Microsoft Podcasts about SharePoint Server: Connect People, Processes, and Information

X Design Pattern for Web Sites Where Contributors and Consumers Cross Boundaries

2009-11-18 13:00:00

Historically, Internet sites were built for external users to consume passive content. Now, there is an added ability for internal contributors to provide managed content. In this webcast, we present customer cases studies of Internet sites, extranets, and communities, and we demonstrate how the X design pattern provides the ability for internal users and external Web users to act as both contributors and consumers. The key to this functionality is the layer in the middle where information and the process flow can be managed in both directions, mashed-up, manipulated, and analyzed. We introduce you to the CorasWorks Solution for Internet Sites, which is a packaged solution that extends Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 to enable organizations to accomplish this without requiring custom code development.

Creating SharePoint Web Sites and Reaching SmartPhone Users with Mobile Entrée

2009-11-11 13:00:00

In this webcast, Dan Lindsay of Rosetta demonstrates how Rosetta has leveraged Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet Sites, to build highly engaging, interactive, and effective marketing Web sites for their clients. He also addresses how SharePoint Server allows Rosetta to address all critical aspects of Web site development and deployment, including creating rich user experiences, managing content, search engine optimization, analytics, and accessibility. Dan along with Lisa Ruff of H3 Solutions, will show how using H3's Mobile Entrée and the SharePoint Server Internet site can reach the Smartphone user for a full experience.

Ten Reasons for Hosting Web Sites on SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet Sites

2009-11-04 13:00:00

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet Sites is being used by a number of industry-leading organizations across the globe. Join us for a in-depth look at how your organization can benefit from SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet Sites. In this webcast, we review ten areas in which SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet Sites is delivering concrete value to organizations that have deployed the technology.

Microsoft Information Protection Solution

2009-11-03 13:00:00

Your organization's data seems to be located everywhere, and you need to make sure the data is readily accessible to everyone who needs it but not to anyone else. This isn't an easy task, but Microsoft Forefront business-ready security can help. Attend this webcast to learn about Microsoft information protection solutions and how to best encrypt and protect data—files, SharePoint sites, e-mails, whether data is at rest, in motion, or in use. Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure, and RSA's Data Loss Prevention Suite are all at your disposal. We showcase the newest features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 for data protection and describe how to easily federate access using Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and AD RMS.

Maximize Your SharePoint Investment (Part 4 of 4): Building a Successful SharePoint Development Team

2009-11-03 10:00:00

These sessions from an in-person and virtual event will assist your agencies and organizations in further realizing the return on your existing Microsoft SharePoint investment via Enterprise SharePoint Development. Enterprise Application Development on the SharePoint Platform enables a multitude of SharePoint benefits to be coupled with the power of the .NET platform. This combination allows the creation of flexible, integrated and secure line-of-business applications to be built in a fraction of the time of traditional development. Explore Microsoft’s current and long term strategy for the SharePoint Platform and supporting Development Tools. Seize this opportunity to immerse yourself in the exciting world of Enterprise SharePoint Development!This session talks about building SharePoint development teams.

Maximize Your SharePoint Investment (Part 2 of 4): Realizing SharePoint as a Development Platform

2009-11-03 10:00:00

Maximize Your SharePoint Investment (Part 1 of 4): Keynote & Visual Studio 2010

2009-11-03 10:00:00

These sessions from an in-person and virtual event will assist your agencies and organizations in further realizing the return on your existing Microsoft SharePoint investment via Enterprise SharePoint Development. Enterprise Application Development on the SharePoint Platform enables a multitude of SharePoint benefits to be coupled with the power of the .NET platform. This combination allows the creation of flexible, integrated and secure line-of-business applications to be built in a fraction of the time of traditional development. Explore Microsoft’s current and long term strategy for the SharePoint Platform and supporting Development Tools. Seize this opportunity to immerse yourself in the exciting world of Enterprise SharePoint Development!This first session talks about taking your SharePoint investment to the next level with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

Creating Branded User Experiences in SharePoint Server 2007

2009-10-28 13:00:00

You can use Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to develop Internet, intranet, and extranet applications with great success. However, external-facing applications come with the extra challenge of having to reflect the company's brand and integrating transactional, personalization, and marketing features. Attend this webcast to discover that SharePoint Server is an excellent platform for a variety of Web-related needs across the enterprise. We present best practices for building Internet, intranet, and extranet sites using out-of-the-box features of SharePoint and using add-on frameworks and components that take advantage of the rich integration capabilities of SharePoint Server. To illustrate these best practices, we show you some recently launched sites developed on SharePoint Server 2007.

Microsoft Secure Collaboration Solution

2009-10-27 13:00:00

In this webcast, we walk you through the best practices and technologies that are available to secure Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows SharePoint Services and to extend access to employees on the go, partners, vendors, and even customers. After this webcast, you should know how to protect your SharePoint Server from malware and inappropriate content, how to protect your data from leaking into the wrong hands, how to easily and securely publish your SharePoint sites for access by remote employees and partners, and how to simply establish trusts and federation between business partners leveraging claims.

BenkoTips Live and On Demand: Working with SharePoint Server and Silverlight

2009-09-16 09:00:00

In this webcast, we introduce the developer concepts for working with XAML and Microsoft Silverlight. Concepts covered include the basics of layout and controls, styling, data binding, and control templates. We explore integration of data in the common language runtime (CLR) with Language Integrated Query (LINQ) to pull information from Web services, and how we can use data binding to customize the presentation with both Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft Expression Blend. After we explore the basics of XAML and Silverlight, we show the steps to deploy the solution to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 using a customized Web part. BenkoTips Live and On Demand brings events to you. This webcast series is dedicated to helping developers explore the possible. Join us each week as we take a look at what is new for developers, and see how to take advantage of the tools that developers use.

Leveraging SharePoint Portal Server and BizTalk Server

2009-08-18 11:00:00

Are you interested in turbo-charging your business processes with the combined power of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006, Windows SharePoint Services, and Microsoft Office InfoPath? If so, please join us for this webcast to discover proven strategies to help you: Design, configure, and monitor a wide array of business processes. Create systems that empower your organization to be far more responsive. Enable InfoPath forms that contain more accurate information in different formats, saving time for you and your information workers. Get more out of Windows SharePoint Services by integrating promoted properties and columns, custom views, and more. Boost overall system performance with BizTalk files that automatically read and write to SharePoint document libraries, all using out-of-the-box functionality.

