HDEV18: Application Lifecycle Management with SharePoint 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010
Kirk Evans
A key part of developing for SharePoint 2010 is understanding how to work within a team of developers effectively. This requires a structured application lifecycle management process including centralized source code and build management. Come to this session to understand how to get more out of Team Foundation Server 2010 while building SharePoint 2010 solutions.

HDEV11: Best Practices for Accessing SharePoint 2010 List Data
Scot Hillier
In this session, attendees will learn the best ways to access and manipulate list data in SharePoint 2010. This session will begin with a discussion of server-side access using LINQ including the use of SPMetal for entity generation, writing LINQ queries against lists, and joining lists. Next, the session will present client-side access using ADO.NET Data Services through the ListData.svc service. Coverage will include using a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) client and a Silverlight 3.0 client. Attendees will exit the session with a strong understanding of how to utilize list data in their applications.

HDEV14: Creating Custom Silverlight Applications with Business Connectivity Services and the SharePoint Client Object Model
Todd Baginski
This session demonstrates how to build Silverlight applications which connect to data sources through the BCS and the SharePoint Client Object Model. First, the session demonstrates how to register a data source with the BCS which pulls data from multiple data sources. Then the session shows how to use the SharePoint Client Object Model to display and update the data within a Silverlight application. Finally, the session will demonstrate how to enhance your Silverlight applications even further with data stored in SharePoint lists and libraries. Whether you are looking for in-depth technical knowledge about these components, or just want to get some ideas how Silverlight applications may be used to streamline processes and save time in your organization, this is the right session for you.

HDEV13: Creating Search-Based Solutions with SharePoint 2010
Scot Hillier
Search-based solutions are applications that use a search page as the primary interface. Solutions such as image searching or travel searching in Bing are good examples of search-based solutions. SharePoint 2010 offers developers new ways to extend search and create search-based solutions. In this session, attendees will learn to create search-based solutions by using custom relevance models, extending SharePoint 2010 search parts, and utilizing .NET Assembly Connectors to access external systems. The techniques presented will prepare attendees to create search-based solutions on their own.

HDEV03: Customizing SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Content Management Document Sets
Andrew Connell
SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Content Management (ECM) introduces a new concept called document sets. These enable you to create a single work product made up of multiple components. In this session, you’ll learn how to create customizable document sets, custom welcome pages and much more!

HDEV17: Developing Advanced SharePoint 2010 Workflows with Visual Studio 2010
Kirk Evans
SharePoint 2010 includes a number of new facilities for workflow developers. Come to this session to hear about what’s new in SharePoint 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 to help you code, deploy, and debug workflow solutions.

HDEV09: Extending the Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Tools
Ted Pattison
The introduction of the Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Tools really raises the bar in terms of developer convenience and productivity. And while the out-of-the-box experience with these tools goes far beyond what’s been available to SharePoint developers in the past, the SharePoint Tools have been designed from the ground up to support extensibility. This session shows you how to get started by explaining how to extend the SharePoint Project System and how to use the extensibility APIs. You will learn how to create custom templates for SharePoint Projects and SharePoint Project Items (SPIs) to support common scenarios such as a solution for deploying a custom master page along with its own CCS and JavaScript files. You will also see how to extend SPIs with custom properties, context menus and event handlers.

HDEV06: Generate and Publish Electronic Forms on Your Intranet Using InfoPath 2010... No Code Required!
Asif Rehmani
Finally, you can make your goals of going paperless a reality! Microsoft Office InfoPath 2010 and Forms Server 2010 come together to provide a powerful platform for electronic form generation. In this session, you will see how you can build robust electronic forms with data validation and conditional logic rules using InfoPath. Also, the inherent power of InfoPath will be demonstrated to look up data from various sources and populate it in your custom designed electronic forms. All this and more will be accomplished without writing a single line of code!

HDEV15: How to Create a YouTube-like Application in SharePoint with the Digital Assets Library – Without Writing Any Managed Code!
Todd Baginski
This session demonstrates how to use the new Digital Assets Library and the Videos content type to create YouTube-like functionality in your SharePoint sites. First, the session describes the new functionality the Digital Assets Library provides for videos, images, and audio files. Then the session shows how to create and configure the Digital Assets Library to display a list of videos complete with thumbnail previews. Finally, the session shows how to create a page to watch each video inside a Silverlight video player and display the details about it. All of this great functionality is implemented without writing a single line of managed code; only JavaScript, HTML, and CSS are needed to deliver the functionality!

HDEV07: Industrial Strength Records Management in SharePoint 2010
John Holliday
SharePoint 2010 introduces several new document management and records management features which together represent the next generation of records management capabilities that were previously available only in the SharePoint 2007 Records Center. In this session, we’ll examine document sets, persistent document identifiers, metadata-driven routing and the content organizer and we’ll explore ways to apply these new features to solve traditional records management problems such as electronic record authentication and the deployment of integrated data integrity controls. During the session, we’ll explore the new in-place records management features that make it easier to manage document retention schedules. You’ll learn how to use content organizer rules to create detailed plans for managing how official records are organized within a given site. We’ll also explore the new and improved SharePoint 2010 information management policy architecture, which includes both location-based and multiple-stage information policies, and we’ll take a detailed look at the improved records center site definition to see how it simplifies the creation of a locked-down records vault.

HDEV02: Interacting with SharePoint 2010 Off the Server: Introducing the Client Object Model
Andrew Connell
This session demonstrates client object model, new to SharePoint 2010. This addition makes it much easier for developers to create custom solutions that leverage data stored in SharePoint from off the SharePoint server with a familiar API and without traditional Web Services. Topics covered include the .NET and Silverlight managed client object models as well as the ECMAScript object model.

HDEV04: Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2010: Top 5 Great Things to Know!
Asif Rehmani
SharePoint Designer 2010, which is a free application, is “The Preferred” tool to design powerful no-code solutions and applications in SharePoint 2010. In this session, you will get a broad overview of the capabilities of the tool, from site customizations such as modifying Site Metadata, managing Site Security, or creating Site Content, to building List- or Site-based Workflows and connecting to a variety of data sources. You will also learn about the new ribbon interface of SharePoint Designer 2010 and you’ll see how best to take advantage of this application by showing the new bells and whistles that come with this product.

HDEV05: Overview: Creating Workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010, InfoPath and Visio
Asif Rehmani
Forms and workflows are important for automating business processes. Companies usually rely on programmers to create the forms and workflows using code. Not anymore! With InfoPath 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010, you can create powerful data-driven form composite solutions on your SharePoint sites. InfoPath gives you the ability to pull data from databases and lists, and create forms with data validation and conditional formatting. SharePoint Designer’s workflows let you then design powerful multi-step workflows centered around the form collected data, building upon the out-of-the-box reusable workflows and even import workflow designs from Visio! In this session, you will see how these tools come together to design powerful end-to-end solutions on your sites.

HDEV08: Programming Business Connectivity Services Solutions in Office 2010
John Holliday
SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services (BCS) represents a major step in the evolution of the Business Data Catalog, with richer functionality that includes the ability to create and update back-end data, and much tighter integration with Office client applications. These new capabilities are exposed through a rich set of enhancements on both the client and the server. In this session, we’ll examine both code and no-code approaches to building BCS solutions in Office 2010. First, we’ll explore the new SharePoint 2010 integration features provided by the Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Development. Then we’ll take a look at what it takes to build BCS Declarative Solutions that require no coding. During the session, we’ll use the BDC client-side API to build a VSTO 4.0 add-in that integrates Line of Business (LOB) data with Microsoft Office client applications via SharePoint 2010 External Content Types and Lists.

HDEV10: Security Changes and Enhancements in SharePoint 2010
Ted Pattison
SharePoint 2010 introduces a new claims-based security model that will impact the way the companies design, implement and enforce security with their SharePoint sites. This session explains the fundamental concepts of a claims-based model and shows how the new claims-based model makes it possible to use new types of security principals such as Active Directory distribution lists and SharePoint Server Audiences as first-class security objects which can be used to securely configure access to securable objects such as sites, lists, items and documents. The session will walk through developing a custom claims provider with Visual Studio 2010, which will effectively demonstrate the flexibility of how we define the people and groups from whom you need to configure access.

HDEV16: SharePoint 2010 Developer Best Practices
Kirk Evans
This session will focus on best practices for developing with SharePoint 2010, including configuring a development environment, configuring application lifecycle management, unit testing, and understanding defensive development techniques.

HDEV01: Upgrading and Extending SharePoint 2007 WCM Sites with SharePoint Server 2010 Web Content Management
Andrew Connell
In this session, you’ll see how to upgrade a SharePoint 2007 WCM site to SharePoint Server 2010 WCM and leverage some of the new capabilities. After upgrading the site, you’ll learn how to implement the ribbon and convert to the new SharePoint 2010 UI visuals. Next you’ll see how to add ratings and use the content organizer.

HDEV12: Using Business Connectivity Services to Access External Systems with SharePoint 2010
Scot Hillier
Business Connectivity Services (BCS) can be thought of as the next evolution of the Business Data Catalog (BDC) that provides a read-write capability to external data. In this session, we will cover the fundamental concepts and tools necessary to use BCS in SharePoint solutions. The session will begin by presenting the concept of an external content type (ECT) and showing how to create them in the SharePoint Designer. The ECTs will then be used to create external lists that act as a front end for a data source. Finally, attendees will learn to create a .NET Assembly Connector, which allows the creation of custom solutions for accessing external data within the BCS framework. Attendees will exit the session with a strong understanding of the BCS architecture, tools, and development practices.

KEYNOTE SESSION

KEYNOTE: SharePoint 2010: What Are the Possibilities?
Steve Fox
SharePoint 2010 is a first-class platform that has evolved significantly from previous releases. With the end-game drawing near, do you know how you’re going to leverage this next wave? This keynote will highlight some of the key, new capabilities in SharePoint 2010 and dig into how SharePoint 2010 will help reshape the way you manage collaboration and productivity in your organization and on the web to show you just what’s possible with SharePoint 2010.

MICROSOFT DAY - SHAREPOINT

HMS03: Developing Business Intelligence Solutions with SharePoint 2010
Roger Doherty
Business intelligence lies at the heart of any business decision, and SharePoint provides a number of ways for you to create rich business intelligence solutions that range from dashboards to more complex pivots and reporting services. Come check out the new business intelligence features of SharePoint 2010 to see how you can apply SharePoint 2010 to your everyday business-decision making. Sample topics to be covered will include PerformancePoint Server, PowerPivot, and Excel Services.

HMS04: Developing Internet-Facing Sites Using SharePoint 2010
Chris Johnson
Microsoft SharePoint is not just about the intranet; you can also develop and deploy custom, externally-facing web sites. This session will focus on the web content management (WCM) features of SharePoint 2010 and demonstrate how you can get started on building, managing and deploying SharePoint sites to the web.

HMS06: Developing Social Computing Applications for SharePoint 2010
Paul Stubbs
Social computing is a major trend in the enterprise and is changing the way people both communicate and discover information about one another and about the things they are doing. SharePoint 2010 introduces a number of social computing features that can help companies build and deploy applications within this growing trend. If you're interested in learning about the core social computing features, such as blogs, wikis, and My Sites, and want to learn how to develop with key 'social' Web services, such as User Profile and Social Data Web services, you won't want to miss this session!

HMS05: Enhancing the SharePoint 2010 User Experience through Silverlight
Paul Stubbs
Silverlight is a great way to build a sophisticated and dynamic user experience. Coupled with SharePoint, you can create and integrate advanced multimedia experiences, dynamic navigability, and line-of-business solutions within SharePoint. In this session, you'll learn how you can create dynamic business applications that integrate line-of-business system data with SharePoint while at the same time taking advantage of Silverlight.

HMS11: Integrating Office 2010 with SharePoint 2010
Donovan Follette
Office 2010 integrates with SharePoint 2010 in many ways. This session will provide you with an introduction to how you can integrate Office with SharePoint. Specific areas of coverage will include client UI extensibility, Open XML, Word and Excel Services, and much more.

HMS12: Introduction to SharePoint 2010 Administration
Jie Li
SharePoint 2010 has a ton of new features for the Administrator that help manage the day-to-day operations of your SharePoint site. This session will provide a whirlwind tour of the top new features in SharePoint 2010 administration.

HMS02: Introduction to SharePoint Development with Visual Studio 2010
Mike Morton
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 has evolved into a great developer platform with new tools, services and APIs. This session will provide an overview of the new project templates, build and deploy features, configuration features, and Visual Studio extensibility. If you're a SharePoint developer and will be using the new tools in Visual Studio 2010 to develop, you won't want to miss this session.

HMS07: Managing Business Processes Using SharePoint 2010 Workflow
Donovan Follette
In SharePoint 2010, workflow is accessible for information workers, IT Pros, and Developers. In this session, you’ll see how learn about how you can design workflow in Visio 2010, leverage the native workflow built into SharePoint 2010, create rules-based workflow in SharePoint Designer 2010, and work with Visual Studio 2010 for workflow that requires custom code.

HMS10: Overview of Enterprise Content Management in SharePoint 2010
Chris Johnson
Tired of hearing statistics about the high rate of failure for ECM initiatives? In this session, you will learn about the new features in SharePoint 2010 and discover how Microsoft is changing the game in ECM by bridging the worlds of traditional content management, social computing and search; all delivered seamlessly through Office, web browsers and mobile devices.

HMS09: Overview of SharePoint 2010 for the IT Professional
Jie Li
SharePoint 2010 has a ton of new features for the IT Professional, ranging from simple web-based development features to administrative features that help manage the day-to-day operations of your SharePoint site. This session will provide a whirlwind tour of the top new features in SharePoint 2010 for the IT Professional.

HMS01: Overview of the SharePoint 2010 Developer Platform
Steve Fox
SharePoint 2010 has many new developer-oriented features. Developers can build collaboration applications on the platform features of SharePoint 2010, the new tools for SharePoint 2010 make developers more productive and new hosting options for SharePoint solutions provide more flexibility in deployment. This session is a lap around SharePoint 2010 for developers providing a brief look and code based demos of the major new features in building user interfaces, building on the data platform and in general programmability.

HMS08: Upgrading Your Solutions from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010
Mike Morton
With SharePoint 2010 a lot will change for developers and IT Pros, but of course you will still want to keep using some of the cool solutions that you built for SharePoint 2007. This session will explain how you can best upgrade the custom code that you wrote using Visual Studio 2008 for SharePoint 2007 to work with Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint 2010. The session will demonstrate the project upgrade tools, show you the APIs that are involved in migrating and what new APIs you should consider using, and will tell you when you will be bound to have to upgrade your code manually.

HMS13: What's New for Security in SharePoint 2010?
Venky Veeraraghavan
Both developers and IT Pros need to understand the basics of security in SharePoint 2010. This session will provide an overview of the major security features in SharePoint 2010. Topics will include farm-level and sandboxed solution development and deployment, claims-based security, identity, tokens, and much more.

ADMINISTRATION

HITP15: Administration of SharePoint 2010 Using PowerShell, the New Coolness
Todd Klindt
Shane Young
All your friends are doing it, why aren’t you? Stsadm.exe is so 2007. Come to this session to figure out why you need to be a PowerShell guru ASAP and how to amaze your friends and confound your enemies with your new PowerShell skills.

HITP06: Architecting a High Performance and Fault Tolerant SharePoint 2010 Farm
Michael Noel
SharePoint server architecture has been significantly improved with the SharePoint 2010 wave. Gone is the inflexible Shared Services Provider, replaced by a much more scalable and fault tolerant architecture. To provide for this level of scalability, a larger number of databases and a certain level of complexity was introduced that should be understood by SharePoint architects before beginning a production SharePoint 2010 deployment. This session delves into the specifics of those infrastructure changes and demystifies many of the concepts surrounding SharePoint 2010 architecture. Best practice architectural scenarios and diagrams are illustrated and compared, and high availability options are discussed in detail.

• Learn how to architect a SharePoint 2010 for High Performance and Fault Tolerance
• Compare and contrast best practice design examples for SharePoint deployments of varying sizes
• Understand how to design SharePoint 2010 the right way the first time

HITP07: Backup and Restore for SharePoint 2010: Protecting Mission Critical SharePoint Data with New Tools and Technologies
Michael Noel
As more and more organizations use SharePoint to store documents and other critical data, it becomes imperative to provide for backup and restore specific for SharePoint. While some integrated tools exist to provide for disaster recovery, document-level restore capabilities are often needed in a SharePoint environment. This session covers some of those technologies, and focuses specifically on how the new Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 product can be used to provide for SharePoint-specific backup and item-level restore. In addition, specifics on how to integrate DPM with a SharePoint 2010 farm are provided and best practice architectural examples for DPM, snapshot guidelines, and deployment tips and tricks from the field are covered.

• Explore the new built in backup processes and tools in SharePoint 2010 and what should be backed up.
• Examine item-level recovery capabilities for SharePoint included in System Center Data Protection Manager
• Learn best practice tips and tricks for deployment of DPM in a SharePoint environment
• Understand SharePoint disaster recovery options and architectural considerations when using DPM

HITP13: Beginning Your Administrative Journey with SharePoint 2010
Todd Klindt
Shane Young
Time to start talking install and deployment. What are these new things like Prereq installer, farm passphrase, managed accounts, Farm configuration wizard, and pretty icons in central admin? If these are your questions, we have your answers. Even if they aren’t your questions, swing by. We promise you’ll learn something, or at least hear a bad cow joke or two.

HITP17: Better Together: SharePoint, Excel, and Access Deliver “Big Win” Solutions and Adoption
Dan Holme
In every organization, mission-critical business intelligence and processes center around Excel worksheets, Access databases, and e-mail-based communications. In this “Better Together” session, you’ll learn how to elevate these using out-of-the-box functionality in combinations that achieve “big wins” and drive the success and adoption of SharePoint and Office in your enterprise. This session presents practical, real-world examples to inspire you to identify and solve business problems with SharePoint, Excel, and Access. Decision makers and even power-users will come away armed with an understanding of what amazing things SharePoint and Office can do, together, to deliver high-value solutions, and IT Pros will learn how to guide, implement, configure, and support such solutions. You’ll discover approaches for integrating SharePoint, Excel, Access, workflows, Office Web Applications, and more. You’ll also learn which solutions can be attained with previous versions of Office and with only SharePoint Foundation/Windows SharePoint Services, and which require SharePoint Server and Office 2010. Technical takeaways include:

• Move important, shared, or multi-user databases from their 20th century home in Excel worksheets and Access databases to SharePoint.
• Create rich, code-free “business intelligence lite” SharePoint solutions that apply SharePoint security and collaboration in unique ways and leverage Excel as an analysis and presentation tool.
• Develop sophisticated, intelligent relational database applications with gorgeous forms and reports using Access as a SharePoint front-end. Leverage the new and improved Excel Services and Access Services for high-value, low-effort database solutions.

HITP08: Configuring SharePoint 2010 for Extranets
Michael Noel
SharePoint 2010 has been specifically designed to provide for a scalable and customizable environment for extranets. Infrastructure changes such as Server Groups, the services architecture, and claims-based authentication have opened the door to external deployment scenarios that were challenging with previous versions of SharePoint. This session covers extranet deployment with SharePoint 2010, focusing on alternate authentication mechanisms, scalability, and security of extranet deployments.

• Learn how to deploy extranets with SharePoint 2010 using a best practice approach to infrastructure design.
• Determine how to use claims-based authentication with SharePoint 2010 for multiple authentication sources.
• Identify how to scale SharePoint 2010 for extranet deployments.

HITP14: Continuing Your Administrative Journey with SharePoint 2010
Todd Klindt
Shane Young
Now your farm is running like a well-oiled machine, it is time to look at the new tools. Things like PowerShell, monitoring, backup and restore, performance and large list throttling, and a few other fun things. So many new admin tools and so little time. We better talk fast.

HITP18: Deploying Office Web Apps Through SharePoint
Wendy Henry
Office Web Apps, Microsoft’s new cloud endeavor for the productivity suite, offer users the ability to work with Office files via the web from within their browser application. Web-based productivity applications have been a long time coming, especially since WSSv3/MOSS 2007 offers little help to users who work with Office-formatted library items but do not have Office installed on their PC. Now Office Web Apps, part of Office 2010, can be deployed on a SharePoint 2010 server and accessed from SharePoint site pages via web browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari! Come see what all of the buzz is about and learn how to install and configure Office Web Apps on SharePoint 2010 so that all of your SharePoint users can get the most out of their content!

HITP01: Designing Governance: How Information Management and Security Must Drive Your Design
Dan Holme
You’ve read the white papers, you’ve “Binged” governance, but how, exactly, do you design a SharePoint implementation that will support governance, security, and information management? Join SharePoint MVP and consultant Dan Holme for a practical, nuts-and-bolts look at the close relationship between your information management requirements and SharePoint’s manageability controls, and the demands that relationship places on your design and infrastructure. This session is focused on architecting a logical design of SharePoint that effectively supports your information management requirements and governance plan—the “technical” side of governance. You will learn how to align your governance requirements with SharePoint farms, Web applications, and site collections. You’ll discover why some third-party applications are a “design poison pill” and what SharePoint 2010 offers to greatly improve the deployment of a governable design. Gain a deeper understanding of the intricacies and challenges of designing the logical structure of SharePoint, and take away practical, blueprint-like guidance to what a governed SharePoint implementation might look like in your enterprise.

HITP03: Enterprise Social Computing with SharePoint 2010
Matthew McDermott
SharePoint 2010 introduces new features that support social computing for organizations of all types. Whether you have a “formal vision” or loose idea of what “social” means to your organization, this session will introduce you to the key concepts and features that can aid in your planning and implementation of social computing for your organization. This session will highlight how companies gain value out of the social computing capabilities of SharePoint.

• Introduction to the “social vision” for SharePoint 2010
• What do I like: Tagging, Rating and Notes
• What’s happening: Activity Feeds
• Where is it: Social search
• Who can help: People and Expertise search

HITP09: Protecting Your SharePoint 2010 Content with SQL Server 2008 Transparent Database Encryption
Michael Noel
One of the “killer apps” with SQL Server 2008 is the ability to transparently encrypt all of your SharePoint content databases at the SQL level, without the need to modify any settings in the SharePoint farm. This type of transparent encryption allows organizations to comply with governmental and industry regulations that require content to be stored in encrypted format, but doesn’t introduce any new complexities to a SharePoint environment, as the application itself is unaware that any encryption is happening. This session focuses on the best practices, tips and tricks, and real-world advice on how to set up and deploy SQL Server 2008 transparent database encryption for a SharePoint 2010 farm.

• Learn how to set up SQL Server 2008 for transparent encryption of content databases.
• Examine limitations, best practices, and deployment tips for implementing this new capability.
• Take an in-depth look at the security precautions and advice for the encryption methods that can be used and what makes sense for SharePoint.

HITP11: Protecting Your SharePoint Environment from the Evil Developers – Quotas, Sandboxes, and Queries
Robert Bogue
Whether you believe your developers are evil or just under informed, SharePoint 2010 has a set of tools for you to use to protect yourself from a developer breaking your entire farm. In this session you’ll get an IT Pro’s introduction to the SharePoint Sandbox and how it can help you including code isolation and execution quotas. You’ll also learn about protection from long running queries, and how you can put the pieces together to keep your farm running no matter what the developers throw at it.

HITP16: SharePoint 2010 Admins and the DBA Duties they Hate
Todd Klindt
Shane Young
Nobody likes it but it is a fact of life—SharePoint stores everything in SQL Server. Do you know where the most common performance bottleneck for SharePoint is? Your SQL Server. Yikes. So with that being the case, any good SharePoint Admin needs to be up to speed on core SQL Server management. In this session, we’ll demystify how SharePoint uses SQL, and show what maintenance steps you can take to keep SQL from taking its ball and going home.

HITP04: SharePoint 2010 Search Overview
Matthew McDermott
Search has taken a huge step forward with the introduction of SharePoint 2010. This session will focus on what is new to Search in SharePoint 2010. Presented through demonstrations of the search capabilities and advancements, this presentation will provide the background necessary to understand how search has improved and how to plan for the smooth implementation of SharePoint search for your organization.

