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Upcoming SharePoint 2010 Events in December for Microsoft Northeast Enterprise Customers

cbortlik — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:10:05 GMT

Over the next 2+ weeks I will be involved with sessions on SharePoint 2010 at numerous events in the Northeast area:

Wednesday, December 2 at the Gilbane Conference Boston event: Helping out the SharePoint product team in the “The SharePoint 2010 Experience” hands on labs.
Tuesday, December 8 at the Beyond Tech-Ed event in Rochester, NY – Presenting and doing tons of demos in the “SharePoint 2010: What’s Coming Next and When” session.
Wednesday, December 9 at the Realizing SharePoint as a Development Platform event in Rochester, NY – Presenting the keynote and “Realizing SharePoint as a Development Platform” talks.
Thursday, December 10 at the Beyond Tech-Ed event in Hartford, CT – Presenting and doing tons of demos in the “SharePoint 2010: What’s Coming Next and When” session.
Tuesday, December 15 at the Beyond Tech-Ed event in Waltham, MA – Presenting and doing tons of demos in the “SharePoint 2010: What’s Coming Next and When” session.

Hope to see you all at these events!

Content Posted from the “Realizing SharePoint as a Development Platform” Event

cbortlik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:02:58 GMT

Todd Mancini has posted the presentations from our “Realizing SharePoint as a Development Platform” event here on his blog. Please stop by Todd’s blog to check these slides out. If you’re going to be in Rochester, NY on December 9 please register and attend the event there.

SharePoint as a Development Platform

cbortlik — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:54:40 GMT

While preparing to present my 2 sessions at the “Maximize Your SharePoint Investment: Leverage It as a Development Platform!” events that we’re doing for Northeast enterprise customers in Waltham, MA (November 19) and Rochester, NY (December 9) I continue to be amazed at how rich and robust SharePoint is for configuring and developing custom solutions.

I’ve been involved in architecting and developing browser based applications for well over 10 years – both on Microsoft and other technologies. My technical evolution over the years has been consistent with what many others have experienced:

Static sites: HTML & JavaScript using tools like Notepad, FrontPage, DreamWeaver
Dynamic sites : C++, ISAPI extensions on IIS, Java
Wrapper applications: ASP
Frameworks: ASP.NET, AJAX
Platform: SharePoint

As with previous evolutions, using SharePoint as an application platform enables you to get out of the business of writing plumbing functions and focus on building applications that add unique value to your business. For example, why should you spend time writing workflows from scratch or building forms based solutions when SharePoint has out of the box capabilities and tools to automate most of that? Why should you write complex web controls, search, business intelligence and sites when SharePoint has so many out of the box site templates, features and web parts that you can configure and extend?

SharePoint provides a great layer of abstraction, services and functionality on top of ASP.NET This helps you accelerate your development cycles, lower project risk, reduce costs and get to market faster.

I’m very excited about many things that are coming in SharePoint 2010 to further improve the development experience on the SharePoint platform. In future blog posts I’ll dive into these areas deeper. However, if I’m pressed to outline my top 5 items in these areas they would be:

Development on a non server environment. In SharePoint 2010, you can now develop on 64-bit client machines that are running Windows 7 or Vista SP1 (or later).
SharePoint as a first class citizen in Visual Studio 2010. Great improvements here that any ASP.NET developer would love including, integrated debugging, visual designers, project/control templates, WSP deployment/packaging and tracing. There is also rich integrated Application Lifecycle Management through Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server.
Silverlight web parts shipping out of the box to enable you to quickly add rich Silverlight capabilities to your SharePoint site.
Composite applications that include round tripping, packaging and distribution of tasks between business analysts, power users and developers. Significant improvements such as Visio 2010 for designing workflows; SharePoint Designer improvements (including exporting to reusable WSP packages); Access Services; InfoPath Forms Services; Word Services; Visio Services; PerformancePoint Services; and Excel Services.
Business Connectivity Services for creating reusable read/write data connections to external data sources (e.g. Active Directory, ERP, CRM, SQL Server, Oracle, etc.) that can be exposed and used across SharePoint and the Office clients, including off-line usage via SharePoint Workspace.

There is so much more that we’ll get into at the local events and in future blog posts. For now, I encourage you to check out some of the links and resources highlighted in my earlier SharePoint 2010 blog post.

