Preparing your current WSS/MOSS environment for upgradeAre you debating upgrading your existing environment to SharePoint 2010, but want to know what you can do before learning the new features available in 2010? We will review the tools, methods and steps available that you should take now to ensure your upgrade to SharePoint 2010 is a success. Session SpeakerBrian CaauweI am a Senior Consultant at Inetium focusing on Information Worker technologies, specifically SharePoint. Having the passion for web development and a strong infrastructure background makes my skills a perfect fit for working with SharePoint technologies. My infrastructure background enables me to assist my clients integrate SharePoint into their existing environment.
... Read MoreHigh value search customizations for administratorsOut of the box search not cutting it and you don’t have any development resources? Learn what you can do from an admin perspective to enhance search in SharePoint 2010. Review all of the components that make up the SharePoint search experience and learn how to bring a custom feel to your search interface. Session SpeakerBrian CaauweI am a Senior Consultant at Inetium focusing on Information Worker technologies, specifically SharePoint. Having the passion for web development and a strong infrastructure background makes my skills a perfect fit for working with SharePoint technologies. My infrastructure background enables me to assist my clients integrate SharePoint into their existing environment.
... Read MoreAssuring Accessibility and Privacy Compliance in SharePoint Sites and Social ComputingThe best thing about SharePoint is that you can put any content into it. The worst thing about SharePoint is that you can put any content into it. While business users (Marketing, HR, Operations, etc.) want to use SharePoint for intranets, external sites, My Sites, Team Sites, blogs, wikis, etc., the IT group has concerns about compliance: accessibility, privacy, site quality, and brand integrity. This impasse delays the business benefits of using SharePoint.
In this session, Larry Concannon will review the challenges associated with content compliance in SharePoint and demonstrate how an automated compliance management solution can enable your organization to deploy SharePoint with confidence that your sites are compliant. This session will cover:
• The accessibility (Section 508, WCAG), privacy (HIPAA, sensitive corporate information), site quality (link validation) and brand integrity (SEO) vulnerabilities and risks your organization might be exposed to when using SharePoint.
• Checking new SharePoint sites for compliance and assuring that SharePoint sites stay compliant over time
• Leveraging SharePoint’s workflow capabilities to prevent non-compliant content from being posted on a SharePoint site and to that content contribution routed for review and resolution before posting
• Making SharePoint itself accessible for disabled users Session SpeakerLarry Concannon Larry Concannon is HiSoftware’s Vice President of Product Marketing and is responsible for the establishing the company’s product roadmap/strategy, positioning and messaging, as well as overseeing market research. He is a senior software marketing professional with extensive experience in product marketing, product management, and marketing programs. Most recently, Concannon was the Director of Product Marketing at 170 Systems, Inc., where he developed new market opportunities, determines market requirements, and managed marketing programs for the company’s flagship product line, the 170 Mark
... Read MoreDeveloping with SharePoint and DataSharePoint can be a data source as well as a data consumer. In this session we’ll take a look at the various approaches for integrating SharePoint 2010 with line of business data and explore the various options for working with data. Topics will include customizing lists, BDC and OData feeds. Session SpeakerMike Benkovich Energy, laughter and a contagious passion for coding--Mike brings it all to the podium. His career has taken him from minion to business owner, and hes been programming since the late '70s, when a friend brought a Commodore CPM home for the summer. He wrote his first software in Basic (including a math game that was shown at the University of Wisconsin in 1982) and later completed a degree in aerospace engineering. In 1994 he started a consulting firm with his brother, focusing on the effective use of relational technologies for scalable, high performance and mission critical applications. Mi
... Read MoreSharePoint FAST SearchWe are going to present SharePoint Search and demo its functionality. We will cover the aspects of enterprise search and the challenges faced in the industry today. The following topics will be covered:
The business impacts of Enterprise Search 2.0 – with its defining, unified view of information. The business problems associated with a lack of unified information access. Where search goes from here – applying enterprise search to everything. The roadblocks to establishing a unified index of information from disparate systems: why they exist and how to break through. What's the hurry - pain threshold for information overload. Why it's important to focus on Enterprise Search 2.0 today and not tomorrow?
