Learn how you can leverage your current SharePoint implementations together with what the cloud model has got to offer to achieve maximum flexibility. See what the limitations are of the cloud model and how you can overcome it, maintain the user experience and compensate for all limitations by combining with on-premise implementations in hybrid architectures unique to your needs.
Zlatan DzinicSession Speaker Zlatan currently works for Hitachi Consulting as a Senior Manager based in California with work experience ranging across four different continents, he also comes from an extensive Enterprise Content Management and Business Intelligence product and solution background. Most of his career he spent as an Enterprise Strategist, Resource Manager, Tech
... Read MoreWith its roots in document management and collaboration, SharePoint has always had a need for records management. Version after version, SharePoint has increased its capabilities in this area to the point where SharePoint 2010 has a viable records management story. Come learn about these new features, see how to implement them, and hear about real success stories.
Ryan McIntyreSession Speaker Ryan McIntyre is the Practice Director at Neudesic for portals and collaboration, including the SharePoint platform. He has been involved in delivering SharePoint solutions since the beta version of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007) and holds Microsoft Professional certifications in both SharePoint 2010 Configuration and SharePoint 20
... Read MoreIs your company’s intranet boring and hindered by the many limitations of Office 365? In this session, you’ll learn how to build a vibrant social intranet with rich capabilities that are integrated into the intranet home page and woven into most aspects of content consumption. You’ll learn how to add support for idea management, micro blogging and more in a session jam-packed with live demonstrations.
Elmer MoralesSession Speaker Elmer is the founder and CEO of CloudBits, an Office 365-focused software company. He previously worked as a Partner with Phenom where he lead the technical delivery of numerous SharePoint consulting projects and played a lead technical role in a Fortune 100 deployment to Office 365 (formerly BPOS-D). Prior to Phenom, Elmer spent many years as a S
... Read MoreThis session will cover the basics of creating a SharePoint Permission Level and some reasons why you would want to create custom levels in your environment. Security and access to content or capabilities in corporate SharePoint environments is important. SharePoint Administrators are often asked to implement controls that don’t align directly with out-of-the-box permissions. In this session I will discuss how to take the stress out of those requests and make your life easier. We will cover one specific example in a step-by-step “how-to” session on creating a Custom SharePoint Permission Level.
Tony RockwellSession Speaker Tony Rockwell is a Sr. Program Analyst at EPM Live and a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in SharePoint 2010. His background includes systems administration, business systems analysis, document imaging and continuous improvement. Tony has implemented SharePoint in several industries; completed numerous installations &am
... Read MoreUsing Performance Point you can take your data to the next level by providing charts, KPIs, and reports on data from SharePoint as well as a variety of other data sources. This session will cover how to use the Dashboard Designer to create a variety of different business intelligence components. You can get started mining your data today and show it in a variety of different formats. Michael DoyleSession Speaker I am Senior Architect as Waggener Edstrom and have been working with SharePoint almost exclusively for over 9 years now. Frequent speaker, blogger and author of MS Press book “Customizing My Site in SharePoint 2010”. SharePoint always provides challenges for me but also gives me the tools to provide real world business solutions. When I am not doi
... Read MoreLearn how JavaScript templates can be used to create flexible user interfaces for SharePoint. Moving your UI generation to the client can significantly decrease the complexity of your custom server-side code. While de-coupling your data and presentation layers can increase the maintainability and customizability of your solution. This technique can be used as an alternative to: • Content Editor Web Parts • XSLT Form Views • Content Query Web Parts • And more In this session we’ll review the basics about how JavaScript templates work, walk through some sample code, and discuss real-world scenarios.
Phil JirsaSession Speaker Phil Jirsa has been developing business applications for the web since 1999. He began developing with .NET in 2001 and SharePoint technologies in 2004. Phil began consulting in 2007, focusing on clients in the Twin Cities and upper Midwest area. He has been a speaker at numerous community training events and user groups.
... Read MoreSharePoint allows site owners to define membership and permissions easily. However, it can be a double-edged sword if not managed properly. In this presentation, we will cover the fundamentals of SharePoint groups, permissions and inheritance. We will also share guidelines and best practices on how to manage site permissions. Basic knowledge of and familiarity with Windows, Microsoft Office and SharePoint is assumed.
Mayank MalikSession Speaker Mayank Malik (MCITP) is a SharePoint Architect and Evangelist with over 10 years of experience in software development. His expertise includes SharePoint technology, products, design and architecture along with ASP.NET, IIS, SQL Server, Windows Server, and other core technologies upon which SharePoint server depends.
