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IT Pro Track

 

This is a track that focuses on your need to keep your SharePoint Infrastructure Healthy and ready for the upcoming upgrade to the next version of SharePoint. Join world renowned speakers such as Michael Noel, Jeremy Thake and Wayne Ewington as they discuss topics such as SQL Server 2012, Governance and Throttling. Don’t miss sessions on difficult to implement component such as FAST Search, Kerberos and Claims Based Authentication.
 
This track suits IT Pro's, Infrastructure specialists, DBA's and System Administrators, and ranges from Level 100 - Learn through to Level 300 - Deep Dive.
 

 

 Day One - Tuesday 20 March
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Using SQL Server 2012 Database Mirroring for SharePoint Content Databases
SQL 2012 includes some major improvements in Database mirroring concepts, allowing for up to four copies of SharePoint databases to be created on local or remote SQL Servers with a mixture of both synchronous and asynchronous replicas, allowing for both high availability and remote disaster recovery at the same time.  These incredibly powerful features allow the ability to have unprecedented flexibility in designing a disaster recovery plan for SharePoint.  This session focuses on a discussion of the changes in SQL 2012 Database mirroring and how they can be used to build more redundancy into a SharePoint environment.
Michael NoelDeveloper, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information ArchitectDevelopment, Systems Architecture20/03/2012 10:30 a.m.
Optimizing and Accelerating your SharePoint Farm
You may be planning to establish or upgrade a new SharePoint installation.  Perhaps your SharePoint farm isn’t as fast or reliable as it used to be.  Don’t give up! 
Either way, there are things you can do to accelerate the performance of you SharePoint farm.  Join Chris for a review of memory and service optimization, high performance designs, disk and database optimization, security, and caching techniques to make things better.  We’ll also review how to measure and interpret SharePoint’s own key performance indicators.
Chris McNultyBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information Architect, Portal Administrator/Web DeveloperImplementation, Systems Architecture20/03/2012 11:45 a.m.
SP Express - IT Pro Expert Panel
Join a panel of speaker discuss relevant and important IT Pro topics, Bring your questions, Ask the experts!
Michael Noel; Wayne Ewington; Mark RhodesDeveloper, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information ArchitectImplementation, Development, Governance, Systems Architecture20/03/2012 1:30 p.m.
End to End Security for SharePoint Farms
One of the biggest advantage of using SharePoint as a Document Management and collaboration environment is that a robust security and permissions structure is built-in to the application itself. Authenticating and authorizing users is a fairly straightforward task, and administration of security permissions is simplified. Too often, however, security for SharePoint stops there, and organizations don’t pay enough attention to all of the other considerations that are part of a SharePoint security stack, and more often than not don’t properly build them into a deployment. This includes such diverse categories including Edge, Transport, Infrastructure, Data, and Rights Management Security, all areas that are often neglected but are nonetheless extremely important. This session discusses the entire stack of Security within SharePoint, from best practices around managing permissions and ACLs to comply with Role Based Access Control, to techniques to secure inbound access to externally-facing SharePoint sites. The session is designed to be comprehensive, and includes all major security topics in SharePoint and a discussion of various real-world designs that are built to be secure. • Understand how to use native technologies to secure all layers of a SharePoint environment, including Data, Transport, Infrastructure, Edge, and Rights Management. • Examine tools and technologies that can help secure SharePoint, including AD Rights Management Services, Forefront Unified Access Gateway, SQL Transparent Data Encryption, and more. • Understand a Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) permissions model and how it can be used to gain better control over authorization and access control to SharePoint files and data.
Michael NoelDeveloper, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information ArchitectImplementation, Development, Governance, Systems Architecture20/03/2012 2:45 p.m.
Understanding, Deploying and Configuring the User Profile Service
SharePoint 2010 introduces many new features to become a social computing platform for the enterprise. These features are provided by the User Profile Service application, which has a reputation for being challenging to provision and configure. However by following a set of simple steps and prior planning you can ensure a smooth deployment with no unexpected problems. Join Mark Rhodes as he shows what the User Profile service is capable of, how to configure it, and how to get the most out of it to enhance your deployment, demonstrating complete steps to successful deployment.
Mark RhodesBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Systems Administrator/DBA, Portal Administrator/Web DeveloperSocial Networking, Implementation20/03/2012 4:15 p.m.

 

 

 Day Two - Wednesday 21 March

 

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Architecting SharePoint for Scalability and Enforceable Governance
You’ve read the white papers, you’ve “Binged” governance. But how do you design a SharePoint implementation that allows you to enforce your governance policies for IT assurance, information management, and information architecture? What is the relationship between architecture and governance? How can you ensure that your architecture will scale with the growing and changing needs of your business?  In this session, SharePoint MVP and governance thought leader Dan Holme explores the technical side of governance, and shares the secrets for creating a logical and physical SharePoint architecture that effectively supports the information and service management requirements of your governance plan.
Dan HolmeBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project Manager, Knowledge Manager/Records Manager, Portal Administrator/Web DeveloperImplementation, Governance, Systems Architecture21/03/2012 10:30 a.m.
Kerberos for SharePoint and SQL
Need to setup Kerberos but not sure where to start or gave it a try but hit issues? Come to this session to find out how to implement Kerberos for SharePoint Web Applications and SQL communication. Working knowledge of DNS, SPNs, SQL Scripts, and Active Directory is essential. 
Patrick HarkinsSystems Administrator/DBA, Portal Administrator/Web DeveloperImplementation, Systems Architecture21/03/2012 11:45 a.m.
Implementing Advanced Search Solutions with FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
This session will provide an overview of the more advanced capabilities that you can use to deliver truly awesome search solutions with FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint. Topics covered include the item processing pipeline and implementing search interfaces that make use of the power of FQL for search queries and more.
This session will cover technical implementation details but is worth attending if you are interested in understanding when to deploy FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint for your organisation.
Sezai KomurDeveloper, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project Manager, Knowledge Manager/Records Manager, Portal Administrator/Web DeveloperSearch, Building Solutions21/03/2012 1:30 p.m.
SharePoint Throttling Explained
SharePoint 2010 introduced a number of new defence mechanisms to help improve reliability and performance. On the surface some of these mechanisms such as list throttling look fairly straight forward, or are they? This talk will take a closer look at throttling and how SharePoint protects itself against large lists, external content types, and HTTP requests.
Wayne EwingtonBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Developer, Information Architect, Portal Administrator/Web DeveloperDevelopment, Governance, Systems Architecture21/03/2012 2:45 p.m.
Don't re-invent the login wheel! How to use Claims Auth with LiveID
In this session Gavin Barron will show you how easy it is to integrate a 3rd party Claims provider into your SharePoint site. This session wil be an end to end walk through of all the configuration steps required to ensure that you can allow users to login to your site using Windows Live ID.
Gavin BarronBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Developer, Systems Administrator/DBA, Portal Administrator/Web DeveloperImplementation21/03/2012 4:15 p.m.

 

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