Unlocking the Power of Microsoft Office and SharePoint Server

2009-07-30 11:00:00

Are you interested in the hidden capabilities of the 2007 Microsoft Office system and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007? If so, please join us for this webcast to discover powerful and proven capabilities in the 2007 Office system that unlock hidden benefits in SharePoint Server. Learn key strategies for reducing the cost of data management and collaboration projects by deploying software that you already own, and find out about secrets for saving time while empowering your information workers.

How Microsoft IT Scaled Enterprise Services by Standardizing Business Processes and Integrating a Global Tools Platform

2009-07-14 09:30:00

When the Enterprise Services group committed to more than doubling its business, it realized that its existing processes and tools could not support the projected growth. Join this session to see how Microsoft IT (MSIT) provided a standard set of robust business processes and an integrated global tools platform, using Microsoft Office applications as the interface. The solution reduced core transaction costs and incorporated compliant policies, such as SOX, directly into processes. Tools and processes are integrated, reporting integrity is high, and engagement management is streamlined.

Knee-Jerk Reactions to Proactive Solutions: Improved SharePoint Performance

2009-07-10 10:00:00

Attend this webcast to learn one dozen easy-to-implement performance tips for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We discuss a wide range of topics from adjusting out-of-the-box settings to identifying memory leaks in custom code. We also describe several ways to proactively improve the user experience and squeeze more performance out of a SharePoint Server farm. Anyone currently designing a SharePoint Server implementation can benefit from this webcast.

How Microsoft IT Designs and Creates Enterprise Publishing Portals Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

2009-07-07 09:30:00

Join this session to learn valuable lessons and strategies from the implementation of MOSS 2007 publishing portals at Microsoft. Learn planning and development approaches for rich publishing portals. See customizations and lessons learned in the process of building these flexible, extensible platforms across the Microsoft enterprise. Walk away knowing how to more deeply leverage, customize, and extend native MOSS 2007 functionality.

Getting a Development Job in the Current Economy: Open Question Forum

2009-06-25 13:00:00

This is final webcast in our series on getting a development job. Be sure to bring your questions and let our professional recruiters give their opinions on what you should do in your job search. The format is an open question and answer session in which we answer as many questions as we have time for.

Getting a Development Job in the Current Economy: Social Networking

2009-06-24 13:00:00

To Facebook or not to Facebook? Does using Facebook influence your chances of getting a job? What are the best ways to take advantage of social networks to increase your chances of landing that new position? Hang out with our recruiters and find out. In this webcast, we tell you what social networks to join and what to avoid to help you get a development job.

Getting a Development Job in the Current Economy: Interview Tips

2009-06-23 13:00:00

Okay, so you made it through the job interview. Congratulations! Now what? You still need to get past the one or more interviews that stand in between you and that great developer position. Come to this webcast and hear from actual recruiters on what they look for in potential employees and how get through the interview process.

Getting a Development Job in the Current Economy: Resume Building

2009-06-22 13:00:00

In this webcast, we continue our series on getting a development job, and we explain how to build your resume to get an edge on the competition in this economy. What are the key things you need to know to distinguish your resume from all of the others in a heap of resumes? Come talk to an actual recruiter who can show you how to design your resume properly, so you can get the developer job you want.

Considerations for Large-Scale SharePoint Server Deployments on SQL Server

2009-06-04 08:00:00

In this webcast, we identify architectural design considerations, provide prescriptive guidance, and discuss best practices—based on real-world scenarios—for designing storage architecture subsystems for large-scale Microsoft Office SharePoint Server deployments using Microsoft SQL Server. We also share best practices for maximizing scalability and performance with SharePoint Server and SQL Server and techniques for monitoring scalability metrics for existing implementations.

ARCast.TV: Greg Galipeau on Customizing SharePoint Solutions

2009-06-04 00:00:00

In this interview, Greg Galipeau, Project Manager and Senior Consultant of RDA, talks with Zhiming Xue about customizing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) based solutions. With demos Greg walks through each of the three customization options-using the SharePoint Designer tool, using the site template admin function inside a SharePoint site, and creating custom site definitions with Microsoft Visual Studio and other tools. He further talks about what developers can do with web parts, Microsoft ASP.NETweb applications and workflow activities while customizing SharePoint solutions. Through his consulting experience he shares his thoughts on how to address potential SharePoint customization issues that customers often run into.

Microsoft Forefront code name "Stirling" - The next generation of Forefront Security for SharePoint

2009-06-02 13:00:00

Forefront Security for SharePoints comprehensive protection includes file filtering, keyword filtering, and multiple anti-malware scanning engines from industry-leading security partners to provide comprehensive protection against the latest threats. Through integration with SharePoint and core Microsoft infrastructure technologies, Forefront Security for SharePoint provides high performance, easily customized protection optimized for SharePoint collaboration environments. Learn about the next generation Beta 2 release of Forefront Security for SharePoint and how it will integrate with the Microsoft Forefront integrated security suite codenamed Stirling..

ARCast.TV: Greg Galipeau on Customizing SharePoint Solutions

2009-06-01 10:00:00

In this interview, Greg Galipeau, Project Manager and senior consultant of RDA, discusses with Zhiming Xue about customizing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) based solutions. With demos Greg walks through each of the three customization options -- using the SharePoint Designer tool, using the site templaadmin function inside a SharePoint site, and creating custom site definitions with Microsoft Visual Studio and other tools. He further talks about what developers can do with web parts, asp.net web applications and workflow activities while customizing SharePoint solutions. Through his consulting experience he shares his thoughts on how to address potential SharePoint customization issues that customers often run into.

geekSpeak: SharePoint as a Data Store with J. Dan Attis

2009-05-20 12:00:00

In this episode of geekSpeak, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) J. Dan Attis shows us how developers can use Microsoft SharePoint as a content management system for their applications. Dan will highlight ways in which you can leverage the power of SharePoint from your custom website(s) using the SharePoint APIs as well as its back-end management (which makes for very happy content managers). Be sure to bring your SharePoint development questions for Dan! Your hosts for this geekSpeak are Glen Gordon and Brian Hitney.The geekSpeak webcast series brings you industry experts in a "talk-radio" format hosted by developer evangelists from Microsoft. These experts share their knowledge and experience about a particular developer technology and are ready to answer your questions in real time during the webcast. To ask a question in advance of the live webcast, or for post-show resources, be sure to visit the geekSpeak blog.

SharePoint Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 Integration with Active Directory Rights Management Services

2009-05-07 13:00:00

Microsoft Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) provides the capability for users to protect documents by providing granular permissions to them. This presentation provides an overview of Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange and Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint technologies. Learn how Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) can be configured and used to implement automatic document protection at the MOSS Document Library level and how Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Pre-licensing Fetching provides more flexibility to roaming users using AD RMS.

