Conference/Tech Event

Slides, Scripts, and Photos from SharePoint Saturday New Orleans 2011

Brian T. Jackett Conference/Tech Event, PowerShell, Presentation

SharePointSaturdayNola

This weekend I presented “Managing SharePoint 2010 Farms with PowerShell” at SharePoint Saturday New Orleans.  This was my first time visiting New Orleans so I was excited for the experience.  A big thanks to everyone who attended my session.  I condensed the material a little but the slides and scripts below have additional material that we couldn’t cover.  Let me know if you have any comments, questions, or feedback.  Thanks.

Slides and Scripts

Managing SharePoint 2010 Farms with PowerShell

Photos

Pictures on Facebook

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Pictures on Windows Live (higher res)

Conclusion

SharePoint Saturday New Orleans 2011 was a great conference overall.  This was my first visit to New Orleans and despite some issues with my flight in on Friday the weekend ended up positive.  I met some great speakers, organizers, sponsors, and attendees as well as meeting old friends.  It was nice to get a sense of the local community with Hubig’s pies, Mardi Gras parades, and Cajun food.  I hope I get a chance to visit the area again in the future.  A big thanks to everyone who made SharePoint Saturday New Orleans 2011 a big success.

 

-Frog Out

Slides, Code, and Photos from SPTechCon San Francisco 2011

Brian T. Jackett Conference/Tech Event, PowerShell, Presentation, SharePoint

    Note: Updated 2/12/11 with links to both presentation materials.

    This past week I presented two sessions at SPTechCon San Francisco 2011.  The first session was “The Expanding Developer Toolbox for SharePoint 2010” which .  Thanks to all of my attendees for this session.  They had so many great questions that we ran out of time before covering all of the planned material.  Especially for them I’ve provided the slides and code samples to walk through them on their own.

The second session was “Real World Deployment of SharePoint 2007 Solutions”.  In talking with attendees before the session many were looking for 2007 content.  At the conference SharePoint 2010 was represented much more heavily than 2007, so I was glad to fill a need in the community.

Slides and Code

Click here for “The Expanding Developer Toolbox for SharePoint 2010” materials

Click here for “Real World Deployment of SharePoint 2007 Solutions” materials

Photos

Pictures on FaceBook

Click here

Pictures on Windows Live (higher res)

Side Trips

Aside from the conference itself I also got to take a few side trips during the nights.  A special thanks to Dux Raymond Sy (Twitter) for organizing a Mongolian Hot Pot dinner on Monday (see pictures) and Michael Noel (Twitter) for organizing a Korean bbq dinner on Tuesday (again see pictures).  These were both new experiences for me and I thoroughly enjoyed the time with friends and trying something new.  Another thanks to Mark Miller (Twitter) for giving a personal tour around various sites of San Fran to myself and a few others.  It was great hearing the backstory of different neighborhoods and buildings from someone who had lived in the area for years.  Overall a great addition to the conference itself.

Conclusion

This is the 3rd SPTechCon I’ve attended and the conference is getting better with each iteration.  The fine folks at BZ Media should be proud of the effort they’ve put in.  The next SPTechCon will be in Boston in June.  As of right now I won’t be attending that one but I highly recommend anyone to go if you have the chance.

-Frog Out

Speaking at SPTechCon SF 2011 and SPSNOLA 2011

Brian T. Jackett Conference/Tech Event

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From Feb 7th-9th I’ll be presenting two sessions at SPTechCon San Francisco 2011.  My first presentation is a new session called “The Expanding Developer Toolbox for SharePoint 2010” which covers many of the new tools and functionality available to SharePoint 2010 developers.  My second sessions is called “Real World Deployment of SharePoint 2007 Solutions” (presented at last SPTech Con Boston) which covers tips, tricks, and advice on deploying SharePoint 2007 solutions.  If you hurry you may still be able to register for this SPTechCon.  Click here for registration information.  Hope to see you there.

SharePointSaturday

In addition to SPTechCon, I’ll also be speaking at SharePoint Saturday New Orleans 2011 on Feb 26th.  My presentation is called “Managing SharePoint 2010 Farms with PowerShell”.  I’ve given this presentation at a number of recent conferences and it has been popular.  I’m excited for this weekend as well since it will be my first time visiting New Orleans.  Click here for registration information.