... Read MorePlease join us for this Business Intelligence session on the SharePoint and Office set of BI features to build and integrate data-driven spreadsheets and applications with SharePoint 2010. This session will cover topics such as PowerPivot, PerformancePoint Services, Reporting Services, Excel Services, KPIs, and much more.
Ivan SandersSession Speaker Ivan Sanders is an independent consultant with more than 15 years of broad-based hands-on experience with the design and development of mission-critical applications and innovative information management strategies in the enterprise deployment of Microsoft products, and delivering nothing but Microsoft SharePoint solutions since 2004. Ivan is acti
... Read MoreIncreasingly, companies are moving infrastructure to virtual systems to manage costs and expenses. Until recently, Microsoft and FAST both discouraged use of virtual servers for search because of performance issues. HyperV and other virtual environments have gotten better and faster, and virtual servers are now a supported platform for SharePoint search. How will ‘going virtual’ impact your search performance? What can you do to minimize any performance impacts? Learn what role do CPU power, cores, memory and disk speed play in making your search as good as possible.
Mark BennetSession Speaker Mark is a cofounder of New Idea Engineering and has been involved in enterprise search for more than 20 years. He writes and speaks about search, is a co-author of Professional Microsoft Search from Wrox, and works with commercial, non-profit and government clients in North America and Europe. In his free time, he plays with optics and magne
... Read MoreIn this session, Mark Miller will cover the Community Maturity Model and Framework, making it available as a way to gauge the progress of your community and social media efforts. Research and feedback from some of the industry’s most knowledgeable sources, including Sadie van Buren, Dr. Michael Wu from Lithium Technologies and Rob Howard from Telligent will be included as part of the presentation.
The five competencies explored within the framework include:
• Competency Framework One: Content Management
• Competency Framework Two: Engagement
• Competency Framework Three: Social Visibility
• Competency Framework Four: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Competency Framework Five: Return on Investment (ROI)
Each area is set within a stand-alone, graduated matrix for positioning your company within a community through social media efforts. At the conclusion of the session, you will receive a copy of the framework and a whitepaper describing the resources and contacts used for creating the model. Mark MillerSession Speaker Mark Miller is recognized internationally as a Senior Storyteller, weaving engaging tales to simplify the explanation of complex, technological solutions. He is the founder of two of the largest, online SharePoint communities in the world: NothingButSharePoint.com and EndUserSharePoint. Mark travels extensively from his home base in New York
... Read MoreWith the new mobile features of SharePoint 2010, the line between working from your desk and working remotely has blurred significantly and is finally reaching a point of convergence. In this session, we will discuss the mega industry trends and viable SharePoint mobility strategies. A live demo will showcase SharePoint functionalities such as Collaboration, Business Intelligence, and/or Business Process Management, on mobile devices (smart phones and tablets).
Kenneth LoSession Speaker Kenneth Lo, PMP is the Chief Strategist of Kattelo Consulting which provides professional services to companies of all sizes adopting SharePoint technologies. Kenneth is a battle-tested SharePoint evangelist and entrepreneur with extensive management consulting experiences. His clientele ranges from Silicon Valley startups to Fortune 500 companies
... Read MoreYou may be planning to establish or upgrade a new SharePoint installation. Perhaps your SharePoint farm isn’t as fast or reliable as it used to be. Don’t give up! Either way, there are things you can do to accelerate the performance of you SharePoint farm. Join me for a review of memory and service optimization, high performance designs, disk and database optimization, security, and caching techniques to make things better. We’ll also review how to measure and interpret SharePoint’s own key performance indicators.
Chris McNultySession Speaker Chris McNulty oversees SharePoint Solutions at Quest Software. He’s a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), and a member of the Microsoft Solutions Advocate and MVTSP programs. A frequent speaker at events around the globe, Chris is the author of the “SharePoint 2010 Consultant’s Handbook –
... Read MoreAn introduction course to SharePoint Branding starting with a review of what is meant by Branding, followed by how the differences of Foundation and Server effect our Branding options. We will continue on with a look at the new visual design structure of SharePoint 2010 and finally review the different techniques we have when branding SharePoint including Themes, Alternate CSS, Master Pages and Page Layouts. Throughout this session we will also review gotchas and best practices including how to utilize SharePoint Designer, the IE Developer Tool Bar and FireBug for Firefox.
Key takeaways for attendees: As an introduction session, by the end of this session they will not be SharePoint Branding Experts, but each attendee should have a solid understand of what is meant by SharePoint Branding as well as a comfortable starting place to tackle their next Branding project. They should understand the different ways SharePoint can be branded. Further they will have been exposed to some of the hidden secrets SharePoint Branding professionals use when applying their design to SharePoint, allowing SharePoint to be bent to their will.
