1. Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group

2. Quick Intro Keynote Presentation – Chris Caposella User Group Kick Off Introductions Goals / Objectives Proposed Schedule Proposed Format Possible Future Topics Introduce www.sharepointmn.comwww.sharepointmn.com The XML Web Part Q & A Agenda

3. Microsoft Corporate Vice President Information Worker Product Management Group SharePoint Technologies Office System Business Productivity Solutions Group 12 Years at Microsoft Keynote Presentation – Chris Capossela

4. Twin Cites based Microsoft consulting company Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Practice Area focused on Information Worker Technologies Microsoft Office System SharePoint Portal Server Windows SharePoint Services InfoPath Smart Documents Integration Services Introductions – Who is Inetium?

5. Build a local community focused on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies User Group Goal – Why Are We Here?

6. Educate user group members about SharePoint Technologies Transfer knowledge within the community Communicate best practices Introduce new products / solutions User Group Objectives

7. Proposed Schedule 1 st Tuesday of each Month at Microsoft (Tentative) What time works best – morning, lunch, afternoon, evening? Proposed Format 2 hour meetings Technology / business presentations Product demonstrations Case Studies Web Part / feature of the month Q & A Housekeeping

8. Extending SharePoint’s Workflow Capabilities Planning a SharePoint Implementation Incorporating the Office System with SharePoint Collaboration – Document / Meeting / Project Developing Web Parts (basic / advanced) Creating customized templates for SharePoint Extending SharePoint’s Document Management Capabilities Integrating external data into SharePoint Administration / Support Others? Possible Future Topics

9. Website for user group SharePoint resource documents SharePoint resource websites links RSS Feeds Meeting Schedule Upcoming meeting agendas Discussion board What else would you like to see? www.sharepointmn.com

10. Utilizing built-in Web Parts Many 3 rd party web parts available (links to be provided on site) XML Web Part – one of the more powerful parts Link to XML file or enter XML Link to XSL file or enter XSL Leverage information from external sites Quickly integrate content into SharePoint Web Part of the Month – XML Web Part

11. What is RSS? Real Simple Syndication XML Feeds ex. Weblogs Setting it up Add an XML Web Part to a page Link to the URL where the RSS feed is located Apply the XSL Done! XML Web Part – RSS Example

12. Q & A