| Topic | Topic Details | Presenters | Files | Recording |
|---|
 March 2012
:
2012-03-14 |
| The Migratory Patterns of SharePoint | This session will focus on migrations for SharePoint inclulding: On Premise, to the Cloud, and Best Practices.
Microsoft Technology Center
3601 76th Street West, 6th Floor
Edina, MN 55435
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| Feburary 2012
:
2012-02-08 |
| SharePoint and the Customer Experience | How can SharePoint bring value to your internal customer. This session will take a look at this question from a general discussion of value, to the ROI of SharePoint and finally how Extranets can tie into the customer experience.
This meeting will be held at Benchmark Learning's conference room:
Benchmark Learning
4510 West 77th Street
Suite 210
Edina, MN 55435 | | | |
| January 2012
:
2012-01-11 |
| I Didn't Know SharePoint Could Do That! | Please join us on Wednesday, January 11 for a highly interactive and abstract look at some ways to further extend SharePoint in ways you may have not known before. Some of the demos will involve the use of MySites, Search and even Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology!
Microsoft Technology Center
3601 76th Street West, 6th Floor
Edina, MN 55435
| Doug Splinter;Jenny Hon;Scott Yokiel | | |
| December 2011
:
2011-12-14 |
| Social Networking for the Enterprise | This month we will focus on understanding what is social media and how it applies to your SharePoint environment. We will review trends, concepts, functionality and strategies to maximize ROI and bring tangible value to your organization.
| Scott Yokiel;Don Donais | | |
| November 2011
:
2011-11-09 |
| Real World SharePoint Stories and Solutions | This month we are giving the keys to you, our loyal followers and general public, to present real world SharePoint stories and solutions that have been implemented within your organizations. It is a great way for everyone to see new and creative ways that SharePoint is being used and hopefully will give you some ideas to take back as well. | | | |
| October 2011
:
2011-10-12 |
| SharePoint Conference Review and Panel Discussion | If you weren't able to attend Microsoft's 2011 SharePoint Conference - come and hear what it was all about. If you were able to attend - come and share your thoughts and experiences! We'll also have a panel discussion to answer any of your SharePoint questions. | Johnny Harbieh;Lucas Riedi;Shikhar Thapa;Veasnar Yem;Scott Yokiel | | |
| September 2011
:
2011-09-14 |
| Metadata in SharePoint |
- Planning for Metadata
- Content Types
- Metadata
- Managed Metadata
| Don Donais | | |
| August 2011
:
2011-08-10 |
| Panel Discussion | | Raymond Mitchell;Todd Klindt;Phil Wicklund;Wes Preston | | |
| July 2011
:
2011-07-13 |
| SharePoint Integration | In this session we'll identify the necessary integrations points with products like Office, Active Directory, SQL and Exchange. We will also investigate the possibilites for other products like DPM, TMG / UAG, and TFS among others.
| Brian Caauwe | | |
| June 2011
:
2011-06-08 |
| Office 365 & Hosted Solutions - SharePoint in the Cloud | Join us this month as we look at hosted solutions for SharePoint. We’ll focus on Microsoft’s Office 365 solution but also discuss other hosted options as well as hybrid (Cloud + On-Premise) approaches. We’ll also provide an overview of the rest of Microsoft’s could offering and discuss where it fits with Office 365! | Raymond Mitchell;Don Donais | | |
| May 2011
:
2011-05-11 |
| SharePoint & Office Better Together | 7 Years of MNSPUG!
This month we'll take look at integration points between Office and SharePoint. We'll focus largely on Office 2010 but will also feature "Good, Better, Best" comparisons with different versions of Office and SharePoint. Featured products / integrations include:
- Access
- Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
- Visio
- OneNote
We'll also look at the Office Web Apps and Office Mobile! | Raymond Mitchell;Nick Stillings;Don Donais | | |
| April 2011
:
2011-04-13 |
| Internet Sites Built on SharePoint | Join us on April 13th as we continue our crawl, walk, run series with an in-depth look at Internet sites built on SharePoint. In this session we'll cover a broad set of features including Web Content Management, the SharePoint Publishing framework, and configuring SharePoint for anonymous access. We will touch on branding options but will save the deep-dive for a MNSPUG session dedicated to branding. We will also cover what is available with WSS/Foundation as well as what MOSS/Server brings to the table. This is a must-see session for anyone looking to have a public-facing site built on SharePoint! | Raymond Mitchell | | |
| March 2011
:
2011-03-09 |
| SharePoint Workflow / Business Process Automation | We continue our crawl, walk, run series with an in-depth look at Workflows and Business Process Automation. We'll explore what is available out of the box, what you can do with SharePoint Designer 2010 as well as with Visual Studio 2010, and we'll also take a brief look at 3rd party solutions that are available. We'll discuss real-world scenarios, practical examples and walk through demos that you won't want to miss! | Phil Jirsa;Raymond Mitchell;Veasnar Yem | | |
| February 2011
:
2011-02-09 |
| SharePoint Search / FAST | "SharePoint 2010 Search helps people find the information they need to get their jobs done" - Microsoft.com
