{"id":6333,"date":"2008-06-22T18:12:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-23T01:12:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:51:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:51:45","slug":"microsoft-prepares-to-grow-it-pro-communities-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2008\/06\/22\/microsoft-prepares-to-grow-it-pro-communities-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft prepares to grow IT Pro communities worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has a deep commitment to growing and nurturing communities organized around supporting users of our products and technologies. Several popular not-for-profit Microsoft technical communities include INETA for developers, PASS for SQL Server users and Culminis for IT Pros. 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