Security for Exchange and SharePoint - what's not in the box?

2009-05-06 13:00:00

Done implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server or Microsoft Exchange Server? There's more you can do! Spend an hour with us walking through the Identity and Security products and solutions that help make deployments more secure. We'll spend time discussing Microsoft Forefront Security, the Intelligent Application Gateway, Internet Security and Acceleration Server, Rights Management Services and Identity Lifecycle Manager.

SharePoint in Web 2.0 FireStarter: Page Branding on SharePoint

2009-04-13 00:00:00

Learn about page branding on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server from a Microsoft Web 2.0 perspective.

SharePoint in Web 2.0 FireStarter: Event Handlers on SharePoint

2009-04-13 00:00:00

Hear about event handlers on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server from a Microsoft Web 2.0 perspective during this FireStarter series.

SharePoint in Web 2.0 FireStarter: Workflow on SharePoint

2009-04-13 00:00:00

Learn about workflow on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server from a Microsoft Web 2.0 perspective.

SharePoint in Web 2.0 FireStarter: Web Services on SharePoint

2009-04-13 00:00:00

Learn about web services on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server from a Microsoft Web 2.0 perspective during this FireStarter series.

SharePoint in Web 2.0 FireStarter: Web Parts on SharePoint

2009-04-13 00:00:00

Hear about different development technologies including web parts on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server from a Microsoft Web 2.0 perspective during this FireStarter series.

SharePoint in Web 2.0 FireStarter: Silverlight on SharePoint

2009-04-13 00:00:00

Learn about Microsoft Silverlight on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server from a Microsoft Web 2.0 perspective.

SharePoint in Web 2.0 FireStarter: Whirlwind SharePoint on Visual Studio

2009-04-13 00:00:00

Learn about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server on Microsoft Visual Studio from a Web 2.0 perspective during this FireStarter series.

SharePoint in Web 2.0 FireStarter: Introduction and Keynote

2009-04-13 00:00:00

Learn about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server development technologies from a Microsoft Web 2.0 perspective. Hear from the experts, watch demos, and find out about some valuable developer resources during this FireStarter series.

Improving Visibility into Organizational Performance (Part 2 of 4): Delivering Business Intelligence Capabilities Through SharePoint Server

2009-03-03 00:00:00

The key to successful performance management is based on bringing together people, processes, and technology in a way that allows an organization to align around its strategic goals and objectives, promoting agility in its decision making. In this four-part webcast series, we take a deep look into performance management solutions to help you gain an understanding of their role in your organization. You also hear from a Microsoft expert about how you can improve performance management using many of the solutions you already own. In this second webcast in the series, we cover how Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides an infrastructure that makes it easy for decision makers to access information anytime, anywhere. SharePoint Server 2007 also offers capabilities that facilitate collaboration among individuals, teams, and entire organizations. Join us to learn more about how SharePoint Server provides the ability to create and manage dashboards and reports and how SharePoint Server allows easier access to data so you can better track business performance. Please also join us for these other webcasts as part of this series: Improving Visibility into Organizational Performance (Part 1 of 4): Delivering Business Intelligence Capabilities with PerformancePoint Server 2007 Improving Visibility into Organizational Performance (Part 3 of 4): Delivering Business Intelligence Capabilities Through SQL Server 2008 Improving Visibility into Organizational Performance (Part 4 of 4): Delivering BI Capabilities Through Microsofts Dynamics Offerings (Level 200)

Getting a Development Job in the Current Economy

2009-02-27 00:00:00

Given the current state of the economy, how can you find a job? Join us for this webcast discussion with recruiters from across the country, and find out what it takes to get a job in today's market. We cover the top five things every developer needs to know when looking for a job, and then we have an open question and answer session so you can ask questions that are important to you. The discussion is moderated by Microsoft developer evangelist Zain Naboulsi, and it is one webcast you don't want to miss.

geekSpeak: SharePoint Wikis with David Mann

2008-10-08 00:00:00

The geekSpeak webcast series brings you industry experts in a "talk-radio" format hosted by developer evangelists from Microsoft. These experts share their knowledge and experience about a particular developer technology and are ready to answer your questions in real time during the webcast. For this geekSpeak, David Mann, who was recently on geekSpeak in August 2008, returns for some more engaging discussion on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. This time, David enlightens us on best practices for implementing wiki sites using SharePoint Server. Bring your questions for David. Your hosts for this geekSpeak are Glen Gordon and Dani Diaz. To ask a question in advance of the live webcast, or for post-show resources, be sure to visit the geekSpeak blog.

geekSpeak: SharePoint Server 2007 Workflow with David Mann

2008-08-27 00:00:00

In this installment of MSDN geekSpeak, David Mann takes your questions about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 workflow. David provides an overview of workflow in SharePoint 2007 and then drills down into details such as when to use state machines versus sequentials, building custom activities, and how and when to use Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 for workflows. David also offers tips for building high performance workflow environments. Your hosts for this geekSpeak are Glen Gordon and Dani Diaz. The MSDN geekSpeak webcast series brings you industry experts in a "talk-radio" format hosted by developer evangelists from Microsoft. These experts share their knowledge and experience around a particular developer technology, and they are ready to answer your questions in real time during the webcast. To ask a question in advance of the live webcast, or for post-show resources, be sure to visit the geekSpeak blog.

geekSpeak: Making SharePoint Not Look Like SharePoint with Paul Stork

2008-08-06 00:00:00

The geekSpeak webcast series brings you industry experts in a "talk-radio" format hosted by Developer Evangelists from Microsoft. These experts share their knowledge and experience about a particular developer technology and are ready to answer your questions in real time during the webcast. Web sites based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server are increasingly being used in public facing scenarios. But how do you make them look less like out-of-the-box SharePoint Server and more like a custom site? In this geekSpeak webcast, Paul Stork addresses issues around changing the look and feel of your SharePoint site to match your existing corporate branding. Bring your tough SharePoint questions for Paul.Your hosts for this geekSpeak will be Lynn Langit and Mithun Dhar. To ask a question in advance of the live webcast, or for post-show resources, be sure to visit the geekSpeak blog.

geekSpeak: Security from a Public, Anonymous Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Site with Jim Wilt

2008-01-30 00:00:00

In this installment of MSDN geekSpeak, Jim Wilt covers a topic that is popping up in many of his current projects—the creation of secure, membership Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 sites that have a public-facing side with an input form that often requests sensitive information. Making a secure form for gathering sensitive, private information from an anonymous accessible site can be easily accomplished with a custom list using some creative features of Windows SharePoint Services. Jim fills in the details for you during this installment of geekSpeak. If you have a question or comment you would like us to address during the webcast, visit the geekSpeak blog and submit it now. <

SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 6 of 6): Keeping Control of Your SharePoint Sites with IT Governance

2008-01-30 00:00:00

In this final session of our six-part webcast series, we talk about how to manage Shared Service Providers, including the ability to use profiles, personalized sites, and audiences to deliver customized content to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 users. We demonstrate the security, policy, and auditing facilities available to SharePoint Server 2007 administrators. Learn how SharePoint Server 2007 gives administrators a high level of control over content and site management, and also the ability to securely delegate content management. Powerful auditing capabilities mean that SharePoint administrators can see who does what throughout the entire SharePoint Server 2007 farm. By the end of the session, you should be able to more effectively manage your server farms, control and audit your SharePoint Server 2007 deployment, and perform a variety of important administrative tasks to help keep your servers secure and available.

SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 5 of 6): SharePoint Server 2007 Security, from Service Accounts to Item-Level Access

2008-01-28 00:00:00

In this fifth session of our six-part series, we discuss the security methods for Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We cover different authentication methods, and the benefits and limitations of each. Hear a discussion on the management of permissions, their role within SharePoint groups, different permission levels, and new permissions available in SharePoint Server 2007. We also review access rights that can be used with SharePoint Server 2007. Learn about the configuration of a Web farm, Web farm topology, secure topology, secure communication, and security hardening.

SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 4 of 6): Compliance and Records Management

2008-01-25 00:00:00

In this webcast, we look at records management and the challenges it presents. See a review of the enterprise content management (ECM) features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and how they address these challenges. We also examine how records management is made easier with SharePoint Server 2007. Learn about collaborative and records spaces, how they function, what hold orders are, and how records managers can put a hold on records. Finally, we look at e-mail records management and how it is critical to any records management solution.

SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 3 of 6): Disaster Recovery

2008-01-23 00:00:00

In session three, we dive deeper into disaster recovery. We look at the tools and methods available for you to use to help protect your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 deployments. We discuss content recovery, disaster recovery, and proactive strategies for disaster recovery and high availability of your SharePoint Server farm. Specifically, we demonstrate using the Recycle Bin and backing up and restoring SharePoint Server 2007.

SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 6): Securing Data in SharePoint Server 2007

2008-01-21 00:00:00

In this second session of our six-part webcast series, we discuss planning and deployment tasks for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Service version 3.0. We spend more time on advanced settings, which involves some scripting tips. Other initial considerations include Web-load balancing, password management, and authentications settings. We also discuss ways to perform disaster recovery. From the basic Recycle Bin to the SharePoint Server 2007 backup/restore utility and SQL backup/restore, we show you different options to secure your organization's data.

SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 6): Planning and Deploying SharePoint Server 2007

2008-01-18 00:00:00

In this first session of our six-part Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 series, see a detailed overview of the SharePoint Server 2007 architecture. We present the concepts of topology, server roles, and network conditions, and also provide an overview of administration features with SharePoint Server 2007. Hear an explanation and usage example for each component of the three-tier administration model: central administration, shared services, and site settings. We also explain various security topics including permissions. Finally, we look at deployment options and use four detailed scenarios to provide considerations for determining the correct topology. The simplest of these is a single-server deployment, and then the options progress to farm options, from small to large.

Driving Business Performance with Microsoft Business Intelligence

2008-01-14 00:00:00

Many surveys today list business intelligence (BI) at the top of software spending priorities for companies of all sizes. Yet, despite the time, money, and resources aligned against the goal of making better business decisions, companies do not yet have a solution that lets them address these issues in a strategic fashion. Attend this webcast to understand how Microsoft is challenging our customers to "think bigger" about business intelligence, move beyond the rigid tools and applications they are using today, and utilize our integrated solution of Microsoft Office Business Applications, Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft SQL Server, and PerformancePoint Server to provide an unbeatable combination of tools and applications that helps individuals, teams, and organizations reach their full potential.

An In-Depth Look at SharePoint Server 2007 Search Technology

2007-12-17 00:00:00

In this session, we review the new search features available in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We look at the challenges IT professionals face when trying to support disparate information repositories, and we explain how SharePoint Server 2007 can help you address these issues. We also explore the other new features and the enhanced architecture of SharePoint Server 2007, including a look at some specific usage scenarios.

SAP Enterprise Portal and SharePoint Server 2007 Interoperability

2007-11-08 00:00:00

In this webcast, we discuss SAP and Microsoft portal interoperability. We cover how you can integrate Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SAP Netweaver Portal from front-end integration (iView, Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP), and URL linking) to integrate components and services across the portal (via Web Services, SAP Portal Development Kit for the Microsoft .NET Framework and connectors). We explore approaches for interoperability based on search and the Business Data Catalog feature in SharePoint Server 2007. We also demonstrate the various types of solutions and describe how to approach portal integration.

Microsoft Enterprise Search Solutions in SharePoint Server 2007

2007-10-24 00:00:00

Providing the people in your organization the ability to find, use, and share the right information quickly is critical to helping them make better business decisions, be more productive, and achieve greater business success. Information workers need to locate other experts and access information on their desktop computers, the company network, and application databases. Join us for this webcast on Microsoft Enterprise Search capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Learn how Enterprise Search can help reduce the time people spend looking for information by providing business-ready search solutions that enable users to quickly, securely, and seamlessly find, use, and share information using familiar, easy-to-use, integrated interfaces.

MSDN geekSpeak: Using SharePoint Server as a Development Platform with Paul Stork

2007-10-10 00:00:00

MSDN geekSpeak is a new kind of webcast series hosted by Glen Gordon and Lynn Langit from the MSDN Events team. Dispensing with slide decks and scripted demonstrations, geekSpeak webcasts bring you industry experts in a "talk-radio" format. These experts share their knowledge and experience around a particular developer technology. Hear about industry trends, new technology, real-world experiences, and more. Have your questions answered in real time, hear lively discussions and debates, and add your comments to the fray. Who knows, you might even see a whiteboard sketch or an off-the-cuff demonstration. In this installment of geekSpeak, we hear from Microsoft Office SharePoint Server expert Paul Stork on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 as a developer platform, so get those questions ready! To have a question or comment addressed during the webcast, visit the geekSpeak blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/geekspeak and ask it now! >

Enterprise Content Management and Workflows in SharePoint Server 2007

2007-09-19 00:00:00

Over the last several years, most organizations have created a huge volume of unstructured content. This content often exists in a state of unmanaged chaos that prevents employees of an organization from properly using these valuable assets for better knowledge sharing, improved customer communications, and increased process efficiency. In this webcast, discover how Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and workflows from Microsoft are key components of an organization's infrastructure that can help companies overcome these challenges and streamline business processes. Built on a well-integrated platform (Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007), ECM from Microsoft can easily extend content management to every information worker in an organization through integration with familiar tools like Microsoft Office applications.