We're doing a review of the various Microsoft Search products. During the session we'll review the out of the box functionality, configuration and customization opportunities, as well as administration and governance topics. This presentation will help you understand the functional differences between products and help you determine which solution is right for your organization. | Raymond Mitchell;Brian Caauwe | | |
| January 2011
:
2011-01-12 |
| SharePoint Implementation: When to Crawl, Walk or Run | Many of us have seen SharePoint 101 presentations describing features and functionality of SharePoint 2010. What we’re missing are the best practices and recommendations for what to implement and when. What are the benefits/risks of choosing to crawl first and then walk or run later? What effort is required to jump ahead and implement the utopia? This presentation will break down key functionality areas within SharePoint and outline the crawl, walk or run maturity models. Once you have an understanding of what it takes to implement and manage these models, you’ll be able to develop your platform strategy and make critical choices about where to focus your efforts. | Wes Preston;Raymond Mitchell | | |
| December 2010
:
2010-12-08 |
| SharePoint and Mobile | We'll explore the options for working with SharePoint from various mobile platforms. We'll look at what you get "out-of-the-box" as well as custom implementations for SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 sites | Neil Iversen | | |
| November 2010
:
2010-11-10 |
| Business Intelligence within SharePoint | Microsoft has made so much progress integrating the Business Intelligence Suite into SharePoint, the options can seem overwhelming. Have you found yourself wondering what is available? Have you seen some features but can’t decide if they fit with your company? Maybe it all sounds great, but you just need to know where to start. Gain insights on how to integrate Business Intelligence with SharePoint. Understand what is available and who should be using it. See how SharePoint is the premier platform to deliver Business Intelligence solutions to users at all levels in your company.
• PowerPivot with Excel: Self-Service BI for True Power Users
• Excel Services: Self-Service BI for the Rest of Us
• Reporting Services and Report Builder: Build and Publish Reports within SharePoint
• Performance Point: Scorecards and Dashboards | Charlie Kriefall;Jin Cho;Muhammad F. Arif | | |
| October 2010
:
2010-10-13 |
| Panel Discussion | | Eric Kraus;Virgil Carroll;Raymond Mitchell;Wes Preston | | |
| September 2010
:
2010-09-08 |
| You might need a list if... and Lists: Used, Abused and Underappreciated | A couple of sessions for end users and folks thinking about using SharePoint for day to day use. The power of lists, the core of SharePoint. | Sarah Haase;Wes Preston | | |
| August 2010
:
2010-08-11 |
| SharePoint 2010 Composite Application for Knowledge Management | In this month's meeting we will go behind the scenes of a SharePoint 2010 composite application for knowledge management.
We will demonstrate how the SharePoint 2010 solution was architected and developed highlighting the following areas:
• Integrating SharePoint with data (CRM) using Business Connectivity Services (BCS)
• Leveraging InfoPath connected with workflow
• Managing employee skill data using the MySite
• Connecting documents and digital assets with metadata
• Writing custom events to the MySite activity feed
• Surfacing information with Search
• Integrating Silverlight with SharePoint
| Erik Mau | | |
| July 2010
:
2010-07-14 |
| Introduction to BCS | This month we'll introduce Business Connectivity Services (BCS). We'll discuss the different types of BCS solutions that can be developed and walk through a sample scenario using SharePoint Designer 2010. | Raymond Mitchell | | |
| June 2010
:
2010-06-09 |
| SharePoint for the Internet | Review of SharePoint as a platform for public-facing internet sites. Some of the topics we'll cover include:
• SharePoint's history as a web content management (WCM) platform (SharePoint 2003, 2007, 2010)
• The business case for SharePoint as a WCM platform
• SharePoint WCM capabilities
• Branding and customization options
• Hosting options (self-hosted, hosting partner, BPOS)
• A brief look at related products needed to make your deployment successful | Raymond Mitchell | | |
| May 2010
:
2010-05-12 |
| SharePoint and Office 2010 Launch Event!! | We'll be streaming the Microsoft Launch event for SharePoint and Office 2010. | | | |
| April 2010
:
2010-04-14 |
| Business Processes with SharePoint 2010 - Digital Forms and Workflows | | Phil Jirsa | | |
| March 2010
:
2010-03-10 |
| Social Networking with SharePoint 2007 / 2010 | | Wes Preston;Erik Mau | | |
| February 2010
:
2010-02-11 |
| SharePoint 2010 - Installation and Migration | | Brian Caauwe | | |
| January 2010
:
2010-01-13 |
| SharePoint 2010 Composite Applications | | Raymond Mitchell | | |
| December 2009
:
2009-12-09 |
| SharePoint 2010 Content Management | | Wes Preston;Raymond Mitchell | | |
| November 2009
:
2009-11-11 |
| Breakout: Access Services | | Shikhar Thapa | | |
| Breakout: SharePoint 2010 Administration | | Wes Preston;Brian Caauwe | | |
| Breakout: What's New in Office 2010 | | Nick Stillings | | |
| Breakout: SharePoint 2010 Development | | Veasnar Yem;Phil Jirsa | | |
| Lunch & Learn: Preparing for SharePoint 2010 | | Wes Preston;Brian Caauwe | | |