TechNet Webcast Series: SharePoint Internet Business

cbortlik — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:52:55 GMT

TechNet Webcast Series: SharePoint Internet Business
Wednesdays at 1:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, 200-Level Partner-hosted Webcasts

Tune in and learn how you can use Microsoft SharePoint for Internet Business to help you build your public-facing portal. In this series, you will learn from experienced partners how to create secure, dynamic web presence with personalization, rich commerce capabilities, catalogue and content management, business analytics, and search capabilities for anytime, anywhere access by customers and business partners

Click here for current schedule and registration

Partner	Date	Registration
Razorfish	Oct 28, 2009	Click here
Habaneros	Nov 4, 2009	Click here
Rosetta / H3	Nov 11, 2009	Click here
Corus Works	Nov 18, 2009	Click here
Inetium	Dec 2, 1009	Click here
Pointbridge	Dec 9, 2009	Click here
Metalogix	Jan 13, 2010	Click here
Razorfish	Jan 20, 2010	Coming soon!
Quilogy	Jan 27, 2010	Click here
Metalogix	Feb 3, 2010	Coming soon!
RightPoint	Feb 10, 2010	Click here
HP	Pending	Coming soon!
Dell	Pending	Coming soon!

TechNet Webcast Session Details
Webcast abstracts and details For all confirmed sessions

Creating Branded User Experiences in SharePoint (Level 200)

Presented by: Razorfish

Event Abstract: You can use Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to develop Internet, intranet and extranet applications with great success. However, external-facing applications come with the extra challenge of having to reflect the company’s brand and integrating transactional, personalization, and marketing features. Attend this webcast to discover that SharePoint Server is an excellent platform for a variety of Web-related needs across the features of SharePoint and using add-on frameworks and components that take advantage of the rich integration capabilities of SharePoint Sever. To illustrate these best practices, we show you some recently launched sites developed on SharePoint Server 2007. Presenter: Andre Engberts, Technology Director, Razorfish

10 Reasons Your Next Website Should be Hosted on SharePoint for Internet Sites (Level 200)

Presented by: Habañeros Consulting Group

Event Abstract: SharePoint for Internet Sites is being leveraged by a number of industry-leading organizations across the globe. Join us for a in-depth look at how your organization can benefit from SharePoint for Internet Sites. In this webcast we will review ten areas of SharePoint FIS that are delivering concrete value to organizations that have deployed the technology. Presenters: Ben Skelton, Practice Leader, Websites and eCommerce, Habañeros Consulting Group and Jasvir Shukla, Information Archiect, Habañeros Consulting Group

Creating SharePoint Web Sites and Reaching Smartphone Users with Mobile Entrée (Level 200)

Presented by: Rosetta and H3 Solutions

Event Abstract: In this webcast, Dan Lindsay of Rosetta demonstrates how Rosetta has leveraged Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet Sites, , to build highly engaging, interactive, and effective marketing Web sites for their clients. He also addresses how SharePoint Server allows Rosetta to address all critical aspects of Web site development and deployment, including creating rich user experiences, managing content, search engine optimization, analytics, and accessibility Dan along with Lisa Ruff of H3 Solutions, will show how using H3’s Mobile Entrée the SharePoint Server Internet site can reach the Smartphone user for a full experience. Presenters: Dan Lindsay, Director, Lead Solution Architect Microsoft Solution Center, Rosetta Lisa Ruff, Business Development Manager, Mobile Entrée

X Design Pattern for Web Sites Where Contributors and Consumers Cross Boundaries (Level 200)

Presented by: CorusWorks

Event Abstract: Historically, Internet sites were built for external users to consume passive content. Now, there is an added ability for internal contributors to provide managed content. In this webcast, we present customer case studies of Internet sites, extranets, and communities, and we demonstrate how the X design pattern provides the ability for internal users and external Web users to act both as contributors and consumers. The key to this functionality is the layer in the middle where information and the process flow can be managed in both directions, mashed-up, manipulated, and analyzed. We introduce you to CorasWorks Solution for Internet Sites, which is a packaged solution that extends Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 to enable organizations to accomplish this without requiring custom code development. Presenter: Adam Macaulay, Vice President of Technology, CorusWorks

Design Considerations for a Public-facing Web Site (Level 200)

Presented by: Inetium

Event Abstract: An effective Internet site based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 needs to be planned for and implemented in a way that is different than a typical public-facing site. A Web designer can certainly start with an empty master page and build it like any other site, but doing this would not take advantage of the powerful capabilities of SharePoint Server. In this webcast, we provide an overview of what is possible to brand, what SharePoint Server capabilities it makes sense to use, and what you might want to create yourself. Presenter: Lori Neff, Senior Consultant, UI Designer and Developer.