Eric OverfieldSession Speaker Eric Overfield is a leading expert in SharePoint Branding and web based user interface design. Mr. Overfield, President and co-founder of PixelMill, has over 13 years experience with web design best practices and techniques, and over 8 years experience with SharePoint branding. Besides his in-depth knowledge SharePoint’s branding capabilities, he
... Read MoreThe Content Query web part in 2010 offers a fantastic way for you to use your data in different and unique ways without code. When you combine this web part with content types, metadata and audience targeting you have a great way to organize personalized access to the information you and your users need, regardless of where the data may exist in the site collection and without being a programmer! This session will show end-users real world examples of how CQWP’s have been used to solve business needs, such as audience-targeted communications, calendars, content owner-maintenance views, dashboards and more with tips and tricks to using this powerful web part.
Kim FreheSession Speaker Kim Frehe is a no-code Solutions Specialist who has been solving complex business problems with SharePoint since 2001. She has recently joined the consulting world with Rightpoint Consulting after spending 13 years at Accenture, supporting their Global Business Travel and Facilities & Services teams by creating innovative SharePoint solu
... Read MoreSharePoint Training Doesn't Work.
Studies have shown that SharePoint training is so involved
that retention after 30 days can be as low as 10%. Considering that training costs from $300 to $2,500 per employee, you have a financial nightmare to add to your training disaster.
The Result
At best you end up with poor SharePoint adoption and a massive waste of time and money. Even worse is having poorly trained individuals mishandling your company's intellectual property. And the costs continue to accumulate (The recent Osterman Study showed the average cost of SharePoint support per user, per month is $46). Jon Frost Session Speaker With excellent communication and leadership skills, Mr. Frost has successfully overseen the development of over 75 SharePoint portals and intranets since 2003. His talent in Thought Leadership combined with his in-depth knowledge and experience in SharePoint technologies has become a saving grace for many client organizations. Mr. Frost is often a
... Read MoreIf your organizations goals are to utilize SharePoint as a corporate content management system (CMS), then architecting that content is crucial to its success. In this session, I will describe the critical Information Architecture elements associated with the successful implementation of a SharePoint Intranet/CMS in your organization. Bob MixonSession Speaker Bob Mixon has been involved in the technology industry for the better part of 30 years. He has learned the science and art of Enterprise Information Architecture and Solution Implementation through schooling and “real world” implementation experience. Experienced in architecting and implemented both small and large-scale Business Syste
... Read MoreThis session presented by Josh Noble, author of the book Pro SharePoint 2010 Search, focuses on how to customize the search refinement panel web part in SharePoint 2010. During this session, Josh demonstrates how to set the standard SharePoint 2010 refinement panel to analyze more items, expose numbered refiners, and add a new custom refinement category. The session is presented with Q/A forum approach and questions about designing customized search experiences in any version of SharePoint are highly encouraged.
Josh NobleSession Speaker Josh has made a career on the front lines diagnosing business pains and alleviating them with technology. As the Sales Manager for SurfRay Inc., Josh has worked with global clients such as the American Bar Association, Best Buy, Intel, the U.S Coast Guard, and Conoco Phillips to build solutions to business problems through expertly designed search
... Read MoreAs browsers evolve, what about the SharePoint applications you develop? Are you still using traditional server-side technologies in web parts or application pages? Unleashing the browser’s full potential can give you unparalleled responsiveness, flexibility and richness. Use the browser to break out of the sandbox, enhancing both on premise and SharePoint Online solutions. In our session, we’ll discuss and demo how HTML 5, jQuery, and the SharePoint’s client object model will spice up your applications. We’ll also look at advanced AJAX techniques to fully exploit the browser as a true web-service client.
Randy WilliamsSession 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. He is also active in the SharePoint community, running .NET and SharePoint user groups in Hawaii, Singapore and San Die
... Read MoreThis session covers the basics of the Business Connectivity Services and focuses on the “no-code” solutions you can create using SharePoint Designer. In it we’ll show how to create External Content Types (ECTs) and then how to use those ECTs in both SharePoint and Office. We’ll also show how to configure permissions using the BCS including how to leverage the Secure Store to provide single sign on capabilities.