MSDN geekSpeak: Custom Authentication Providers for SharePoint Server 2007

2007-08-15 00:00:00

In this installment of MSDN geekSpeak, hear from Ron Rolfs about the challenges and rewards of implementing a custom authentication provider for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Creating a Global Human Resources System Foundation with SharePoint Server 2007

2007-08-15 00:00:00

In this webcast, we describe how migration of the Microsoft Human Resources Web content platform to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 enables: Faster future development. Reduction of 50% custom code, resulting in business and IT agility. Lower sustenance costs. Essential capabilities for future state architecture. Alignment with the Microsoft IT global vision for simplification. In the past, each application or content site developed its own functionality and process, leading to more than 20 highly customized applications and/or sites today. Continuing down this path breeds redundant work and convoluted technical architecture. Join this webcast to learn how migrating the HR Web content platform to SharePoint Server 2007 is expected to provide a return on investment (ROI) of more than $10 million over three years and a reduction of 15 custom global HR Web sites.

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Templates

2007-07-16 00:00:00

In this webcast, we learn about Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0, a versatile technology within Windows Server 2003 that enables organizations and businesses of all sizes to increase the efficiency of their processes and improve team productivity. With collaboration tools that help people stay connected across organizational and geographic boundaries, Windows SharePoint Services gives employees access to the documents and information they need. The improved technology allows for Application Templates, which are configured with Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to support specific business processes or sets of tasks for rapid and contextual deployment. Application Templates are basic configurations for common processes and workgroup tasks that facilitate user adoption and showcase platform capabilities for targeted deployments. In this webcast, we share insights and experience with the Microsoft "Fantastic 40," a set of client- and server-side supported Application Templates that extend the Windows SharePoint Services platform capabilities and facilitate adoption and target deployments in the context of business processes. Join this session to learn how these templates can help increase the productivity of your business.

Technical Overview of Forefront Security for SharePoint

2007-05-25 00:00:00

Join this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint can help secure Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services environments. Forefront Security for SharePoint includes multiple antivirus scan engines from industry-leading security firms integrated into a single solution to help you protect Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies against the latest viruses and other malicious software. We show how Forefront Security for SharePoint also provides a content control solution that offers comprehensive collaboration security using layered defenses, corporate content policy enforcement, and optimization of SharePoint Products and Technologies to help keep document libraries secure and available. We also discuss how a Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) Management Pack empowers IT administrators to monitor the health of Forefront Security for SharePoint as part of corporate operational management practices. Do not miss this chance to discover the advantages Forefront Security for SharePoint provides in antivirus protection and content control, and to see how it fits into the enterprise topography.

Controlling Your SharePoint Server 2007 Sites with IT Governance

2007-05-25 00:00:00

In this session, we show you how to manage shared service providers, including using profiles, personalized sites, and audiences, to deliver customized content to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 users. We demonstrate the security, policy, and auditing features available to you and other administrators of your SharePoint sites. Learn how you can maintain a high level of control over site content and securely delegate content management with SharePoint Server 2007. We explore the powerful auditing capabilities that enable you to see who does what throughout the SharePoint Server 2007 farm. Join this webcast to see how you can keep your SharePoint Server 2007 farms secure and available by controlling and auditing your SharePoint Server 2007 deployment and performing a variety of administrative tasks.

SharePoint Products and Technologies Security from Service Accounts to Item-Level Access

2007-05-04 00:00:00

In this session, we describe effective techniques that can help you secure Windows SharePoint Services version 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Learn about the benefits and limitations of several different authentication methods, in addition to the management and role of permissions in SharePoint groups. We also discuss different permission levels and highlight the new levels that are available in SharePoint Server 2007. Other topics we cover include: access rights, the configuration and topology of a typical Web farm, secure topology and communication, and security hardening.

Disaster Recovery Strategies for SharePoint Server 2007

2007-04-20 00:00:00

In this session, learn about the available tools and methods to help protect your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 deployments. We discuss content recovery and offer proactive strategies for disaster recovery planning. We also provide recommendations for achieving and maintaining high availability with your SharePoint Server 2007 farm.

How Microsoft IT Manages Enterprise Search with SharePoint Server 2007

2007-04-17 00:00:00

In this presentation, we describe how Microsoft manages enterprise search services within the corporate intranet. We examine how the Microsoft IT team has run Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in production for over a year. Learn how the IT team planned for the move from Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Server 2007 and implemented the migration. We explore how the IT team now manages the search service day to day as a shared service in three regions. Join this webcast for an overview of configuration and management for these Shared Service Providers (SSPs). We also cover the operational process, service definitions, and lessons learned from managing search in a large-scale enterprise deployment scenario.

Extending Search Capabilities with Office SharePoint Server 2007

2007-04-13 00:00:00

Join this webcast as we explore how Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 protocol handlers can help you extend and customize the search experience. We discuss how you can use protocol handlers to expose data sources, and we demonstrate how to apply these tools to different search scenarios.Discover how you can deliver a better search experience by:Tuning the relevance engine based on search queries and usage.Using scripting to managing keywords and best bets.Customizing the search results page.Integrating search into existing line-of-business (LOB) applications.We illustrate these topics through concrete demonstrations that show how you can apply these tools to different search scenarios.

Extending SharePoint Server 2007 Search Capabilities by Exposing Data with the Business Data Catalog

2007-03-28 00:00:00

In this webcast, we show you how the Business Data Catalog (BDC), a new feature in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, enables you to index and present business data securely from a variety of sources and applications throughout your organization, without the need for complex coding. We illustrate the metadata model of entities, properties, and methods in the BDC, and we show you how to create and register applications to expose data to the SharePoint Server 2007 search service. Attend this session to get a glimpse at the security architecture of the BDC and to see how you can apply it to different search scenarios. We also explore how you can use actions to redirect, with a single click, to other resources related to a search result, for example, mapping a customerâ€™s location with Windows Live Search.

Security for SharePoint Products and Technologies

2007-03-19 00:00:00

We discuss the security methods for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 in this webcast. We review different authentication methods and detail their benefits and limitations. Other topics we cover in this session include: Management of permissions.Role of permissions with SharePoint groups.Permission levels.New permissions available in SharePoint Server 2007.Access rights.Web farm configuration and topology.Secure topology.Secure communication.Security hardening.