Using Your Existing SharePoint Server Investment to Power Your Web Site (Level 200)

Presented by: Pointbridge

Event Abstract: IT departments are continually pressed to do more with less. In this webcast, an IT professional shares his first-hand experience with companies who have used their existing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server investments to power increased functionality and business satisfaction on their public Web sites. Discover the financial benefits of consolidation and why more and more organizations are choosing SharePoint Server as their Web platform of choice. Presenter: David Soderna, Engagement Manager, Pointbridge.

Upgrading and Migrating from MCMS2002 to MOSS

Presented by: Metalogix

Event Abstract: Upgrading from Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2002 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)2007 can be a challenging and difficult process. Administrators and developers need to understand the differences between channels and page libraries and how document and image libraries replace resource galleries. Metalogix will provide an overview of the new MOSS containership model and address how Metalogix Website Migration Manager can support advanced MCMS to MOSS migration and upgrade scenarios. Find out how Metalogix Website Migration Manager can reduce your migration effort by up to 90% when compared to manual approaches. Presented by: Rasool Ryani, Director.

Planning Your Internet Presence

Presented by: Quilogy

Event Abstract: This webinar will discuss best practices for approaching the design and development of public web sites using MOSS 2007. The first half of the presentation will discuss tactics and techniques for information architecture and design with a focus on content-centric design, user-experience design, and visual interface design. The second phase of the webinar will touch upon the development team structure, development methodology, planning for page layouts, content deployment, and optimization techniques. Presenters: Jim McPherson, Practice Director, Interactive and Digital Solutions; Dan Hugge, Managing Consultant, and Sundar Swaminathan, SharePoint Architect.

Creating Highly Branded, Rich User Experiences in SharePoint

Presented by: RightPoint

Event Abstract: Does your SharePoint solution create a compelling online experience for your the end-user? Learn how to design rich user-experience for your SharePoint solutions where design and branding align with the needs, behaviors, and values of your target audience. Learn how to combines the art of design with the science of usability to produce the best in form and function within your SharePoint solutions. Presenter: Ross S Freedman, Director

See you at the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas!

cbortlik — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:58:07 GMT

It’s hard to believe, but the SharePoint Conference is less than 7 weeks away! The conference is being held in Las Vegas from October 19-22. This will be THE place to hear and see all about SharePoint 2010.

I will be attending the SharePoint Conference and will be involved in a few things, including:

Presenting a session titled: “Office 2007 vs. Office 2010 - Deployment Considerations”
Proctoring hands on labs where you can use SharePoint 2010

The hands on labs are self explanatory. This will be your time to take a guided tour of all things SharePoint 2010 and be able to use the latest bits.

My presentation, at first glance, may seem a little odd. Why, at the SharePoint Conference of all places, are we talking about Office?

The answer: in the 2007 product release, the Office client lights up many of the key SharePoint capabilities and helps drive end user usage and adoption. More details on that can be found here in my prior blog post. In the 2010 release, we will build upon and extend this integration.

This session will dive into the pros and cons of Office 2007 and Office 2010 deployment and discuss how deploying Office 2007 now can help pave the way for Office 2010 in the future. Specific areas of focus will include the Open XML file formats; Office Business Applications; user interface changes and adoption; application virtualization; and integration of the Office client with SharePoint, Exchange and Office Communications Server (OCS).

Are you planning to be at the SharePoint Conference as well? If so, what sessions and topics are you most interested to learn about?

New look, new focus …

cbortlik — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:25:16 GMT

I recently changed roles here at Microsoft and decided it was time to put a fresh coat of paint on the blog.

While I will continue to work with Northeast Enterprise customers in a technical pre sales role, my focus will be shifting from the Microsoft Office client to the SharePoint platform. This change will allow me to get back to my roots and work more deeply with SharePoint architecture, design, development and implementation.

I’ll continue to blog about things that are Office related but the posts will generally be more about how Office integrates with SharePoint and ways that you can leverage the SharePoint platform at your company.

This is an exciting time to be working with SharePoint given all of the recent news and announcements around Office & SharePoint 2010. I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at the SharePoint Conference in October.

Until then feel free to reach out to me and send me your comments and areas of interest for future blog posts.

P.S. Given my role change, we also now have a job opening here at Microsoft in the Northeast region and we will be hiring for an Office client technical specialist. Ping me if you know of anyone interested.

