IT Pro: Governing your users with the new SharePoint 2010 UI

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Good governance has always been one of the most important aspects of a successful SharePoint implementation.  With the expanded feature set of 2010, this session will look at new considerations around governance strategy and the adjustments organizations will need to plan for to upgrade or implement.  We will explore many of the new 2010 features that will require the greatest governance planning such as managed metadata services, new document / records management as well as implementation of the new social networking features.

Virgil Carroll

Session Speaker

Mr. Carroll has run High Monkey Consulting over the past decade and is instrumental in HMC’s three practice areas: Collaboration, User Experience and Interface Design / Development.  Mr. Carroll has 10+ years working with Microsoft technologies and is currently pursuing his 2nd Master’s Degree in Human Computer Interactions.  Mr. Carroll ... Read More

Information Worker: K2, SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010: Better Together Tomorrow, Protecting Investments Today

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The K2 platform is for delivering process-driven applications that improve business efficiency. Visual tools make it easy for anyone to assemble reusable objects into applications that use workflow and line-of-business information.

See how K2, SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 can be used together to build enterprise workflow and business process applications that make life easier for your employees.  Learn how the new Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in SharePoint and Office integrate fully into the K2 experience for improved productivity of both designers and end users.  Learn how the new support for claims-based authentication between SharePoint and K2 makes configuration a breeze. Learn how K2 is leveraging Outlook Solutions to surface K2 work items in Outlook.  See how investments in K2 today leverage the new capabilities in SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010.

Anthony Petro

Session Speaker

IT Pro: Claims based authentication and its story in SharePoint 2010

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An overview of claims based authentication, and how its applied in Sharepoint 2010

William Kent

Session Speaker

William has been working on Sharepoint since the first beta of 2003 ... Read More

IT Pro: Best Practices for Architecting, Deploying, and Optimizing SharePoint 2010

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SharePoint 2010 is poised to revolutionize how organizations connect their people, processes, and information.  It will mark SharePoint’s evolution from a server application to a full-fledged platform…the world’s first “enterprise eco-system.”  In this session we will discuss how the changes coming in SharePoint 2010 will affect your platform deployment, administration, and performance optimization strategies.  We will outline approaches for efficient management of both application lifecycles and multi-farm, geographically-dispersed environments,  review best practices for optimizing storage resources, and conclude with an evaluation of options for consolidating and exposing your legacy content in the SharePoint 2010 platform.

Tucker Hall

Session Speaker

Tucker is the Director of Marketing at AvePoint, where he oversees the design and execution of the company’s global messaging and customer activation initiatives.  For several years, Tucker has been actively engaged in the SharePoint community, publishing numerous articles and white papers on SharePoint deployment architecture, governance, an ... Read More

IT Pro: SharePoint 2007 Performance Tuning

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This session will take you through a deep dive of optimizing SharePoint 2007 solutions for large scale environments.  We will take a look at how SharePoint 2007 can be optimized through IIS web gardens, IIS processor affinity, SQL server file groups, disk sub systems, and partitioning SharePoint databases.

Jacob Wilson

Session Speaker

When it comes to a successful SharePoint solution it’s all about the infrastructure and end-user adoption. Jacob is currently a SharePoint Practice Lead at Bross Group and has been working with SharePoint Products and Technologies for several years and has an in depth knowledge of SharePoint architecture, configuration, administration, and custom ... Read More

IT Pro: SharePoint Capacity Planning and Performance in SharePoint 2010

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In this session, we will take a look at some of the new changes in SharePoint 2010 and look at evaluating it against the needs of your organization to arm you with the tools to help you make an educated decision about the configuration and procurement of hardware to meet the demands of your SharePoint environment.  We will also take a look at many of the software limits and highlight the ones that are critical to your environment.

Shannon Bray

Session Speaker

Shannon Bray is a Microsoft Certified Professional Developer and Microsoft Certified Trainer with nearly fourteen years experience in the field of Information Technologies. Mr. Bray was recently hired at Planet Technologies where he serves as a SharePoint Techincal Architect in the Denver region.  In addition, he currently serves as both a co ... Read More

Developer: Building a Codeless Solution in SharePoint 2010 using the 2010 versions of InfoPath, SharePoint Designer, Visio, and Outlook

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In MOSS 2007, there was already so much we could do without code when using the proper tools, but now in 2010, it is a non-developers paradise as the functionality that is exposed to us without needing code is immense.  I will walk  you through how to combine four Office 2010 products together with SharePoint 2010 to create a codeless solution that utilizes many new features of SharePoint 2010 that are not available in 2007.  I will also demo it live to show its functionality.

Clayton Cobb

Session Speaker

Clayton is a former Marine who served one tour that ended in August of 2001.  From there, he joined Booz Allen Hamilton as an IT consultant in the Intel/DoD space.  After 6 years at BAH, Clayton went independent as a consultant to focus 100% on MOSS 2007.  Just a few months later in February of 2008, Clayton was hired by Planet Tech ... Read More

Developer: A service-oriented approach to SharePoint 2010 development.

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A service-oriented approach to SharePoint 2010 development. We'll include service-driven WCF architecture and AJAX implementations. 

Daniel Larson

Session Speaker

Daniel Larson, MVP for SharePoint® Server development, is a software architect known for his work developing social software and enterprise-class AJAX applications at NewsGator, including NewsGator Social Sites®. His latest book Developing Service Oriented AJAX Applications on the Microsoft Platform is a software blueprint for developing scalable ... Read More

Developer: SharePoint Development/Admin – VS2010 Sandboxed Solutions

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VS2010 has extended the server framework by partitioning off a partial-trust Solutions gallery for Sandboxed solutions.  This session will examine Sandboxed solutions - developing and deploying a Sandboxed solution.

