People in today’s enterprise networks are struggling to implement and take advantage of the security and authentication improvements made in MOSS. This session will help those understand and implement Kerberos as well as troubleshoot the issues that can occur when doing so. Chris GeierSession SpeakerChris Geier is a 15 year veteran of the IT industry, specializing in security and Microsoft product lines. For the past 4 years he has been working in the workflow and BPM space. Also dabbling in community development and Social Media.
... Read MoreSharePoint Branding is not impossible. Why deploy a SharePoint site that looks like every other SharePoint site. Applying your corporate brand to your SharePoint site does not have to complex. In this introductory session, we'll look at some generic SharePoint branding options that are available as well master pages and page layouts.
Once you have an understanding of why SharePoint needs to be branded, what can be branded and how SharePoint can branded, you will be able to successful brand your SharePoint site.
Kanwal KhippleSession Speaker Kanwal Khipple is an Independent Consultant working for corporate clients in Canada and America. Kanwal has held various roles within SharePoint projects: architect, developer business analysis and designer. In addition, Kanwal is a respected blogger and founder of SharePointBuzz.com - Your SharePoint Community Portal. Kanwal has
... Read MoreAutomate Business Processes using InfoPath Forms with integrated SharePoint Designer Workflows… All without Coding! Asif Rehmani - MCT, SharePoint Server MVP Session Speaker Asif has over 10 years of training and consulting experience in the IT industry. He has been training and consulting on primarily SharePoint technologies for over 5 years. He is a SharePoint Server MVP and MCT. Asif is the co-author of the book "Professional SharePoint Designer 2007" by Wrox publications. He has also been a speaker
... Read MorePowerShell, the ultimate in command shells for Windows, exposes all the richness of .NET right at the command line! Learn how to use this powerful tool for to make your life as a SharePoint developer easier. See how easy it is to work with the SharePoint object model without having to dive into Visual Studio! Michael BlumenthalSession Speaker Michael Blumenthal is a SharePoint Architect and Senior Consultant with Magenic, a Microsoft Gold Partner and National Systems Integrator. He has been working with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 since its beta versions in 2006 and its predecessor SharePoint Portal Server 2003 since it was in beta as well. For the last year, Mi
... Read More“Have you been tasked with taking ownership on a MOSS infrastructure that you know nothing about and making it work effectively?”
“Are you considering taking an existing MOSS environment to the next level and worried about what that entails?”
“Are you faced with a design and planning challenge in overhauling a deployed MOSS architecture?”
“Do you want to know what your options are for transitioning a Sharepoint application from a hosted model to a dedicated infrastructure?”
If the answer to any of the questions above is a "Yes", then this session is for you. Come learn about the common issues faced by organizations that are either considering MOSS deployments or have one in place that they would like to re-engineer. The topics covered include analysis of an existing deployment, common pain points in a content migration/transition, planning for a new environment based on content and sizing requirements and other tidbits that will make your job easier! Karthik VenkataramanSession Speaker Karthik Venkataraman is a Senior Consultant with Trabon Solutions, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specializing in the development of portals and web applications. With over 8 years of experience building & architecting a variety of enterprise applications, Karthik is proficient in Microsoft technologies and has a passion for developi
... Read MoreAre you having trouble getting folks interested in SharePoint? Is SharePoint out of control in your organization? Have you experienced SharePoint sprawl? In this session you’ll get a framework for governance on SharePoint. You’ll learn how to balance evangelism with economics. You’ll discover how guidance may be more effective at governance for creating a healthy ecosystem. Robert L. Bogue - MVPSession Speaker Robert Bogue, MS MVP Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, MCSE, MCSA:Security, etc., has contributed to more than 100 book projects and numerous other publishing projects. Robert’s latest book is The SharePoint Shepherd’s Guide for End Users. You can find out more about the book at http://www.SharePointShepherd.com.
