User Groups

Meet and learn with your peers

User Group Profile International .NET Association (INETA) INETA provides structured peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft .NET user groups. Culminis Culminis represents the culmination of ideas, aspirations, and needs of IT Professionals. Mindshare User Group Support Program Mindshare is Microsoft's program to support PC user groups and help build their enthusiasm about Microsoft technology.

User groups are typically independently run, volunteer groups that meet in-person on a regular basis to discuss and share information on a variety of technical topics. Participation in a user group is an excellent, inexpensive way to receive technical content, education and to meet with your peers to get more out of the Microsoft platforms, products, technologies, and resources which you are interested in.

User Group Resources

User group resources fall into the following categories:

Web sites offering a combination of these resources include the following:

Audience: IT Professionals and Consumers

We’re excited to launch a new User Group search tool that enables you to search for both Consumer and IT Pro focused User Groups from a single interface. Click on the above link to go to this page. We’ll be adding developer groups in the future to make finding and attending User Groups as simple as possible.

Eventful

Audience: All

Eventful is a third-party site that enables the community to list events that are happening all over the world. User Groups from all locations and disciplines can enter their meetings and events into Eventful which will expose your events to a growing audience. Best of all, Eventful exposes their calendars in RSS so you can add these calendars to your favorite RSS reader (like http://www.live.com). This link is the direct link to current MS User Group meetings entered in Eventful and tagged with the “MSUserGroup” tag. For more information on how to enter your events and make sure they show up in this feed, visit this site.

INETA User Groups

Audience: Developers

The International .NET Association (INETA) is an independent organization which provides support to the worldwide .NET user community. To find a user group in your area, refer to the INETA group list. To register your user group or to see what other user group resources are available, please visit the INETA Web site.

Culminis

Audience: IT Professionals

Culminis is an international organization, chartered with supporting the successful growth, development, technical education, community service, and influence of Information Technology (IT) User Groups and Associations interested in Microsoft IT products and solutions. To find an IT User Group in your area, join as a member organization, or to see what other user group resources are available, please visit the Culminis web site.

Mindshare User Groups

Audience: Consumers, Mac Users, Pocket PC Enthusiasts

To find a user group in your area focused on consumers, Mac users, or Pocket PC enthusiasts, please visit the user group locator tool. To register your user group or to see what other resources are available, please visit the Mindshare Web site.

MSN Computer and Internet User Groups

Audience: All

MSN provides an online presence for many user groups. Visit MSN Computer and Internet User Groups to browse a wide variety of user groups you can join, or sign up to create an online meeting place for your own user group.

For more information about engaging with User Groups, please be sure to visit our User Group User Guide.

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