• SharePoint 2010 Search scalability options
• Improved user experience
• Social and people search
• Improved metadata processing
• Improved management and tuning

HITP05: SharePoint Multilingual Scenarios
Matthew McDermott
SharePoint 2010 supports several multilingual scenarios out of the box. This session will detail the features of SharePoint 2010 that enable the creation of publishing sites that support multiple languages and locales. This session will also detail how content contributors can use the new multilingual user interface to work within their chosen language to author, manage and publish content through an interface that supports their native language. This session will detail:

• Planning a multilingual publishing site
• Implementing the multilingual user interface
• The configuration and process required for Variations
• Application of language packs
• Developer considerations for multilingual sites

HITP10: SharePoint Site Lifecycle—Creating and Archiving Sites
Robert Bogue
Managing information architecture and limiting organic site growth is a difficult issue organizations face. Determining an effective site provisioning and clean up approach that balances end-user control with effective information management for the organization is essential. This session shows developers how to create a flexible solution that lets users get sites up and running quickly, while maintaining stewardship for corporate resource concerns by providing site creation approval, site archiving and site removal strategies. In this session you’ll see how to leverage Microsoft InfoPath as a site request form coupled with a SharePoint workflow to approve and create a site. You’ll also see the use of new site-level workflows and auditing to monitor the use of the site and recommend when it’s time to archive or delete it based upon usage.

HITP12: SharePoint Solution Creation Tools for the IT Pro Without Semicolons
Robert Bogue
Many organizations are struggling to get the support they need. The IT Pro is being asked to help create solutions for business units. The Office System including SharePoint, Visio, InfoPath, Word, and SharePoint Designer are tools that the IT Professional can use to create solutions that don’t require a single semicolon. In this very practical session, we’ll create a few solutions that every IT Pro can create that will look like you stayed up all night to learn a new (foreign) language.

HITP02: SharePoint Takes the Gold in Torino, Beijing and Vancouver Broadcasts
Dan Holme
SharePoint has “won the gold” as a platform for rich collaboration and rapidly deployed solutions during the broadcast of the Olympics from Torino, Beijing and for the upcoming Vancouver 2010. Join Dan Holme, Microsoft Technologies Consultant for NBC Olympics, for an inside look at how SharePoint is put to use in one of the most unique IT efforts in the world. Discover ways that you might leverage SharePoint in your enterprise, and how the Olympics broadcast can inform the choices you make supporting and developing for SharePoint. This unique session sheds an exciting and practical light on the business value and ROI of SharePoint. Ever wonder how you can make the most of SharePoint in your organization? This session might help you figure it out!

HITP19: Working with SharePoint Content Offline in SharePoint Workspace
Wendy Henry
Today’s mobile business information workers demand the flexibility to work from anywhere, anytime. But 24/7 connectivity to the SharePoint enterprise isn’t always practical or possible. Office 2010 now includes SharePoint Workspace, a robust client application that incorporates offline SharePoint content with team workspaces and many of the features formerly provided by Groove 2007. Join this session and learn how to download selected content, edit content while offline and synchronize it back to the SharePoint server later. Find your Groove with SharePoint Workspace!

PARTNER TRACK

PARTNER02: Best Practices for Architecting, Deploying, and Optimizing SharePoint 2010
Tony Lanni
SharePoint 2010 is poised to revolutionize how organizations connect their people, processes, and information. It will mark SharePoint’s evolution from a server application to a full-fledged platform…the world’s first “enterprise eco-system.” In this session we will discuss how the changes coming in SharePoint 2010 will affect your platform deployment, administration, and performance optimization strategies. We will outline approaches for efficient management of both application lifecycles and multi-farm, geographically-dispersed environments, review best practices for optimizing storage resources, and conclude with an evaluation of options for consolidating and exposing your legacy content in the SharePoint 2010 platform.

PARTNER01: Maximize Your Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Environment
Claude Steinmayer
Join NetApp to learn how deploying SharePoint 2010 in a virtual server and storage infrastructure can help you increase uptime, implement a cost effective disaster recovery solution, and simultaneously reduce your administrative overhead. This session will explore how you can:

• Scale and provision your SharePoint environment dynamically and non-disruptively
• Enable end-to-end storage space savings of 50% to 90% with no performance impact on your production
• Eliminate your backup window
• Implement and test D/R Cost Effectively
• Dramatically reduce your TCO
• Achieve all of the above with a unified storage architecture which protects your investment