Nashville Technology Council

Event Details

Friday, June 11, 2010
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Bass Berry Sims
Pinnacle Building
28th Floor

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On Friday, June 11, 2010, Jeff Hayzlett will entertain us and force us to look at our business through a mirror.  His new book, The Mirror Test, asks the tough questions that most managers are afraid to ask.  Come join us for this entertaining and provocative speaker as he visits Nashville.

Speaker Biography

Jeff Hayzlett
Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President,
Eastman Kodak Company, Social Media Expert

Hailed a “Celebrity CMO” by Forbes Magazine, and famous for his outspoken appearances on numerous television networks, Jeffrey Hayzlett is widely recognized as one of the most influential marketers of our time. As Chief Marketing Officer of the iconic Eastman Kodak Company, Hayzlett is responsible for the company’s worldwide marketing operations including the design and execution of all marketing strategies, branding and corporate communications. With Hayzlett at the helm of Kodak’s marketing and business development initiatives, the company has experienced record growth, unveiled revolutionary new products and has established a global brand as a leader in cutting-edge research and product development.

About the Book

Jeff Hayzlett is a big, boisterous guy who has the guts to get in your face and tell you exactly why your business isn’t doing well. In short, he asks the questions that most business managers are afraid to ask. And as Jeff points out, if you aren’t willing to look at what’s working and what isn’t – and then take the necessary steps to fix them — well, you and your colleagues and employees are in for a tough ride.

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Nashville Technology Blog (5/26/2010)

How do you sustain an efficient and affordable environment, while creating a positive impact on both you business and the environment?  It used to be that to be “Green” you had to pay extra.  This is no longer the case.  Many of the new green business strategies actually have a positive return on investment (ROI).  We have put together a short list for you to get started today saving money and the Planet Earth at the same time.

Top 10 ways to reduce costs and waste in your business are:

1. Contact TVA or your local power company to find about energy credits for Solar/Wind.

2. Create an efficient/effective Data Center Operations for power.

3. Turn off computer equipment when not in use.

4. Implement energy efficient lighting.

5. Recycle your waste.

6. Plant trees in your community to offset carbon usage.

7. Replace old toilets with new water efficient models.

8. Use recycled paper in your marketing campaigns.

9. Ask your suppliers for help in purchasing “green” products.

10. Make sure you have correct addresses for your customers.  Nothing waste time and resources like an incorrect address.

Join us next week, as we discuss green technologies and the essential issues and trends that enable companies to operate more efficiently.

June 3, 2010 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Junior Achievement
120 Powell Place Nashville, TN 37204

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Nashville Technology Blog (5/21/10)

NASHVILLE TECHNOLOGY JOB GROWTH CONTINUES

Research Reveals 892 Openings in Technology in Q2.  112% Increase from Q1.

The Nashville Technology Council today announced the release of its Q2 2010 Technology Hiring Trends Report.  After extensive research, the report reveals over 892 technical jobs available in the Middle Tennessee area.  The report was generated from public job postings from large job portals (i.e. CareerBuilder, Monster, etc.), specialty technology sites (i.e. Dice) and local employer sites.

The highest number of openings came from enterprise health care technology companies: Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Deloitte (D), and Community Health Systems (CHS).   In addition, other local industry heavyweights like music, publishing, manufacturing, and transactions continue to post job openings in technology.

The most prevalent technology positions are in software development.  Development is followed by Management, Analyst, Web Developers, and Network Engineers.  In addition to job openings, the report also illustrates programming languages that are most needed in the today’s technology industry.  .Net, Java, C#, and PHP are in highest demand for potential employees, as well as SQL database positions.

“Technology rebounded quickly as an industry in the second quarter.  In particular tech jobs in healthcare, digital content, publishing, and transactions,” said J. Tod Fetherling, President/CEO of Nashville Technology Council. “Nashville’s technology community has many exciting new opportunities for employment.”

The Nashville Technology Council also announced a partnership with Vaco to help fund and support the on-going job research initiative.  The two organizations will begin investigating a statewide initiative for the technology job report.

Join us today at Technology Nashville at the Curb Center where we will be discussing this and many more exciting areas of Nashville’s Technology Community.

Nashville Technology Blog (5/20/10)

One more day until Technology Nashville!  Over the past couple of days, we have added even more speakers, including Mike McWherter, Tennessee Gubernatorial candidate.  The luncheon keynote is Music Mash-Up – Artists, Writers, Media & Digital discussing new opportunities for growth in Nashville’s Music Business, which will include Cory Gierman, Founder of MusizMafia; Mark Montgomery, Entrepreneur, Founder Echo Music; and David Mead, Professional Writer, Recording Artist, and Music Journalist.  Along with the panelists and break-out sessions, this conference will definitely celebrate the thriving technology industry in Tennessee.  If you have not yet registered, tickets can be purchased at the door of the Belmont Curb Center.  Breakfast will be available beginning at 7:00 am and the welcome/announcements at 7:50 am.  We hope to see you all there!

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Nashville Technology Blog (5/18/10)

The flood may have postponed the conference, but it could not shut us down.  Friday, May 21st, Technology Nashville will be held at the Belmont Curb Center in Nashville.  There will be keynote speakers, CEO and Higher Education panels, break-out sessions, and exhibitors.  We will not only hear from the State of Tennessee CIO, Mark Bengel, but also US Congressman and Gubernatorial candidate, Zach Wamp.  While many will be teeing off at the Vanderbilt Legends Club, the remaining attendees will board a party bus destined for a reception at Cha Chas.  Technology Nashville is definitely an event that you must not miss.

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Nashville Technology Blog (5/14/10)

This morning at the CIO Council (http://www.ciocouncil-usa.org/) meeting, we had the distinct pleasure to hear from Hubert Yoshida, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Office at Hitachi Data Systems.  Yoshida is well know within the storage industry, and his blog was recently ranked among the top 10 most influential within the storage industry by Network World.  Hitachi is currently spending about $4 Billion per year on Research and Development.

Hitachi is doing some interesting work in storage, but what I found really interesting were the statistics of the industry.

• 8% IT cost growth in data center per year
• 7-10k to move TB of data to storage
• Structured data (databases, etc.) growing 32% per year
• Unstructured data (application, content, etc.) 63% growth per year
• Content depots are growing at 121% per year
• 60-80% of data doesn’t need to be backed up

Overall, I got a feeling that we all need to understand data better from an IT perspective.  Intel’s Nehalem is quickly changing processing speed (see blog post from November 09).  Grid computing is causing servers to scale up not out.  Hitachi is now making storage scale up.  Pretty interesting theory.

CY Fenton, SVP over IT at Books-a-Million had a great observation that “Hitachi is abstracting of the I/O”.

Exabyte storage is quickly approaching as we fill up petabyte after petabyte and to keep up with this, we all need to learn  Econometrics.

PMI Experts: PMP Exam Prep Boot Camp (5 days  40 PDU)
Five days of highly interactive instruction from a leading authority on the PMI model and the PMP exam. Includes The Outset Group Seminars’ Focus Group Study Guide, a top-of-the-line exam simulation software program, and extensive preparation materials.

PMI Experts – PMP Exam Boot Camp June 14-18, 2010 Registration (5 Days — 40PDUs)
An interactive, high impact seminar that provides everything needed to prepare for and pass the PMP exam. This is not solely a memorization-based seminar. You will be guided by an expert instructor as you learn the PMI Model, and how that model is represented on the PMP exam. An added benefit to our teaching method is that once our students attain their PMP certification, they are positioned to apply their knowledge to advance their projects and their careers. PMI Experts: PMP Boot Camp provides extensive study resources and teaches the knowledge base that allows students to distinguish between several good answers to select the correct one in terms of the PMP exam. Sample tests and extensive test preparation notes are included with this seminar, along with a 250 page PMI PMP Test Preparation Manual.

INCLUDES TOP-RATED PMP EXAM SIMULATION SOFTWARE

The Outset Group – A Registered Education Provider (Global) with the Project Management Institute

‘ ‘This seminar was concise, detailed, focused, informative, beneficial…would be difficult to improve. Instructor knowledge of the PMBOK was exceptional… The instructor is highly knowledgeable, an effective communicator, a talented educator, and very motivational!!’

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PMI Experts: PMP Exam Prep Boot Camp (5 days  40 PDU)

Five days of highly interactive instruction from a leading authority on the PMI model and the PMP exam. Includes The Outset Group Seminars’ Focus Group Study Guide, a top-of-the-line exam simulation software program, and extensive preparation materials.

BA One: Principles, Tools, and Skills for the Business Analyst (4 days – 32 IIBA Education Credits CDU )

A comprehensive overview of the profession of Business Analysis and the role of the Business Analyst. This seminar earns 32 CDU from the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA).. Includes a copy of the IIBA Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) and instruction on how to navigate this international standard of business analysis, and how to apply it to real world situations. It is a unique and powerful business resource, and that is how we teach it.

Our students leave this seminar with a thorough understanding of the five categories of Requirements found in all projects. Students also gain an understanding of when to deploy the tools of the business analysis profession, as we track BA deliverables across a case study project life cycle in a series of team exercises. By the end of the seminar, there is an understanding and an appreciation of the key principles and tools employed by a business analyst.

This course is geared to a broad professional audience that would benefit from deeper business knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge to their professional goals. The course teaches a key business skillset and analytical toolkit. Appropriate for business analysts, as well as executive, management, and technical personnel.

In this course students will learn to:

+ Understand the profession of Business Analysis and the role of the Business Analyst
+ Understand the intersection between business analysis and project management
+ Identify and define problems and objectives
+ Differentiate between categories of Requirements: Business, Stakeholder, Functional, Non-functional, and Implementation
+ Use the SMART method of goal analysis
+ Ask the right questions of the right people at the right time
+ Understand the components of a Requirements Package
+ Use Cause-Effect Diagrams, Decision Trees, and Gap Analysis to solve problems and recommend solutions
+ Plan an approach for documenting, categorizing, and packaging requirements.
+ Create a Solution Scope and a Business Case
+ Detail testing criteria
+ Facilitate the discovery process and become a vehicle for stakeholders to communicate with technical staff

The real world aspect of the class was very beneficial…Break-out groups helped to solidify the material. Seminar Evaluation

No prior experience required.

Geared to business analysts and all business professionals who want to become grounded in the IIBA model of Business Analysis. Effective as an introduction or a high-impact refresher

The Outset Group – An Endorsed Education Provider with the International Institute of Business Analysis

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Introduction
The goal of this 4 day, instructor-led training course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to begin planning and designing portals and collaboration sites using Microsoft SharePoint 2007.

The course will focus on the core features and functionality included in SharePoint 2007, how to use them, and how to plan and design for them.
This course is the first course in a two part series. This course covers the core features that are common to both Windows SharePoint Services v3 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. The second course in the series, Applying SharePoint 2007 – MOSS Advanced Features, covers the additional features that MOSS 2007 brings to SharePoint 2007 deployments.

Student learning will be facilitated through a combination of instructor presentations and hands-on lab exercises. A sample company will be used in the labs to teach students how to apply SharePoint 2007 from concept to implementation in a typical environment.

Audience
This course is intended for:
•    Enterprise Planners and Teams
•    Portal and Site Designers
•    Webmasters
•    Project Managers
•    Application Designers
•    Portal and Site Development Teams
•    Systems Analysts
•    Power Users
•    Help-desk and End-User Support Professionals
•    Trainers
•    IT Pros who are interested in out-of-the-box functionality and features
The typical environments that these professionals work in are medium to large organizations that have multiple locations, significant document management requirements, and the need to enable functional teams to easily and effectively collaborate.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
•    Understand the concepts and terminologies that are unique to SharePoint 2007.
•    Plan a project to design and implement a portal and collaboration sites using the core features of SharePoint 2007.
•    Identify and analyze the major requirements that will drive the design of the SharePoint 2007 implementation.
•    Develop an overall design for the portal and sites, including portal hierarchy and navigation, information architecture, user groups and permissions, and document management policies.
•    Identify and understand how to best make use of the core features of SharePoint 2007.
•    At a high-level, determine if the core features of SharePoint 2007 meet their needs, or if further investigation and study of MOSS 2007 enhancements is necessary.

Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.  In fact, the course assumes that the students have no prior experience with SharePoint 2007.  If you are preparing to begin a design and implementation project at your company, you will find that this course is an excellent first step.
Knowledge of the previous versions, SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services v2, is not necessary. (However, we understand that many students attending this course will have significant experience with the previous product.  In this regard, we have designed the course to be appropriate and challenging for both categories of students.)

