1. MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT CONFERENCE 2011 DAN’S PERSPECTIVE

2. DAN WILCOX, MICRON TECHNOLOGY  dfwilcox@micron.com (video postcards of event) dfwilcox@micron.comvideo postcards of event  Site collection administrator (30 site collections)  End user solution enthusiast six years running  Everything SharePoint just “this side of the server”

3. DETAILS  7,500 attendees  200+ vendors  >240 breakout sessions  Great meals and company  Wi-Fi for everyone  Disneyland!  Sponsored parties every night

4. FULL FARM FAILOVER DEMO Paul Andrew, Technical Product Manager for SharePoint  1TB RAM  80 cores  14.4TB content database  15 servers in the farm  108M items spanning two document centers  Simulating 7,500 concurrent users (user base >150K) (Start at minute 43: http://www.mssharepointconference.com/pages/keynote.aspx)http://www.mssharepointconference.com/pages/keynote.aspx (See also: http://www.sharepointgeoff.com/ and http://blogs.msdn.com/)http://www.sharepointgeoff.com/http://blogs.msdn.com/

5. FULL FARM FAILOVER DEMO It’s just so beautiful! It’s just so dang beautiful!

6. FULL FARM FAILOVER DEMO - KEYNOTE

7. NOTES

8. IMPRESSIONS  Demos will fail (no matter who you are)  To run a world class business, you need world class software and support  None of your peers have all the latest software running on all the latest hardware  BI is a BIg part of SharePoint but requires coordination and skills  Sometimes, you’re the smartest person in the room…but not at SPC11  Event logistics top notch (OJ, Wi-Fi, Disney, meals)  Swag is not exactly free  FAST is fast!  A Dukati Monster is one SWEET prize, AvePoint!Dukati Monster Video postcards: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE8069ECE9C6FA053&feature=viewall http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE8069ECE9C6FA053&feature=viewall