Tech-Ed 2006 (Sun City)
Well I'm back from Tech-Ed 2006. Overall I'd have to say that the technology highlight for me was seeing LINQ in action. The best speaker in my opinion was Kimberly L. Tripp (http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/) who gave a wealth of SQL 2005 presentations/demos on all sorts of fascinating bits and pieces. I must say I picked up the most new tips and tricks from Kimberly's presentations. Kimberly managed to make even the most boring topics interesting to listen to - she clearly has some extreme SQL/SQL Server knowledge and in one demo she even quoted exact KB article numbers off the top of her head.
On the downside, I was hoping for more in-depth sessions on the new technologies WF, WPF and WCF. The sessions were few and far between and only touched the surface; leaving much to be desired.
On the upside, the parties were kick ass, the food was really good and the fireworks/laser show at the closing party was truely spectacular.
And did I mention that it was HOT! 36 degrees Celcius.