Office, SharePoint, Visio and Project 2010 News …

cbortlik — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:44:00 GMT

Today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, major announcements were made regarding Office, SharePoint, Project and Visio 2010.

Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010 have reached the technical preview engineering milestone. Starting today, tens of thousands of people will be invited to test Office and Visio as part of the Technical Preview program. Full details can be found in this press release.

Here are some additional resources that were made available today:

Office 2010 site: Get all of the news and see demos of the next version of Office.
Office 2010 Press Pass: Additional press releases and information on Office 2010.
SharePoint 2010 preview site: See some of what is coming in SharePoint 2010.
Worldwide Partner Conference site: Watch the keynotes and read other announcements.

June 26 - Office 2007 Deployment Hands On Lab in Waltham, MA Office

cbortlik — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:02:52 GMT

On Friday, June 26, 2009 from 8:30am – 4:00pm, I will be leading another 1 day technical hands-on lab related to Office 2007 deployment.

The event will be held at the Microsoft offices at 201 Jones Rd., Sixth Floor, Waltham, MA 02451

Space is limited and attendance is restricted to Northeast enterprise customers only. Register Today!

Click here to register or call 877.673.8368 and reference Event Code 1032400099.

Event Summary

Join us for the Deploying and Managing Office 2007 in the Enterprise hands on lab to learn about the new tools and technologies to deploy the 2007 Microsoft Office System. In this event, you will receive practical technical information and proven techniques necessary to design, customize, and deploy an Office 2007 installation in your environment. You will be given the deep technical assistance required to better plan your organization’s deployment, and have the opportunity to work with experienced resources that can help resolve potential deployment blockers and other upgrade related issues.

Join us for this one-day hands-on-lab and get technical information and experience on the following:

Planning for the deployment of Office 2007
Office Resource Kit
Deploying the 2007 Microsoft Office system with the Deployment Workbench
Office Customization Tool (OCT)
Multi-language integration
Local installation source
Group Policy Object templates and accelerators
Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) scanning tool
Detecting add-ins
Handling macro and Access database concerns
Converting documents to Office 2007
Compatibility of Office 2007 with prior formats
Strategies and tools for ramping users up on the new Office 2007 fluent user interface
Best practices in the Enterprise

What is a hands-on-lab?

These aren't your typical IT training class. They are delivered by Microsoft Field Technical Specialists with real world deployment experience. These hands-on labs are for experienced IT Pros who want to gain hands-on practice and experience with Microsoft’s Office deployment technologies. You can expect to spend the majority of the time interacting with the deployment tools / technologies in your own virtual lab environment with a moderate level of instructor presentation.

Who Should Attend?

These courses are for IT Professionals and Technical Decision Makers who require a in-depth knowledge of Microsoft’s deployment technologies and tools.

Prerequisites?

To get the most from this course, you will need to be familiar with the Windows and Office desktop environment.

Register Today! This special, no charge training event will fill quickly and space is limited, so be sure to register as soon as possible to reserve your seat. Note that attendance is restricted to Northeast enterprise customers only.

April 24 - Office 2007 Deployment Hands On Lab in Waltham, MA Office

cbortlik — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:50:54 GMT

On Friday, April 24, 2009 from 8:30am – 4:00pm, I will be leading another 1 day technical hands-on lab related to Office 2007 deployment.

The event will be held at the Microsoft offices at 201 Jones Rd., Sixth Floor, Waltham, MA 02451

Space is limited and attendance is restricted to Northeast enterprise customers only. Register Today!

Click here to register or call 877.673.8368 and reference Event Code 1032400097.

Event Summary

Join us for this one-day hands-on-lab and get technical information and experience on the following:

Planning for the deployment of Office 2007
Office Resource Kit
Deploying the 2007 Microsoft Office system with the Deployment Workbench
Office Customization Tool (OCT)
Multi-language integration
Local installation source
Group Policy Object templates and accelerators
Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) scanning tool
Detecting add-ins
Handling macro and Access database concerns
Converting documents to Office 2007
Compatibility of Office 2007 with prior formats
Strategies and tools for ramping users up on the new Office 2007 fluent user interface
Best practices in the Enterprise

What is a hands-on-lab?

Who Should Attend?

These courses are for IT Professionals and Technical Decision Makers who require a in-depth knowledge of Microsoft’s deployment technologies and tools.

Prerequisites?

To get the most from this course, you will need to be familiar with the Windows and Office desktop environment.

