1. Special Guests: Bill English, Sarah Haase
Welcome to the
Minnesota SharePoint
User Group
July 8th, 2009
Open Forum: Q&A
Special Guests: Bill English, Sarah Haase
Meeting # 57

2. Agenda Introductions Q & A Break Wrap up and Drawing

3. 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

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

5. www.sharepointmn.com Website for user group
SharePoint resource documents
SharePoint resource links
RSS Feeds
Meeting Schedule
Past User Group Presentations

6. Upcoming Schedule Next Meeting
August 12th 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Microsoft’s Bloomington Office
Topic: Project Management with SharePoint
Check for updates!
Ongoing Schedule
2nd Wednesday of every month
9:00 to 11:30 am

7. Conferences Local Events
Best Practices Conference – August 24-26, Washington, D.C.
SharePoint Conference 2009 – October 19-22, Las Vegas, NV
Local Events
Minneapolis Office Developer Interest Group – July 28
Topic: How to build Office Business Applications with Visual Studio – Eric Kraus, Microsoft

8. Other Events
SharePoint Server 2007: Business Intelligence Thursday, July 23th 8:30 AM to Noon At New Horizons - Edina (see their site for more details)

9. Blog Posts / News:
SharePoint Team Blog:
Attention: Important Information on SP2 – Update for expiration issue
New: Microsoft SharePoint Social Networking site
New: SharePoint Hub

10. Q & A

11. Thanks for coming!