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Friday
May312013

Seven Great Reasons to Attend SharePoint Fest - D.C.

Seven Great Reasons to Attend SharePoint Fest DC

 

http://www.sharepointfest.com/DC/

  • The technical classes and seminars at SharePoint Fest are focused on practical techniques and practices you can put to work today!
  • Our expanded three-day SharePoint conference allows for more topics and additional expert speakers from the community!
  • Get answers to your questions in the classroom, or as you mingle with speakers and peers at coffee breaks or at the evening cocktail reception!
  • Bring a group of developers, IT pros and business teams to improve your whole organization's skills – and get a discount to boot! Contact us for group registration discounts!
  • Attend the SharePoint sessions that work best for you. With more than 80 classes and workshops to choose from, you can make SharePoint Fest your own custom SharePoint training event.
  • See how the Microsoft SharePoint ecosystem is growing and evolving by speaking with technical experts from the local Microsoft field and diverse channels within the Microsoft Partner Network all in our exhibit hall!
  • Learn from the brightest minds in the SharePoint universe! Many of our speakers are either Microsoft engineers or have achieved Microsoft MVP or MCM status based on their in-depth knowledge of SharePoint.
Choose From over 60 Sessions in Multiple Tracks!
Attend SharePoint Fest - D.C., where you’ll be able to attend technical classes and seminars – taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers, Microsoft engineers and Microsoft MVPs – covering Enterprise Content Management, Social SharePoint, Business Value, Infrastructure/Administration, Composites (Workflow), Search, Business Intelligence, & Development. Choose one complete learning track or mix & match based on what content best meets you and your organization’s current needs!

At SharePoint Fest - D.C. there are sessions created for SharePoint administrators, software developers, information architects and knowledge workers which will ensure that you and your team walk away with as much knowledge as you desire to truly leverage SharePoint in your current environment!

 

Find out more about SharePoint Fest DC

http://www.sharepointfest.com/DC/

Friday
May312013

Upcoming Classes at AmeriTeach June 2013

No.

Course Title

SATV?

Date

10264

Developing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Yes

Jun 3-7

10297

SharePoint 2010 Admin Bootcamp Hotel Package

Yes

Jun 3-8

10298

SharePoint 2010 Admin Bootcamp

Yes

Jun 3-8

20342

Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

Yes

Jun 3-7

20465

Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Yes

Jun 3-7

6235

Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

Yes

Jun 3-5

CXA-301-1

Citrix XenApp 6.5 Advanced Administration

 

Jun 3-7

FIREWALL

Deploying Cisco ASA Firewall Solutions v1.0

 

Jun 3-7

ITIL SO

ITIL Intermediate - Service Operations

 

Jun 3-7

RH199

RHCSA Rapid Track Course

 

Jun 3-6

RH200

RHCSA Rapid Track Course w/Exam

 

Jun 3-7

SWITCH

Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (SWITCH)

 

Jun 3-7

6971

Microsoft Excel 2010 Level 1

 

Jun 6

RH-EX200

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) Exam (EX200)

 

Jun 7

10775

Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases

Yes

Jun 10-14

20331

Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

Yes

Jun 10-14

20417

Upgrading your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012

Yes

Jun 10-14

50352

SharePoint 2010 for End Users and Site Owners

 

Jun 10-12

CMB-207-1

Citrix Desktop Virtualization Fast Track

 

Jun 10-14

ICND1v2

Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices Part 1 v2

 

Jun 10-14

ITIL F2011

ITIL Foundation 2011 - Includes Certification Exam

 

Jun 10-12

IUWNE

Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Networking Essentials (IUWNE)

 

Jun 10-14

RH299

RHCE Rapid Track Course

 

Jun 10-13

RH300

RHCE Rapid Track Course with RHCSA and RHCE Exams

 

Jun 10-14

6993

Microsoft Office Access 2010 Level 3

 

Jun 11

6972

Microsoft Excel 2010 Level 2

 

Jun 13

RH-EX200

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) Exam (EX200)

 

Jun 14

RH-EX300

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) Exam

 

Jun 14

10296

SharePoint 2010 Developer Bootcamp Hotel Package

Yes

Jun 17-22

10299

SharePoint 2010 Developer Bootcamp

Yes

Jun 17-22

10778

Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Yes

Jun 17-21

10958

Programming Fundamentals of Web Applications

Yes

Jun 17-21

20411

Administering Windows Server 2012

Yes

Jun 17-21

8507

A+ Certification: A Comprehensive Approach

 

Jun 17-21

CCNAX

Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Accelerated v2

 