March 26 - Microsoft Northeast SharePoint Seminar

cbortlik — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:12:19 GMT

This Thursday, March 26, I will be presenting at the Microsoft Northeast SharePoint seminar. Registration information and the full event details are below.

I will be presenting on the subject of “SharePoint & Office Better Together”. The purpose of my talk is to discuss what “better together” really means. This session will provide you an overview of how to maximize your SharePoint investment by leveraging the out of the box integration with SharePoint 2007 and Office 2007.

Full Event Details and Registration Information

You're Invited...

As most companies identify areas to reduce spends, successful IT departments are staying ahead of the curve by leveraging strategic technology projects that deliver cost savings, productivity gains, and impact on business success. This seminar is designed to educate you on Microsoft’s SharePoint Products and Technologies, and how companies are applying them to deliver results. You can’t afford to miss this event!

Included Sessions

The Microsoft Enterprise Search Platform

Do you want to create new revenue streams, improve business decisions, and increase productivity? This session will cover the new offerings for Microsoft Search technologies, including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, FAST, and Search Server. We will discuss the roadmap for these technologies, demo Search features within the products, and examine customer success stories so you can determine how to build a scalable Enterprise Search solution that balances the demands of people with IT manageability.

SharePoint for Public and Extranet Sites

More and more customers are extending their SharePoint solutions off of the corporate network and out to the Internet as public-facing web sites and Extranets for customers and business partners. This session will provide an introduction to SharePoint’s Web Content Management capabilities, branding, rich user experiences, Extranet security, and hosting options. We will examine several live sites and customer success stories as examples.

Understanding the SharePoint Enterprise Features

The enterprise features of SharePoint Server 2007 can dramatically add to your SharePoint-based solution, with features like Forms Services, Excel Services, Business Data Catalog, Key Performance Indicators, PerformancePoint Services, and optional access to FAST search technologies. This session will provide demonstrations of how to use business data in document libraries and search, Excel as a tier-one development tool, and how to integrate forms into your Web-based applications.

Building visually appealing and impactful Business Intelligence solutions with SharePoint

Most people are aware of the meaning of a dashboard, but few focus on delivering the most appealing dashboards for visual and business impact for business users. In this session we will explore key attributes that make an impactful solution by showing examples that leverage a variety of Microsoft tools with SharePoint as the key delivery mechanism. Tools shown will include PerformancePoint Services, Excel Services, Report Center, SQL Server Reporting Services 2008, OLAP Filter and Microsoft Silverlight.

Microsoft Northeast SharePoint Seminar

Thursday March 26, 2009

Registration: 8:30am

Event Start: 9:00am

Closing and Prizes: 4:30pm

Microsoft Waltham Office

201 Jones Road, Ste 601

Waltham, MA 02451

or call 877-MSEVENT

and reference event code 1032405061

Note: There is no charge for this event and space is limited, so be sure to register as soon as possible to reserve your seat.

March 20 - Office 2007 Deployment Hands On Lab in Waltham, MA Office

cbortlik — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:28:30 GMT

On Friday, March 20, 2009 from 8:30am – 4:00pm, I will be leading another 1 day technical hands-on lab related to Office 2007 deployment.

The event will be held at the Microsoft offices at 201 Jones Rd., Sixth Floor, Waltham, MA 02451

Space is limited and attendance is restricted to Northeast enterprise customers only. Register Today!

Click here to register or call 877.673.8368 and reference Event Code 1032400096.

Event Summary

Join us for this one-day hands-on-lab and get technical information and experience on the following:

Planning for the deployment of Office 2007
Office Resource Kit
Deploying the 2007 Microsoft Office system with the Deployment Workbench
Office Customization Tool (OCT)
Multi-language integration
Local installation source
Group Policy Object templates and accelerators
Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) scanning tool
Detecting add-ins
Handling macro and Access database concerns
Converting documents to Office 2007
Compatibility of Office 2007 with prior formats
Strategies and tools for ramping users up on the new Office 2007 fluent user interface
Best practices in the Enterprise

What is a hands-on-lab?

Who Should Attend?

These courses are for IT Professionals and Technical Decision Makers who require a in-depth knowledge of Microsoft’s deployment technologies and tools.

Prerequisites?

To get the most from this course, you will need to be familiar with the Windows and Office desktop environment.

Additional 2007 Microsoft Office System Tips and Tricks Live Meetings Scheduled February – June 2009

cbortlik — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:32:00 GMT

Tips and Tricks for the 2007 Microsoft Office System

Get the most out of Office 2007! You’re invited to attend a Live Meeting. Learn about timesaving features to help you in your day-to-day work. Suitable for beginner or intermediate users. Everyone will learn something!

