General Meeting: Real World Service Application federation with SharePoint 2010 level 300 IT Pro

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SharePoint 2010 provides architects with a compelling new model for service publishing and federation, opening up exciting new approaches to farm design. This session will cover how Service Application Federation plays out in the real world, based upon early enterprise adopters. Learn how to approach the design of a enterprise services farms, provide true scalability and discover the constraints for each service application which can be published, including global deployment considerations. Related aspects such as Security, High Availability and performance will also be covered. This session will be split 70/30 between lecture and demonstrations.

Spence Harbar

Session Speaker

Spencer Harbar is an enterprise architect who helps organizations implement and drive value from solutions based upon Microsoft SharePoint. With over seventeen years of commercial experience in the architecture, design, development, deployment and operational service management of Web based applications and hosting platforms, his broad base ... Read More

General Meeting: Optimizing SharePoint 2010 websites for search engines(level 300 dev)

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Wanneer je een publieke website bouwt, wil je, dat iedereen het kan vinden. Dit gebeurt echter niet van zelf moet en je zal er iets voor moeten doen. In deze presentatie gaat Waldek Mastykarz van Mavention vertellen hoe je publieke websites gebouwd op het Microsoft SharePoint 2010 platform voor zoekmachines kunt optimaliseren.

Waldek Mastykarz

Session Speaker

Waldek is Microsoft SharePoint Server MVP and SharePoint Consultant working at Mavention. He specializes in Web Content Management solutions built on the Microsoft SharePoint platform. Waldek shares his enthousiasm about the SharePoint platform through his blog, articles published in on-line and off-line magazines and on MSDN SharePoint Forums. He ... Read More

General Meeting: Extending the My Site activity feed with external blog posts(level 300 dev)

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One of the social features added in SharePoint 2010 is the social activity feed. The activity feed shows user profile updates, tagging and notes activities. These out-of-the-box activities can be extended by adding custom activities and provides an opportunity to integrate line of business applications or external information systems with your existing social stream within SharePoint. This session is intended for developers and shows how to develop a custom gatherer for external sources and how to provision new SharePoint activity applications. The demo covers integrating external hosted employee blogs into the corporate intranet by extending the activity feed with blog post abstracts.

Bram de Jager

Session Speaker

Bram de Jager works as a SharePoint architect for the Information Worker Solutions Center of Macaw in the Netherlands with portals and collaboration as main areas of expertise. Bram is one of the few Microsoft Certified Masters for SharePoint Server 2010, and contributes within the community by speaking at conferences and user groups, blogs at htt ... Read More

General Meeting: SharePoint ontwikkeling georganiseerd(level 300 dev)

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Bij PGGM hebben we een SharePoint onwikkelstraat waar we met 4 scrum teams continu 4-6 projecten in behandeling hebben. In die projecten doen we ook aan productontwikkeling. Die producten worden in meerdere projecten gebruikt. De zaken goed organiseren is daarbij van essentieel belang. De in huis ontwikkelde SharePoint Project Installer is daarbij onmisbaar. In deze sessie gaan Jeffrey Tummers (SharePoint engineer) en Ton Stegeman (SharePoint architect en SharePoint MVP) je de ins en outs van onze methodiek laten zien. We leggen uit hoe de ontwikkelstraat in elkaar steekt; welke omgevingen er zijn, hoe we die inrichten en hoe we die gebruiken. We zullen laten zien hoe we de projecten organiseren in TFS, hoe we omgaan met een daily build en hoe we de projecten uitrollen richting productie. Het streven is 100% van de installatie en bijbehorende configuratie gescript uit te voeren. Daar slagen we 9 van de 10 keer in dank zij onze onze Project Installer, die dus goud waard is. Daar gaan we je van alles van laten zien. We hopen je hiermee te inspireren om de kwaliteit van het ontwikkelwerk van jouw team(s) op een hoger niveau te krijgen.

Ton Stegeman

Session Speaker

Ton Stegeman is SharePoint architect bij PGGM in Zeist. Hij houdt zich bezig met technische architectuur vraagstukken omtrent de toepassing van SharePoint binnen PGGM. Daarnaast houdt hij zich bezig met de ontwikkeling van SharePoint applicaties voor diverse gebruikersgroepen binnen PGGM en haar klanten. De hierbij opgedane project ervaring wordt ... Read More

General Meeting: Diwug.nl v2 – How we did it?(level 300 dev)

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Wist je dat de nieuwe website van DIWUG gebouwd is op het Microsoft SharePoint platform, toegankelijk is en HTML5 gebruikt? In deze presentatie gaan Octavie van Haaften en Waldek Mastykarz van Mavention vertellen hoe ze de nieuwe website hebben gebouwd.

Octavie van Haaften en Waldek Mastykarz

Session Speaker

Octavie is a Microsoft SharePoint Consultant working at Mavention. Octavie focuses on both Development and IT Pro. Octavie shares his experiences through his blog and participates on the MSDN SharePoint forums frequently. Octavie can be followed on twitter : @eivatco. Waldek is Microsoft SharePoint Server MVP and SharePoint Consultant working ... Read More

General Meeting: Installing and tweaking FAST Search made easy (level 300 dev/ItPro)

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Installing Fast Search for SharePoint (FS4S) is no easy challenge. The install guide only works for a very small portion of installations. The bulk of installations need tweaking and extra configuration to work properly. In this session we will cover all the pitfalls, undocumented features and need to know tweaks you have to apply in order to run FS4S the way it is intended. We will share our lessons learned from previous projects and share some nice features you can use to tweak FS4S even further.

Arno Flapper

Session Speaker

Arno Flapper is a senior SharePoint consultant at Imtech ICT Integrated Solutions. Arno has been involved in Microsoft technologies since 2000 in various roles including developer, architect, project lead and consultant. The last years Arno has focused on SharePoint- and Fast Search-technology, helping organizations of all sizes with implementing ... Read More

General Meeting: SharePoint performance monitoring and troubleshooting

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So you are about to go live with your new SharePoint implementation but wonder if the well-designed farm is capable of handling the user load from day one. This session will start with the ideal world in which we can setup a simple load test that can measure how the farm is performing under load and which tools to use for the different layers on which SharePoint relays on. But if we don’t have such a blueprint and we have to find out why the farm isn’t performing as expected. Where do we start and how can we detect both development and infrastructure related issues?

Donald Hessing

Session Speaker

Donald Hessing is Lead SharePoint Architect en Technisch Manager bij VX Company IT Services. Hij is een van de weinige Certified Masters voor SharePoint 2007 in de wereld. Hij heeft een passie in het maken van innovatieve maar praktische oplossingen op SharePoint. Donald is een frequent spreker op zowel nationale als internationale conferences zoa ... Read More

General Meeting: Case Study: Document Management and Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada level:200 Business

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Come explore a real world document management solution in SharePoint 2010 applied to managing business cases. This was accomplished entirely “out of the box” using in browser customizations and SharePoint Designer. You will learn how to apply proper information architecture and utilize features such as the content type hub and managed metadata service. You will be able to take the principles and best practices demonstrated and successfully implement document management in your own organization.

Ed Musters

Session Speaker

Ed is a SharePoint MVP and a SharePoint Architect for Infusion, where he has consulted on dozens of SharePoint engagements.  Ed holds all certifications in SharePoint 2010, and has been instructing SharePoint development courses for many years. He has authored two books on SharePoint 2010 development. Ed has been a featured speaker at many inter ... Read More

General Meeting: What you need to know about SharePoint governance to hang out with the cool kids. Level:100 Business

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SharePoint governance has been a popular buzzword for some time now. Is it just some hype you don't need to care about? Is it some new API in the next version of SharePoint? This session will get you up to speed with what governance means, and specifically what it means to you. We will look at why you should care about governance, and how your daily work fits into the governance discussion. This talk is an introductory explanation of governance, and will try to convey why this is a topic all of us should have a base understanding of. Expect concrete examples and a interactive talk.

Joe Capka

Session Speaker

Joe Capka is a SharePoint consultant and founder of XComplica. He has been working with SharePoint from day one of his professional career and has been involved with projects of all shapes and sizes including a number of well known public facing web sites. Joe has been accused of turning tech sessions in to a cabaret, and firmly believes that ther ... Read More

General Meeting: Working with jQuery and SharePoint level 200 Development / Functiona

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We have all no doubt seen the effect of a jQuery script on our trips around the internet and it’s time to see what it can do for your SharePoint. In this session we will explore how to make use of this very powerful and versatile jQuery library to bring your SharePoint applications and Web Parts to life. We will look at how to deploy and make available the library, then on to the basics of jQuery which will include an insightful look into the mighty jQuery selectors. With the basics covered we will take a look at how you can use jQuery to work with SharePoint data to see new ways of showing and interacting with your data and finally on to building your own plugin for jQuery. This demo lead session will show you how jQuery and SharePoint fit together, how to get started and on to creating wonderful things!

