Compared to the blandness of a Microsoft event like Ignite, the level of marketing hyperbole, overpromising, and under delivery is far less.Īlthough I enjoy seeing the range of expertise available in most ECS sessions, I consider it regrettable that all the ECS keynote sessions feature Microsoft employees. Because it’s a community event, ECS sessions deliver more independent and diverse thought about how technology works and how to extract value from deployments. The result is that the ECS vibe is quite different. Both events are being run under strict Covid-19 protocols to protect all those involved.ĮCS is a community event which isn’t run purely on a commercial basis (costs must be covered, so the event is sponsored). ECS runs alongside its sister event, the European Cloud Summit. Virtual conferences filled a gap while travel was impossible or restricted, but the energy, vitality, and enthusiasm present when gathering to listen to a series of sessions delivered by Microsoft Teams or Zoom is very different to an in-person event.Īll of which means that I am looking forward to being in Dusseldorf, Germany for the European Collaboration Summit (ECS) starting on November 29. Much has happened since, but as society gradually recovers from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, conferences are beginning to cast off the constraints imposed by having to run as virtual gatherings. The last in-person event I spoke at was the European SharePoint Conference in Prague in December 2019.
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