The Ribbon

The Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, called ‘the Ribbon’ will help you find the features you need to complete tasks quickly and easily. This presentation will demonstrate useful tips and tricks for Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint and help you get familiar with the Ribbon.

Save time

The time you take to attend this session can help save you time later. Past participants reported saving from 15 to over 30 minutes a day after attending a Tips and Tricks session. That adds up! Led by an expert Microsoft presenter, the session is not only informative, but entertaining.

Ask questions

Take advantage of our expert – join the live version of this meeting to ask your burning questions!

Tips & Tricks for the 2007

Microsoft Office System

Schedule 2009

All sessions are Office 100 Level

Wednesday, February 18

8:00 am – 9:15 am (PST)
11:00am – 12:15 am (PST)

Wednesday, March 18

8:00 am – 9:15 am (PST)
11:00am – 12:15 am (PST)

Wednesday, April 22

8:00 am – 9:15 am (PST)
11:00am – 12:15 am (PST)

Wednesday, May 20

8:00 am – 9:15 am (PST)
11:00am – 12:15 am (PST)

Wednesday, June 17

8:00 am – 9:15 am (PST)
11:00am – 12:15 am (PST)

Please use your computer for the audio portion of the presentation for best results.

First Time Users:
To save time before the meeting,
check your system to make sure it is ready to use Microsoft Office Live Meeting.

New Horizons Presents: Office 2007 and Vista Tips and Tricks

cbortlik — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:14:09 GMT

New Horizons is delivering a series of FREE Office 2007 and Vista Tips & Tricks seminars designed to help you find the latest and most helpful pointers for the Microsoft Office and Vista programs that you use every day. Whether you are new to the 2007 Microsoft Office System and/or Vista, or you are ready to use their more advanced features, these 2-hour seminars will help you work smarter. You'll learn new ways to manage documents and meeting notes, coordinate schedules and instantly search for files.

Date: Friday, February 20^th, 2009

Location: Waltham, MA

Start Time: 9:00 AM

To register, visit http://www.nhboston.com/seminars or call them at 781-487-3200.

Date: Friday, February 20^th, 2009

Location: Waltham, MA

Start Time: 1:00 PM

To register, visit http://www.nhboston.com/seminars or call them at 781-487-3200.

Office 2007 Deployment Hands On Lab in Waltham, MA Office

cbortlik — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:28 GMT

On Friday, February 20, 2009 from 8:30am – 4:00pm, I will be leading a 1 day technical hands-on lab related to Office 2007 deployment. This is an event that we are scheduled to offer once per month from February – June 2009.

The event will be held at the Microsoft offices at 201 Jones Rd., Sixth Floor, Waltham, MA 02451

Space is limited and attendance is restricted to Northeast enterprise customers only. Register Today!

Click here to register or call 877.673.8368 and reference Event Code 1032400093.

Event Summary

Join us for this one-day hands-on-lab and get technical information and experience on the following:

Planning for the deployment of Office 2007
Office Resource Kit
Deploying the 2007 Microsoft Office system with the Deployment Workbench
Office Customization Tool (OCT)
Multi-language integration
Local installation source
Group Policy Object templates and accelerators
Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) scanning tool
Detecting add-ins
Handling macro and Access database concerns
Converting documents to Office 2007
Compatibility of Office 2007 with prior formats
Strategies and tools for ramping users up on the new Office 2007 fluent user interface
Best practices in the Enterprise

What is a hands-on-lab?

Who Should Attend?

These courses are for IT Professionals and Technical Decision Makers who require a in-depth knowledge of Microsoft’s deployment technologies and tools.

Prerequisites?

To get the most from this course, you will need to be familiar with the Windows and Office desktop environment.

2007 Microsoft Office System Tips and Tricks Live Meeting

cbortlik — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:16:00 GMT

Tips and Tricks for the 2007 Microsoft Office System

Get the most out of Office 2007! You’re invited to attend a Live Meeting presentation on January 13, 2009. Learn about timesaving features to help you in your day-to-day work. Suitable for beginner, intermediate, or advanced users. Everyone will learn something!

The Ribbon

Save time

Ask questions

Take advantage of our expert – join the live version of this meeting to ask your burning questions!

Registration links – 2 sessions on January 13, 2009

8:00am – 9:15 am (PST) – Register
11:00am – 12:15 pm (PST) - Register