Why Attend?

Congratulations on a wonderful SharePoint Summit event. For me I found it to be three days that were very well spent! The presentations were great, the event was extremely well organized and most importantly, I learned a great deal!
- Adam Levy
Tristar Products

SharePoint is an incredibly versatile platform for building business solutions. In fact, building solutions for collaboration, Intranet, Extranet, compound document management, compliance, and process management, to name but a few, requires a variety of expertise and knowledge. Technology is only a small part of conceptualizing a solution infrastructure.

The SharePoint Summit will give you a 360 degree view of the best practices to plan your SharePoint project, discover various methodologies to build the solutions, understand the product community, and how you ensure user adoption.

Organizations that want to rapidly put in place solutions and acquire expertise should attend this conference.

Get a better understanding of the following:

SharePoint’s potential and limitations.
SharePoint Cloud Computing options (including Office 365.)
Putting together an information architecture that meets both organizational needs and the need for collaboration.
Why SharePoint is the platform of choice for your organization.
How to build an Extranet.
Best approaches and techniques for managing the information life cycle.
Developing a “Windows SharePoint Package” (WSP).
The best development tools.
Understanding key SharePoint modules: search, collaboration, electronic document management, business intelligence, business processes, Web content management, and records management.
Which Microsoft partner components can enhance SharePoint.
Case studies from clients who implemented SharePoint solutions

The purpose of the SharePoint Summit is to offer a learning and knowledge sharing opportunity for managers, directors, analysts, power users, and developers so they can better understand various key aspects of the SharePoint platform.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is a component of Microsoft’s strategy which provides a platform and a group of tools for information ubiquity, dynamic collaboration, and improved business processes.

The SharePoint Summit will make it possible for you to better understand the synergy between the following software and applications:

Windows SharePoint Server 3.0 (WSS 3.0)
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)
Microsoft Office 2007 and Office 2010
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 (WSS 4.0)
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
SharePoint Workspace 2010
Office Business Application (OBA)
Office Communicator Server 2007 and 2010
Fast Search
Office 365

SharePoint Summit 2012 is a unique opportunity to establish strategies for your organization, to learn from world-renowned professionals in the field and to substantially improve your understanding of the SharePoint platform.

At the SharePoint Summit 2012 you will discover the following aspects of SharePoint:

SharePoint modules and detailed components: collaboration, business content management, business intelligence, electronic forms and research • How to put together solutions on SharePoint
The best development practices
How to support compliance and various regulations
Detailed understanding of development
Information life cycle management capacities
Integrating SharePoint with legacy applications such as: Documentum, Hummingbird and LiveLink
Process management and automation using SharePoint Workflow, Workflow Foundation or related supplier solutions
Business continuity: backup, real time recovery
Understanding best practices for implementing and conceptualizing knowledge management
How to bridge data-centered applications
Putting together an enterprise portal
Best collaboration practices for SharePoint
Workflow and processes management
Electronic document management
Electronic forms
Archive and document management
Digital asset management

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