Search Comparison: Major players in Search, typical enterprise search capabilities that the industry is interested in, Requirements for Search, Selecting a Search Engine
FAST History (Fast ESP): History of FAST, How companies have used FAST before
SharePoint 2007 Search: Features, Pain Points, FAST for SharePoint 2007
FAST Search Server for SharePoint 2010: What is FAST search for SharePoint, Search comparison in SharePoint 2010, FAST Search Server 2010 for Internet Sites, FAST Search Server 2010 for Intranet Sites
FAST Search Demos: Configuration, User Profiles, Metadata-driven refinement, Thumbnails and previews, Click-through relevancy, People and expertise search, Phonetic and nickname search, Keyword and colleague mining, Customize the Search Experience Session SpeakerMahesh PuramaClaims Authentication in SharePoint 2010Topics covered during this session include:
1. Review identity and authentication challenges in the “cloud era” with some examples
2. Overview of the new claims authentication model in SharePoint 2010 / Windows Identity Foundation
3. Demo: Single-sign on to SharePoint with a federated identity provider (OpenID and/or LiveID)
4. Discussion on identity delegation from SharePoint to external resources
5. Demo: Identity delegation (SSO) from SharePoint to web service via BDC
6. Discussion on SharePoint 2010 service “mash up” with Cloud
7. Demo: Update Twitter feed from within SharePoint Session SpeakerTravis Nielsen Travis Nielsen is an architect and founding member of PointBridge. He has over 12 years of experience in the IT industry designing and implementing solutions for the Windows Server platform throughout North America and Europe. In 2005, his Exchange architecture and migration work was a significant factor in PointBridge’s award for Microsoft’s Worldwide Exchange Solution of the Year. Currently, Travis is focused on developing custom data integration and automation solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Identity Foundation, and Windows Communication Foundation.
... Read MoreHighly Available and Scalable Architectures for SharePoint 2007 & 2010With the SSP going the way of the dodo bird, there exists no tier left that can’t be scaled and redundant in SharePoint. If you’re an architect that needs an introduction into all the points of scalability and redundancy, come to this session. We’ll also cover Virtualization, the various service applications, and their respective costs to overall server load and performance. Finally, we’ll cover the new monitoring, health throttling, counter usage, and performance testing tools you now have available with 2010. Come learn how to spend lots of money, and build an infrastructure that rivals the tolerance of the US judicial system! Session SpeakerPhil Wicklund Phil Wicklund has years of experience architecting and administering corporate SharePoint environments. He taught Mindsharp’s 2003 and 2007 SharePoint developer course from 2004 to 2007. Today as a SharePoint consultant at RBA Consulting, Phil shares real-world insights and in-depth best practices with clients of all varieties. Phil wrote a SharePoint 2010 book titled SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action, and he maintains an active SharePoint Blog at http://philwicklund.com.
... Read MoreUpgrading to SharePoint 2010: Save time and moneyGeared towards those individuals (IT Pro) responsible for performing their organization’s upgrade…this won’t be your typical slide-deck lecture. Get ready to see an upgrade fail due to real-world issues. Then, learn how to discover and fix issues to ensure the smoothest upgrade experience. This session will begin with a brief introduction to the upgrade process, tools to help the process go smoothly, and common issues that may challenge your upgrade. However, the majority of the session will walk through an actual upgrade process while applying the tools/techniques mentioned. The key to a great upgrade is planning, detail, and repetition. See it in action here. Session SpeakerEric KrausEric is a Senior Consultant with Microsoft Enterprise Services specializing in SharePoint technologies and solution architecture. He has over 10 years of experience in areas which include: network administration, infrastructure, application development and architecture across a broad spectrum of industries. Eric is an active member of the SharePoint community; you can find his SharePoint blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/ekraus and his latest project: http://www.sharepointsavvy.com. Eric recently attended the SharePoint 2010 Master’s program and is working to complete his Master’s Ce
... Read MoreSharePoint Branding MethodologyLearn the fundametals of branding for SharePoint. We will discuss page structure, branding strategy and techniques as well as some of the most common problems encountered during branding intiatives. Learn the different approaches for branding master pages versus themes plus some helpful hints for determining how long your branding project might take. We will take an in indepth look at branding for MOSS and some of the branding improvments in SharePoint 2010. Session SpeakerStu KingStu King is a User Experience Designer with Magenic Studios in Minneapolis, MN. With more than 17 years of industry experience, he is an accomplished web designer and SharePoint (MCTS) branding expert and has led design engagements for Fortune 500 companies. As a member of the Magenic Studios User Experience Design team, he has developed social media strategies, branded SharePoint, designed web sites and created RIA applications utilizing Silverlight.