... Read MoreWe hear clients say it everyday: “We want SharePoint but we don’t want it to LOOK like SharePoint.” Join designer and Microsoft MVP Anthony Handley as he discusses the fundamentals of customizing and branding a SharePoint site. He’ll cover a tips, tricks and best practices when working with masterpages and CSS in SharePoint designer. Anthony Handley - MVPSession Speaker Anthony is a the user experience practice lead at Magenic in Chicago where he focuses on rich interactive solutions for the desktop and the web. In the technology community, Anthony evangelizes the value of better designer/developer collaboration and co-created and The Chicago Designers & Developers user group.
... Read MoreAdding user profile properties that are imported from Active Directory and exposing other User Profile properties for users to enter their own fun profile information (favorite movie, last book read, etc)
In addition, modifying the xsl in the search results page to show the custom properties in the search results. Nick AlthoffSession Speaker Nicholas Althoff has over 5 years of design, development and implementation of software systems. His experience encompasses the areas of Microsoft SharePoint web parts, web services, ASP.NET, C# and VB.NET windows development, SQL development and administration, and Visual C++. Nick has delivered many complex projects from concept to implementatio
... Read MoreJeff WillingerSession Speaker Native New Yorker, living in Midwest, entrepreneur who has started and sold 3 companies, sits on 4 boards in Chicago(ITA, Chicago Social Media, BMA, AMA) and immersed in technology from software to cloud computing.
... Read MoreMicrosoft's SharePoint Services and Technologies has a robust security model. Every operation attempted within the SharePoint framework is subject to the security settings and policies that apply to any affected objects. This presentation discusses the classes and methods within the framework that developers can use to accomplish tasks that may otherwise be denied with the current security context. Paul Schaeflein - MCTS, SharePoint Services MVPSession Speaker Paul Schaeflein, MCTS, is a Sr. Instructor for Mindsharp, a technology training company for Microsoft Enterprise products. Previously, Paul was an independent consulting specializing in solutions built using ASP.NET and SharePoint.
Paul spent 5 years teaching programming and has presented at numerous User Groups and MOSS Camps. Paul’s speaking ef
... Read MoreSharePoint admins often find themselves thrust into the role of SQL DBA. This often leads hilarious, but disastrous results. This session will show how SharePoint uses SQL, will cover different versions of SQL and finally show you some of the functionality SQL 2008 offers the SharePoint admin. After this session the three letters SQ and L will no longer strike fear in the heart of the SharePoint admin. Todd Klindt - MVPSession Speaker Todd Klindt is a consultant specializing in SharePoint. He has been a Microsoft MVP in WSS since 2006. He has written a couple of books on SharePoint and has spoken at many conferences, spreading the good word about SharePoint.
... Read MoreThere are a number of reasons to use Site Collections in SharePoint 2007. A side effect from this decision, however, is that it is difficult to aggregate content across them. In this session you will learn how to use the Search Core Results Web Part and the Data View Web Part connected to the SharePoint search web service to aggregate content across site collections without code and still respect your list and site security. Matt BremerSession Speaker Matt Bremer is currently a Solutions Architect with Covenant Technology Partners focusing on SharePoint 2007. As a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, he has assisted a number of clients in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 architecture, infrastructure and development. In addition, Matt has a wealth of experience in .NET application d
... Read MoreThis session will cover what is information rights management, why do we need to think about information rights management for sharepoint deployments, An overview of Active Directory Rights Management Services Architecture, Integrating SharePoint with AD RMS Ram GopinathanSession Speaker Ram is a SharePoint Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services based out of central region specializing on SharePoint Architecture, Deployments and Application Development, Ram is also a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist MOSS/WSS configuration/application development.
