I am very excited to announce the huge success of the Microsoft Community Tech Days in Ahmedabad, on 11 June 2011. The turnout for this seminar was huge, and there was a great response from the audience. In fact, the AMA where the conference was held can seat 275 people – but there were over 50 people standing, the event coordinators had to find 150 more chairs, and we even had to turn away 30 people at the door because there was just no more room. This means that there were over 500 attendees!
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