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 December 2008 : 2008-12-10 |
| Open Panel Discussion | Bring your questions, comments, etc for the panel and group at large to respond to. | Wes Preston,Raymond Mitchell,Bill English,Todd Bleeker,Keith Dahlby,Lori Neff | |
| November 2008 : 2008-11-12 |
| Social Networking | | Raymond Mitchell,Wes Preston,Tim Bakke | |
| October 2008 : 2008-10-08 |
| SharePoint 2007 Administration | At this event we will dig into components of SharePoint Administration. We’ll start by reviewing terminology for SharePoint Administration. Next we’ll dig into Backup and Recovery in SharePoint. Finally we’ll look at ways to move SharePoint content around using various tools and techniques.
Discussion points include:
• STSADM commands
• Catastrophic vs. more granular backup/restore methods
• The Content Migration Wizard
While this topic focuses on SharePoint Administration topics it will be valuable for non-administrators to understand the capabilities of SharePoint as well as for Developers who will learn new ways to automate administrative tasks in SharePoint.
| Brian Caauwe | |
| September 2008 : 2008-09-10 |
| SharePoint Governance | SharePoint Governance: Inetium will discuss the latest best practices, products and materials available today for deployment planning of a SharePoint environment.
| Wes Preston | |
| August 2008 : 2008-08-13 |
| Open Panel Discussion | Bring your questions, comments, etc for the panel and group at large to respond to. | Wes Preston,Raymond Mitchell,Neil Iversen,Brian Caauwe,Lori Neff,Todd Klindt | |
| June 2008 : 2008-06-11 |
| What's new to the SharePoint Community in 2008 | With the numerous blog posts, community projects, and product releases this year, keeping up with the SharePoint Community can seem overwhelming. Please join us for a review on what's new to the SharePoint Community.
Covered topics include:
• Silverlight for SharePoint Blueprint
• Installing SharePoint on Windows Vista
• Important Codeplex projects and updates | Raymond Mitchell,Wes Preston,Phil Jirsa | |
| May 2008 : 2008-05-14 |
| SharePoint Implementations - Real World Examples | Real World Examples from Daktronics and Opus Corp.
4 Year Anniversary | Wes Preston,Murray Coble,Jeremy Sindelar | |
| April 2008 : 2008-04-09 |
| Enterprise Content Management (ECM) | | Erik Mau | |
| March 2008 : 2008-03-12 |
| SharePoint Search | Search Server 2008 and integration with SharePoint | Wes Preston,Brian Caauwe | |
| February 2008 : 2008-02-13 |
| SharePoint Development Overview | What opportunities are there for extending the SharePoint 2007 platform. | Neil Iversen | |
| January 2008 : 2008-01-09 |
| SharePoint Vendor Showcase | | Wes Preston,Jim Holthaus,Bill Kuhn | |
| December 2007 : 2007-12-12 |
| Practical Demos | | Wes Preston,Ryan Oliveira,Femi Oyekan | |
| November 2007 : 2007-11-14 |
| SharePoint Collaboration and Unified Communications | | Wes Preston,Steve Larson | |
| October 2007 : 2007-10-10 |
| SharePoint Designer & Building Composite Applications | Using SharePoint Designer to build composite applications on SharePoint. | Raymond Mitchell | |
| September 2007 : 2007-09-12 |
| SharePoint Branding | | Lori Neff | |
| August 2007 : 2007-08-08 |
| SharePoint Governance | | Wes Preston | |
| June 2007 : 2007-06-13 |
| SharePoint Platform Scenarios | | Erik Mau | |
| May 2007 : 2007-05-09 |
| Site Templates and Site Definitions | Review the differences between site templates and site definitions in the SharePoint applications. We will also be reviewing the “Fab 40” application/site templates available from Microsoft as well as reviewing the Community Kit for SharePoint. | Raymond Mitchell,Wes Preston | |
| April 2007 : 2007-04-11 |
| V2 to V3 Migration | This month we'll have Tim Smith from Avanade presenting on the migration options from SharePoint 2003 to 2007. Topics covered will include:
• Overview of the migration options
• Evaluating your current environment
• Understanding the impact to users
• Selecting the right migration approach
• Change management approach | Tim Smith | |
| March 2007 : 2007-03-14 |
| WSS 3.0 Deep Dive | | Wes Preston | |
| February 2007 : 2007-02-14 |
| Installation, Configuration and Administration | | Wes Preston | |
| January 2007 : 2007-01-10 |
| Microsoft Office System and SharePoint Integration | In this session, we'll review the changes and improvements in the 2007 Microsoft Office System and demonstrate the enhanced integration points between SharePoint 2007 and the following products: Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, InfoPath, OneNote, SharePoint Designer, Project and Groove. | Raymond Mitchell | |
