Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group May 14 th, 2008 SharePoint Implementations Real World Examples

Agenda Introductions Opus Corporation Break Daktronics Drawings !!

User Group Goal / Objectives Develop and support a local community focused on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies Educate user group members about SharePoint Technologies Transfer knowledge within the community Communicate best practices Introduce new products / solutions

Introductions – MNSPUG Sponsors Inetium ( Technology consulting company Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Practice area focused on SharePoint New Horizons – Minnesota ( Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Training on many technologies Microsoft (

Website for user group SharePoint resource documents SharePoint resource links RSS Feeds Meeting Schedule Past User Group Presentations

Upcoming Schedule Next Meeting June 11 th 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM Topic: Open Discussion Panel Panel members TBD - Check for updates! Bring your Q & A July – Summer Break – No meeting Ongoing Schedule 2 nd Wednesday of every month 9:00 to 11:30 am Microsoft’s Bloomington Office

Other Events Twin Cities SharePoint Camp - NEW Saturday June 14 th – New Horizons Edina More information at: Conferences Tech Ed – Developers – June 3-6, 2008 Tech Ed – IT Professionals – June 10-13, Orlando, Fl

Other Events Minneapolis Office Developer Interest Group Web Part Development in SharePoint (let’s try this again) Tuesday, April 27th 5:30 PM Microsoft Bloomington Office SharePoint 2007 Seminar – Workflow and Digital Forms June 4th 8:30 AM – Noon New Horizons, Edina – Register at SharePoint 2007 Seminar – Connecting People, Process and Information June 24th 8:30 AM – Noon New Horizons, Edina – Register at

Other Events Training – Developer’s Guide to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: July 28 – August 1 - Mindsharp This 5-day course is designed to provide SharePoint Developers skills they need to extend, customize, and support a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 implementation. OFFICE SHAREPOINT 2007 POWER END-USER: July 28 – July 30 – Mindsharp This 3-day course concentrates on SharePoint 2007 from the perspective of users who will be assigned the role of a SharePoint Member and Site Owner. Contact Tim Ryan More information at

Blog Posts / News: Joel Oleson’s Blog has moved: Wes’s Blog has moved: Raymond’s Blog has moved: SharePoint Team Blog – Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint – Developer User Guide Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint – Developer User Guide – Announcing the First Release of the Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit Announcing the First Release of the Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit – Announcing the launch of OfficeLabs.com Announcing the launch of OfficeLabs.com SharePoint Designer Support Team Blog SharePoint Designer Support Team Blog – How to get back attachment functionality with Custom List Forms – How to prevent Supporting Files from being incorrectly set to erroneous page

Happy Anniversary! May 2004 – May 2008

Meeting #1 May 2004 User Group Kick-Off with guest speaker: Chris Capossela

Meeting #11 May 2005 Designing / Branding SharePoint 2003

Meeting #21 May 2006 SharePoint and Office 2007

Meeting #33 May 2007 Site Templates and Site Definitions "Fab 40" Community Kit for SharePoint

Meeting #44 May 2008 SharePoint Implementations – Real World Examples

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