HAD301: Creating a Client Extranet with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Scot Hillier
Organizations are increasingly moving to establish closer ties with their customers and provide more information quickly. Allowing clients access to relevant documents and information through an extranet is an excellent way to facilitate communication. This session will look at the fundamentals of creating an extranet that specifically targets customers. Attendees will learn the fundamentals of extranet development under SharePoint including membership and roles using SQL Server and Active Directory, managing access zones, and mapping addresses. This session will then go further to show you how to create specialized branded sites for each customer and automatically direct users to the appropriate site in the extranet. Attendees will exit this session with a complete understanding of how to create a client extranet with SharePoint.

HAD402: Creating an Internet Presence with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Scot Hillier
Unlike previous version of SharePoint, the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) was designed from the outset to support the creation of public Internet sites. In this session, we’ll create a public Internet site from scratch and then brand the site. We’ll identify and create the required Content Types, Master Pages, Page Layouts, and Style Sheets. Attendees will then learn how to migrate existing Internet pages into the new SharePoint site. After the structure and branding are created, we’ll utilize the Web Content Management (WCM) features of MOSS to set up authoring rights and approval workflows so that end users can manage the site content without assistance from the Information Technology department. Attendees will exit the session with a complete understanding of how to get an Internet site up and running.

HAD403: Empowering Power Users with Custom Activities in the Workflow Designer
Scot Hillier
The Workflow Designer, part of the SharePoint Designer, is a powerful tool for end users to create and implement workflow in SharePoint. However, the capabilities of the Workflow Designer are limited to the activities that ship with it. Inevitably, business users will ask developers to enhance the available functionality, and developers will respond by creating custom activities. In this session, developers will learn to create custom activities and deploy them for use in the Workflow Designer. This session will cover in detail the necessary steps to create and deploy activities with an emphasis on useful activities that support the business. Attendees will exit the session with new ideas and several new custom activities.

HAD204: Exploring the New Microsoft Forefront Server Security for SharePoint
Michael Noel
This session gives an overview of the new Forefront Security for SharePoint 2007 product, focusing on how the product can help to protect a SharePoint environment from traditional anti-virus concerns as well as the latest threats. Specific best practice guidance on installing and configuring the Forefront Security for SharePoint product within an existing SharePoint environment are outlined, and sample deployment scenarios are presented. This session will also cover more in-depth information into some of the advanced functionality such as reporting and maintenance.

HAD305: Integrating Windows Rights Management Services with SharePoint 2007
Michael Noel
This session focuses on the details about how to integrate a SharePoint Server 2007 environment with Windows Rights Management Services (RMS), allowing for Information Rights Management in SharePoint document libraries. This session discusses the capabilities of RMS for SharePoint, namely the ability define when a document expires, whether a user can print, copy information, or forward it, and other restrictions that can be used to safeguard sensitive information. More than just a high-level overview, this session dives into the specific details of what it takes to get RMS running for SharePoint 2007, including sample best practice designs and layouts.

HAD206: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: A Viable Replacement for Exchange Public Folders?
Emer McKenna
The integration of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with applications such as Microsoft Outlook illustrates that Microsoft’s collaboration story is becoming more cohesive. Investment in the Public Folder area of Microsoft’s messaging platform, Microsoft Exchange Server, has declined over the years with the ultimate vision of SharePoint being the appropriate platform for storing Public Folder content. In this presentation we will examine the new integration features of SharePoint Server 2007 and discuss whether the product is truly a viable replacement.

HAD207: SharePoint Taxonomy: How to Map Out and Plan Your MOSS 2007 Site
Heather Solomon
With the latest release of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, taxonomy is still key to building a well organized and effective site. In this session, we will look at the core components of a site that need to be addressed before development begins. Throughout the session we will clear up some of the confusion around what organizational features are available and how to best utilize them in MOSS 2007. We will address content types, page layouts, navigation, site collections and how to best incorporate Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 sites into your planned taxonomy.

HAD208: SharePoint User Adoption: Manage and Train Your Information Workers
Heather Solomon
Once you have built and deployed your SharePoint site, you have won half the battle. Now you need to show everyone in your organization how to use SharePoint. In this session, we will review practices and techniques for teaching your Information Workers the ins and outs of SharePoint. We will cover helpful tools for building demos and learning guides and discuss ways to create a Help and Resource site for your end users. We will finish up the session talking about tips and tricks for running an effective Help Desk.

HAD309: SQL Database Considerations for SharePoint 2007
Michael Noel
This session delves into best practice design and configuration of the SQL Database environment for SharePoint 2007. We will discuss the differences in SharePoint functionality between the various versions and editions of SQL, including SQL 2005, SQL 2000, SQL Express Edition, and the Enterprise end Standard versions. Use of 64-bit SQL Server is also examined and the reasons for deploying 64-bit versus 32-bit are detailed. In addition, specific information on SQL maintenance, administration, and configuration for a SharePoint environment is presented.

MICROSOFT DAY - SHAREPOINT

HMS302: Building Business Intelligence and Search Solutions Using the 2007 Office System
Scott Jamison
Search capabilities have been greatly enhanced in the 2007 Microsoft Office release. This session will show the new enterprise search across all types of business content and as a consistent system across Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. We will look at some of the new improvements to queries, results, alerts, and search customization. This session will also cover how developers can build custom server solutions with the new Excel Services. We will explain the basic concepts and architecture of Excel Services and show Excel browser access. In addition, we will discuss the Excel Web Services as a means of using server-side Excel logic in applications and automating spreadsheet updates on servers.

HMS205: Helping People Work in Context of their Job Roles and Workgroup Processes with Templates for SharePoint Products and Technologies
Bob Sutton
Every job role is unique, and demanding. As people work to drive business outcomes, they have to balance the complexities of interacting with multiple systems, tracking goals, and relating to surrounding processes. Meeting such requirements, Microsoft has created templates for SharePoint Products and Technologies to help customers jumpstart solutions that can be deployed quickly and cost-effectively while integrating with important IT investments. Join us to see demos and hear about the new set of 40 application templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and seven role-based templates for SharePoint My Sites.

HMS304: Implementing and Extending Enterprise Document and Records Management Solutions using Office SharePoint Server 2007
Lawrence Liu
This session will drill into enterprise implementation and customization scenarios for an Enterprise Document and Records Management Solution. It will also cover examples of implementations within Microsoft and with early adoption customers.

HMS303: Is the File Server Dead? SharePoint Products & Technologies and Windows File Services
Joel Oleson
Is this the end? Can file servers be finally but to their death?  What about the 100’s of TBs in file servers? Come listen to someone who ran the operations team for the internal file servers and SharePoint Server environment at Microsoft.

HMS306: Outsourcing? Partners? Field Agents? How IAG 2007 Offers New Methods of Security, Manageability, and Cost-efficiency to Corporate Extranets
Judah Aspler
Explore the common challenges of deploying Extranets to Internet users, and see how the Intelligent Application Gateway allows for a secure and productive deployment. SSO, access policies, endpoint compliance policies, legacy applications, client-server applications… Whether related to security, usability, or integration of disparate resources, these are the issues organizations must tackle for their portal rollout to be successful and valuable.  This session will provide a detailed look at how IAG and SSL VPN have helped many organizations achieve what may have seemed unachievable.

HMS301: SharePoint Designer: It’s for Developers, Too!
Dustin Miller
During this session, learn about the new features of FrontPage's replacement, SharePoint Designer. From standards-compliant Web design support to the new editing capabilities of the Data View / Data Form Web Part, SharePoint Designer has become a powerful weapon in every SharePoint designer and developer's arsenal. If it's not on your radar, it needs to be. See how one Web Part alone can shave hours from common development projects.

HMS307: SharePoint Search Technical Drill Down
Scott Jamison
Technical drill-down of SharePoint Server 2007 Searchs end-user and administration improvements.

HMS208: Ten Ways to Become a Hero with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Bob Sutton
Become a hero in your organization. Help your co-workers to become more productive, better informed, and able to collaborate with ease. Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, a technology in Windows Server, provides the tools, infrastructure and platform for the development of collaborative applications. Learn about the new features in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, from blogs and wikis, to RSS and mobility; from offline content workflow customization, and much more.

HMS310: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Planning and Deployment - Advanced Topics
Joel Oleson
An introduction to advanced deployments with practical examples for deploying and administering an installation, as well as a demonstration of key concepts and the user interface.

HMS209: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Planning and Deployment - The Basics
Joel Oleson
Get a detailed understanding of product architecture (admin components and their uses, admin security) and deployment options (topology and planning).

SHAREPOINT DEVELOPMENT

HDV301: Aggregate This! Developing Rollup Web Parts for WSS and MOSS
Darrin Bishop
Since the first version of SharePoint Portal Server 2001 developers, administrators and users have been wishing to roll up and aggregate list items from multiple lists and libraries located in multiple sites. With WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 we now have some built-in roll up Web Parts such as Content By Query, UserDocsWebPart and UserTasksWebPart. These aggregation Web Parts provide some solid built-in aggregation and roll up functionality but to create your own custom aggregation Web Part for your specific need you will need to roll up your sleeves and jump into custom Web Part development using some key WSS and MOSS programming objects. This session will start by reviewing the out-of-the-box Web Parts providing aggregation and roll up functionality. From there we will look at various techniques to create your own custom roll up Web Parts using objects including WebPart, SPSiteDataQuery, and SPSPGridView . We will finish up by creating a custom Web Part that inherits off the AggregationWebPart.

HDV302: All About Web Parts: Building Pluggable Components for SharePoint
Daniel Larson
Web Parts are a key component in collaborative Portal applications. Learn how to develop pluggable Web Parts in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and MOSS 2007 using the new Web Part Framework in ASP.NET 2.0. Learn how to take advantage of SharePoint Site Context, new features in ASP.NET 2.0 and 3.0, and the ASP.NET AJAX Extensions to deliver usable, customizable, and connectable application components for business users.

HDV204: Branding Your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Sites -- The Basics
Emer McKenna
Both SharePoint Portal Server 2001 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 left a lot to be desired when it came to the ease of applying corporate branding to sites. The introduction of Master Pages combined with the Enterprise Web Content Management features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 helps alleviate many of the issues experienced with previous versions. This presentation focuses on the common applications of branding, such as custom color schemes, banners, navigation, etc., and how they are applied in SharePoint Server 2007.

HDV303: Branding Your Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Sites Using Site Definitions and Features
Emer McKenna
Site Definitions were introduced to us with SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and provided a very powerful yet unwieldy mechanism for customizing the look and feel of SharePoint sites; rolling our customizations post-site creation proved especially difficult. Site Definitions are still around with SharePoint Server 2007, however, they are more efficient than before and their extensibility combined with the flexibility of "Features" prove invaluable when it comes to deploying changes across multiple server farms. This presentation examines Site Definitions, Features, and Feature Stapling and shows how they can help in the context of deploying a corporate brand.

HDV305: Building a Better Admin Experience - A Dive into Admin Tool Development Options
Darrin Bishop
STSADM.exe and the administration pages of Central Admin and Site Settings provide administrators and developers with the necessary administration functions. Between the two interfaces we can control almost all aspects of WSS and MOSS. If you are an WSS or MOSS administrator or developer you more than likely have wished for just one more STSADM operation"maybe CreateLink, EnumFeatures or even InstallAndActivateFeatureInOneShot. This session is about developing those "missing" and wished for administration features that makes your job a little easier. As administrators and developers we have access to more extensibility points for developing admin tools than ever before. This session will cover developing using the object model, extending STSADM.exe, and creating PowerShell add-ins covering the pros and cons of each option.

HDV306: Building a Better Custom List: A Dive into List-Based Development
Darrin Bishop
Lists are used throughout WSS and MOSS to store, filter, and view user and application content. In WSS 3 and MOSS 2007, lists are used to contain documents, links, and issues as well as Web Parts, user information, custom site and list templates. Wikis and blogs are primarily customized lists! Need to create your own "gallery"? Now it is possible. This session will dive into creating a better custom list definition. We are no longer constrained to simply adding new fields to a custom list. In WSS 3 and MOSS we now can create custom New, Edit and Display forms, document templates, field types, and menu items. We will dive into all of these items as well as how to create your own custom list template, site-level "gallery" and provision a list using a feature to drive your list-based application. There are more list-related development opportunities than one session can handle!

HDV307: Create an Internet-Facing SharePoint Site
Todd Baginski
Learn all the fundamentals associated with creating an Internet facing SharePoint site, so you can make one of your own! This session will cover setting up forms based authentication, creating your own custom Master Pages and style sheets, configuring IIS, personalizing site content for users, and leveraging the Business Data Catalog to surface and interact with back end systems.

HDV308: CSS Can Be Your Friend: A Developers Guide to Using Styles in SharePoint
Heather Solomon
Both Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 extensively use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in all visual elements of the SharePoint user interface. In this session, we will identify the multiple files where styles are stored, how styles should be updated, and where new styles should be placed. We will also cover the general rules of engagement for CSS and give developers a great leg up to understanding CSS and how to utilize it for their sites. Finally, we will cover some commonly used-styles in a SharePoint site and demonstrate quick and easy changes to the styles that can drastically alter the look and feel of a site.

HDV309: Custom Authentication for SharePoint
Robert Bogue
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 now supports custom authentication but how do you do it? In this session, we’ll take you step-by-step through the process of creating your own custom authentication provider. You’ll learn what you have to do"and what you should do to maintain performance.

HDV318: Developing Social Computing and "Enterprise 2.0" Applications with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
Daniel Larson
You’ve heard about Web 2.0. Now learn about Enterprise 2.0 and how Microsoft Office SharePoint Server provides the foundations for social computing and "Enterprise 2.0" applications through blogs, wikis, personal sites, profiles and real-time presence information. Learn how to leverage the social aspect of the intranet to build next generation, real-time collaborative applications for Enterprise 2.0 applications.

HDV310: Essential Windows Workflow Foundation for Developers
Michael Herman
This deep dive will help you understand the fundamentals of Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) as a significant new programming model from Microsoft. Much more than "just a workflow technology", WF represents a dramatic shift in how we will think about application design and implementation ...as dramatic as the shift from MS-DOS to Windows. WF will cause you to rethink your traditional approaches to application development.

HDV311: Groove 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Better Together
Michael Herman
What is Office Groove 2007? The newest member of the Office suite that supports highly secure, offline, inter-timezone and cross-firewall collaboration? When is Groove an awesome solution? When should you use Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)? How can Groove and WSS be used together for more powerful, more effective business collaboration solutions? This session is presented by a founding Groove Networks business partner with more than six years of experience developing Groove business solutions.

HDV412: Integrate Smart Client and Windows Forms Applications with SharePoint Sites and the Business Data Catalog
Todd Baginski
Learn how to integrate Smart Client and Windows Forms applications with SharePoint sites and the Business Data Catalog. This session will demonstrate how to create SharePoint sites from a Smart Client Application, grant users access to the sites, and notify the users that they have been granted access. Learn how to leverage Features to adjust the look, feel, and functionality available in SharePoint sites as a project moves through the different phases of its lifecycle. Learn how to surface data from the Business Data Catalog inside Smart Client and Windows Forms applications. During the course of this session, developers will learn the SharePoint Object Model API calls and SharePoint Web services that make this all possible.

HDV313: Office Live: A Solution Developers Perspective
Michael Herman
Office Live is Microsoft’s new hosted Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Window Live Mail offering for small businesses. Learn about the business opportunities and technologies that you can use to create hosted service offerings for your organization that leverage the CRM, sales, training and collaboration business applications available in Office Live.

HDV314: Programming SharePoint with ASP.NET AJAX Extensions
Daniel Larson
The ASP.NET AJAX Extensions provides a supported framework for AJAX development, enabling rich client experiences using browser-based technologies. Combined with SharePoint Server 2007, the ASP.NET AJAX Extensions framework enables real-time collaboration with a rich interface. Learn how to take full advantage of the ASP.NET AJAX Extensions framework for real-time collaborative applications with SharePoint Server 2007.

HDV215: Quick Integration from SharePoint to Your Application
Robert Bogue
Integrations between systems can be difficult. Certainly SharePoint makes that easier, but how easy can it be? By leveraging features which add items to menus you can quickly and easily allow SharePoint users to send completed documents to other applications in your organization. In this session, you’ll learn how to create commands to be added to the SharePoint menus"and all of the pieces you’ll need to send data to another application from SharePoint.

HDV317: Use the Visual Studio Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services to Create Custom Site Definitions and a Whole Lot More!
Todd Baginski
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 extensions for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (VSeWSS) offer powerful new capabilities that make the lives of SharePoint developers easier than ever before. Learn how the VSeWSS allow you to create a custom file-based Site Definition from sites previously edited with Office SharePoint Designer, significantly reducing development time. See how the VSeWSS enables developers to package, deploy, and debug Site Definitions and their associated resources with a single press of a button. Learn how to disassemble the SharePoint Solution Packages the VSeWSS creates and modularize the content to enable piecemeal deployment of the resources. Last but not least, learn all about the SharePoint Solution framework which provides the new mechanism for deploying SharePoint components, code, and resources to SharePoint Front-end Web servers.

HDV316: Using SharePoint to Schedule Jobs
Robert Bogue
The AT command line scheduler built into Windows just isn’t enough. You need something that’s easier to monitor and is more integrated into the SharePoint system it supports. Enter the SharePoint Job. Learn how to create your own SharePoint jobs, how to monitor their progress, and how to use them to make your SharePoint environment more manageable.