The research aims to identify the concept of E-communities of practice, learn about its impact on the professional development of staff members, identify the most prominent experiences of universities in some foreign countries in applying E- communities of practice to achieve professional development, present a comparative analysis to the applications of E- communities of practice to achieve professional development in comparison universities, presented the reality of the Egyptian universities efforts in applying E- communities of practice, Exposing the most prominent obstacles facing professional development in Egyptian universities, The research has come up with proposed procedures to assist Egyptian universities in applying E- communities of practice to achieve professional development for staff members in light of benefiting from some foreign experiences in this field