CLB372: Upgrading Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010
Itching to upgrade your SharePoint Server 2007-based farm to SharePoint Server 2010? Then this is the session for you. In this session you will learn about the upgrade methods that are available to get from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010. You will also learn how to determine which method is the best way for you to get your content into your shiny new SharePoint 2010-based farm. Finally, you will see how to reduce the amount of downtime you'll have. Your users will love you for that.
Session Lead: Jason Kaczor
CLB310: SharePoint 2010 - Deployment Best Practices
SharePoint 2010 is poised to revolutionize how organizations connect their people, processes, and information. It will mark the evolution of SharePoint from a server application to a full-fledged platform - a true ecosystem for the enterprise. But before companies can "make the jump", important issues must be addressed, including infrastructure requirements, legacy data preservation, and storage management.
During our session, you will learn about the new features available in SharePoint 2010 to help organizations streamline business processes. You will then find out about the best options available for transitioning to SharePoint 2010 from various legacy systems, including the native "in-place" and "visual" upgrade options from SharePoint 2007. During this discussion, you will also find out how organizations can use the transition to SharePoint 2010 as an opportunity to:
- Consolidate multiple legacy sources into SharePoint 2010;
- Establish an information architecture aligned with business needs;
- Efficiently present and manage file share content via SharePoint 2010;
- Leverage Cloud resources to save costs;
- Incorporate an intelligent governance model;
- Ensure a scalable deployment of SharePoint, ready for future growth.
Session Lead: Mary Leigh Mackie
CLB303: Upgrading from Microsoft Exchange Server 2003/2007 to Exchange Server 2010: Tips, Tricks, and Lessons Learned
In this session you will learn about strategies in preparing for a successful upgrade from Exchange 2003/2007 to Exchange 2010 as well as common pits and traps to avoid in the process. The session leverages over two years of early adopter experience in sharing with you the things that worked or did not work as organizations made the move to Exchange 2010.
Session Lead: Dave Kawula
CLB318: SharePoint is Down: Solutions for High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Data recovery is non-negotiable; you can't buy back lost data. Learn why IT continuity management is important, how to help protect your content, and investments in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 to get you there. You will also learn about the built-in tools for data protection in SharePoint 2010, as well as other Microsoft-based and third party tools to help ensure your SharePoint-based environments are available to your users.
Session Lead: Steve Goodyear
CLB301: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010: Sizing and Performance - Get It Right the First Time
Microsoft Exchange is a mission-critical infrastructure staple in organizations of all sizes. As an application which demands high levels of the "-abilities" (availability, reliability, scalability, etc.) and stringent resource demands, the sizing process is critical to ensuring a healthy production environment. Sizing Exchange 2010, which introduces a new replication and resiliency model (DAGs), a personal archive and enterprise archiving capabilities, as well as dramatic I/O reductions, radically changes the approach to storage design. Enhancements and new functionality hosted in the client access server, support for role consolidation on a single server and optimization for Software + Services models bring similar challenges when designing servers. This session addresses sizing and performance tuning methodology, and a time-tested approach for applying this methodology to your environment. The session covers key enabling hardware advancements, such as x64 architectures, multi-core processors, SATA, SAS and SSD disk technology, and how these technologies will play a key role moving forward with Exchange 2010. Finally, the session provides rules of thumb, for sizing the key server roles and technologies associated with typical deployments of Exchange 2010.
Session Lead: Atif Mahzar
CLB206: Getting to know FAST Search Server for SharePoint 2010
Search connects people to the information they need to get their jobs done. General productivity search solutions connect a broad set of people to a broad set of information. High-value search applications can drive measurable ROI by helping a specific set of people make the most of a specific set of information. High-value search applications share the following characteristics: They address a specific business problem and drive measurable ROI; they are designed for use by a well-defined set of people; and they "add structure to unstructured information" and enrich the target data set through advanced content processing. In this session, learn how FAST Search for SharePoint delivers great general productivity search AND makes it easy and economical to build high-value search applications.
Session Lead: Derek Kerr
CLB305: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 High Availability Design Considerations
Go beyond the basics of Exchange High Availability and gain a solid understanding of what you need to know to design a highly available and site resilient Exchange 2010-based solution. In this session you will learn about Exchange 2010 Mailbox Database Availability Group (DAG) design, including DAG sizing, database copy count/distribution, server capacity planning, storage design, and network design. If you want to help ensure users can get access to their mailboxes and find out how to design your Exchange 2010-based environment to support it, this session is for you!
Session Lead: Anthony Vranic
CLB311: From N to Z: Authentication and Authorization in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
Perhaps some of the most important considerations when planning a SharePoint-based deployment are: how do I authenticate my users and how do I ensure they have access to the content they need? In this session you will find out about the investments made in SharePoint 2010 as related to Authentication and Authorization, where one method merits consideration over another, and why. You will learn how Claims-based Authentication differs from other authentication mechanisms as well as how access to content can be configured beyond just permissions.
Session Lead: Reza Alirezaei
CLB343: Deploying and Managing PowerPivot for SharePoint
This session focuses on the role of IT professionals in the Managed Self-Service BI environment consisting of PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint. You will learn how to set up a new SharePoint-based farm with PowerPivot from scratch, and also how you can add PowerPivot into your existing installation of SharePoint. You will see a demonstration of the tools and services available to IT professionals for managing the PowerPivot environment in SharePoint, including the Management Dashboard.
Session Lead: Derek Comingore
CLB201: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1: An Overview of What's Coming
Come hear about the key investments in Exchange Server 2010 and SP1 and how Exchange provides unprecedented IT cost savings; the richest user experience across the PC, phone, and browser; and better management of risk through built-in protection and compliance features. Learn about how Exchange Server 2010 SP1 delivers powerful productivity tools to your users in a way that best fits your business and technology needs.
Session Lead: Stan Reimer
CLB202: Deploying Windows Phone 7 with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
Windows Phone is an important tool for personal productivity and collaboration for your employees. Windows Phone 7 takes this to the next level. In this TurboTalk, learn what's new in Office Mobile, how it integrates with SharePoint Server and how to create the highest impact for your users. This session also presents the new functionality that is available with Exchange Server 2010 in combination with Windows Phone 7, as well as offering guidance on deploying Windows Phone 7 in your organization to help enhance overall collaboration of your workforce.
Session Lead: Anthony Bartolo
CLB320: Advanced Dashboard Creation Using Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
Dashboards are most powerful when they provide a tailored experience for users, integrated into existing business processes. SharePoint provides almost limitless opportunities for creating a custom business intelligence (BI) experience for your users. In this session you will learn about how to work with PerformancePoint Services to build organizational dashboards, scorecards, and analytic reports. You will also see several examples of how PerformancePoint Services dashboards and reports can be integrated with custom content and capabilities of SharePoint, such as workflows, to create an experience that blends perfectly with your existing investments in SharePoint.
Session Lead: Kevin Harmer
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