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Office, BI (Business Intelligence) and Productivity Track

With the focus on Right Place, Right Time and Right Information, this track has been introduced to demonstrate integration of SharePoint with the Office Suite and other related technologies. On request to see more about Business Intelligence, we have also focused specific sessions on Data Connectivity and Visualisation. Attend these sessions to learn quick wins to improve productivity, using familiar tools such as Office, Visio and InfoPath to automate business processes.

This track suits all roles, and ranges from Level 100 - Learn through to Level 200 - Extend.

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 Day One - Tuesday 20 March
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Maximise on Familiar tools - SharePoint integration with Outlook and Word
Are your users utilising all the benefits of the integration points between Outlook, Word and SharePoint? Simple stuff but immensely effective!

Encourage user adoption and enable uses to "work in the place they work". See the best uses of synchronising calendars, team discussions, contacts and tasks with Outlook and how this improves productivity.

Take a quick look also at Word, Quick Parts, the DIP (Document Information Panel) and again, making life simpler for users to do their job!
Debbie IrelandBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Systems Administrator/DBA, Business Manager/Project Manager, Knowledge Manager/Records ManagerImplementation, Building Solutions, Web Content Management20/03/2012 10:30 a.m.
SharePoint Online, Offline and Office 365
In this session we'll blast through an introduction to Office 365 and in particular SharePoint Online. Then we'll look at SharePoint Workspace 2010 as a solution for working offline from both SharePoint on premise and SharePoint Online. All this is assuming Debbie doesn't talk to long before me ;)
Mark OrangeBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Developer, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project Manager, Knowledge Manager/Records ManagerImplementation, Governance20/03/2012 11:00 a.m.
Create a SharePoint forms factory
Have InfoPath will travel? We'll spelunker the InfoPath cave and offer up some gems for your cave-dwelling pleasure. Join me and learn three simple techniques for scaling your forms factory from 5 to 50 forms... in a fortnight! :)
Patrick Halstead Business Analyst/Site Administrator, Business Manager/Project Manager, Knowledge Manager/Records ManagerDevelopment, Building Solutions, Project Management20/03/2012 11:45 a.m.
Visio Services – Creating a No-Code Visio Services Dashboard using Office 365
With the SharePoint 2010 and Visio 2010 releases, the ability to quickly create and share powerful, intuitive, automatically-refreshing dashboard visualizations of both your critical IT and business data has never been easier to accomplish. This session will have a quick overview of Visio Services and then discuss how users can use out-of-box settings and basic, no-code customizations in Visio 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010 and SharePoint Online to create refreshable dashboards that efficiently improve insights into business performance. We will go through the process to set up an IT dashboard in SharePoint Online and highlight customer-proven best practices like including business data, and explore new uses for IT Pros using Visio 2010 and Visio Services in SharePoint Online. The session is demo heavy and is aimed at IT Pros.
Chris HopkinDeveloper, Information Architect, Portal Administrator/Web DeveloperDevelopment, Business Intelligence, Building Solutions20/03/2012 1:30 p.m.
Learn why email holds the key to SharePoint user adoption – Let’s tackle the email challenge!
Let’s tackle the email challenge head on and engage the business to start using solutions built on the SharePoint platform.
Email? Love it or Hate it! The Microsoft Outlook client holds the key to unlocking important company records, effectively sharing business information assets and ultimate promoting SharePoint as the information management platform.

Have you had people say… but I trust the Network drive? I am comfortable with my Outlook folders? I don’t trust SharePoint yet?  Help your business users have full trust in SharePoint to achieve solution adoption.
James FoxDeveloper, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project Manager, Knowledge Manager/Records ManagerKnowledge Management, Document and Record Management20/03/2012 2:45 p.m.
Design forms that flex
It's all about the data source... What's the #1 pitfall of InfoPath form designers? Learn how data-driven design can reduce costs as your form needs change
Patrick Halstead Business Analyst/Site Administrator, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information ArchitectImplementation, Building Solutions20/03/2012 4:15 p.m.

 

 

 Day Two - Wednesday 21 March

 

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When, Why and How with Office Web Apps
We’ve all seen the Microsoft Office Web Apps but when is it right to use the web app or the full client.  We’ll have a look at the benefits of the products and some of the configuration within your document and spread sheets that you need to change to ensure they work successfully within the Office Web Apps.
Alex PearceBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Systems Administrator/DBA, Business Manager/Project ManagerGovernance21/03/2012 10:30 a.m.
How to Bring Your Organization's Data Together with Business Connectivity Services
Within this session Brett Lonsdale will provide a fast paced introduction to using Business Connectivity Services to resolve real world issues. Starting from the benefits of BCS, Brett will demonstrate all of the BCS services including BCS Web Parts, External Data Column, Offline Data, Search, User Profiles, as well as a guide to connecting via SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio.
Brett LonsdaleBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Developer, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project ManagerBusiness Intelligence, Building Solutions21/03/2012 11:45 a.m.
Advanced BI Visualizations using Visio Services
Chris sesison to be Visio, this one needs to be BI Visualation more so, needs update on content.: In this session, we will showcase demos and mashups featuring visualizations through Visio Services. We will highlight the features customers can utilize to create stunning dashboards through Visio 2010 and SharePoint 2010. We will also discuss design principles and advanced Visio Services development concepts, such as how to map shapes to data sources and dynamically refresh data.
Krishna MamidpakaDeveloper, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information Architect, Portal Administrator/Web DeveloperKnowledge Management, Implementation, Business Intelligence, Building Solutions21/03/2012 1:30 p.m.
Tie a Yellow Ribbon round SharePoint 2010 : Customization using SPD 2010 and VS2010
SharePoint 2010 contains its own version of the Microsoft Office Fluent UI, which was designed to make it easier for users to use and find features within a product. The new Ribbon interface is fully extensible, using SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio 2010. This session will concentrate on non-code solutions of extending the Ribbon using SharePoint Designer. In conclusion it will highlighting the pros and cons of using SharePoint Designer as compared to Visual Studio and what is possible if you are using SharePoint Online.
Penelope CoventryBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Developer, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information ArchitectDevelopment, Business Intelligence21/03/2012 2:45 p.m.
Bringing Sharepoint to Life 
SharePoint is a wonderful tool, and it’s an amazing collection of features and capabilities.  At times, we wonder if SharePoint isn’t too much for a person, or at least, we wonder how we can take advantage of the great features that we see in the flashy sales demos.  Do you feel, sometimes, that your SharePoint is a glorified file share or shared drive with extra permission management?  I’ll provide a tour of the features in SharePoint that are used on documents that are accompanied by metadata, and show you how to bring your SharePoint to life. 
Owen AllenBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project Manager, Knowledge Manager/Records ManagerSearch, Knowledge Management, Implementation, Development, Governance, Business Intelligence, Building Solutions, Web Content Management21/03/2012 4:15 p.m.

 

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