Bamboo is gearing up for the SharePoint Technology Conference (SPTechCon) this week in San Francisco, where our Partner SharePoint911 will be presenting a comprehensive lineup of workshops and technical classes. Not only will the sessions presented by SharePoint911 cover a wide range of topics, but they’re targeted toward every level of SharePoint user, from end users to administrators. If you’re going to be at SPTechCon, be sure to check out one of the many sessions and workshops presented by SharePoint911 team members:
- Managing SharePoint 2010: Presented by Todd Klindt and Shane Young, this full-day workshop is a must for any administrator. Attendees will get a high-level presentation on the new features and terminology that will be built-in to the SharePoint 2010 release.
- SharePoint and Office 2007 Integration: Laura Rogers and Mark Miller guide end-users through using Office applications in conjunction with SharePoint to perform various tasks in this half-day workshop.
- Creating Custom Business Solutions: Almost everyone has the need to create custom business solutions when out-of-the-box options just won’t cut it. In this half-day workshop, Laura Rogers will show you how to use SharePoint Designer to create Data View/Data Form Web Parts to create a variety of solutions.
- Making the Most of Out-of-the-Box Web Parts: In this session, Laura Rogers will demonstrate how you can get the most from the out-of-the-box Web Parts in MOSS 2007! In addition, attendees will get to see a demo on using SharePoint Designer to customize some of these Web Parts.
- Introduction to SharePoint2010 Branding: With the new release of SharePoint 2010, Microsoft has built-in several new features that will make branding easier for all users. Randy Drisgill and John Ross will demonstrate how you can use these features to build a customized branding solution for your new SharePoint sites.
- Getting Started With SharePoint Workflows: Everyone likes the thought of streamlining their business processes with workflows, but how do you get these started? In this session, Jennifer Mason will not only walk you through setting up the out-of-the-box workflow templates but will also show how you can use SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio to create your own custom solutions.
- Administering SharePoint 2010 With PowerShell: In SharePoint2007, it was the STSADM command-line tool that enabled Administrators’ power to perform several tasks on their environments, but in SharePoint 2010 all of that changes to PowerShell. In this session, Todd Klindt and Shane Young will teach you the basics of using PowerShell, and the advantages it represents over the previous method.
- Improving the SharePoint Search Experience: The out-of-the-box search engine in SharePoint is remarkably powerful. In this session, John Ross will show you how to get the most out of SharePoint search by creating custom search solutions.
- Creating an Electronic Form Solution Using InfoPath and SharePoint: Laura Rogers will show you how to put a stop to using paper and learn how to incorporate InfoPath electronic forms and Forms Services into your SharePoint solution. It just might be the ROI your organization has been looking for.
- Backup and Recovery with SharePoint 2010: A big piece of any solution is disaster recovery. In this session, Todd Klindt and Shane Young will show you the new and improved out-of-the-box backup and restore capabilities of SharePoint 2010.
- Case Study: Rebuilding SharePoint911 on SharePoint 2010: Take a look at a real-world example as John Ross and Randy Drisgill walk you through through the upgrade of our Internet and internal sites from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010.
- SharePoint 2010: Out-of-the-box Web Parts: Laura Rogers provides an introduction to the new SharePoint 2010 Web Parts and how they can be used to build out your new environment.
- Working With Lists and Libraries in SharePoint 2010: With the new release comes some new options for creating lists and library solutions. Jennifer Mason will walk you through the new UI and provide examples of what you can build with out-of-the-box functionalities.
- Patching SharePoint 2010: Keeping your servers up to date is always a concern, and SharePoint 2010 is no exception. In this session, Todd Klindt and Shane Young will share the Microsoft best practices for keeping your environment running smoothly.
- Putting Together an Effective SharePoint Team: Successful SharePoint projects are a result of a good SharePoint team. Come learn from Jennifer Mason how to get started on building your team, including the skill sets you will need to pull together to ensure the success of your implementation.
- Help! Creating a Community of Support for SharePoint: With any application, users are going to run into problems and/or need assistance. In this session, Laura Rogers will cover some of these challenges and how to address them by having an effective support structure.