Webcasts

Video Blog: Collaborative Taxonomy Creation in Sharepoint 2010

sos2 — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:38:13 GMT

With this post, I explore how everyone across an enterprise can contribute to strong metadata in SharePoint 2010. With this video, I demonstrate how employee generated tags or folksonomies can aid an organization's taxonomist build strong access points ...

“Caching-In” for SharePoint Performance by Sean McDonough

sos — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:17:00 GMT

Caching 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 lively and fast-paced session, we’ll build an understanding of the caching options that exist within the SharePoint platform: object caching, BLOB caching, page output caching, and the Office Web Applications’ cache (for SharePoint 2010). We’ll examine each option in detail, discuss how it works, identify how it can be controlled, and cover common pitfalls that may impact its use. We’ll also walk through a handful of “what if” scenarios at the end of the presentation to test audience knowledge (just for fun, of course!) Those who attend this session will leave with the knowledge needed to leverage and control caching in their own SharePoint environments.

Presented By:
Sean P. McDonough

Short Bio:
Sean P. McDonough is a recognized expert on SharePoint disaster recovery (DR) and SharePoint performance management. As a consultant, McDonough has worked with a number of Fortune 500 companies to architect, implement, troubleshoot, tune, and customize their SharePoint environments. He is an MCPD, an MCTS, and the co-author of the “SharePoint 2007 Disaster Recovery Guide” (http://tinyurl.com/SPDRBook) and the “SharePoint 2010 Disaster Recovery Guide” (http://tinyurl.com/SPDRBook2010). McDonough can be reached through his blog (http://SharePointInterface.com) or Twitter (@spmcdonough). Today Sean exercises his expertise as a Product Manager for SharePoint products at Idera.

SharePoint Branding & Design from Beginner to Advanced by Tracey Nolte

sos — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:15:42 GMT

Internal SharePoint branding embodies the company culture and deepens the employees’ understanding of corporate goals and processes and it has the potential to help users accomplish their daily jobs faster, easier and with more excitement. If you combine consistent branding, information architecture and user experience, you will steer your user base in a new direction. In this webcast, hear about specific cases where SharePoint branding has made a huge difference and learn more about the steps you should consider for branding your next SharePoint deployment.

Presented By:
Tracey Nolte

Short Bio:
Tracey Nolte, User Experience Architect, has branded SharePoint sites for Centex Homes, AT&T, Dr Pepper Snapple and the American Heart Association. Tracey is an expert in User Centered Design methodology. With a background in Business Intelligence, Process Design and Creative Design, the combination has afforded a unique perspective to SharePoint. Tracey practices her branding magic with Slalom Consulting.

Jeff Teper CVP Microsoft Sharepoint

sos2 — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:11:10 GMT

A conversation with Jeff Teper at the Sharepoint conference October 2011 Anaheim USA.

Is Your SharePoint Environment Secure?

sos — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:59:54 GMT

SharePoint 2010 has powerful security architecture and with this power comes complexity. This session reviews Physical and Logical Architecture. It will also include overview of security protocols, OSI level security, information protection, Microsoft TMG and Information Rights Management.

Parth Patel is Founder and Sr. Architect at SharePoint Engine (http://www.sharepointengine.com/), a premier consulting firm for SharePoint Implementations. Parth has over 9 years of experience in content management industry. He concentrates his efforts on architecting cutting edge solutions that ensure clients receive the most robust and cost effective solutions.

Parth Patel has led number of Projects based on SharePoint platform for clients such as KPMG, City Of Philadelphia, Utah Department of Transportation, Proctor & Gamble each having unique requirements. He is actively involved in SharePoint Community, AIIM, IEEE and NJTC and is frequent speaker on topics based on ECM, BPM and BI.

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IBM Connections vs. Microsoft Sharepoint: Social Personal File Management

sos2 — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:31:51 GMT

As more and more organizations around the world look to principles of "Social Business" to reach the next level of employee effectiveness and productivity, they are necessarily taking a closer look at…

Form Approval Process: Best Practices

sos — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:20:40 GMT

July 20, 2011, 12pm CST

In your company, forms are everywhere, from expense reports to travel requests, and they usually have some type of workflow associated with them. Approval workflows are a very common request in SharePoint, and there are several different ways to go about creating this process. SharePoint Designer and InfoPath are common tools that are used to not only create the business form, but also to run it through an approval. Depending on the business requirements, there are different best practices involved. In this session, attendees will learn how SharePoint 2010 and InfoPath 2010 can be leveraged the most efficiently to create an approval process that is best for the specific project. Improvements from 2007 to 2010 will also be discussed.

