The first day of summer is coming on June 21st. People from the northern part of the United States and Canada are now able to strip off a few layers of clothing thanks to the cool spring we have had. It also beings the most exciting count down toward the arrival of the third SharePoint Best Practices Conference. This is going to prove to be even bigger, better, faster, stronger… (oh wait no, that is the 1970’s show the Bionic Man) then again, it may just be a close match! Not only SharePoint Best Practices but SQL experts are being brought in as well. If you either have never heard of the Best Practice Conference or never have attended the conference this is the place you want to be. There are a lot of books out there on how to do configuration and administrations of SharePoint and SQL, but only one book about SharePoint Best Practices. This one book has spawned the SharePoint Best Practices conference as the popularity of the book quickly climbed up the charts at the same time trigger numerous other questions, what if scenarios and requested additional information. The question that we seem to learn to ask at a very early age, WHY?! This is the reason for the conference, why do you need to do certain things in your environment. These are the Best Practices to make your SharePoint environment not be just another application in your company, but a solution that your company could not be with out. A solution that will help your company become more streamlined, more productive, and more organized. All these thing turns out to become money saved, which in these economic times is a welcome benefit.
Whether you are looking to bring SharePoint into your environment or have been using SharePoint for the last five years this conference is a must attend. The wealth of knowledge that you will gain from the conference will more than make up for the nominal investment to attend. The caliber of speakers is unbelievable. I have attended the first two, and will be at this one as well. The two authors of the book that launched this conference, Ben Curry and Bill English will be there, but that is far from being it. So many of the leaders in the SharePoint community will be there and it is going to absolutely rock! If I had the voice I would do a sound bite like the guy who does monster truck announcements on T.V. Ok enough gushing, I think you have gotten the idea.
And now for a shameless plug. I have received an invitation to rub elbows and be a speaker at this great event. I am both humbled and honored at this invitation and look forward to meeting all of you who do attend. I will be doing two different presentations. Here is a couple of tasty morsels to help you to decide to come.
SharePoint Planning: A Labyrinth of Choices
SharePoint is easy to get up and running, BUT the choices made before the install, during the install, after the install, and after its been in use for time What if you make this choice, what ramifications will happen due to that choice? SharePoint is indeed a collaboration environment, but becomes so much more to many companies. Choices made throughout the life of your SharePoint environment will affect things down the road that may not even be thought of when the original choice was being made. I will look at multiple permutations of the various paths a company could follow.
SharePoint Security: Through the Looking Glass
Journey with myself and Alice as we go into the world of SharePoint security. What to do with the AD Queen of Hearts and the SharePoint Groups Cheshire cat. There is the good, the bad and the ugly in this world. You have to be careful with the solutions of security you use. What makes sense, how to tackle different scenarios, how to combat security schema deterioration. This could be a chance to actually win back and know what your people are allowed to see and not see. Sometimes files servers become so complex, there are possibilities of accidents happening where an end user is given permissions to documents that may not be desired. Not to mention the government is starting to get involved with legislation of what we are supposed to hold on to, what needs to be audited etc. A lot of times, security seems to be a lot of smoke and mirrors, this talk is going to help bring a solid understanding to security within a SharePoint environment.
David J. Pileggi Jr.
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