Course Materials and Lab Environment

Students will receive a comprehensive course manual, which will include all presentation materials and lab exercises. The lab exercises are step-by-step and fully documented in the student workbook. To view sample modules of our courseware click here.
Each student will be given access to their own SharePoint 2007 environment on the classroom hardware. In essence, students will be attending a class where a fully functional SharePoint 2007 environment has been set up for their use in learning the product. No pre-installation of SharePoint 2007 software is required for this class.

Each student will need to bring a qualifying laptop to the class. Click here to verify that your laptop meets the minimum requirements.

Course Outline
(Note: This Course Outline is subject to minor changes and refinements based on student feedback and instructor experience.)

Module 1: Introduction to SharePoint 2007
This module introduces Windows SharePoint Services v3 and MOSS 2007. Key topics discussed include:
•    History and purpose of WSS and MOSS
•    Overview of WSS v3 and MOSS 2007 features and functionality
•    Relationship between WSS v3 and MOSS 2007
•    Requirements for WSS v3 and MOSS 2007
•    Licensing and pricing information on WSS v3 and MOSS 2007 that Microsoft has published

Module 2: Requirements definition, planning and design
SharePoint 2007 is a very powerful and comprehensive product, and when combined with Office 2007, the two form an unparalleled system of productivity tools for information workers.  To get the most benefit out of the system, it is necessary to thoughtfully consider a number of key planning issues before deploying the products.   This module reviews the key planning issues that need to be addressed such as:
•    Navigation and taxonomy
•    Access control and security
•    Site directory
•    Site columns
•    Content types
•    Lists and Views
•    Search
•    Branding
•    Extranet Usage
•    Development, testing, and production environments
•    Governance
•    Microsoft Office versions in use
•    Decision points for determining the need for MOSS 2007 enhancements

Module 3: Creating an enterprise portal with the out-of-the-box portal template
In this module, students will create a new web application, and then an initial site collection, using the out-of-the-box portal template.  An overview of all of the out-of-the box templates will be given by the instructor, along with an explanation of the purpose for each.

Module 4: Creating user roles and establishing security
The security model in SharePoint 2007 is based around the concepts of “role definitions” and “role assignments”.  This is a departure from the Site Group-based security model in SharePoint 2003.  While some of the concepts are the same, there are some significant differences and this module will present a thorough discussion of the role-based security model in SharePoint 2007 plus plenty of hands-on experience in the lab.

Module 5: Creating the portal structure and navigation
There are many changes and improvements to portal and site organization and navigation in SharePoint 2007.  In this module the students will work on creating a logical and well-organized portal structure and will explore the customization opportunities for the navigation controls.  Specific new SharePoint 2007 features that will be covered in this module include:
•    Automatic breadcrumb navigation bar
•    Customizable tree-view left navigation bar
•    Security-trimmed menu options

Module 6: Creating content for the portal
For most organizations, it is necessary to store and present a wide variety of content in the portal.  Content types can include documents, images, links, static HTML, lists, discussion boards, etc.  In this module, students will flesh out their new portal by adding content to pages, document libraries, lists, etc.  Specific content-related features of SharePoint 2007 that will be explored include:
•    Content Types
•    Site Columns
•    Document Information Panel and metadata
•    Summary Links web part
•    Content by Query web part
•    Documents and Sites Roll-up web parts
•    Audience targeting

Module 7: Configuring search for the portal
The search engine in SharePoint 2007 is very powerful and highly configurable.  Furthermore, the user experience is common between WSS v3 and MOSS 2007 – unlike the user experience with WSS v2 and SPS 2003.  This module will cover the key features that are provided and discuss which features come with WSS v3 vs. MOSS 2007.  Some of the features that will be covered include:
•    The new Search Center interface
•    New features in the Search Results presentation such as “hit highlighting”, generation of “do you mean” synonyms, and others
•    Addition of new content relevance algorithms
•    Scope changes to WSS v3 search to include entire site collections

Module 8: Creating effective team collaboration sites
In this extensive module, the student will create multiple team collaboration sites, and work with the rich set of features and functionality provided in SharePoint 2007.  Some of the specific features that will be covered include:
•    List functionality enhancements such as new column types, list indexing, RSS feeds, support for folders, etc.
•    Document management functionality such as check-in/check-out, major and minor versioning and item-level security
•    Workflow using the new Workflow Designer in SharePoint Designer 2007
•    Integration with the Office 2007 client programs
•    Offline document library support in Outlook 2007
•    Survey enhancements
•    Alert enhancements
•    Calendar enhancements
•    New Project Tasks list for lightweight project management
•    Recycle Bin
•    Mobile device access to list data
•    E-mail enabled lists, document libraries, discussion boards, calendars and announcements