... Read MoreSharePoint as a Strategic Platform for Planning and BudgetingLearn how in four months Amherst H. Wilder Foundation deployed a solution by GNet partners to: • Leverage Microsoft Office SharePoint Server as the Web platform with its enterprise services • Build a budgeting application using Microsoft Office InfoPath, InfoPath Form Services, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, and Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server to closely replicate a legacy budgeting tool but overcome all shortcomings • Eliminate the need for user training by providing a familiar experience and shortening the learning curve • Provide reports that assist in the creation of budgets showing historical trends and spreads to assess overall impact to bottom line • Leverage PerformancePoint to provide a dashboard and analytical capabilities Session SpeakerNick Giuliano & Chaitanya KhaladkarNick Giuliano is the Business Applications Manager at the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. His focus is on the strategic alignment, integration, design, development, implementation and management of all key business systems within the organization. With nearly 20 years of full SDLC experience, project management and IT leadership he has been in the forefront of many enterprise-wide efforts. His previous successes include cross-systems development with a Fortune 500 as well as ground-level development and sales with an early e-commerce provider. He holds a master's degree and PMP certification.
... Read MoreBringing it all together: Viewing, Collaboration and Search Technologies in SharePoint 2010o SharePoint 2010 with FAST offers great search capabilities, including document thumbnails and previews for some Office document. This session will explore how that functionality can be extended to other versions of SharePoint and a wide range of document types, making it even easier for your users to find documents they want. Once someone has found the correct file, SharePoint allows easy access to that document, if you have the right application. This session will cover ways to find and view documents and images inside the SharePoint web application without having to having the native application installed. There are also times when SharePoint’s ease of sharing is problematic, and you have some content that either should not be shared or needs to be shared in a restricted way. We will cover ways to protect that information, either by redacting sensitive content or by ensuring certain users have read-only access to it. Session SpeakerAndy LoweAndy has eleven years of experience in IT, where he has worked on a range of applications from medical imaging to search to content management. In his current role with Informative Graphics, Andy manages IGC’s SharePoint product and spends as much time as he can talking with end users to understand their real-world problems. With a background as a developer, Andy has a passion for building products that have a highly useful level of coolness.
... Read MoreWhy SharePoint Security really depends on youPlanning security can be on the most frustrating things in a good SharePoint implementation. Figuring who does what, who can see what and how to keep it from getting out of control are issues that affect any size organization.
This session will explore the issues we run into when trying to plan out an effective security structure and offer best practices around the planning and implementation process. Since effective strategy can also depend on numerous variable such as organization size, compliance needs or corporate culture, we will explore many best practices and discuss alternatives for different situations
This session will be very discussion oriented, so bring your questions and scenarios along. Session SpeakerVirgil Carroll 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 is currently an MCT and MCTS in SharePoint and speaks all around the world on collaborative topics. Bringing a wealth of knowledge and a level of enthusiasm that would infect any audience, Mr. Carroll will use his sense of humor and storytelli
... Read MoreSharePoint Business Intelligence: from the Chevy to the CadillacJoin Virgil Carroll of High Monkey Consulting as he discusses the fundamentals of a solid business intelligence strategy, how SharePoint 2007 and 2010 play their roles and demo multiple examples that can be done with any budget or level of experience. Virgil will bring his unique storytelling ability, sound business advice and keen sense of humor to this difficult topic; leaving you with practical processes for your own organization. Demos will range from free, budget conscious solutions to full SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Service dashboarding implementations. Session SpeakerVirgil CarrollMr. 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 is currently an MCT and MCTS in SharePoint and speaks all around the world on collaborative topics. Bringing a wealth of knowledge and a level of enthusiasm that would infect any audience, Mr. Carroll will use his sense of humor and storytelli
... Read MoreIntro to SharePoint workflowSharePoint 2010 still makes an excellent Workflow host. This session will walkthrough creating a Visual Studio Workflow introducing concepts like: handling faults, correlation tokens, static properties, imperative properties, property binding, property bags, and workflow state in general. Some common tasks like creating a SharePoint task and sending an email will be shown along with some common gotchas that plague first timers. Session SpeakerTodd C. Bleeker, PhD Todd Bleeker, Ph.D. and MVP, is an industry leader in Microsoft-centric software development, specializing in SharePoint products and technologies. Todd is an innovative, resourceful, and competitive technologist with an intense desire to excel. Todd joined Mindsharp in 2004 as co-owner and CTO to help establish the strategic technical plan for Mindsharp's educational and consulting assets. In addition to writing and teaching cutting-edge SharePoint training courses for Mindsharp, Todd also architects innovative assets that help Mindsharp's clients improve their content management capabilitie
... Read MoreMigration and Backup/Restore of MOSS 2007 Shared Service ProvidersIt is often necessary to migrate data and settings from one SharePoint environment to another based on an SDLC. When working with MOSS 2007 Shared Service Providers, this can be a tricky task. This session will discuss the different approaches available, how to select an approach for your situation based on pros and cons, and a demonstration of the approaches. The techniques discussed and demonstrated are also applicible to backup and restore for Disaster Recovery planning. Session SpeakerPaul GrafelmanPaul has been a SharePoint consultant in Minneapolis for the pas 5 years. He has provided SharePoint 2007 and 2010 consulting to many large organizations in the area, focusing on technical architecture and out of the box functionality.