Raymond MitchellSession Speaker Raymond Mitchell is a SharePoint Consultant at Rackspace, based near Minneapolis, MN. He has over 10 years of IT experience and has worked with every version of SharePoint since its release as SharePoint Team Services. Since 2004 he has helped coordinate and speak at the Minnesota SharePoint User Group. He has also been a speaker
... Read MoreSharePoint is a wonderful tool, and it’s an amazing collection of features and capabilities. At times, we wonder if SharePoint isn’t too much for a person, or at least, we wonder how we can take advantage of the great features that we see in the flashy sales demos. Do you feel, sometimes, that your SharePoint is a glorified file share or shared drive with extra permission management? I’ll provide a tour of the features in SharePoint that “Wake Up” when your documents have metadata, and show you how to bring your SharePoint to life! Owen AllenSession Speaker Owen Allen is the VP Solutions for Pingar, a SharePoint ISV partner that is based in New Zealand. Owen has been working with content management applications since 1994, and has been looking for the right way to entice information workers to tag their documents with metadata for much of the past 13 years. He has given out thousands of c
... Read MoreSharePoint 2010 introduces new features that improve the scalability, manageability, and functionality. More than ever before, enterprises can look to SharePoint 2010 as a replacement for traditional file shares and the platform of choice for consolidation of legacy content management systems. In this session, industry expert Garth Luke will guide you through prescriptive, best practice implementation of ECM for SharePoint. Learn to avoid common configuration mistakes. evaluate the benefits and challenges of Remote Blob Storage. Ensure that business requirements for security and records management are met. Dive into overall governance best practices that embrace the business and drive infrastructure performance and cost efficiency. And take away a checklist of best practices to share with both your IT organization and your end users.
Garth LukeSession Speaker With over 15 years of IT experience, Garth Luke, Vice President of Sales of AvePoint,Inc and General Manager of AvePoint Australia, began his IT career working for Microsoft in 1996 before moving on to a consulting role with Siemens Business Services where he became MSCE and MCP certified in addition to cultivating a deep expertise in back o
... Read MoreFor administration Padawans, moving to the new SharePoint 2010 platform may seem fairly straight-forward. But simple upgrade, it is not. Much work there is to align your organizational needs with the features and functionality of SharePoint, beginning with a strong information architecture. This session will outline the basic steps of cleaning up the critical aspects of your SharePoint platform, including content types, keyword taxonomy, and site templates. Fear these things, you will not. Master them, you will. Christian BuckleySession Speaker Christian Buckley is a SharePoint MVP, an internationally recognized author and speaker, and Director of Product Evangelism for Axceler, where he drives product awareness and both partner and community development. He previously worked at Microsoft as part of the enterprise hosted SharePoint platform team (now part of Office365), and led an engine
... Read MoreSee what’s new in SharePoint 2010 and workflow. In this session, you will receive an overview of workflow and Business Process Management and what this means with the new design tools for workflow in SharePoint 2010. See a how a workflow can be created with Visio 2010 and SharePoint designers from end to end. Brandon BrownSession Speaker Brandon is a Principal Technology Specialist at K2, and has a diverse background that ranges from co-directing technology related content for nationally syndicated television and radio shows, to leading development teams in the manufacturing and supply chain management space. As a Software Architect for the last 10 years, Brandon has helped compan
... Read MoreNo SharePoint professional would have a job if it were not for our cherished end users. Although we love the technology we need an audience. We as SharePoint Pros need to collaborate with our audience.
This is a session for both IT Pros and End users to illustrate with case studies how both can find success in the SharePoint world. Learn how we can all succeed with SharePoint by planning, executing, training and supporting goals of the organization.
Nedra AllmondSession Speaker Nedra Allmond has been working with SharePoint since 2006. She is a MCTS whose background includes working with the Department of Defense, the aerospace, biotech, telecommunications and media/entertainment industries, as well as non-profit organizations. She has been described as a User Advocate and has been involved with the SharePoin
... Read MoreCaching is a critical variable in the SharePoint scalability and performance equation, but it’s one that’s oftentimes misunderstood or dismissed as being needed only in Internet-facing scenarios. In this session, we’ll discuss the reasons why developers need to be "cache aware" in order to sidestep common performance and responsiveness issues in SharePoint. We'll also investigate the array of programmatic options that are available to developers who wish to employ or extend SharePoint caching, including caching options for web parts, fragment caching, post-cache substitution, and the creation of an IVaryByCustomHandler implementation. By the end of this session, developers will have some new tricks to improve the performance and scalability of their SharePoint code using caching.
