The Chicago Microsoft SharePoint Business Strategies Group

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Past events

• Increase User Adoption with Microsoft Office 2010 & SharePoint 2010 9/6/2011

  6-7 Sep 2011 in Chicago, United States

  Our September 6th SharePoint User Group features Microsoft's very own Alisa Swann.The discussion will be around Microsoft Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010.  They are more intertwined than ever. We will discuss and demonstrate a number of key integration points that you can leverage to increase your SharePoint adoption, including: *Details around coauthoring in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote *What is the Microsoft Office Backstage and why should you care

• Untangling Workflow & Business Process Management (BPM) with SharePoint 2010

  5-6 Apr 2011 in Chicago, United States

  Workflow in SharePoint 2010 has taken significant leaps forward.  Organizations have started to realize the business benefits that workflow and BPM bring to an organization and adoption of combining these technologies is on the rise.  This session will help you understand what workflow and BPM are all about as well as explain your options across the spectrum -  from default out-of-the-box SharePoint 2010 workflow to full-fledged BPM suites from 3rd party vendors that integrate with SharePoint 20

• SharePoint 2010 Presentations

  Sat, 19 Mar 2011, 16:00 - 18:00 in Chicago, United States

  Ben Curry and I are available to give SharePoint 2010 presentations on March 11th or 12th. All we need is a venue.

• PowerPivot - The Bridge between SharePoint and BI

  Wed, 2 Mar 2011, 00:00 - 02:00 in Chicago, United States

  • Give users the best data analysis tool available. Build on the familiarity of Excel to accelerate user adoption. Expand the existing capabilities with column-based compression and in-memory Bi engine, virtually unlimited data sources, and new Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) in familiar formula syntax. • Facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration on user-generated BI solutions.

• Making the Leap: Options + Strategies for Migrating/Updating to SharePoint 2010

  1-2 Jun 2010 in Chicago, United States

  Upgrading to SharePoint 2010? Then don't miss out on this SharePoint User Group, taking place on Tuesday June 1st. In this session, we will discuss best practices for migrating existing content from various legacy sources to SharePoint 2010.Making the Leap: Options & Strategies for Upgrading or Migrating to SharePoint 2010

• Office and SharePoint 2010 Preview and the Paperless Office

  4-5 May 2010 in Chicago, United States

  Connect whenever. wherever.What's holding your team back from even greater success? People in multiple locations? Inaccessible information? Come and see how the Microsoft Office 2010 Beta can help you break through the barriers that are slowing your people down.Join us at this exciting preview event.

• Plug-and-Play Apps for SharePoint-Build Your Own Apps Using CorasWorks Platform

  6-7 Apr 2010 in Chicago, United States

  Greatly enhance your Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) capabilities on SharePoint with the latest addition to the CorasWorks AppStore for SharePoint.The most-downloaded application in the CorasWorks AppStore for SharePoint (...) , PPM v1.2 allows project managers and project teams to 1.) create, contribute to, manage, track & report on individual projects, 2.) create & manage multiple portfolios of projects, 3.

• A Special Sharepoint Business Strategies Group Meet-Up at ITA

  11-12 Mar 2010 in Chicago, United States

  We will have 2 SharePoint MVP's: Paul Schaeflein and Ben Curry. They will do a deeper dive into SharePoint 2010 and answer all questions around nuances. Please note NEW location and date. Pizza and drinks will be served and there will be door prizes. Please pass on to friends and co-workers.Agenda:5:30-6pm networking6-7pm program7-8pm Q+A/networking8pm adjourned

• Storage Optimization and Preparing for the move to SharePoint 2010

  Wed, 3 Feb 2010, 00:00 - 02:00 in Chicago, United States

  SharePoint 2010 is poised to revolutionize how organizations connect their people, processes, and information. It will mark SharePoint’s evolution from a server application to a full-fledged platform…the world’s first “enterprise eco-system.” In this presentation, we will discuss how to prepare for SharePoint 2010. We will outline architecture changes overview and hardware requirements, followed by upgrade options, and conclude with storage optimization strategies.

• Chicago SharePoint User Group December Meeting: "SharePoint in the Cloud"

  Wed, 2 Dec 2009, 00:00 - 02:00 in Chicago, United States

  Meeting Agenda Topic: "SharePoint in the Cloud" 6:00 to 6:15: Meet and Greet / Networking 6:15 to 7:15: Need to improve communication and collaboration without draining IT resources? Dream of a truly flexible platform to fit your IT needs? Wish you could have it all for a predictable, low monthly cost and reduced capital expenditure? This is one event you don't want to miss. The Business Productivity Online Suite is a set of messaging and collaboration solutions hosted by Microsoft.

• What's New in SharePoint 2010 & Externalizing Content BLOBs with BlueThread

  Wed, 4 Nov 2009, 00:00 - 02:00 in Chicago, United States

  Meeting Agenda 6:00 to 6:15: Meet and Greet / Networking 6:15 to 6:30: "What's New" in SharePoint 2010. Rightpoint will provide a summary and the highlights of SharePoint Conference including what's new in SharePoint 2010. 6:30 to 7:15: "Show & Tell": Rob D’Oria, Senior Principal/CTO at BlueThread Technologies, will provide an overview of the performance, security and scalability benefits of SharePoint BLOB storage.

• SharePoint User Group October Meetup-SharePoint as a CMS for your Public Website

  6-7 Oct 2009 in Chicago, United States

  Meeting Agenda 6:00 to 6:15: Meet and Greet / Networking 6:15 to 7:15: "Show & Tell": David Pittman, Sr. Director of Marketing at Initiate will "show and tell" how Initiate uses MOSS 2007 as a Content Management System (CMS) to manage the company's corporate website, www.initiate.com. David's presenation will show how to use SharePoint to: 1. Author and publish content quickly and easily.

• SharePoint User Group - September Meeting - Microsoft Presenting FAST ESP

  1-2 Sep 2009 in Chicago, United States

  Sponsored By: Directions Training RightPoint Consulting Meeting Agenda 6:00 to 6:15: Meet and Greet / Networking 6:15 to 7:15: "Show & Tell": Joe Greenberg from the Microsoft Enterprise Team will be presenting on SharePoint & Enterprise search - the ability to find information across the enterprise, including the extended enterprise, and outside the enterprise. FAST ESP helps you revitalize your search experience with intelligent, user-centric search.

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