| December 2006 : 2006-12-13 |
| Which Version of SharePoint is right for you? | Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies provide a host of features and capabilities for Collaboration, Portal, Search, Enterprise Content Management, Forms Driven Business Process, and Business Intelligence. This meeting will help to clarify which version of SharePoint, Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, is right for you. All attendees will receive a SharePoint 2007 product guide with an included feature matrix to use a reference guide. | | |
| November 2006 : 2006-11-08 |
| Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 (Continued) | Please join us in November as we continue our focus on the features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. In this session we'll be discussing:
Real-World Solution Example Built on MOSS 2007
What is a Context-Aware solution? It is the ability to deliver different user experiences based on the user's role and need. In this month’s session, we will provide an under the hood look at a real-world solution built using many of the features of MOSS 2007. This solution aggregates relevant information (data and documents) by leveraging the following components of MOSS 2007:
• Content Types
• Search
• Business Data Catalog (BDC)
• Workflow
• InfoPath Forms
• Custom Web Parts
• Custom fields
• More
This session will bring together many of the features we have been highlighting at the recent user group sessions in a single solution.
2007 Microsoft Office System Licensing and Pricing
Our discussion will provide guidance on the licensing of the Microsoft Office System, plus point you to licensing programs that are the most cost-effective solution for your organization. | | |
| October 2006 : 2006-10-11 |
| Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 (Continued) | Please join us in October as we continue our focus on the features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. In this session we'll be covering the following topics.
Business Data Catalog (BDC)
The BDC is a powerful way to integrate and surface line-of-business (LOB) data from back-end applications without writing any code.
Search
The search functionality of MOSS 2007 has been updated with improved relevancy and the inclusion of the Search Center. Search also goes beyond documents by allowing users to search data from back-end systems from within SharePoint.
Knowledge Network
Discover who knows what and who knows whom within your organization. The Knowledge Network extends MOSS 2007 by automating the discovery and sharing of undocumented knowledge and relationships within your organization. | | |
| September 2006 : 2006-09-13 |
| Web Content Management in SharePoint 2007 | Please join us in September as we demonstrate the web content management capabilities of SharePoint 2007. This session will also include demonstrations of SharePoint Designer. | | |
| August 2006 : 2006-08-09 |
| Business Intelligence using SharePoint 2007 | Please join us in August as we demonstrate how SharePoint 2007 addresses Business Intelligence. We will discuss the new features of SharePoint 2007 including Excel Services, Dashboard sites and KPI lists. | | |
| July 2006 : 2006-07-12 |
| MOSS: Business Process, Workflow, and Digital Forms | Join us as we explore Business Process, Workflow, and Digital Forms in Office SharePoint Server 2007. | | |
| June 2006 : 2006-06-14 |
| Document Management in MOSS 2007 | This month we will be focusing on Document Management in Office SharePoint Server 2007. Some of the topics we plan to cover include: Content types, Records Repository, and Policies and Auditing. | | |
| May 2006 : 2006-05-10 |
| SharePoint and Office 2007 | SharePoint and Office 2007 are coming and we know that you are anxious to see them. We will take you through the system showing how it addresses these key business needs: Portals, Collaboration, Content Management, Search, Business intelligence and Streamlined Processes.
Future meetings will then dive deep into each of these subjects so that in the fall of 2006 you know how they will impact your business.
The Minnesota SharePoint User Group is celebrating its 2 year anniversary. In honor of this we will have refreshments and time for networking with your peers. In addition, we will have SharePoint and Office 2007 loaded onto machines so that you can experience it up close and personal. | | |
| April 2006 : 2006-04-12 |
| Case Studies | This month we're planning to present some SharePoint examples provided by MNSPUG members/attendees.
