Last month, I spent 2 weeks in Asia working with/for the Office Business Application team (Redmond) in Asia; 1 week in the Philippines (Manila) and 1 week in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh, aka Saigon). It was a kind of Oba/Sharepoint evangelization and also Train the trainer training ; the feedback was excellent; we did the same session before in Paris and Beijing last year. The oba team attended my courses and it was so fun. Oba seems to be very popular in Asia. 30% of the training was focused on Client_side development and patterns (VSTO 3.0) an 70% on server side technologies and patterns (MOSS+ link with the client).

Contact and feedback with/from companies and people was crucial for us.

For more information on Oba and the Oba patterns, read this article and don't forget the famous oba central site.

And what about a picture of the Oba team with Bill Gates ?

Guys, I'm falling in love with Asia ! I've rarely seen so friendly people (this human aspect reminds me of Africa where I was born and grew up). I need to get back there ASAP.

Small strange detail, I've noticed that filipinos (at least the guys attending my training) eat all the time and never use a knife : they use a spoon instead ; the same in restaurants.

Manila

Oba Train the Trainer session (manila)

Oba Train the trainer (MS office, Ho Chi Minh)

Oba Train the Trainer session (Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam)

Relaxing with the Oba team (Redmond) and the MS Vietnam team

Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh