SharePoint gets a bad rep of being a glorified fileshare. Find out why you need to avoid folders and start leveraging the Enterprise Content Management features in SharePoint. We’ll discuss the shortcomings of using folders and dig into the alternatives such as Custom column, Views, Key Filters, Managed Metadata, Content Type, and Document Set.

One of the most common requirements in any SharePoint Deployment is from the Project Management Office. Project managers are constantly looking for ways to use SharePoint for managing projects. Common solutions for using SharePoint as a project management solution stop at creating a place to list all tasks,Documents etc., and track them. However, the real world is not so simple and will require much more than that (think, for example, resource management). This session will discuss how to use SharePoint and MS Project 2010 (that your project Managers use) to track and manage projects in real world scenarios.

This session will address how SharePoint 2013 farms and applications can be built using Windows Azure and Office 365. We’ll look at how to build apps in Azure that can extend Office 365 and also how to deploy SharePoint farms to Windows Azure Virtual Machines. We’ll also look at how Virtual Networks can be used to build hybrid solutions that span public and private cloud implementations.

Building a useful web part in SharePoint can be fun and easy. Watch, listen and learn as we cover the basics of building your first web part. Don’t worry well cover how to setup the project, connect your developer environment and get you on track to being awesome.

SharePoint solutions are almost always built using either server side or browser code, but what do you do when your business requirements can’t be met with these tools? This session will examine two real world cases where a similar client application was the answer. Topics such as why certain architectural decisions were made, examining the code, how the application was integrated for a seamless user experience, as well as how the application was deployed (in a manner which kept the SharePoint Administrator happy) will all be covered.

Executives are often consumers of business intelligence but not contributors. It can be daunting when faced with how to prove the business value of deploying SharePoint or how to obtain funding and stakeholder sponsorship to get additional resources assigned to maintain, manage and leverage SharePoint and integrate it with other systems. Learn from a fellow CTO how to generate the business cases and ROI that your executives are looking for. In addition, you'll learn how to position SharePoint's capabilities in the spectrum of IT's project portfolio from big data to social software so that existing investments are best leveraged.

We've always been limited to show items and documents from our current site or Site Collection. In SharePoint 2013, a new Web Part will make it easier to grab everything and style it the way you want. In this session, you will learn what this Web Part can do, the various scenarios where it will help as well as how to change the display of the results. Don't stay constrained to your SharePoint site - Search it!

Apps for SharePoint were introduced in SharePoint 2013 to maximize the level of capability and flexibility that developers can deliver without risking compromise to the farm. In this session, we will describe the SharePoint 2013 app model for developers, including the different types of apps and when to use each one. We will also use the Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 to create and deploy a real-world app for SharePoint.

SharePoint development is moving from server side programming to client side using JavaScript and the client side object model to create scalable and responsive applications. In this session we well talk about how to create a Single Page Application (SPA) using some of the new features in SharePoint 2013.

This session will showcase the evolution of an intranet. The company intranet is something that most people use every single day but something that is also overlooked by many companies. We will look at how to improve the day to day experience of the end user as well as how the new features of SharePoint can enhance this experience. It is time to elevate the Intranet to a tool that empowers the end user and enables them to function more effectively.

Securing sensitive data in SharePoint to meet compliance requirements has become extremely critical in public and private sector organizations and businesses. SharePoint compliance concerns can include personally identifiable information (PII) being captured or stored in SharePoint, or compliance with regulations and industry standards such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, GLBA, ITAR, or FISMA or DoD requirements. In this presentation we will review what is necessary to ensure that your SharePoint environment is secure and compliant.

There is no reason the electronic document should be the only type of documents in SharePoint....Bring equality to your paper documents! Come to this session to learn more about document imaging techniques and practices used to easily get paper-based documents into SharePoint and to drive document & data collection from within SharePoint. Strong focus will be on capturing relevant document information / content from the page and using that information to create search fields and columns in SharePoint to better initiate workflow process and user interaction. We'll discuss different devices to capture paper as well as business use cases surrounding the process flow for converting paper-to-digital and storage and retrieval of these documents.

o With addition of Power view- An interactive data exploration & rich visualization, presentation feature/Tool, has change the way people see at data by breaking into traditional tabular way of seeing data. o If you have imagination to unlock power of your organization data which reside on multiple systems/platforms and wanted a way to quickly connect to all those data , combines them by creating some powerful self service reports model and by dynamically slicing and dicing that data for end user, than this is the session for you. o As Part of this session you will learn, • Microsoft SharePoint BI Stack and where Power View stand. • What is Power View. • Why we require it: Your Imagination List. • Demo- Showcasing Power View with Excel 2013 and SharePoint 2013. • How it work : Architecture with Excel 2013 and Sharepoint 2013. • Power view feature sets with SharePoint 2013 and Excel 2013: Meeting your imagination. • Deployment Consideration and other aspects. • Questions ?