Module 9: Creating and utilizing meeting sites
Having dedicated WSS sites for important meetings is something that can help participants be more effective both before and after the meeting.  WSS v2 provides several different meeting site templates and they have been retained and enhanced in WSS v3.  In addition to working with the new templates, the student will also work with the significant enhancements to Outlook 2007 to further integrate it with SharePoint meeting sites.  Some of the specific enhancements to Outlook 2007 that will be covered include:
•    Creation of meeting sites from Outlook 2007
•    Read/write access in Outlook 2007 to SharePoint calendars, tasks, contacts, discussions and documents
•    Offline support of document libraries and list
•    Roll-up views of calendars and tasks across multiple lists and sites
•    Unified view of personal and SharePoint tasks in Outlook 2007

Module 10: Creating a blog site using the Blog Site Template
Blogs (web logs), are frequently used by individuals or teams to publish expert information to a wide readership.   SharePoint 2007 includes a Blog site template that can be used for this purpose.  In this module students will create a Blog site and explore the features such as:
•    Article posting
•    Reader comments

Module 11: Creating a Wiki site using the Wiki Site Template
Wikis are websites that are used for a number of different purposes such as knowledge management, creative forums, brainstorming areas, etc.  Common characteristics of Wikis include quick and easy creation and modification of pages, annotation and tracking of contributions and changes.
SharePoint 2007 has a new site template to create Wikis and in this module students will create a Wiki with that template and explore the available features such as:
•    Fast and easy page creation
•    Easy and automatic linking
•    Version differences
•    WYSIWYG page editing

Module 12: High-level survey of enhancements offered by Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007
This module will provide a quick survey of selected advanced features that MOSS 2007 adds to a SharePoint environment.  The purpose of the module is to make students aware of the feature availability, and suggest appropriate follow-on in-depth education for those students who plan to implement MOSS 2007 in addition to WSS v3.

Upcoming Classes
Applying MOSS Core Features
When: 5/18/2010 – 5/21/2010
Where: SharePoint Solutions Training Center – Brentwood, TN, Nashville
Cost: $1995.00 (Note: Discount only available to NTC members – Discount Code NTC400)
Status: Seats Available
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The registration fee includes your tuition, student materials, breaks and lunches. Hotel, airfare, ground transportation, breakfasts and dinners are not included in the registration fee.

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Introduction

The goal of this 3 day, instructor-led training course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to take advantage of many of the advanced features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007.  This course is the second course in a two part series.  The first course in the series, Applying SharePoint 2007 – MOSS Core Features covers the core features that are common to both Windows SharePoint Services v3 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007.

This course will focus on Enterprise Content Management (including Web Content Management, and Records Management), basic branding with Master Pages, an introduction to Excel Services, custom workflows using Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007, My Sites, and integration with other Microsoft Office programs such as Groove, OneNote, and Access.

About 70% of the features covered in this course are available in MOSS 2007 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition.  The other 30% are only available in MOSS 2007 Enterprise edition.

Student learning will be facilitated through a combination of instructor presentations and hands-on lab exercises.  A sample company will be used in the labs to teach students how to apply the advanced features of MOSS 2007 from concept to implementation in a typical environment.

Audience

This is a non-technical course and is intended for:
•    Enterprise Planners and Teams
•    Portal and Site Designers
•    Webmasters
•    Project Managers
•    Application Designers
•    Portal and Site Development Teams
•    Systems Analysts
•    Power Users
•    Help-desk and end-user support professionals
•    Trainers
•    IT Pros who are interested in out-of-the-box functionality and features

The typical environments that these professionals work in are medium–to-large organizations that have multiple locations, significant publishing and workflow requirements, and the need to enable functional teams to easily and effectively collaborate.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:
•    Perform basic editing of Master Pages using SharePoint Designer 2007 to provide basic branding and look-and-feel changes
•    Utilize the Web Content Management features in SharePoint 2007 to establish content review, approval, and publishing capabilities
•    Use Excel Services to create basic dashboards for business intelligence
•    Configure their My Site to maximize their use of SharePoint Services
•    Develop a records management policy and implement that policy using SharePoint Records Management
•    Create workflows with SharePoint Designer 2007 and forms with InfoPath 2007
•    Use Microsoft Office Groove, OneNote, and Access with SharePoint
•    As an information worker, use data exposed through the Business Data Catalog

Prerequisites

Ideally, students will have previously completed Applying SharePoint 2007 – MOSS Core Features course or SharePoint 2007 Jumpstart. These students will be well-prepared for this class.

Students who cannot attend Applying SharePoint 2007 – MOSS Core Features or SharePoint 2007 Jumpstart first, at a minimum, should already be familiar with creating sites and workspaces, creating libraries and lists, working in document libraries, establishing security, editing pages, working with web parts, and working with content types and site columns.

Course Materials and Lab Environment

Students will receive a comprehensive course manual, which will include all presentation materials and lab exercises. The lab exercises are step-by-step and fully documented in the student workbook. To view sample modules of our courseware click here.

Each student will be given access to their own SharePoint 2007 environment on the classroom hardware. In essence, students will be attending a class where a fully functional SharePoint 2007 environment has been set up for their use in learning the product. No pre-installation of SharePoint 2007 software is required for this class.

Each student will need to bring a qualifying laptop to the class. Click here to verify that your laptop meets the minimum requirements.

Course Outline

(Note: This Course Outline is subject to minor changes and refinements based on student feedback and instructor experience.)
(A) – Covers features available in all MOSS 2007 editions (Standard or Enterprise)
(B) – Covers features available in only MOSS 2007 Enterprise edition

Module 1: Creating a Publishing Portal   (A)
In this module, the student will create the foundational structure that will be used for the rest of the class. Questions that will be answered in this module include:
•    What is Enterprise Content Management?
•    What is the Publishing Portal template?
•    How do I change which subsite templates are available?
•    What is the “Features” feature and why is it important?

Module 2: Basic SharePoint Branding   (A)
SharePoint 2007 uses special pages called Master Pages to control the look-and-feel for all pages in a SharePoint site. Students will use SharePoint Designer 2007 to customize the look-and-feel and branding of their Publishing Portal. Questions that will be answered in this module include:
•    What is SharePoint Designer 2007? What is it for?
•    What are Master Pages?
•    What Master Page designs are available out-of-the-box?
•    How can I modify an existing Master Page?
•    How does inheritance work?
•    How does source control work on Master Pages?
•    What security is available to control look and feel customizations?

Module 3: Web Content Management   (A)
Microsoft has included the functionality from a previous product, Microsoft Content Management Server 2002, into MOSS 2007. This provides organizations with a robust and content rich platform for publishing information on a web site including publishing rules and approval workflow and routing. Questions that will be answered in this module include:
•    What is Web Content Management?
•    What permission levels and security groups are available to assist with Web Content Management?
•    What is the Pages library?
•    What are Page Layouts?
•    How do Page Layouts work with Content Types?
•    What is Reusable Content?
•    What is rich-client authoring? How do I create a SharePoint web page with Microsoft Word?
•    How does the approval process and associated workflow work when creating new pages?
•    How does scheduling of content publishing work?

Module 4: The Report Center and Excel Services   (B)
Excel has long been the Business Intelligence tool-of-choice for many professionals. Excel Services brings powerful Excel based Business Intelligence to SharePoint 2007 by allowing browser-based access to Excel spreadsheets, allowing users to include Excel data in dashboard pages, and much more. The Report Center site template is specially designed to assist with hosting these reports and dashboards. Questions that will be answered in this module include:
•    What is Excel Services and why is it needed?
•    How do I enable a spreadsheet for web access?
•    How do I use the Excel Web Access Web Part to display regions of an Excel spreadsheet?
•    What are Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)?
•    What data sources and web parts are available to generate KPIs and how do I use them?