Sean McDonoughSession Speaker Sean is the Chief SharePoint Evangelist for Idera, a Microsoft gold certified partner and creator of tools for SharePoint, SQL Server, and PowerShell. As a consultant, Sean has worked with a number of Fortune 500 companies to architect, implement, troubleshoot, tune, and customize their SharePoint environments. Sean is an MCPD, an MCTS, and
... Read MoreCreating an efficient taxonomy design through site structure and metadata will lead to a strategic use of existing content, increased end user adoption, and a higher return on investment for SharePoint. I will discuss the different options available in SharePoint 2007 and 2010 and how metadata is used to make SharePoint content findable. Once a proper metadata plan is implemented, you can begin to use features that make SharePoint much more powerful than a document repository. You can create high functioning workflows, define precise retention policies, have a more useful search, and ultimately increase end user adoption. If you want to utilize SharePoint as a platform, it all starts with metadata. It is the most effective way to ensure your data becomes findable for your end users. The goal of the session is to have administrators take their SharePoint environment beyond a document repository. One of the first requirements to drive this is to create a plan around metadata and taxonomy.
Steve GoldbergSession Speaker I serve as a primary technical resource for our worldwide sales force, ensuring the success of 40-plus prospects every week. I am a SharePoint expert and work with other IT professionals to improve their SharePoint environment.Prior to Axceler, I was a SharePoint consultant at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), specializing in custom SharePoint
... Read MoreMore than 90% of the content accessed via SharePoint is stored in SQL Server and without the correct configuration of SQL Server it can have a detrimental impact on the performance of SharePoint. Some companies don’t have dedicated database administrators (DBA’s) so the SharePoint administrators are managing the SQL Server instance that is hosting the SharePoint content. Regardless of whether it is a dedicated DBA or the SharePoint administrator there are critical SQL Server configurations that can be made to that will optimize SharePoint. Often DBA’s are familiar with how to manage SQL Server, but may not be familiar with some nuances that SQL Server has when integrated with SharePoint. In this session we will demonstrate how some default settings SQL Server negatively impact SharePoint and what changes can be made that will improve the performance of SharePoint. These changes include database file settings, memory settings, and even file system settings. We'll also examine how to properly install SQL Server and SharePoint so they work together as efficiently as possible. This discussion will introduce the Best Practices framework that will allow your SharePoint administrator and/or your DBA to configure SharePoint and SQL Server to provide optimal performance for your SharePoint implementation.
Brian AldermanSession Speaker Brian Alderman has his Master's in Computer Information Systems. Since 1995, he has held several major Microsoft certifications that currently include; MCT, MCITP for SharePoint 2010, MCITP for SQL Server(R), MCSA and MCSE for Windows Server(R), and also his PMP certification. As a Senior Technical Instructor and Consultant he has nearly 15 years
... Read MoreUsers everywhere seem to complain about search, but you can improve search for your site. Miles Kehoe, who has written and spoken about enterprise search for more than 15 years, will present specific steps you can take to address problems with as they come up, and present a methodology you can use to improve search whether you are using SearchServer Express or FAST Search for SharePoint. Miles KehoeSession Speaker Miles is the founder and president of New Idea Engineering, Inc. He is consultant, author, speaker, and industry leader with more than 20 years of experience in enterprise search. Known in the industry as a trusted neutral adviser, he has coined the phrase, “We [NIE] are the Switzerland of Enterprise Search”. Prior to NIE, he founded and held the
... Read MoreThere are many instances within business processes where it is helpful to capture thoughts and ideas from a customer or project team about documents. This session will discuss how to use workflow, markup, visualization, document capture and conversation tools to capture such input as part of a structured workflow. The session will provide a demonstration of the technology implemented using Case Management and Product Management examples.
Areas Covered:
1. Capturing customer and team input
2. Marking up a document and requesting input
3. How to have an interactive input session within a workflow
4. Integrating document viewing with workflow forms
5. Calling an input gathering session from a structured workflow
6. Keeping an audit trial for compliance purposes
7. Utilizing third party tools to create a complete solution
Paul YantusSession Speaker Paul Yantus is an Enterprise Content Management veteran with over 20 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Vizit Paul was Executive Vice President at Captaris where he led all product related functions. Paul previously held positions including CEO Scan-Optics, Senior Vice President MSX International, and began his career with the E
... Read MoreOnly recently was SharePoint accepted in the ECM space. This session explores WHY SharePoint 2010 is now accepted as an ECM solution and what the impact of SharePoint 2010 has been on the ECM space. We will explore the language barrier, information architecture and planning considerations. Focus will be put on the features Document Sets, Content Organization, Content Type Publishing, Information Management Policies, In-Place Records Management, Audits, and eDiscovery. Discuss some best practices when using SharePoint as ECM, and view a few demos.
Chris RileySession Speaker Product Manager and Evangelist at CloudShare, Chris Riley is a pure Technologist and recognized industry expert in document recognition, ECM, Cloud Computing, and analytics technologies. Chris lives and breathes technology and has been helping companies buy, use, and optimize advanced technologies given their business process and use case. Chris’s
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