| General Session: SharePoint 2010 Overview, A Walk Around the Wheel | | Raymond Mitchell;Wes Preston | | |
| October 2009
:
2009-10-14 |
| Panel Discussion | | Raymond Mitchell;Wes Preston;Brian Caauwe;Johnny Harbieh | | |
| September 2009
:
2009-09-09 |
| SharePoint Extranets | An overview of how to use SharePoint (both WSS and MOSS) as an extranet solution. Review extranet scenarios from the business perspective, learn about the technical details and decisions that need to be made to build a secure environment, review governance topics from the extranet perspective and discuss the importance of user design decisions. | Brian Caauwe | | |
| August 2009
:
2009-08-12 |
| Building SharePoint Dashboards for Project Management | Everything in SharePoint is a list. This familiar statement works great when you are managing the sea of data that is needed for true team collaboration, but, how do you present this data in a format that provides project status to your sponsors? This non-technical session will give Project Managers the tools needed to turn SharePoint data into a straightforward, accessible dashboard, all using out of the box capabilities. You will learn how to display Gantts, graphs, and usable data from SharePoint and other sources to enable your sponsors to make better-informed decisions by more easily viewing, analyzing and sharing data. The capabilities outlined in this session are available in all Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 versions and does not require custom development. | Larry Christofaro | | |
| July 2009
:
2009-07-08 |
| Panel Discussion | | Bill English;Wes Preston;Neil Iversen;Raymond Mitchell;Sarah Haase | | |
| June 2009
:
2009-06-10 |
| SharePoint Search: WSS to FAST | An overview of Microsoft's Enterprise Search story. We will cover Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Search Server 2008, Search Server 2008 Express, and Microsoft FAST. This presentation will help you understand the functional differences between the products and which solution is right for your organization. | Wes Preston;Brian Caauwe;Bob Koviak;Tom Washek | | |
| May 2009
:
2009-05-13 |
| Workflow Overview | Please join us on Wednesday, May 13, as we celebrate 5 years of the Minnesota SharePoint User Group! This month we'll focus on business processes, worflows, and forms in SharePoint. Several subject areas will be covered, including:
•Workflow basics
•Out of the box workflow templates
•Configuring / customizing workflows
•Options for building workflows
•Building workflows with SharePoint Designer
Best Buy Case Studies by Sarah Haase.
And to celebrate the MN SharePoint User Group's 5th Anniversary, we'll have lots of giveaways and a special treat! | Neil Iversen;Sarah Haase | | |
| April 2009
:
2009-04-08 |
| What You Need to Know About SharePoint Designer (Now That It's Free) | For those of you that don't know, SharePoint Designer is now available as a free download from Microsoft.com. During this session, immediately following April's MNSPUG, we will discuss what this means to your business - whether you have an existing SharePoint environment, are planning one, or are even considering one! We'll talk through some of the basics and leave plenty of time for Q&A. | Raymond Mitchell;Wes Preston;Lori Neff | | |
| SharePoint Business Intelligence | SharePoint and Business Intelligence
You're invited.
Please join us on Wednesday, April 8, as we explore Business Intelligence leveraging the SharePoint platform. In this session we will cover the various Business Intelligence integration points with SharePoint 2007 including:
• Excel Services
• PerformancePoint Server 2007
• SQL Reporting Services (SSRS)
• SharePoint filters
• Dashboards
• KPI lists
• and more!
This session will include a number of demonstrations and tips on how to get started using SharePoint for business intelligence. | Neil Iversen | | |
| March 2009
:
2009-03-11 |
| Open Panel Discussion | Guest panelist - Johhny Harbieh | Raymond Mitchell;Wes Preston;Johnny Harbieh;Brian Caauwe;Erik Mau | | |
| February 2009
:
2009-02-11 |
| Back to the Basics: Making the Most of MOSS 2007 | | Raymond Mitchell;Wes Preston | | February 2009 MNSPUG |
| January 2009
:
2009-01-14 |
| Back to the Basics: Making the Most of WSS v3 | With the current economic landscape, companies are concerned about how they invest their money and how to get the most out of what they've already invested in. With this in mind, we'd like to focus this month on the SharePoint tools and products that are available to everyone with Windows Server
• WSS
• Search Server Express
• SQL Express
• Fab 40 templates
We'll review the core functionally of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS v3): what functionality does it offer and how can it be used. What can organizations and users expect to get out of the functionality provided by WSS and other tools available before investing in MOSS? February's session will build off of this one and turn our focus to 'Making the most of MOSS'.
Some of the topics we'll be covering in January include:
• Site templates
• List templates
• List Views
• Tips and Tricks
• and more....
• This month's session will be targeted to SharePoint entry-level and power users.
| Raymond Mitchell;Wes Preston | | January 2009 MNSPUG |
| 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;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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2004-05-04 |
| User Group Kick-Off | | Chris Capossela;Eric Raarup | | |