Adelaide SharePoint User Group February Newsletter

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:50:58 Z

We are pleased to present the February Edition of the Adelaide SharePoint User Groups Newsletter.

While SharePoint Best Practices Conference 2009 got underway on the 2^nd, SharePoint Conference 2009 was announced today!

These 2 Conferences are a great resource for anyone who is involved with SharePoint, from business users to the IT Pro’s, Developers and C-Level management! Unfortunately this year I was unable to get to the SharePoint Best Practices Conference but I will be working though the channels to ensure we get the content here in Adelaide afterwards.

Also don’t forget if you’re looking at taking exams for MCPD, MCITP or MCTS you are eligible for a 10% discount and a free second re-take of the exam. To claim this offer, simply navigate to http://www.learnandcertify.com/ in your browser of choice and click on “Get my exam offer voucher”.

When promoted for the “MVP Certification Promotion Code,” please enter AU40E21E and you will be sent a voucher to use in a Prometric exam centre of your choice. More information can be found here.

If enough people are interested in having an Instructor Lead Hands on Lab to help with the exams, please email me an expression of interest. If we get enough people I may be able to organise something.

Please feel free to pass this information onto anyone you know who may be interested in taking an exam.

Finally, Next month’s meeting will be on March 30^th at the same location. We have teamed up with the Adelaide Small Business Server User Group and have Jeff Alexander of Microsoft speaking at the event on “Windows Server 2008 R2 – Technical Overview” and “Windows 7 – An Update for IT Pro’s”. Early Bird registration will be announced shortly. Keep a look out in your inbox over the next few days! Early Bird registration can be filled out here.

Presentations

If you’re interested in presenting but unsure on how or where to get started, please send Daniel an email and we can discuss on potential topics. We have received a large range of possible topics and have a lot of presentational material at our disposal.

Topic Submission

We are currently always taking submissions for topics that you would like to see presented at a meeting, please submit them by clicking here and filling out the information.

What are your thoughts on having both a day and night time event on different days for the Adelaide SharePoint User Group?

A Second Monthly Meeting?

There have been a few people who have approached me in regards to having a second meeting for the SharePoint User Group. Brisbane has just started doing it. What are your thoughts?

Fill out the Survey here!

February Meeting Information

This month we have decided to have a quiet one as people settle into the New Year and are catching up from the holiday period.

When & Where:

· Where: Microsoft Innovation Centre Auditorium

· Address: Level 2, Westpac House, King William Street, Adelaide (Map – Entrance is actually on Curry Street)

· When: Tuesday the 17^th of February (17/02/2009).

Agenda:

The agenda for this month’s evenings activities are:

· 5:30PM – Arrive, Relax and Network

· 6:00PM – Welcome & Introductions – Daniel Brown

· 6:15PM – Developing Custom Workflow Activities for SharePoint with Visual Studio – Paul Turner
Paul will be discussing and demonstrating how to develop custom workflow activities in Visual Studio for use in SharePoint Designer.

· 6:45PM – Unattended and automated Installations – Daniel Brown

Daniel will be discussing and demonstrating the finer points of automated and unattended installs with SharePoint, How to do them, Benefits and Risks.

· 7:30PM – Open SharePoint Forum

Bring along your SharePoint Questions and ask the experts.

· 7:45PM(ish) – Meeting Close and Move to the Grange Chancellor for refreshments.

If you plan to attend the evening’s festivities, can you please ensure to reserve your place by clicking here.

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