SharePoint is a great platform and product, seen as one of the fastest growing products of all time for Microsoft. Everyone including your Gran wants it but very few people really stretch it to its limit. In this session we will look at some exmaples of what has been done before and look at what is the art of the possible. What are the killer features and what will make your Gran excited to use SharePoint 2013 over anything else.

Hot off the press, SharePoint 2013 attained Release to Manufacture in October 2012 and is speeding ahead to general availability in early 2013. Interesting in learning what’s new and different? Then come and learn more about new capabilities in the product such as Shredded Storage and Distributed Caching among others as well as how the migration story changes for SharePoint 2013.

Today there are ongoing trends in business that are driving consumer and end user expectations within the workplace. Trends such as cloud readiness, social collaboration, and mobility are a few of them that are driving end user adoption of technology platforms such as SharePoint. Without us keeping up with these trends end user adoption suffers. Come spend an hour with us learning about how the SharePoint 2013 ecosystem is paving the way for end user experience and innovation while addressing today’s top trends in business. Changes in SharePoint 2013 licensing will also be addressed.

Diving into the world of SharePoint branding can be a real headache. What is the best practice for deploying my branding? How do I select a design firm? What is the impact of mobile devices and how do I ensure cross-browser compatibility? What are the new branding tools available in SharePoint 2013? These are all common questions that must be answered during the course of branding efforts. In this session we’ll look at the various aspects of SharePoint branding, and common pitfalls to look out for during your next branding project.

This session takes off the gloves and delivers an open discussion of why some SharePoint projects fail - and how to successfully recover. Better yet, we show you how to set yourself up for success from the start! So, whether you are contemplating launching a new project leveraging SharePoint, migrating to a new version of SharePoint, or need to recover from a problematic implementation... then this is a “can't miss” session. The session includes 3 specific, real-world cases of failed projects - and how those projects were successfully turned around to deliver a successful project with broad user adoption. In addition, the presenter will share the “7 Habits” for successful implementations and discuss “deadly sins” to avoid. He will also provide statistics on failed SharePoint projects including key reasons for project failures. The fine print: Warning: This session deals with the issue of project failure head-on and gives simple, practical, and proven techniques for preventing project failure and rescuing projects that are not performing or meeting objectives.

Whether you’re looking to develop a SharePoint governance strategy for the first time or re-vamp an existing strategy for the upgraded SharePoint 2013, this session will discuss the why’s and what’s of a governance strategy, how to implement the strategy within your organization as well as specific feature sets in SharePoint 2013 that may require new policies. This session will review the four pillars to SharePoint governance and will provide a path for anyone to walk away and begin developing a governance strategy.

"Have you found that some of the out of the box functionality in SP 2010 has left you wanting? Adding cool features to better visualize your information and drive the user experience can get expensive and increase your risk at time of upgrade. Our team of 2 guys finally had enough, and decided to add features safely, using SharePoint 2010's existing web services, and a brilliant new generation of dirt-cheap tools (how cheap? your lunch probably cost more than these) to great user response. Nothing here will require solution package installation and with just changing a few lines of script you can make your content pop and give your users more tools with little or no additional training. Technical level aimed at non-programmers. Content rotators, tabbed representation of list items, cool new ways to look at calendar content, pop-up system alerts. These and others features use the same non-invasive application model that Microsoft is embracing in SP 2013 that you can leverage today in 2010 and continue to use after upgrading. Code will be made available for all examples."

You are the IT admin at Widget Global Mega Corp and your boss just returned from a trade conference. He is all fired up over this “SharePoint” tool everyone has been talking about. He wants you to get up to speed on it pronto. There is just one problem, you haven’t even touched this Sharedpoint Porthole thing?!?! Never Fear! In this session we will start from the ground floor. I will filter out all the noise and show you exactly what you need to know to make your deployment a success. From concepts, to installation best practices, to daily maintenance. By the end of this session you will know exactly what it takes to deploy and admin SharePoint!

In this session you will learn how to take your current content in your SharePoint 2010 / SQL 2008 R2 environment and upgrade it into a SharePoint 2013 / SQL 2012 Always On environment. You will also learn about log shipping for disaster recovery to a Continuity of Operations (COOP) environment.

In this session we will go over what is the user profile service is and how it is used. How to set it up, how to fix the most common problems, syncing the service with Active Directory, common issues that occur, and so much more. Have you ever wanted to Master the UPA well we will attempt to give you the tools to accomplish this?

This discussion based session is targeted for architects, decision makers, and developers who are familiar with custom solution development with Visual Studio. The new App Model for SharePoint 2013 is a major shift in how we develop certain kinds of solutions for SharePoint. This session will talk about when to use it and when not to use it. We will cover existing scenarios in SharePoint 2010 and how they map to SharePoint 2013 with the new App Model. Let's break through the marketing and get the facts in an easy understand way.