... Read MoreIn today's competitive global market, businesses need technology that cost-effectively enables flexibility and adds value to their organization. Come see how the new Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) delivers hosted communication and collaboration tools that feature:
- Latest Business Productivity Capabilities
- Ease of Use
- Privacy and Rapid Disaster Recovery
- Greater Flexibility
- Improved Agility
- Business Class Security & Reliability Todd KittaSession Speaker Todd is currently a Solutions Architect for Covenant Technology Partners, an Accelerated BPOS Partner in St. Louis, focusing on SharePoint technologies with which he has 5+ years of experience. He also has a background in .NET, Microsoft Business Intelligence, and recently published a book on Wrox Press titled “Professional Windows Workflow Founda
... Read MoreSharePoint usually comes into a business for 1-2 specific business cases and these cases are enough to justify the expense of SharePoint. The reality though is that there are as many opportunities for SharePoint as there are business processes. What you need to a tool to help you build your SharePoint Tribe within your organization. Come learn about the SharePoint Capability Matrix. Jeff DeVerterSession SpeakerJeff DeVerter has been working with SharePoint for the pas 5 years. Jeff deployed SharePoint to 2 Fortune 200 financial services firms and acted as Enterprise Collaboration Architect. Jeff is now the SharePoint Architect at Rackspace where he is involved in the architectural planning, installation, and configuration of SharePoint farms
... Read MoreBusiness intelligence is a key pillar of SharePoint. SharePoint's KPIs, BDC and Excel Services provides the base for communicating meaningful business information. PerformancePoint Monitoring and Analytics Server provides the framework to build and deploy Business Intelligence dashboards in SharePoint. Since Microsoft has announced that PerformancePoint Monitoring and Analytics Server is now included with MOSS Enterprise, PerformancePoint has become even more interesting to SharePoint administrators and developers. This introductory class will demonstrate how to create and deploy a PerformancePoint dashboard into a SharePoint site. Darrin Bishop - Windows SharePoint Services MVPSession Speaker Darrin Bishop is a speaker, author and developer focusing on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies. Darrin is the president and lead developer for Darrin Bishop Group, Inc. a Midwest-based Microsoft Partner focusing on SharePoint Technologies, portals and collaboration. He is the author of The Rational Guide to Building SharePoint Web Parts publ
... Read MoreWith SharePoint quickly becoming the preferred platform for team collaboration, protection from unexpected data loss is a vital concern for today’s administrators. When developing your SharePoint disaster recovery plan, it’s important to consider the following:
• Am I able to rank my various datasets based on their importance to my business?
• Can I ensure aggressive backup routines for critical, frequently-modified sites and objects to satisfy multiple SLA’s?
• How can I optimally leverage my existing tiered storage capacity?
Though recently improved, the tools native to SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) still lack in critical functionality, including granular backup and restore, full-fidelity restore, and overall ease-of-use. This webinar discusses both the Pros and Cons of MOSS 2007 native backup tools, and offers recommendations for developing new standards and best practices for truly ‘Intelligent SharePoint Backup’. Join us for an engaging and informative webinar, and learn how to proactively protect your SharePoint data and platform.
