The first release of the Content Catalog is live with a sampling of the Breakout Sessions to be offered at TechEd North America 2012.  This is an important distinction as we have slightly changed how we release content in the catalog, based on customer feedback.
 
In years past, we would release the catalog when all content, including all of the different learning formats, like Birds-of-a Feather Sessions, Workshops, and Hands-on Labs, were 100% locked.  In some years, we provided more fluid updates that contained content with a higher likelihood of being modified or removed altogether. For 2012, we took the feedback from both approaches and decided to release the catalog with more finalized content, but to do so in waves.  This will allow users to show their boss the value of attending based on the actual sessions and with the benefit of doing so before the Early Bird registration savings end.
 
Which brings me to the reason for this blog: I’d like to ease the concerns of many of you who have recently filtered on a Track or completed a Keyword search by technology, and found the search does not yield any results. At this time, when that happens, it does not mean there will be no content on that subject at TechEd. We continue to work on finalizing content across all Tracks, including Breakout Sessions, BOFs, Workshops, HOLs, etc. and will go live with new content in waves over the next two months.
 
Of course, the team and I always appreciate your feedback on our processes, so if you have suggestions, please post them here or send me an email via myTechEd.  Otherwise, I'll keep you up-to-date on new Content Catalog releases through upcoming blog posts.