Let us know if you'd like to present a cool example of what you've done with SharePoint and we may present it this month or going forward! | | |
| March 2006 : 2006-03-08 |
| SharePoint Web Parts 101 | We will be changing things up a bit this month and have two sessions going at the same time.
This session is intended for SharePoint Administrators and users. It will cover an overview of Web Parts in SharePoint: What they are, what they offer in functionality, how to effectively use them, etc. | | |
| SharePoint Web Part Development | We will be changing things up a bit this month and have two sessions going at the same time.
This session is targeted at developers and will cover development for SharePoint 2003 as well as ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts and how they relate to future SharePoint development. | | |
| February 2006 : 2006-02-08 |
| Free Stuff for SharePoint (WSS Application Templates and more!) | We will be covering some of the free offerings available for use with SharePoint. First will be the Applications for Windows SharePoint Services and then utilities and tools that are available. | | |
| January 2006 : 2006-01-11 |
| SharePoint State of the State | Please join us in January as we will review the state of the state of all things related to SharePoint. During the session we will cover some of the developments in 2005 related to SharePoint such as service packs, integration points with other Microsoft tools such as SQL Reporting Services and Business Scorecard Manager 2005 and more. In addition, Microsoft will be joining us and will provide a sneak peak into the future of SharePoint. | | |
| November 2005 : 2005-11-09 |
| Groove / Ask the SharePoint Experts | Please join us in November as we will have a representative from Microsoft in to discuss Groove and how it integrates with SharePoint. In addition we will be coordinating a panel to answer ad-hoc SharePoint questions from the group. | | |
| October 2005 : 2005-10-12 |
| InfoPath and SharePoint Integration | Please join us in October as we cover the many different integration points between InfoPath and SharePoint. We will provide a number of examples and demo's of how InfoPath and SharePoint can be used together. Hope to see you there. | | |
| September 2005 : 2005-09-14 |
| Demonstrations of 3rd Party Software Solutions for SharePoint | Please join us on September 14th for a great opportunity to meet 5 of the top SharePoint focused Independent Software Vendors (ISV). Joining us for this meeting will be:
Decision Support Panel -- Decision Support Panel (DSP) is a global ISV specializing in the integration of Business Intelligence (BI) information into SharePoint. DSP’s flagship product, DSP Portal Edition, is used to create BI Web Parts for presenting information from a Data Warehouse within SharePoint Portal Server or Windows SharePoint Services.
CorasWorks -- CorasWorks™ is the leading worldwide provider of modular software components (web parts) and solutions for Microsoft® SharePoint®. Using CorasWorks Workplace Suite™ software, organizations can quickly and easily create collaborative business applications on the SharePoint platform without the time and expense of custom development.
FileNet -- FileNet, the leading provider of Enterprise Content and Business Process Management solutions, enables the world’s leading companies and government agencies to streamline and automate their business processes, access and manage all forms of content and automate records management to help meet compliance needs.
K2.NET -- K2.net 2003 is an enterprise human-to-human and human-to-system workflow and business process automation software product created by SCTH, allowing organizations to rapidly design, implement, manage, track and improve workflow processes.
BrightWork -- BrightWork is a SharePoint add-on or extension that empowers organizations to effectively manage work and projects with a set of pre-built solutions and tools. BrightWork is the first SharePoint solution based on a formal project management model – the Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF), which in turn was influenced by the PMI PMBOK – Project Management Institute Project Management body of knowledge.
The format of the meeting will allow each of the ISV’s to present their solution in a concise manner allowing for time at the conclusion of the User Group for further one on one deep dive discussions. | | |
| August 2005 : 2005-08-10 |
| Deploying a Medium Server Farm in SharePoint | Please join us in August as Bill English from Mindsharp will demonstrate how to deploy a medium server farm using SharePoint Portal Server. | | |
| July 2005 : 2005-07-13 |
| Personalization in SharePoint | Please join us in June as we cover how to address personalization in your SharePoint implementation. We will be covering topics such as targeting content via audiences and more.
