Tech Ed US (Day 5)

D-day! I wondered how many people would show up for my presentation about RS Custom Security. I turned out that about 60 people thought that custom security is just what they needed to boot up after the last night party. I think the presentation was well received. While you are waiting for the Tech Ed DVD, I posted the code on my website.

I got hammered a bit about my presentation skills. Obviously, the tips I’ve learned from the train-the-trainer session weren’t enough. Next time, I will try some of the Steve Ballmer’s stunts. May be they will do the trick. If someone who’s attended my session reads this, please let me know what I can possibly improve to deliver the message more effectively, since I don’t think I can solve this dilemma by myself. BTW, custom security will be available with RS Standard Edition, as Brian Welcker pointed out at the end of the sessions. This was news to me as well.

My plan was at 2 pm. I wanted to see the Jason Carlson’s (Product Manager of RS) session about advanced report authoring with RS but I didn’t have time. Will see it once I get the Tech Ed DVD. Good bye, Tech Ed, it is time to go back to Atlanta (my home for the past seven or so years).