Module 5: My Sites, Personalization, and User Profiles   (A)
My Sites in SharePoint 2007 are much more than a MySpace. They are designed to serve both as a hub for each person’s interaction with the SharePoint environment, as well as a resource to tap into much of the knowledge that is stored in worker’s heads and not available in other documents. Questions that will be answered in this module include:
•    What is a My Site and why use them?
•    What is My Profile? And how does it appear to different users such as my Manager, my Workgroup, my Colleagues, and everyone?
•    What are My Colleagues and how is this list used?
•    What is the RSS Viewer web part and how is it used?
•    What is the difference between Personal Documents and Shared Documents and how are they used?
•    How Does My Blog integrate with My Site?
•    How can I display my Calendar (or Contacts, Inbox, Mail Folder, or Tasks from Outlook Web Access) on My Site?
•    What is the I Need To… web part and how does it work?
•    What is the SharePoint Sites web part and how does it work?
•    What is the In Common With You web part and how does it work?
•    What is a Personalization Site? How does it integrate with My Site?
•    How do I pin and unpin a Personalization site?
•    What are My Links, and how do you maintain them?
•    How do My Sites improve search, collaboration, and sharing of knowledge?
•    What is Knowledge Network for SharePoint Server 2007?

Module 6: Records Management   (A)
Regulatory compliance has become increasingly more important for organizations. Microsoft has built powerful Records Management features into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that will allow organizations to easily set compliance policies at the server level which can be manually driven, or automatically executed, without extra work and thought from information workers. Questions that will be answered in this module include:
•    What is Records Management?
•    What is the Records Center site?
•    What vault capabilities are available in the Records Center site?
•    How does auditing work?
•    How does expiration work?
•    How does labeling work?
•    How do barcodes work?
•    How do holds on records work?
•    How do I configure the Records Center site to receive and rout records?
•    How do I plan a records management strategy?

Module 7: Forms Server and Workflows with SharePoint Designer   (A)  (B – Last 4 bullet points)  
Forms Server 2007 allows users to extend the use of forms-driven business processes to any user with a web browser. Forms are created with Microsoft InfoPath, but users do not need InfoPath to fill out the forms. This module also looks at how to create custom no-code workflows using SharePoint Designer 2007. Questions that will be answered in this module include:
•    What is a workflow?
•    How are workflows created with SharePoint Designer 2007?
•    What events can trigger a workflow?
•    What actions are available?
•    What aspects of list items can be controlled?
•    How do I apply conditional branching to a workflow?
•    What are parallel actions and serial actions?
•    What are workflow steps?
•    How do I add forms to a workflow and how are workflow forms used?
•    How do workflows interact with the Tasks list?
•    How do I check the status of a workflow?
•    What is InfoPath Forms Services?
•    How do I create a browser compatible form template with InfoPath 2007?
•    How do I deploy and manage browser enabled form templates?
•    How can a form be enabled for mobile devices?

Module 8: Using Groove, OneNote, and Access   (A)
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is designed to integrate closely with the Microsoft Office suite of desktop products. This module takes a closer look at Groove for workgroup collaboration, OneNote for notebook sharing, and Access to enhance interaction with SharePoint lists. Questions that will be answered in this module include:
•    What is Microsoft Office Groove?
•    How do I create a new Groove Workspace?
•    How does Groove keep information in synch?
•    What tools are available to enhance your Groove workspaces?
•    How do I use the SharePoint Files tool to synchronize Groove files to a SharePoint document library?
•    What is Microsoft Office OneNote?
•    How do I link a OneNote notebook to a SharePoint document library?
•    How can I create a shared OneNote notebook that can be utilized by different team members?
•    How is Microsoft Access 2007 integrated with SharePoint?
•    How do I use Access 2007 to provide richer maintenance forms for SharePoint Lists?
•    How do I use Access 2007 to create more sophisticated views of SharePoint Lists?
•    How do I use Access as a report writer for SharePoint Lists?
•    How do I migrate existing Access databases to SharePoint Lists?
•    How do I use Access to take SharePoint Lists ‘offline’?

Module 9: Using the Business Data Catalog for Information Workers   (B)
The Business Data Catalog provides an easy way to integrate business data from back-end databases and web services with SharePoint 2007. This module will focus on how the everyday information worker can interact with business data once the connections have been made between SharePoint’s Business Data Catalog and non-SharePoint business databases. Questions that will be answered in this module include:
•    What is the Business Data Catalog and what can it be used for?
•    What web parts are available to utilize the Business Data Catalog?
•    How do I add a Business Data Column to a List?
•    How do I search Business Data?

Upcoming Classes
Applying MOSS Advanced Features
When: 5/25/2010 – 5/27/2010
Where: SharePoint Solutions Training Center – Brentwood, TN, Nashville
Cost: $1495.00 (Note: For NTC Members Only – Discount Code (NTC400)
Status: Seats Available
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