Upgrading and Migrating Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server

2007-03-16 00:00:00

In this webcast, we discuss the processes for upgrading from Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services version 2.0 to Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and upgrading from Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Learn the different upgrade options and how to prepare your current deployment of SharePoint Products and Technologies for the migration.

Planning for and Deploying SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 2 of 2)

2007-03-16 00:00:00

In this second part of our webcast series, we move beyond the architectural overview provided in the previous session to discuss proper planning for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Learn about advanced settings, scripting tips, and other considerations for successfully installing and maintaining SharePoint Server 2007. We cover topics such as Web load balancing, password management, and authentication settings. We also discuss ways to perform disaster recovery once you have installed SharePoint Server 2007. From the basic Recycle Bin to the backup/restore utility, join us to become familiar with the tools available to secure the data on SharePoint Server 2007 in your organization.

SharePoint Server 2007 Search Technical Drilldown

2007-03-12 00:00:00

In this webcast, we review the new Search features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We look at the challenges you face supporting disparate repositories, and we illustrate how SharePoint Server 2007 can help you address those issues. Discover the new features and enhanced architecture of SharePoint Server 2007 as we explore some specific SharePoint Server 2007 usage scenarios.

Planning For and Deploying SharePoint Server 2007 (Part 1 of 2)

2007-03-09 00:00:00

In this webcast, we provide a detailed overview of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 architecture. Learn about the concepts behind the topology, server roles, network conditions, and security topics. We show you the three-tier administration model and how the three components (central administration, shared services, and site settings) are commonly used. Find out about SharePoint Server 2007 deployment options and how to determine the correct topology to use for installation. Join us for scenarios that illustrate four different topologies, progressing from deployment of a single server to various server farm options.

Planning for and Deploying Search in SharePoint Server 2007

2007-02-28 00:00:00

In this webcast, we provide an overview of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 architecture and discuss topics relevant to deploying search, including topology, server roles, network conditions, and security. Learn about the three-tier administration model and how its components—central administration, shared services, and site settings—are commonly used. Join us for a better understanding of:• The steps for planning and deploying search in SharePoint Server 2007.• The technical architecture and server topologies of search in SharePoint Server 2007.• The functionality provided by the three-tier administration model.

Improve Productivity and Communication Using Office SharePoint Server 2007

2007-02-22 00:00:00

Have you ever thought about how much time is lost by your employees because of miscommunication or by the learning curve for a new product, environment, or policy? Join this webcast to get a better understanding of how Microsoft IT is attacking this problem head-on with the built-in features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.We describe using a programmatic approach to improving the quality, effectiveness, and timeliness of the communications and content sent to employees. We also examine how tools, support, availability of critical patches, and access to user education resources can help you boost productivity and communication.

Planning Deployment of Search Solutions for the Enterprise: Security, Performance, and Compliance Considerations

2007-02-21 00:00:00

In this webcast, we look at the challenges IT professionals face when trying to support searches across both user desktops and disparate information repositories within their enterprise. Find out how Windows Desktop Search and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 can help you address these issues. We discuss security, performance and compliance considerations, and we also show you best practices for developing and implementing a search strategy.

Enterprise Search at Microsoft with Office SharePoint Server 2007

2007-02-15 00:00:00

Like most large companies, Microsoft’s intranet contains terabytes of structured and unstructured content that employees need to find and use on a daily basis. In the past, it has been difficult to bring such diverse content sets together in a single search-center experience. Join this webcast to see how the recent release of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 makes it possible for users to search different content repositories with just a few clicks. We explore how Microsoft manages its internal search experience built on SharePoint Server 2007, both on the central corporate portal site and as a search service used by more than 75,000 employees worldwide.

Disaster Recovery Planning for Office SharePoint Server 2007

2007-02-14 00:00:00

In this webcast, we explore the available tools and methods to help you protect your deployments of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We discuss content recovery and offer proactive strategies for disaster recovery planning. We also provide recommendations for achieving and maintaining high availability with your SharePoint Server 2007 farm.

Planning Deployment of Search Solutions for the Enterprise: Technical Overview

2007-02-14 00:00:00

In this webcast, we look at the challenges IT professionals face when trying to support searches across both user desktops and disparate information repositories within their enterprise. Find out how Windows Desktop Search (WDS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 can help you address these issues. We also show you best practices for developing and implementing a search strategy.

Adding Rich Reporting to SharePoint Server 2007 with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

2007-02-12 00:00:00

Join this webcast to see how Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Reporting Services is integrated into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. See how the combination of these tools creates a centralized user interface for enterprise-wide report management. Learn to extend SharePoint Server 2007 to introduce rich reporting and business intelligence dashboards into your environment. This session covers configuring Reporting Services for a SharePoint Server environment, managing reports and models within document libraries, and integrating with Excel Services and Report Center using the ReportViewer Web part.

Compliance and Records Management with Office SharePoint Server 2007

2007-02-07 00:00:00

In this webcast, we consider records management and its challenges. We review the enterprise content management (ECM) features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and examine how these features can make records management easier. Learn about collaborative and records spaces, and find out how managing e-mail records can be critical to any records management solution. We also discuss hold capabilities in Office SharePoint Server 2007 that enable IT administrators, lawyers, and records managers to place holds on specific items to help ensure that they remain unchanged during litigation, audits, or other investigations.

How Microsoft IT Manages the World's Largest Windows SharePoint Services Deployment

2007-02-06 00:00:00

For more than six years, Microsoft IT has been hosting different versions of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. Join this webcast to learn about the best practices, processes, and challenges of hosting the newest version of the product concurrently with older versions. Topics we cover in this discussion include operational process, service definitions, and lessons learned from Microsoft IT's experiences in hosting Windows SharePoint Services in a large-scale deployment scenario.

Integrating the Business Data Catalog (BDC) and Applications Using Office SharePoint Server 2007

2007-02-05 00:00:00

In this webcast, we show you how the Business Data Catalog (BDC), a new feature in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, enables you to present data from a variety of sources and applications throughout your organization, without the need for complex coding. We discuss some key concepts behind the BDC, examine the issues the BDC can help you solve, and explain how it does so. We also walk you through designing and deploying BDC applications.

SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management for Developers and Designers

2006-12-21 00:00:00

The Web content management technology in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 represents the first major Microsoft release of Web site content management tools since 2002. Join this webcast to see how these new content management tools make it easier for developers and designers to perform tasks such as creating field controls, creating and customizing master pages, and creating page layouts. Learn how you can customize the HTML Editor and Page Edit Toolbar, and standardize authoring rules, such as specifying styles within field controls. We also provide guidelines for determining which tools are appropriate for developing your Web content management sites, in particular Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Office SharePoint Designer 2007.

Best Practices for Developing, Deploying, and Maintaining Forms Solutions

2006-12-20 00:00:00

In this webcast, we provide best practices for effectively developing a forms solution in an organization. Deploying an application is a vital part of the development process, and it is often overlooked. Join us as we look at the different strategies for deploying forms solutions and explore how deploying a forms solution requires thorough testing and refinement. We discuss how applications need maintenance once they are deployed in a production environment. We also explain how to update a forms solution application based on change management requests and how to ensure continual stability within an application through regression testing.

Effective Document and Records Management Using Server and Client Technologies in the 2007 Office System

2006-12-11 00:00:00

In this webcast, get an overview of the simple but sophisticated document management, workflow, and policy and compliance features in 2007 Microsoft Office system client applications and Office SharePoint Server 2007. We also present extensive demonstrations that illustrate the capabilities of these document and records management features and how to apply them most effectively in your organization.

Real-Time Collaboration and Office SharePoint Server 2007

2006-12-11 00:00:00

In this session, we explore how real-time collaboration solutions that use Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, and Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2007 enable you to bring customers, coworkers, and suppliers closer together and make it possible for you to be more productive.

Keeping Control of Your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Sites with IT Governance

2006-11-29 00:00:00

In this session, we show you how to manage shared service providers, including the ability to use profiles, personalized sites, and audiences to deliver customized content to users of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We also demonstrate the security, policy, and auditing features available to administrators of SharePoint sites. Learn how Office SharePoint Server gives administrators a high level of control over content and site management, in addition to the ability to securely delegate content management. We explore the powerful auditing capabilities that enable SharePoint site administrators to see who does what throughout the entire Office SharePoint Server farm. Join this webcast to learn how to manage your Office SharePoint Server farms more effectively, control and audit your Office SharePoint Server deployment, and perform a variety of important administrative tasks to help keep your Office SharePoint Server farms secure and available.

SharePoint Security from Service Accounts to Item-Level Access

2006-11-27 00:00:00

In this session, we describe effective techniques you can use to secure Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Learn about the benefits and limitations of several different authentication methods, and the management and role of permissions in SharePoint groups. We also discuss different permission levels and highlight the new permissions that are available in SharePoint Server 2007. Other topics we cover include access rights, the configuration and topology of a typical Web farm, secure topology and communication, and security hardening.

How Microsoft IT Deployed and Architected SharePoint Server 2007

2006-11-14 00:00:00

Are you considering the upgrade to or deployment of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007? Are you wondering how Microsoft deployed the product themselves? In this webcast, you have an opportunity to talk with two of the key contributors to the deployment of Office SharePoint Server 2007 at Microsoft. Join this session for a discussion of the architecture, design decisions, lessons learned, and planning that went into the upgrade and rollout of Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services.

Build Great Looking Sites Using Web Content Management Features in Office SharePoint Server 2007

2006-11-10 00:00:00

Join this webcast for a technical review of the new Web content management features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We show you how to build a rich publishing site with a consistent, customized look and feel. Discover how you can create Web pages in context, using applications like Microsoft Office Word, that stay in sync with the look and feel of your Web site. We also demonstrate how site managers can control the content that is published using features like workflow and scheduling, and we discuss how to customize the authoring interface and experience.

Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint

2006-11-08 00:00:00

Companies use Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies to improve collaboration and share information in the workplace. However, this can also introduce new avenues for threat propagation and inappropriate content sharing. Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint offers server-level antivirus protection, document-filtering, and policy management features for SharePoint document libraries. With multiple scan engines and content-filtering options, Forefront Security for SharePoint proactively detects and cleans infected files, making it easier for you to enforce corporate policy and provide comprehensive security for your collaborative environment. In this session, we provide an overview of the features and functions in Forefront Security for SharePoint, and we share deployment and usage scenarios.

Overview of Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

2006-10-25 00:00:00

In this webcast, we explore the new features and capabilities of Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. We cover the new system architecture and server-side application programming interface (API). Join this session to learn about the improved timesheet capabilities, new project and program management functionality, and sophisticated reporting capabilities in Project Server 2007 that enable your organization to capture and understand project and work details more effectively.

An In-Depth Look at SharePoint Server 2007 Search Technology

2006-10-23 00:00:00

Discover the new search features available in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. In this webcast, we look at the challenges IT professionals face when trying to support disparate information repositories, and how SharePoint Server 2007 can help address these issues. We also explore the other new features and the enhanced architecture of SharePoint Server 2007, including a look at some specific usage scenarios.

SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management for Site Administrators and Owners

2006-10-10 00:00:00

The Web content management technology in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 represents the first major Microsoft release of Web site content management tools since 2002. Join this webcast for a look at using the new content management tools for site administrator and owner tasks such as managing the site topology, creating sites, and managing site navigation. Find out how you can manage security and permissions to delegate the content ownership and editing rights to the appropriate groups. We also discuss other site administrator and owner responsibilities such as managing SharePoint Server 2007 cache policies and settings to improve performance.

Managing a Project Management Office with SharePoint Products and Technologies

2006-10-05 00:00:00

Typical scheduling tools in use today can monitor project work in organizations, but often do not help manage common deliverables such as project plans, phases, roles, specifications, and requirements. Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies, including Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, provide powerful tools for creating and managing a project management office (PMO). In this webcast, we discuss how these environments help manage one project or a portfolio of multiple projects, and we demonstrate how organizations can start with a PMO in SharePoint Services and scale up to Project Server 2007 when the time is right.

Using Grid Computing to Scale Excel Services

2006-10-04 00:00:00

Excel Services in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 combines two very powerful abilities, making spreadsheets available as a service through Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and adding user-defined functions (UDF) to those spreadsheets. Spreadsheets are accessible by more users, and it is easier to add powerful Microsoft .NET functionality to those spreadsheets. However, when making any software available as a service, you must be prepared to scale that software to handle variable and unpredictable user loads. In this webcast, we show you the basics of using Excel 2007 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to create spreadsheets with user-defined functions and publish those to SharePoint Server 2007. We also discuss critical scalability issues, including how to offload your UDF to a grid for improved performance.

SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management for Content Owners and Authors

2006-10-03 00:00:00

The Web content management technology in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 represents the first major Microsoft release of Web site content management tools since 2002. Join this webcast to learn how to use these new content management tools for creating and editing content pages, working with page and document versions, and building content workflows. We also describe the functionality of the reports list in SharePoint Server 2007 and how to set up alerts when newly submitted content awaits your approval. The presentation concludes with a look at authoring SharePoint Server 2007 content using Microsoft Office Word and InfoPath 2007.

Build Serious Applications Using SharePoint Server 2007

2006-10-03 00:00:00

The many advances in each of the products in the 2007 Microsoft Office system together create an optimum platform for building applications and products. In particular, enhancements in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Project Server 2007, and Windows SharePoint Services make the 2007 Office release a compelling platform for faster application development. We explain some of these new capabilities in this webcast and provide details of how you can take advantage of them, complete with demos and examples.

SharePoint Workflow Development and Modifications

2006-09-26 00:00:00

In this webcast, we explain the concepts behind workflows in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and show how you can enable users to modify the workflow while it is running on an item. We demonstrate how to create two workflow modifications in Microsoft Visual Studio System, adding approvers and updating all tasks. We also cover how you can use the Contact Selector, an ActiveX control included with SharePoint Server 2007, to select users in Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 forms.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 Business Data Catalog (Part 1 of 2): Integrating Line-of-Business Data and Applications into Your Enterprise Portal

2006-09-13 00:00:00

The Business Data Catalog (BDC) in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides immediate integration benefits by allowing you to register Web services and data sources from a variety of systems. In the first half of this two-part webcast, learn how to use BDC-registered metadata for a wide range of tasks, such as auto-provisioning Web Parts, importing and exporting data into and out of editable lists, importing user profile information, and indexing structured business data for use in enterprise search queries. We also explain how the BDC works, how to connect it to Web services and data, and how to make use of the resulting cataloged business resources.

Building Collaborative Applications Without Code Using Office SharePoint Designer 2007

2006-08-22 00:00:00

Learn how to use Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to build productive and efficient solutions on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. In this webcast, we explain how you can use SharePoint Designer 2007 to create and deploy interactive Web solutions on the SharePoint platform—without writing any code. We also describe how to build reporting and tracking applications and collaborative workflows, and show you how to customize Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services application templates.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 Functional and Architectural Overview

2006-08-10 00:00:00

Dramatic changes in the workplace have resulted in the need for new processes and technologies that assist in content control, collaboration, searching, and security. The addition of server-based services to the 2007 Microsoft Office system addresses some of these needs. This webcast examines some of the features and capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for organizational content management, portal creation, search, business processes management, and business intelligence. We also cover the administrative architecture, physical architecture, and security requirements for enabling the collaborative features of SharePoint Server 2007.

Developing SharePoint Workflows Using Visual Studio 2005

2006-07-18 00:00:00

This webcast covers the basics of workflow development for Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 using the Microsoft Visual Studio development system and the Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation. During the presentation, we develop a "hello world" sequential workflow from start to finish. Learn how to model your workflow with SharePoint tasks in the Windows Workflow Foundation designer, create and bind data to Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 forms, deploy to SharePoint sites, and debug on the live server.

Overview of Developer Technologies for Windows SharePoint Services

2006-07-11 00:00:00

This webcast provides an overview of the latest enhancements to developer technologies for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (version 3). We begin with an examination of the changes to the Windows SharePoint Services data store and content management capability. This is followed by a discussion on changes to pages and the user interface of Windows SharePoint Services, focusing on integration with ASP.NET 2.0. The session concludes with a look at improvements to provisioning and code deployment.

The 2007 Microsoft Office System: A Platform for Building High-Grade Applications

2006-06-07 00:00:00

There are many advances in each of the products in the 2007 Microsoft Office system that make it an awesome platform on which to build applications and products. Enhancements in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, Office SharePoint Portal Server, and Office Project Server in particular have made this a compelling platform for faster application development. This webcast explains these changes and details how they can be used with examples.

Architecture Overview of Office Project Server 2007

2006-05-08 00:00:00

Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 has a new architecture, enabling the system and solution to provide new functionality and capabilities. This webcast provides an overview of the architecture of Project Server 2007, and looks at how the new system functions. We also examine how Project Server 2007 differs from Microsoft Office Project Server 2003, and identify where developer opportunities exist.

Adding Project Management Smarts to Your Applications Using Office Project Server 2007

2006-04-25 00:00:00

Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 is a powerful foundation that enables you to develop custom solutions with integrated project management capabilities. Join this webcast to learn how you can take advantage of Project Server 2007 features such as the scheduling engine to incorporate work and resource management functionality into your applications.

Building Business Intelligence Solutions Using Office Excel 2007 and SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

2006-04-19 00:00:00

Learn how to use Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services to build end-to-end business intelligence (BI) solutions. This webcast shows how to create an Analysis Services 2005 Unified Dimensional Model (UDM) that can be consumed by Excel 2007, and demonstrates how to use the new features in Excel 2007 to take advantage of the metadata exposed by the UDM. During the presentation, we build a sample BI solution that explores enhancements such as the new functionality available in PivotTables, a set of seven new online analytical processing (OLAP) formulas you can use to retrieve data from Analysis Services 2005, and conditional formatting improvements you can apply to better visualize your BI data.

The Evolution of Web Content Management in the 2007 Version of Microsoft Office

2006-04-18 00:00:00

The Web Content Management (WCM) technology in the upcoming 2007 version of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server represents the first major release of Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) since 2002. This webcast looks at the major improvements WCM offers over MCMS. We discuss major design changes such as the Windows SharePoint Services-based architecture and the altered underlying storage model. Learn about new WCM concepts such as content types, field controls, workflows, and recycle bins. The presentation concludes with a look at what is involved in migrating your MCMS 2002 site to the WCM in Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Building Collaborative Applications with the Next Version of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services

2006-04-14 00:00:00

The next version of Windows SharePoint Services includes support for new types of data, new options for working with them, and improved interoperability with other Microsoft Windows Server technologies. This webcast describes how to take advantage of these facilities within your own code to create e-mail, directory, tracking, and other collaboration applications. We also show you how to make use of sites created with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies for more types of collaboration scenarios.

Developing Workflows for the 2007 Microsoft Office System and Windows SharePoint Services 2003

2006-04-13 00:00:00

This webcast focuses on the Windows SharePoint Services 2003 workflow architecture and its integration with the Windows Workflow Foundation. Find out about the end-user workflow features in Windows SharePoint Services and the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and learn how to select the appropriate tools for building workflows. We also demonstrate how to develop no-code workflows using Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007.

Maximize Your SharePoint Investment (Part 3 of 4): SharePoint Application Development with Visual Studio