EMEA Project Conference - Madrid

Finally, after all the excitement that Richard and Robert had in Seattle and Barcelona, I find myself in the Auditorium Hotel, Madrid for the EMEA Project Conference.

According to the multilingual sales blurb in my room, the hotel is the largest in Europe, and I must say it's very nice. We flew in yesterday and today is an MS Partner-only day before the conference itself kicks off tomorrow.

Project Server is something we're very interested in using ourselves, and it's integration with SharePoint (MOSS/WSS) makes it an attractive solution to anybody who has already deployed MOSS for their corporate intranet, as we have.

Also on the agenda today is VSTS integration with Project Server, which I'm keen to see more on. Closing the loop between developer activity and project planning and monitoring can make a big difference to whether a project comes in on time and budget.

I'm here for the SysAdmin track, whilst Paul and Jim cover the managerial and best practice side of things. I'll do my best to blog on what I see, although it's a pretty packed few days, ending in a good sprint from the end of the last session at 3:15 on Wednesday to make it to the airport in time for our 5:25 flight back to Blighty.