 

Sessions

Where: SPTech Con San Francisco 2011

Title: The Expanding Developer Toolbox for SharePoint 2010

Audience and Level: Developer, Beginner/Intermediate

Abstract: LINQ to SharePoint, native Visual Studio 2010 support, easier access to logging, Business Connectivity Services… The list of new features and tools available to developers rapidly grew between SharePoint 2007 and 2010.  In this session we will cover these and many of the other newest features added for SharePoint developers to utilize.  This session is targeted to SharePoint 2007 developers upgrading their skills to SharePoint 2010 or developers new to SharePoint 2010.

 

Where: SPTech Con San Francisco 2011

Title: Real World Deployment of SharePoint 2007 Solutions

Audience and Level: Admin/Developer, Intermediate

Abstract: “All I have to do is run some STSADM commands to deploy my SharePoint solutions, right?”  If you are saying that to yourself then you are missing out on some of the more advanced processes you can employ to deploy and maintain your SharePoint solutions and farm.  In this session we will cover lessons learned from 3 years of deploying and automating SharePoint solutions.  This will include using a combination of STSADM, PowerShell, SharePoint API and a number of other tools in a real world situation to deploy an entire suite of custom SharePoint solutions.  This session is targeted to farm administrators and developers.  Prior experience with SharePoint solutions, STSADM and minimal PowerShell experience is suggested.

 

Where: SharePoint Saturday New Orleans

Title: Managing SharePoint 2010 Farms with PowerShell

Audience and Level: Admin, Beginner

Abstract: Having you been using STSADM (or worse hand editing processes) to manage your SharePoint 2007 farms? Are you hearing about needing to learn PowerShell to manage SharePoint 2010 farms? This session will serve as part introduction to PowerShell and part overview of how you can use PowerShell to more efficiently and effectively manage your SharePoint 2010 farm. This session is targeted to farm administrators and IT pros and no previous experience with PowerShell is required.

 

-Frog Out

The One Thing: Brian Jackett and SharePoint 2010

Brian T. Jackett Conference/Tech Event, PowerShell

Last weekend at SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach (website) I was asked by Christian Buckley (twitter) from Axceler (website) to do a short video for his “The One Thing You Need To Know About SharePoint 2010” video series.  Below is the video.

Background

When Christian asked me to do this video I was in a time crunch to make it to the airport for my flight home.  I was literally running out the door right after we finished.  As a result I was rushed in my response which led to my funny line at the end about “being a better person.”  If I had more time I would’ve talked about how PowerShell now gives SharePoint admins native support for installing, configuring, and managing a 2010 farm with commandlets.  Also mentioning the benefits of PowerShell over STSADM such as being object oriented, having a consistent syntax, including a better help system, and integrating with other systems.  Since I wasn’t able to fit those in, at least I was funny right?

The Video

The One Thing: Brian Jackett and SharePoint 2010

 

-Frog Out

Slides, Materials, and Pictures from SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach 2011

Brian T. Jackett BCS, Conference/Tech Event, PowerShell, Presentation

This past weekend I presented “Managing SharePoint 2010 Farms with PowerShell” and “SharePoint 2010 and Integrating Line of Business Applications” SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach.  A big thanks to everyone who attended my sessions.  I had a great time presenting, getting to meet new folks, and exploring a little bit of the local life.  Below are slides, materials, and pictures from the event.  Let me know if you have any comments, questions, or feedback.  Thanks.

Slides and Materials

Managing SharePoint 2010 Farms with PowerShell

SharePoint 2010 and Integrating Line of Business Applications

Photos

Pictures on Facebook

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Pictures on Windows Live (higher res)

Side Note: SavePSToSP CodePlex Project

During my “Managing SharePoint 2010 Farms with PowerShell” I made mention of a CodePlex project I am working on called SavePSToSP.  Click here for the link to that project.  I have been pushing out updates roughly once a month or more.  If you have any feedback or find it helpful feel free to let me know.

 

-Frog Out

Slides from Dog Food Conference 2010

Brian T. Jackett BCS, Conference/Tech Event, Presentation

    At the Dog Food Conference 2010 I presented a session titled “SharePoint 2010 and Integrating Line of Business Applications”.  In this session we covered the basics of the Business Connectivity Service (BCS) in SharePoint 2010 and went through a number of demos on how to develop against it.  Click here for my slides.  Thanks to all who attended and had some great questions and interactions.  If you would like more BCS resources or have any feedback on this presentation feel free to leave comments.

 

      -Frog Out

 

Links

“SharePoint 2010 and Integrating Line of Business Applications” Presentation slides

http://cid-9137d132751b949f.office.live.com/view.aspx/.Public/Presentation%20Files/Dog%20Food%20Con%202010/SP2010%20Integrating%20LOB%20Apps.pptx