We have two events happening in March that you should be aware of if you are in the Oklahoma City metro area. It will be great time to share what you are doing with SharePoint and struggles you are having. Perhaps there will be someone in attendance that can provide an answer to your problem.
When: March 11th, 2010 11:30am - 1:00pm (please rsvp, see below)
Where:
Dell Oklahoma City office
3501 SW 15th
Bldg A, Hudson Hall on 1st Floor
Oklahoma City, OK 73108
Who:
Eric Shupps, The SharePoint Cowboy will be our guest speaker for this first meeting of the Oklahoma City SharePoint...
The Microsoft SharePoint Team blog has officially posted the release dates for SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010.
RTM (Release to Manufacturing) will be this April 2010
May 12th, 2010, is the launch date for SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010
Matt Passannante has recently posted an excellent article on SharePoint's new Service Application Architecture. He reviews the history of where we've been and provides the look into the future of "Componentization" - the approach Microsoft has taken with the Service Application Architecture. Microsoft has numerous built-in services ready for use as well. I highly recommend reading this great article. It will clarify alot of questions you may have concerning this huge complex powerful new platform within SharePoint...
http://vspug.com/matt/2010/02/23/planning-for-the-new-service-application-architecture-in-sharepoint-2010/