(This is the presentation we were hoping to give on June 8th, but due to a power failure at the Bloomington Microsoft office the user group was unable to meet.) | | |
| May 2005 : 2005-05-11 |
| Designing / Branding SharePoint | Please join us in May as we cover the topic of how to design and customize SharePoint to better support branding within your organization. Based on the feedback from our recent survey this was the most requested topic. | | |
| April 2005 : 2005-04-13 |
| SharePoint Cookbook | Please join us on April 13th as we prepare a 7 course “meal” using SharePoint technologies. The feedback from the recent survey posted on www.sharepointmn.com suggested that many of you are very hungry for more information on how to use SharePoint technologies. During the session we will present a number of “recipes” on how to utilize built-in SharePoint functionality along with some free downloads to address common business scenarios found in many organizations. All of the information will be made available to the attendees of the user group. On the menu will be the following:
Appetizer: Adding a breadcrumb web part to SharePoint to improve navigation
Salad: Creating and using a custom view of a list
Soup: Creating and using a data view web part with a list as the source
Main Course: Creating a “meatball” report to display graphical information based on conditional logic
Dessert: Creating and using connected web parts without having to use custom coding
After Dinner Drink: Creating a graph using Office Web Components
Cheese: Adding a welcome [username] web part to a site | | |
| March 2005 : 2005-03-09 |
| SharePoint Development | The focus of the upcoming March 9th MNSPUG meeting will be on SharePoint Development. In our last meeting a significant number of you indicated that a session covering Web Part development would be beneficial both from a business and technology standpoint. The topics we plan to cover in the meeting are: In what scenarios should custom web parts be used? How to get started doing web part development. Building connected web parts. Demonstration. | | |
| February 2005 : 2005-02-09 |
| SharePoint 'Back to Basics' & Administration | The upcoming February meeting is going to be a little different. We are planning on starting a half hour earlier to start off with a 'Back to Basics' SharePoint review. Since we have been covering pretty specific topics as of late, we are going to begin the February meeting with a brief overview of SharePoint where we will demonstrate key differences between SPS and WSS. After that our focus will be on the administrative side of SharePoint and focusing on best practices for planning and maintaining a SharePoint environment. We are also hoping to bring in an ISV who can demonstrate a backup / restore solution specifically for SharePoint. | | |
| January 2005 : 2005-01-12 |
| Project Tracking / Management / Collaboration | Happy New Year! Does your list of New Years resolutions include getting more out of SharePoint? If so, then this month’s Minnesota SharePoint User Group meeting is for you. This month we will cover how SharePoint can be used to address the scenario of project tracking, management and collaboration. We will demonstrate how to use many of the built-in features of SharePoint such as lists and WSS sites to provide a straightforward and easy to use project tracking environment. In addition we will demonstrate how Project Server 2003 integrates with SharePoint to provide a sophisticated enterprise level project management environment. | | |
| December 2004 : 2004-12-08 |
| Improving Access to Information | Please join us for the December meeting as we will cover the topic of improving access to information utilizing SharePoint technologies. We will be reviewing a case study along with demonstrating the value of the Business Scorecard Accelerator. | | |
| October 2004 : 2004-10-13 |
| Office Solution Accelerators | October's meeting will focus on addressing Human Resource issues via SharePoint technologies. During the session we will be presenting the Office Solution Accelerator for Recruiting, a free download from Microsoft which utilizes SharePoint and other Office technologies to address HR related issues such as interview planning and scheduling. | | |
| September 2004 : 2004-09-15 |
| SharePoint Integration with the Office System | The focus of the September meeting of the Minnesota SPUG will be on integrating SharePoint technologies with the Office System. The demonstrations will show how Office System technologies such as InfoPath, Word, Excel, Front Page, Outlook, Live Communications Server, and OneNote (to name a few) can be used in conjunction with SharePoint. We will also cover the recently announced Information Bridge Framework (IBF) and demonstrate how it fits into the Office System landscape. | | |
| July 2004 : 2004-07-27 |
| Workflow / Captaris TeamPlate | In the July 2004 user group meeting, we will be covering the Captaris product TeamPlate, which focuses on extending the workflow capabilities of SharePoint. | | |
| June 2004 : 2004-06-23 |
| Taxonomy | During the June meeting of the SharePoint Portal User Group we will explore the topic of Taxonomy from both business and technical perspectives. Mark Gavin and Erik Mau from Inetium will discuss Best Practices as it relates to establishing an optimum site structure. | Erik Mau,Mark Gavin | |
| May 2004 : 2004-05-04 |
| User Group Kick-Off | | Chris Capossela,Eric Raarup | |