Jun 17-21

CIPT 1

Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager Part 1

 

Jun 17-21

CXA-206-1

Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration

 

Jun 17-21

CXS-203-1

Citrix XenServer 6 Administration

 

Jun 17-21

RH436

Red Hat Enterprise Clustering & Storage Management

 

Jun 17-20

RH437

Red Hat Enterprise Clustering and Storage Management (w/Exam)

 

Jun 17-21

RH442VT

Red Hat Enterprise Performance Tuning Virtual Training

 

Jun 17-21

VPN

Deploying Cisco ASA VPN Solutions v1.0

 

Jun 17-21

6973

Microsoft Excel 2010 Level 3

 

Jun 20

RH-EX436

Red Hat Enterprise Clustering & Storage Management Expertise Exam

 

Jun 21

10747

Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Yes

Jun 24-28

10774

Querying Microsoft SQL Server

Yes

Jun 24-28

20412

Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services

Yes

Jun 24-28

8511

SharePoint 2010 Designer

 

Jun 24-26

DCUFI

Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric v4.0

 

Jun 24-28

ICOMM

Introducing Cisco Voice and Unified Communications Administration v8.0 (ICOMM)

 

Jun 24-28

RH124

Red Hat System Administration I

 

Jun 24-28

6994

Microsoft Project 2010 - Level 1

 

Jun 27

6995

Microsoft Project 2010 Level 2

 

Jun 28

Find out more about IT Training Courses at www.ameriteach.com

Friday
May312013

Learn from the Worlds’ Top SharePoint Experts at SharePoint Fest DC

Learn from the Worlds’ Top SharePoint Experts at SharePoint Fest DC

 

http://www.sharepointfest.com/DC/

 

Microsoft Speakers: 


Arpan Shah, Senior Director of Technical Product Management for Office 365/SharePoint Online at Microsoft
(key100)

Arpan Shah is the Senior Director of Technical Product Management for Microsoft Office 365 based in Redmond, WA, and is a frequent speaker at Microsoft & industry events. Before his current role, Arpan led the Product Management team for Microsoft Project and led the SharePoint Technical Product Management for the SharePoint 2010 and 2007 releases. Before Microsoft, Arpan spent several years in the Internet Business industry in a variety of Product Management roles. Arpan holds Bachelors & Masters degrees from MIT.

@arpanshah

 


Ira Fuchs, SharePoint Technical Specialist at Microsoft and Author
(wf103 bi204)

Ira Fuchs is a Microsoft SharePoint Technical Specialist working out of the New York Metropolitan District. He has assisted some of Microsoft's largest financial services organizations deploy and exploit the full set of features and capabilities of the SharePoint platform. He has written numerous white papers on BizTalk Server, InfoPath and SharePoint and is the author of the book "Enterprise Application Development in SharePoint 2010 – Creating an End-to-End Application without Code".

 

Invited SharePoint Community Speakers: 

 


Dux Raymond Sy, MVP PMP (ws101 spt105 key200)

With over 15 years of experience in Information Technology and Project Management, Dux has earned a reputation as among the leading experts in leveraging technology to enhance project management. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP), he is currently a managing partner and the chief evangelist of Innovative-e, a Microsoft Gold Partner focused on leading, inspiring and being the catalyst of organizational transformation that enables clients to achieve tangible business result. As a thought leader in maximizing project team collaboration, he is the author of "SharePoint for Project Management" published by O'Reilly Media. A sought after speaker, Dux has presented in various Microsoft and Project Management Institute (PMI) events worldwide. He regularly blogs on topics related to project management, SharePoint and globalization at MeetDux.com.

@meetdux

 


Christian Buckley, MVP (bv103 bv203)

Christian Buckley is a SharePoint MVP, internationally recognized author and speaker, and is a Top 25 SharePoint Influencer. As Director of Product Evangelism for Axceler, he drives product awareness and partner and community development. At Microsoft, he was part of the team that launched SharePoint Online (now part of Office365). Prior to Microsoft, Christian was managing director of a regional consulting firm in the San Francisco East Bay, started and sold two technology startups, and worked with some of the world's largest hi-tech and manufacturing companies to build and deploy collaboration and supply chain solutions. He is co-author of "Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Creating and Implementing Real-World Projects" (MSPress), three books on software configuration management and defect tracking, and can be found online at www.buckleyplanet.com.

