I am excited to announce that I am hosting a SharePoint 2010 Community Launch event in conjunction with The Chicago Microsoft SharePoint Business Strategies Group.

We will have a short overview of SharePoint 2010 followed by a presentation on Enterprise Content Management by SharePoint MVP Ben Curry.

Come see the new Enterprise Content Management functionality in SharePoint Server 2010. Have you ever wanted to replicate a content type across many site collections with the click of a button? Have you wanted a centralized taxonomy that was easy to manage? Do you want to save time & money managing your information architecture? In SharePoint Server 2010, Enterprise Content Types and Metadata provide much more robust methods of data classification, retention, retrieval, and consumption. The agenda will include Content Type Syndication, Creating and Managing a Term Store, and integrating these solutions into sites, libraries, and Office 2010 applications.

Ben Curry (SharePoint MVP, CISSP, MCT, MCP, MCTS) is an enterprise architect specializing in knowledge management and collaboration technologies. As a Managing Consultant for Summit 7 Systems, Ben draws on his years of experience to manage the most demanding projects and system architectures while delivering powerful customized solutions based on the Microsoft Information Worker platforms. He has authored or co-authored 4 books on SharePoint Server, including SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices and the forthcoming SharePoint Server 2010 Administrators' Pocket Consultant, both by Microsoft Press.

Registration is now open.