3/16/2010

HPRE04: Building Composite Applications using SharePoint Designer 2010 and the BCS (9:00AM - 4:00PM)
Add'l Fee $399
Raymond Mitchell
In this full-day workshop, you’ll learn how to use the new functionality available in SharePoint Designer 2010 to build advanced Composite Applications. Some of the topics covered include: How to leverage the Data Form Web Part and the new XLV to display and interact with your SharePoint Data. We’ll also take a long look at the magic behind these Web Parts—XSLT. Plus how to use the updated Business Connectivity Services to surface your business data. We’ll also explore other options to incorporate external data into your Composite Applications. You'll see how to create powerful Workflows and add Custom Actions to transform your Data Views and Dashboards into interactive Applications. And you'll learn how to customize the look and feel of your Composite Applications to create a rich user experience. We’ll walk through several real-world scenarios and give you the tools you’ll need to build your own applications on top of the SharePoint platform.

HPRE02: Deep Dive into SharePoint 2010 Workflows (9:00AM - 4:00PM)
Add'l Fee $399
Robert Bogue
The Office 2010 system includes a much better transition between user-developed workflows and developer workflows. Learn how SharePoint Designer can be used to start your workflow development process, how InfoPath forms can be your forms solution for your workflows, and how Visio is a part of the workflow development process. Once we’ve developed a workflow with end-user tools, we’ll take it into Visual Studio and enhance it with things that you can only do in Visual Studio. We’ll end with a discussion of Site Workflows and how they can be used.

HPRE01: SharePoint Collaboration Jump Start (9:00AM - 4:00PM)
Add'l Fee $399
Dan Holme

If you are new to SharePoint, or are trying to wrap your head around the massive potential of this powerful platform, you’ll be the hero of your enterprise when you bring back the solutions you discover in this fast-paced, full-day pre-conference workshop.  Dan Holme, a Microsoft MVP for SharePoint, will dive deep into the configuration, customization, and management of SharePoint collaboration.  You’ll learn to build SharePoint solutions that address common enterprise challenges, and you’ll be amazaed just how much you can do with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS). 
Topics include:
• SharePoint Administration Jump-Start:  What you need to know to administer SharePoint effectively, in 90 minutes or less.

• How to use SharePoint document libraries as a replacement for traditional file shares.

• Driving effective collaboration and end-used adoption with Microsoft Office 2007 applications as SharePoint clients.

• How to build “Business Intelligence Lite”, no-code, and low-code SharePoint solutions using Office 2007 and SharePoint Designer

HPRE03: SharePoint Server 2010: Farm Upgrade and What’s New for Experienced SharePoint Admins (9:00AM - 4:00PM)
Add'l Fee $399
Todd Klindt
Shane Young
So you are already an awesome SharePoint v3 administrator and you want to start on the road to awesome for SharePoint 2010. Well then come on down. This workshop will start your road to SharePoint 2010 cool with a bang. We will cover everything you need to know to get your 2010 farm up and running. From there we will work through all of the new functionality that makes being an administrator so much fun. And if that wasn’t enough fun, from there we will explore upgrade. We figure since you have a perfectly running farm now we might as well look at the upgrade story for your 2007 content. It’ll knock your socks off.