Phill Duffy

Session Speaker

Phill works for Lightning Tools Ltd as a Product Manager and has been working with SharePoint for 5 years. He has written ‘Pro SharePoint with jQuery’ (APRESS). Phill has also talked at SPTechCon Boston 2011, San Francisco 2012, San Diego and London Best Practices Conferences. ... Read More

General Meeting: Sizing Your Content Databases: Understanding the New Limits level:300 IT Pro

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Recently Microsoft provided much larger ceilings when sizing your content databases. In short, the supportable limit for most situations has grown from 200GB to 4TB. However, there are some big assumptions, caveats and implications you must be aware of before you design or redesign your information architecture. Join us as focus on the bottom line and how it affects you. Well also discuss the very latest guidance on employing RBS (Remote BLOB Store) in light of this larger size.

Randy Williams

Session Speaker

With over 20 years of IT experience, Randy Williams is an expert in architecting and developing Microsoft-based web and database solutions. Randy has worked with SMB and enterprise organizations throughout North America and Asia. As a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 1996, Randy is passionate about sharing his knowledge and has delivered training ... Read More

General Meeting: Het spanningsveld business en IT Level 100 Business User

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Business & IT alignment (BIA) kan sinds eind jaren tachtig van de vorige eeuw rekenen op een niet-aflatende belangstelling. In het opzetten, uitvoeren en beheersbaar houden van SharePoint projecten, is er veelal sprake van een behoorlijke spanning tussen business en IT. Aan de hand van een aantal praktijkvoorbeelden geeft Sanneke Kats (consultant bij e-office) hier op een anekdotische manier invulling aan en komt hij met best-practices om business en IT elkaar te laten versterken.

Sanneke Kats

Session Speaker

Sanneke Kats is business consultant bij e-office. Hierbij richt hij zich op het verbeteren van organisatieprocessen en kennisdelen binnen organisaties met behulp van nieuwe technologie. In het spectrum ‘mens, organisatie en technologie’ begeeft hij zich voornamelijk op de gebieden mens en organisatie, en zoekt zo de grenzen van technologie op. Het ... Read More

General Meeting: SharePoint Governance with Axceler ControlPoint level 100 business user

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Join Axceler for a discussion on SharePoint governance and what should be considered when planning governance policies. The session will also feature a demonstration of Axceler’s award winning governance and administration solution ControlPoint.

James Fowell

Session Speaker

James Fowell is based in Axceler’s EMEA Headquarters in London and is responsible for the pre-sales team and spends most of his time providing consultancy, training and support to Axceler’s customers. ... Read More

General Meeting: Duet Enterprise: Bring SAP data and workflow to SharePoint level 200 Business user/IT Pro

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Duet Enterprise, a product jointly developed by SAP and Microsoft, combines the collaboration and productivity supported by Microsoft SharePoint with the business data and business processing functionality of SAP applications. In this session we’ll show you what Duet Enterprise is capable of. We’ll show you some live demos (lots of SharePoint screens, some SAP GUI screens), we’ll show you how to import a model from SAP into SharePoint and how to leverage the workflow engine of SharePoint to handle tasks from SAP workflow streams. And of course we’ll talk about pre-requisites, caveats and tackling some issues you might encounter during implementation.

Maarten Eekels

Session Speaker

Maarten is an experienced all-round SharePoint specialist who likes a challenge and who is perfectly capable of translating the business needs of the customer into technical solutions. He has extended experience in the setup and implementation of SharePoint portals. Already since version 2003 he is involved in implementing SharePoint in areas like ... Read More

General Meeting: Identity Federation and Office 365 Level 300 Dev/Architect

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When your company considers moving to Office 365 as the collaboration and communication platform, you have a few choices with regards to user management and authentication. You can either perform a migration and move your users to the Office 365 directory or you can keep using your own Active Directory. By implementing some form of Identity Federation you can achieve coexistence, providing the benefits of a cloud based service while maintaining control over your authentication store. This session looks at the pros and cons of both situations and demonstrates a federation scenario based on ADFS 2.0.

Bert-Jan van der Steeg

Session Speaker

Bert Jan van der Steeg is owner of Companio BV and founder of SharePointTraining.nl. He started working with SharePoint Portal Server 2003 about 5 years ago, at which time he also engaged in a significant amount of Exchange projects. He switched his focus primarily on SharePoint, just before Microsoft released Office SharePoint Server 2007. ... Read More

General Meeting: Office 365 and PowerShell level 200/300 IT Pro/Dev

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In Office 365 kan veel van de administratie uitgevoerd worden via de GUI, maar soms wil je net dat tikkeltje meer, een extra automatisering of mist de GUI gewoon bepaalde functionaliteiten. Hoe kan je dat probleem het meest efficiënt oplossen? Office 365 PowerShell. In deze sessie zal Jethro Seghers demonsteren hoe je alle acties die via de GUI mogelijk zijn en meer, in PowerShell kan simuleren, automatiseren, etc. We zullen PowerShell gebruiken om onze Office 365 omgeving te beheren, onze Exchange Online in te stellen, SharePoint Online settings te bepalen, etc. Ontdek de krachtbron van de Office 365 GUI, etc.