... Read MoreSharePoint for Enterprise Content ManagementAre you overwhelmed with network files, emails, and paper documents and burdened with trying to quickly search, find and view these documents? Are you trying to use another legacy ECM product to plug into SharePoint when you could just be using SharePoint? Are you challenged with scanning directly into SharePoint so you can easily leverage workflow and other great functions of SharePoint? If so, we have the tools you need!
During this Seminar you will learn:
• The benefits of SharePoint 2010 for document management and ECM
• How to enable document imaging with SharePoint and why you should do it
• Various methods of capturing paper directly into SharePoint by utilizing scanning hardware (MFP’s and Scanners)
• Learn why many companies are migrating their Legacy ECM systems into SharePoint
• How to leverage this technology for Human Resources and other departmental solutions
• How many of our customers are showing an ROI of less than 5 months Session SpeakerTom Mullen Tom Mullen has 18 years of experience with Document Management and Imaging technology, software development, and consulting to many organizations. Tom will share his experience around the ECM solution using SharePoint as an Imaging and Capture solution. Tom is a Regional Sales Manager at KnowledgeLake, Inc.
... Read MoreHope is Not a Plan; Increasing SharePoint Use the Right WayWhether your organization is new to SharePoint or you have already released SharePoint throughout your organization, are you wondering how or why there is not as high percentage of use as you hoped? SharePoint in a business environment introduces change, both culturally and functionally. From the early adopters to those resistant to change, we will discuss what to avoid, what to consider, and things you can do in order to increase user adoption of SharePoint. A well designed and implemented User Adoption strategy will help empower your organization to more effectively and efficiently use this power application. Session SpeakerKim Lund Kim is an accomplished educator, consultant, manager, and curriculum design specialist with a key focus in Microsoft SharePoint technology. Her experience has provided her the opportunity to work with technical staffs and business users alike; allowing Kim to become an expert at bridging business and technology groups to optimize people and processes for the good of the business. Kim’s passion is to assist companies of all sizes with technology use and adoption. Her deep education background has led her to understand the importance of empowering users with the knowledge and tools to be more p
... Read MoreWhat is No-Code Application with SharePoint?Are Data Connectivity, Workflows, and Dashboards becoming more than just catch phrases within your organization? Does the business need applications that tie into multiple databases located inside and outside of SharePoint? Do you have the budget to hire a whole department of .NET developers to create necessary applications to help support the business needs? Do you need an application that can be configured to work with already established business processes?
This session takes a high level look at what tools such as SharePoint 2007, InfoPath 2007, and SharePoint Designer 2007 can do in helping to create Dashboards and tapping into information streams that can help the organization make decisions that will affect the business. This data can them be utilized to help create SharePoint workflows that work with the organization processes and ensure to support or augment current business best practices. Session SpeakerDon DonaisDon Donais joined Benchmark Learning in 2005 as a Business Applications Instructor. Before coming to Benchmark Learning, Don spent time in the public education world. His education background serves him well at Benchmark Learning. He teaches core Microsoft Server 2003, Exchange 2007, SharePoint 2007 and 2010, Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, as well as ITIL v3 Foundations. Don is also a member of the Springboard Technical Series Expert Program (STEP) team associated with Microsoft. This group evangelizes about Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
... Read MoreGovernance – A Real World ExampleGovernance is a hot topic when it comes to SharePoint implementations and without the proper planning and execution, a SharePoint environment can quickly become chaotic and decrease the value for users, as well as increase maintenance costs for the IT organization. This session will focus on an successful governance plan that was established for Deluxe Corporation’s SharePoint environment by RBA Consulting. In this session you will learn the process by which the governance plan was created, the factors that were taken in to consideration, and the on-going metrics and teams used to support the environment. Session SpeakerZandy Garrard Zandy Garrard is the practice lead for RBA's Portals, Collaboration, and Data Services practice. Zandy has over 15 years of experience in the information, 8 of which are focused on SharePoint technologies. Zandy has assisted many organizations (both large and small) in their assessment and implementation of SharePoint Online technologies.
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