Dave Milner

Session Speaker

Dave Milner is an independent consultant in the .NET and SharePoint arenas who is a MCSD.NET, a MCT, and has an MBA in technology management.   Dave is very involved in the local .NET and SharePoint communities and is currently working on blended .NET and SharePoint solutions in the DoD world. ... Read More

Developer: Advanced PowerShell with SharePoint 2010

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Gary Lapointe

Session Speaker

Based in Colorado Springs, Gary Lapointe is a Microsoft SharePoint MVP and Senior SharePoint Architect at ShareSquared. Gary has designed and implemented many SharePoint solutions with significant emphasis on content migration and findability issues including taxonomy, search, and implementation and development best practices. Gary‘s blog is viewe ... Read More

Developer: SharePoint Development – VS2010 vs. VS2008 Showdown

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VS2010 has an extensive feature set built into improving the developer experience in developing for SharePoint 2010.   This session will be a side by side comparison of development in VS2008 with common add-ins against developing in VS2010 with the new built-in tools. 

Dave Milner

Session Speaker

Dave Milner is an independent consultant in the .NET and SharePoint arenas who is a MCSD.NET, a MCT, and has an MBA in technology management.   Dave is very involved in the local .NET and SharePoint communities and is currently working on blended .NET and SharePoint solutions in the DoD world. ... Read More

Information Worker: Managing your Metadata with SharePoint 2010

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Managed metadata services is one of the most exciting new features in SharePoint 2010.  Finally organizations are able to implement and manage a consistent metadata structure to support better categorization and taxonomy support.  This session will explore the new features of the MMS and identify best practices around its utilization.  This session will also explore strategies to plan out its implementation and solid ‘how tos’ in regards to taxonomy development, management and free-form keyword tagging.

Virgil Carroll

Session Speaker

Mr. Carroll has run High Monkey Consulting over the past decade and is instrumental in HMC’s three practice areas: Collaboration, User Experience and Interface Design / Development.  Mr. Carroll has 10+ years working with Microsoft technologies and is currently pursuing his 2nd Master’s Degree in Human Computer Interactions.  Mr. Carroll ... Read More

Information Worker: How-to create World Peace with SharePoint 2010

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In this session we will explore SharePoint 2010 enhancements in for the End-user that make it even easier to develop time-saving, no-code applications that will end office bickering, save paper and make you look like a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Jen Dodd

Session Speaker

Jennifer (Jen) Dodd, MCSE, MCT, SharePoint Integrator, has specialized in Web technologies and applications since 1999.  Jennifer has extensive SharePoint experience and has implemented multiple corporate intranet and extranet environments as well as custom SharePoint solutions for companies of all sizes and industries.  Jennifer has a B ... Read More

Information Worker: Top 10 New SharePoint-Integrated Features of InfoPath 2010

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InfoPath is an amazing tool that is directly integrated with SharePoint.  With the release of InfoPath 2010 and SharePoint 2010, the ante has been upped as we can now do far more than in 2007 and can do so in far less time.  I will walk you through what I consider to be the top 10 new features that are most helpful and most valuable when creating InfoPath 2010 form templates for use in SharePoint 2010 and will show live examples of each.

Clayton Cobb

Session Speaker

Clayton is a former Marine who served one tour that ended in August of 2001.  From there, he joined Booz Allen Hamilton as an IT consultant in the Intel/DoD space.  After 6 years at BAH, Clayton went independent as a consultant to focus 100% on MOSS 2007.  Just a few months later in February of 2008, Clayton was hired by Planet Tech ... Read More

Information Worker: Enhanced Social Computing on SharePoint

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Mirroring the consumer trend, social computing in the enterprise continues to gain momentum as more companies realize that the new capabilities deliver real business benefits. As the adoption of Web 2.0 in the enterprise continues to increase, so does the interest in using SharePoint as a social computing platform.  NewsGator’s presentation will offer attendees a better understanding of how to provide enhanced social computing capabilities within SharePoint.  Presentation topics will include a) an understanding of the business benefits of social computing, b) a demonstration of Social Sites’ features, c) a technical overview of the integration of Social Sites & SharePoint, and d) case study examples of how customers are using social computing to drive real business value.

John Worrell

Session Speaker

John Worrell has been in the software industry for over 10 years.  He spent five years at a Speech Recognition software and professional services company as a Consultant and Sales Engineer, two years in Technical Sales and Product Management for a GPS tracking company, and has been a Sales Engineer with NewsGator for the past three years.&nbs ... Read More

Information Worker: SharePoint as an ECM Platform

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When it comes to content, your business is probably like many are today - overwhelmed. From email, to documents to unstructured data, effective tools are the key to gaining control.
Join us for a fast paced presentation on how SharePoint can be leveraged to make your content work for you.
Built on a solid foundation, KnowledgeLake extends Microsoft SharePoint to a fully functioning Document Imaging System. Save money and reduce paper by seamlessly scanning and indexing all your documents directly into Microsoft SharePoint.
The Immediate Benefits of a SharePoint ECM Solution include:
• Data Entry - Reduce labor indexing information
• Green - Reduce environmental impact by using less paper
• Economy - Reduce operational costs
• Distributed Capture - Reduce shipping and faxing
• Transactional Capture - Reduce processing time

Alex Khaloghi

Session Speaker

Alex has over ten years of experience in management, project management and software development. Alex is an experienced specialist in high tech manufacturing, life sciences, and collaboration technologies. As a Systems Engineer for KnowledgeLake, Alex works closely with organizations to develop enterprise content management solutions leveraging M ... Read More

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