Jethro Segers

Session Speaker

Jethro Seghers is a Solutions Architect at J-Solutions. Jethro has been involved in Microsoft Technologies since 2000. The last 3 years Jethro focused on and certified in the SharePoint technology and the last year Office 365 became 1 of his biggest expertise areas awarded with a MVP Status. Within these technologies Jethro focus himself on the en ... Read More

General Meeting: SharePoint Online, de (on) mogelijkheden level 100 business

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SharePoint Online kent ten opzichte van een standaard lokaal geïnstalleerde SharePoint Server veel beperkingen. Het biedt echter ook een breed scala aan mogelijkheden. In deze sessie zullen diverse projecten besproken worden en de wijze waarop in het bijzonder SharePoint Online deze scenario’s mogelijk heeft gemaakt. Er wordt ingegaan op de nieuwe kansen die SharePoint Online biedt. Daarnaast zal ingegaan worden op belangrijkste beperkingen waar rekening mee gehouden moet worden.

Jasper Oosterveld

Session Speaker

Jasper Oosterveld lives in Amsterdam and works for Wortell in Lijnden. Wortell is based in a renovated church where the New World of Work is implemented. Jasper has been working with SharePoint since 2008. His main focus is implementing out-of-the-box SharePoint functionalities, InfoPath, SharePoint Designer and Nintex Workflow. Jasper also assist ... Read More

General Meeting: Cross platform mobiele apps en SharePoint level 200 it pro/dev

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Smartphones en tablets worden steeds belangrijker in de ICT. Voor bedrijfsgerelateerde toepassingen sluiten we apps voor hun informatievoorziening steeds frequenter aan op backend systemen of portals. We delen onze praktijkervaring rondom een Ordina innovatieproject waarin we het interne SharePoint smoelenboek beschikbaar hebben gemaakt op diverse mobiele devices: iOS, Windows Phone 7 en Android. Tijdens de sessie kom je alles te weten over hoe informatie uit SharePoint veilig wordt ontsloten via mobiele devices. Ook vertellen we over onze ervaringen met de cross platform .NET oplossing Mono waarmee het mobiele smoelenboek is gerealiseerd.

Emiel Metselaar en Leendert Versluijs

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Emiel Metselaar en Leendert Versluijs zijn beiden werkzaam als architect voor Ordina Nederland bij ICT Microsoft Solutions en gespecialiseerd in Microsoft en mobiele technologie. ... Read More

General Meeting: Een SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Taxonomie implementeren – een generieke en laagdrempelige aanpak voor een gedragen resultaat level 200 Business users / Consultants

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In zijn sessie vertelt Gerard over de aanpak die Wortell bij haar relaties hanteert bij de implementatie van een SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Taxonomie. Wat kun je van de klantorganisatie verwachten en hoe zorg je dat abstracte SharePoint terminologie en concepten hun grondslag vinden bij de klant? Dit zijn het soort vragen waar in deze sessie aandacht aan zal worden besteed.

Gerard Doeswijk

Session Speaker

Gerard Doeswijk is Principal Consultant bij Wortell en daar sinds april 2010 in dienst. Hij startte in 1998 zijn IT carrière met het opzetten van een services organisatie bij het Ierse software research & development huis FINEOS dat zich specialiseert in CRM, workflow en document management oplossing voor de bank en verzekeringsbranche. Gedure ... Read More

General Meeting: Up to speed met een succesvolle Office 365 omgeving level 100/200 business it pro

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Office 365 van begin tot eind, in een sessie waarbij alle facetten die bij het ontwerpen, inrichten en beheren van een Office 365 omgeving komen kijken. In deze presentatie wordt aan de hand van een demo het gebruik van SharePoint Online en de daaraan gekoppelde applicaties SharePoint Workspace, SharePoint Designer, Microsoft InfoPath en Windows Azure toegelicht. Daarnaast wordt er ingegaan hoe de Office 365 omgeving succesvol geïmplementeerd kan worden.

Remco Ploeg

Session Speaker

Remco Ploeg is Solution Architect bij Winvision. Hierbij richt hij zich op het verbeteren of vereenvoudigen van (onderwijs) processen door middel van (nieuwe) technologie. Hierbij spelen Microsoft SharePoint en Microsoft Dynamics CRM een belangrijke rol in. Daarnaast is Remco werkzaam bij Microsoft waar hij zich voornamelijk bezig houdt met de ... Read More

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