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Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint

User Group

October 13th, 2010

Panel Discussion

Guests: Virgil Carroll, Eric Kraus

Meeting 68

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Agenda

• Introductions• Panel Discussion / Q&A• Break• Panel Discussion / Q&A

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User Group Goal / Objectives

Develop and support a local community focused on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies

• Educate user group members about SharePoint Technologies• Transfer knowledge within the community• Communicate best practices• Introduce new products / solutions

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Introductions – MNSPUG Sponsors

Inetium (www.inetium.com)• Changing name to Avtex on 1/1/11• Technology consulting company • Microsoft Gold Certified Partner• Practice area focused on SharePoint

Benchmark Learning (www.benchmarklearning.com)• Microsoft Gold Certified Partner• Training on many technologies

Microsoft (www.microsoft.com)

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• Website for user group• SharePoint resource documents• SharePoint resource links• RSS Feeds • Meeting Schedule• Past User Group Presentations

• info@sharepointmn.com

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Social Networking• Linked In group – The most interactive… includes job postings…

– http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1878792

• Facebook group– http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=27333305456

• Twitter: @MNSPUG and #MNSPUG

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Upcoming Schedule

• Next Meeting • September 8th 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM

• Microsoft’s Bloomington Office

• Topic: [SharePoint and Business Intelligence]

Check www.sharepointmn.com for updates!

• Ongoing Schedule• 2nd Wednesday of every month

• 9:00 to 11:30 am

• Microsoft’s Bloomington Office

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Local EventsSharePoint No-code Application Seminar – October 20, 2010 9:00 AMhttp://www.benchmarklearning.com/Resources/Events.aspxBenchmark Learning – Edina

SharePoint 2010 Deep Dive: Business Process, Workflows, Forms and Composites October 21, 2010 1:00 PMhttp://www.benchmarklearning.com/Resources/Events.aspxBenchmark Learning - Edina

SharePoint 2010 Deep Dive: Search – November 5, 2010 9:00 AMhttp://www.benchmarklearning.com/Resources/Events.aspxBenchmark Learning - Edina

SharePoint Saturday – Spring, 2011http://www.sharepointsaturdaymn.com http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/twincities/default.aspx TBD

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ConferencesSPTechCon – SharePoint Technology Conference – October 20-22, 2010http://www.sptechcon.com/Boston, MA

Best Practices Conference – Week of March 7th, 2010http://www.bestpracticesconference.com/La Jolla, CA

Next Microsoft SharePoint Conference … October 3-6, 2011http://www.mssharepointconference.comAnaheim, CA

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Announcements• SharePoint MCM Reading List

– http://www.dynamicevents.com/upload/MCM-MCA/MCM/SharePoint/MCMSharePointPre-Reads.pdf

• SharePoint in Pictures– http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepointpictures/

• SharePoint eMagazine (DIWUG)– http://information-worker.org/FreeMagazine.aspx

• SharePoint Patches and Updates – 10/12 Releases– http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=392

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The Panel

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Quick Intro

• Erik Kraus – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ekraus/

– Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS)

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• Virgil Carroll – http://bananablog.highmonkey.com/default.aspx

– High Monkey Consulting– http://www.highmonkey.com/

Virgil Carroll is the founding President and Chief Technology Architect of High Monkey Consulting. As High Monkey’s Chief Architect, Mr. Carroll is instrumental in HMC’s three practice areas: Collaboration, User Experience and Interface Design/Development. Mr. Carroll has over 10 years of experience with Microsoft technologies and is currently pursuing a 2nd Master’s Degree in Human Computer Interactions. He is an MCT and MCTS in SharePoint and speaks all around the world on collaboration topics. As both a Technology Architect and business owner, Mr. Carroll provides an invaluable perspective of both the technical and business sides of things. Bringing a level of enthusiasm that will infect any audience; he uses his sense of humor and storytelling ability to engage any audience while his wealth of knowledge will provide them with practical advice and best practices.

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Quick Intro

• Raymond Mitchell http://www.iwkid.com/blog

– SharePoint Consultant at Inetium– MCTS

• WSS and MOSS Configuration• WSS and MOSS Development

– Author:

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• Wes Preston – http://www.idubbs.com/blog

– SharePoint Senior Consultant –• Inetium/Avtex - Microsoft Gold Partner

– MVP – SharePoint Server– MCTS - WSS 3.0 and MOSS Configuration– MCTS - SharePoint 2010, Configuration– MCITP – SharePoint Administrator 2010

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Q&A

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Thanks for coming!

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