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Office, BI (Business Intelligence) and Productivity Track

With the focus on Right Place, Right Time and Right Information, this track has been introduced to demonstrate integration of SharePoint with the Office Suite and other related technologies. On request to see more about Business Intelligence, we have also focused specific sessions on Data Connectivity and Visualisation. Attend these sessions to learn quick wins to improve productivity, using familiar tools such as Office, Visio and InfoPath to automate business processes.

This track suits all roles, and ranges from Level 100 - Learn through to Level 200 - Extend. 

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 Day One - Wednesday 28 March

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Exploiting Office client integration with MOSS
Office is designed to work with MOSS. Rather, MOSS is designed to work with Office!
In spite of that, all these integration points are not fully exploited in typical MOSS projects.
This session provides comprehensive coverage of Office to MOSS integration areas.
It also provides practical approaches of deploying and adopting these as standard user practices.
The integration points are divided into two categories – user driven and IT driven
Dr Nitin ParanjapeBusiness Analyst/Site AdministratorSearch28/03/2012 10:30 a.m.
Visualising Data with Visio

​Enable your organisation to stay on the same page using visual interfaces to display information and help the decision making process. SharePoint and Visio Services provide the platform to deliver rich Visio workflows and data driven diagrams in the browser.

Different levels of users can build solutions using no code tools or extend Visio’s features programmatically.

Learn how to effectively provide all users with current, refreshable information and insight into back end systems.

This session will include background and demonstrations on 3 key areas of Visio Services:

Visio Web Drawings: * Creating and publishing Visio Web Drawings (.vdw file) * Viewing web drawings in the browser and related functionality

Visio Web Access Webparts: * Using the Visio Web Access webpart to display drawings * Setting up interactive mashups Data Driven Diagrams: *

Visualising data stored in back end systems * Displaying and refreshing data in diagrams within SharePoint Visio Workflow Diagrams:  

Debbie IrelandBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Developer, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project Manager, Knowledge Manager/Records Manager, Portal Administrator/Web DeveloperKnowledge Management, Social Networking, Implementation, Development, Business Intelligence, Building Solutions, Project Management28/03/2012 11:45 a.m.
BI Capabilities of SharePoint I
SQL 2012 – BI with PowerPivot V2, SharePoint 2010, SQL Server 2012 and Power View. The new way to create and deliver BI
Nick DraperBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project Manager, Knowledge Manager/Records Manager, Portal Administrator/Web DeveloperBusiness Intelligence28/03/2012 1:30 p.m.
Learn why email holds the key to SharePoint user adoption – Let’s tackle the email challenge!
Let’s tackle the email challenge head on and engage the business to start using solutions built on the SharePoint platform.
Email? Love it or Hate it! The Microsoft Outlook client holds the key to unlocking important company records, effectively sharing business information assets and ultimate promoting SharePoint as the information management platform.

Have you had people say… but I trust the Network drive? I am comfortable with my Outlook folders? I don’t trust SharePoint yet?  Help your business users have full trust in SharePoint to achieve solution adoption.
James FoxBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Developer, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project Manager, Knowledge Manager/Records ManagerSearch, Knowledge Management, Development, Document and Record Management28/03/2012 2:45 p.m.
Best practices for using InfoPath forms in the Cloud
Forms are used everywhere in SharePoint Online (Office 365) - Form Libraries, Document Libraries, Lists, Workflows and more. You can use these forms to create great looking layouts, implement conditional formatting and retrieve data from a variety of sources. Come see this session to learn the best ways to use InfoPath generated forms in the cloud. This session will demonstrate the similarities and differences between  InfoPath forms within SharePoint Online as compared to SharePoint on-premises.
Asif RehmaniBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Developer, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project ManagerDevelopment, Building Solutions28/03/2012 4:15 p.m.

 

 

 Day Two - Thursday 29 March

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When, Why and How with Office Web Apps
We’ve all seen the Microsoft Office Web Apps but when is it right to use the web app or the full client.  We’ll have a look at the benefits of the products and some of the configuration within your document and spread sheets that you need to change to ensure they work successfully within the Office Web Apps.
Alex PearceBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project ManagerGovernance, Building Solutions29/03/2012 10:30 a.m.
How to bring your organizations data together with Business Connectivity Services
Within this session Brett Lonsdale will provide a fast paces introduction to using Business Connectivity Services to resolve real world issues. Starting from the benefits of BCS, brett will demonstrate all of the BCS services including BCS Web Parts, External Data Column, Offline Data, Search, User Profiles, as well as an guide to connecting via SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio.
Brett LonsdaleBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project ManagerDevelopment, Business Intelligence, Building Solutions29/03/2012 11:45 a.m.
Creating Reusable Workflows with SharePoint Designer

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In this session, Penny will use the holiday request business process to walks you through how to create workflow templates using SharePoint Designer 2010 that can then be used by any number of teams within an organisation. The techniques demonstrated in this session can be used with SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Online. They can also be used with SharePoint Foundation 2010 with some limitations, which Penny will highlight as the session progresses.

Penelope CoventryBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Developer, Systems Administrator/DBA, Information Architect, Business Manager/Project Manager, Knowledge Manager/Records Manager, Portal Administrator/Web DeveloperKnowledge Management, Implementation, Development, Business Intelligence, Building Solutions29/03/2012 1:30 p.m.
Serving up a dish of BI from a restaurant you Love
Introduction to the Business Intelligence tools in SharePoint 2010 including PerformancePoint, Excel Services, PowerPivot, PowerViewer and SQL Reporting but it's not just about the presentation as your data and back of house must be also working well to deliver a solution your customers will Love and want to come back to
Alan MarshallBusiness Analyst/Site Administrator, Systems Administrator/DBA, Business Manager/Project ManagerBusiness Intelligence29/03/2012 2:45 p.m.
Why SharePoint implementations fail
SharePoint  is being deployed widely across the globe. However, it is often observed that the end-user adoption is either short lived or completely missing. In some cases, few pockets of usage remain but the initiative dies down fairly quickly.
This leads to low ROI from MOSS investments and it definitely does not increase end-user teamwork productivity to the fullest potential.
This session discusses the common problems due to which users resist adopting SharePoint fully.
One of the problems is that SharePoint implementations are IT driven and controlled. Another reason is that the technical features of SharePoint are never converted to users in a palatable and attractive manner. Therefore, users simply don’t understand the potential benefits they can gain from effective SharePoint usage. This session will provide practical do’s and don’ts for ensuring maximum and proactive end-user-adoption.
This session focuses upon the end user viewpoint.
Dr Nitin ParanjapeBusiness Analyst/Site AdministratorSearch29/03/2012 4:15 p.m.

 

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