users, and numerous other professionals turn out for the event. The day is explained in “SharePoint Saturday Austin (#SPSAusTx).”

SharePoint Saturday is an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint!

Full event details are provided including registration information, “SharePint” Night plans, and volunteer opportunities. For those new to SharePoint deployments or end users looking to advance their skills will surely find the day useful.

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Ken Toth, January 12, 2012