Tom LinSession Speaker For a number of years Tom has been working exclusively with enterprise-level data protection and management software deployments for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies. Tom’s extensive experience with SharePoint custom backup and recovery applications has earned him multiple speaking opportunities within SharePoint communities and at technical even
... Read MoreSilverlight and SharePoint are two up and coming technologies in the development world. SharePoint developers can create robust applications with a variety of tools, such as web parts, user controls, and workflows. Silverlight Developers can create aesthetically pleasing interfaces by harnassing the power of Expression Blend. In this session we will discuss how to blend together SharePoint and Silverlight. We will create some basic Silverlight Applications and discuss what changes a SharePoint Server needs before a Silverlight Application is viewable in a SharePoint Site Collection. We will also discuss a search integration solution using Silverlight as the front end. Becky IssermanSession Speaker Becky Isserman has been a SharePoint Developer, since 2005 when she attended the Portal University with Levi, Ray, and Shoup in Springfield, IL. She is an Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD). She has been a web designer/developer since she was fifteen hand coding HTML 3.0 websites in NotePa
... Read MoreTimer jobs in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 are similar to Windows’ scheduled tasks. Timer jobs are used by SharePoint to automate tasks such as search indexing, sending notification alerts, emptying the recycle bin, and removing unused sites. Developers have the capability to create custom timer jobs and integrate them within SharePoint. Custom timer jobs can be used in your organization to support IT governance, satisfy legal and audit requirements, plus many more scenarios. Come to this session to learn how custom timer jobs are created and how to deploy them into your SharePoint environment. Steve PietrekSession Speaker Steve Pietrek, MCP, MCTS, is a Principal Consultant at Cardinal Solutions Group, a Microsoft Managed Partner, with offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Charlotte. Steve is a SharePoint Architect/Developer at Cardinal Solutions and is active in the SharePoint community through his blog, user groups, and Twitter. He has been working with the Microso
... Read MoreMicrosoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services has two gears: Native and SharePoint Integrated. Native mode is like driving on a highway--smooth and fast but there's a speed limit. Incorporating Reporting Services into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 via the SharePoint integrated mode enables users to put the pedal to the medal by speeding through their tasks.
In this session , you will find out how to perform initial steps in configuring SSRS 2008 in SharePoint intergated mode. Then we will dive into managing and securing reports using the SharePoint security model, as well as learning about the more advanced topics such as passing report parameters on the URL and others. Coskun CavusogluSession Speaker Coskun Cavusoglu is the Director of Consulting Services and the Chief Solution Architect of Captaré Consulting, LLC. He has been architecting and implementing technology solutions for more than 10 years in both large, enterprise organizations and fast growth midmarket firms. As a Software Engineer specializing in the .NET Framework and the Office
... Read MoreIn this session, George will demonstrate some best practices for planning and developing a public facing SharePoint WCM site. Using a fully functional SharePoint site, he will cover areas such as:
- Topology
- Solution architecture
- Organizing Visual Studio project and SharePoint solutions
- Using a custom publishing site definition
- Branding
- Considerations for public facing internet sites
- Content authoring
- Content deployment
- Authentication
George DurziSession Speaker George is a consultant at Clarity Consulting in Chicago with 11 years of experience in the IT industry. He organizes the annual MOSSCamp developer event, and actively blogs about topics such as SharePoint development, TFS, Office Communications Server, and WPF. George has presented at DevCares, MOSSCamp, Office Developer Conference, TechReady, and
... Read MoreDocumentation of your SharePoint project is seldom talked about but is essential when creating an environment that can expand as your data and information structures grow. This session will give you the tools, techniques and ideas for documenting your site's growth plans through the use of preconfigured Mind Map templates. Mark MillerSession Speaker Mark Miller is founder and editor of EndUserSharePoint.com, one of the world’s most popular sites for SharePoint End Users. He coordinates a group of a dozen contributing authors, managing the day-to-day aspects of editing and publishing content for the site. Under Mark’s leadership EndUserSharePoint.com receives up to 23,000 unique page views a d
... Read MoreCome learn what the Enterprise Content Management Industry is saying about Microsoft SharePoint! As you know, SharePoint is a Platform with many components, one of which is Content Management. This session with cover how to leverage SharePoint as a complete Enterprise Content Management Solution and take advantage of your investment in the Microsoft SharePoint Platform. George DavidSession SpeakerRegional Sales Manager – Midwest Heartland Territory
... Read MoreSharePoint is a truly scalable architecture. During this session we will take an installation from a Single WSS Server to a multi-tiered MOSS Enterprise deployment with a staging and production farm. We will discuss the benefits and issues that are experienced along the way. Jeff DeVerterSession SpeakerJeff DeVerter has been working with SharePoint for the pas 5 years. Jeff deployed SharePoint to 2 Fortune 200 financial services firms and acted as Enterprise Collaboration Architect. Jeff is now the SharePoint Architect at Rackspace where he is involved in the architectural planning, installation, and configuration of SharePoint farms
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