USER GROUPS > SIGs - PUGs - IUGs
User groups focus on networking and knowledge sharing specific to the members' shared interest. Through meetings, conference calls and other interaction opportunities, user group members share their experiences, make contact with other users and identify product development issues.
There are three types of product/industry user groups:
- Industry user groups (IUGs) are comprised of users from a common industry or type of business. Many times members cross product lines and/or technologies.
- Product user groups (PUGs) are comprised of users who share a common software product or technology. PUGs are focused around the same product or particular module or the software.
- Special interest groups (SIGs) can be formed around either a product or industry interest.
**For step-by-step instructions on how to join Quest and a user group, click here.**
Industry User Groups
Product User Groups
Special Interest User Groups
Subscribing to Quest and Affiliated User Groups on the Quest Web site
As a Quest subscriber member (no cost to you) you will have access to Quest special interest, product, industry or regional user groups' sites and other online tools (excluding members-only tools); able to submit, view and discuss enhancement requests via Quest's enhancement request system; access to product advocacy resources, Quest eNews and other electronic updates; and have access to free weekly vendor-presented webinars.
Please follow these easy steps to subscribe to Quest and our affiliated user groups and share this information with your colleagues.
1. Go to the Quest Web site - www.questdirect.org
2. Log into the site. (If you are logged in, you will see "Welcome" and your name in the top bar. If you have forgotten your password click here.)
3. If you do not have a Quest ID and password, go to Become a Member / Become a Subscriber (member levels and benefits can be found here). Click “Join Now” and choose to become a free subscriber or become a paid Quest member.
4. New members/subscribers to Quest logging into the system for the first time are required to complete a profile question form prior to being able to navigate within the Quest Web site.
5. After logging in, click on the About User Groups tab at the top of the page. Here you can navigate to either our SIGs-IUGs-PUGs listing or our Geographic User Groups listing. By clicking on the user group you are interested in, you will be taken to that group's home page. Once there, you can bookmark this page to go directly there in the future.
6. On the user group home page, there is a button labeled Subscribe to [UG Name]. Click on this button. This will add your name to that group’s subscriber list.
If you should have any questions or need additional assistance with joining Quest International Users Group, either as a paid member or subscriber, please do not hesitate to contact us at uginfo@questdirect.org.