Laura is an MVP, MCSE and the Senior SharePoint Consultant at SharePoint 911. She has six years of experience in SharePoint implementation, training, customization and administration. Laura’s latest book on SharePoint 2010 is "Beginning SharePoint 2010: Building Business Solutions with SharePoint." Find out more on her blog at www.sharepoint911.com/blogs/laura.

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Understanding SharePoint 2010 Managed Metadata

sos — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:02:04 GMT

SharePoint 2010 has a “Managed Metadata Service” application that allows the user to create and utilize taxonomies in various capacities. In this webcast, you will get a how-to on working with this application to set up and configure taxonomies and folksonomies. We’ll also cover how metadata can be leveraged within your SharePoint sites.

Andrew Connell is an author, instructor and co-founder of Critical Path Training (http://www.criticalpathtraining.com) and a seven-time MVP who has authored and contributed to numerous MCMS and SharePoint books as well as articles on MSDN and in various magazines. Find Andrew on his blog (http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog) or follow him on Twitter @andrewconnell.

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SharePoint 2010: Workflow Customer Video Partner Training

sos2 — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:42:07 GMT

By mariay

This customer facing video describes common business challenges related to Workflow, and how Microsoft SharePoint provides workflow solutions to address the business needs of Small and Medium Businesses. ...

Overview: SharePoint 2010 Disaster Recovery Guide by Sean McDonough and John Ferringer

sos — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:16:07 GMT

Microsoft's SharePoint platform is a complex, diverse technical tool designed to meet a range of business needs and uses. It requires several other platforms and applications for implementation, and it can be integrated with other external line of business applications. This diversity also applies to the numerous methods, tools, and approaches to preserve your SharePoint farm if it becomes affected by a catastrophic event. The majority of this book introduces you to those methods, tools, and approaches for backing up and restoring SharePoint. Furthermore, it covers the key concepts and activities necessary to develop a disaster recovery plan for SharePoint. After covering those concepts, it dives into all the crucial technical aspects of preserving SharePoint using the tools Microsoft provides with it.

Part 2: SharePoint Information Architecture with Robert Bogue, MVP

sos — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:12:52 GMT

Developing an information architecture relies upon the ability to know the system you are implementing. You'll implement information architecture differently for a physical file management system vs. an electronic one. In this session you'll learn about how SharePoint's capabilities and features influence how you should create your information architecture -- and what you need to know to create your own Information Architecture in SharePoint.

Robert Bogue is an eight-time MVP, 22 time author, and world renowned speaker. Robert – along with Eric Shupps -- will be presenting an all-day Professional SharePoint Development pre-conference workshop at Microsoft TechEd NA. Robert’s passion for SharePoint includes infrastructure, development, and end user adoption. Robert’s latest book, The SharePoint Shepherd’s Guide’s for End Users, is available in both book form as well as for corporate license.

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Fundamentals of Information Architecture with Robert Bogue, MVP

sos — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:01:20 GMT

Information Architecture doesn't have to be scary. Anyone can do it. You organize every day and that's at the heart of information architecture. In this session you'll learn the concepts and vocabulary you need to know to do information architecture. Don't be scared by the long words of a fancy “Information Architect” ever again!

Robert Bogue, MS MVP Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, MCITP:SharePoint Administrator, MCTS, MCT, MCSE, MCSA:Security, etc., has contributed to more than 100 book projects and numerous other publishing projects. Robert’s latest book is The SharePoint Shepherd’s Guide for End Users. You can find out more about the book at www.SharePointShepherd.com. Robert blogs at www.thorprojects.com/blog You can reach Robert at Rob.Bogue@thorprojects.com.

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Using the SharePoint Client Object model from within a custom document information panel

sos2 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:51:53 GMT

In this video, Stephane Eyskens, SharePoint MVP shows how you can leverage the power of the SharePoint Client Object model from a custom Document ...

Video: Troubleshoot Missing Items in SharePoint Online

sos2 — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:08:08 GMT

By DG

If you use SharePoint Online, then be sure to take a look at the video below -- where we learn how to Troubleshoot Missing Items in SharePoint Online. SharePoint Online is a powerful web based collaborative tool that is a a part of Microsoft Online Service.

SharePoint SDK Resource Center | SharePoint 2010 Developer

sos2 — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:06:42 GMT

Watch a short video about using the SharePoint 2010 SDK as you explore documentation and code samples for SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server.