@buckleyplanet

 


Dan Holme, MVP (ws102 ecm104 bv202)

Dan Holme's 18 years of experience and impact on hundreds of thousands of IT professionals and business decision makers have earned him a reputation as one of the world's most respected consultants, authors, and experts on Microsoft technologies. Dan, a native of Colorado, resident of Maui, and graduate of Yale, has been recognized as an MVP for six years, and one of the top ten partner MVPs in the world. Dan has penned hundreds of articles for SharePoint Pro Magazine and numerous best-selling books for Microsoft Press. This summer, Dan served as the Microsoft Technologies Consultant for NBC Olympics during the broadcast of the 2012 Olympics in London, a role he also played in Torino, Beijing, and Vancouver. Dan's viewpoint on SharePoint blog.

@danholme

 


Mark Miller (soc102 soc204)

"I help companies create strategic plans to gain global visibility for their products and services through the use of social media tools , online community building and relationship development." – Mark Miller, Senior Storyteller.

Mark Miller, Senior Storyteller, is recognized internationally for weaving engaging tales to simplify the explanation of complex, technological solutions. He is a serial community builder, participating in the creation of global online communities such as NothingButSharePoint, EndUserSharePoint and NothingButBranding.

Mark travels internationally from his home in New York City, speaking on the building of community, methods for using social media to engage an online audience, the uses of SharePoint for enterprise level collaboration, and the future of productivity. His most recent excursion with the "Sharing the Point" team found him in Africa, stopping in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Nairobi , Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

@eusp

 


Naomi Moneypenny (soc103 bv201)

Naomi Moneypenny is CTO at Synxi (a ManyWorlds brand) where she leads the development team for the adaptive recommendations & learning engine for SharePoint and other social business systems such as Yammer and Tibbr. Previously, Naomi was a business and IT strategist at Shell working on technology forecasting and collaboration. She has a Masters degree in Astrophysics as well as graduating in executive programs in strategy and M&A from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. She holds 15 patents in the area of adaptive systems.

@nmoneypenny

 


Jeremy Thake, MVP (dev102 dev202)

Jeremy Thake utilizes more than 10 years of software development industry experience and expertise in Microsoft technologies to assist global enterprises in building solutions that will set the standard for the next generation of collaboration platforms. As a SharePoint MVP, Jeremy's proven expertise has earned him multiple speaking engagements at technical conferences, symposiums, and user groups worldwide. Jeremy is a co-founder of NothingButSharePoint.com, a SharePoint community portal focusing on the Developer Channel, and built the platform on top of SharePoint 2010.

@jthake

 


Robert Bogue, MVP (ecm101 wf202)

Robert Bogue is a thought leader on all things SharePoint and an engaging speaker who speaks at events around the world on SharePoint. Rob has been awarded the Microsoft MVP designation nine times, and earned recognition as a Microsoft Patterns and Practices Champion. Rob holds certifications from Microsoft: MCPD, MCITP, MCTS, MCSA: Security, MCSE as well as CompTia: A+, Network+, Server+, I-Net+, IT Project+, E-Biz+, CDIA+. Rob also served as a team member for the SharePoint Guidance. He is the author of 22 books including, "The SharePoint Shepherd's Guide for End Users-2010" which is also available in a Wiki version as The SharePoint Tutor. Robert is committed to "making the complicated, simple." Find out more about SharePoint made simple at, http://www.SharePointShepherd.com or follow Rob's blog at http://www.ThorProjects.com/blog/. You can also email Rob at Rob.Bogue@ThorProjects.com

@robbogue

 


Asif Rehmani, MVP (pwr102 pwr204)

Asif has been training and consulting on primarily SharePoint technologies since 2004. He is a SharePoint Server MVP and MCT. Asif runs a SharePoint Videos website (http://www.sharepoint-videos.com) which provides SharePoint, SharePoint Designer and InfoPath Video Tutorials. His videos have been published at Microsoft's TechNet, Channel 9 and Office.com site. Asif also provides in-person and online SharePoint training publicly and in private workshops through Critical Path Training (http://www.criticalpathtraining.com). Asif has been a speaker at conferences since 2006 on SharePoint topics at several conferences around the world (USA, Germany, Amsterdam, Den Haag, New Zealand etc) including Microsoft's TechEd, SharePoint Conference, SPTechCon, SharePoint Connections, Best Practices Conference, SharePoint Saturdays, SharePoint Roadshows and more. He is the co-author of the books "Professional SharePoint Designer 2007", "Beginning SharePoint Designer 2010" and "Real World SharePoint 2010" by Wrox publications. Asif was the co-founder and is currently one of the active leaders of the Chicago SharePoint User Group (http://www.cspug.org) For a more detailed bio, please visit http://www.sharepoint-videos.com. You can reach Asif at: asif@sharepointelearning.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

@asifrehmani



Sarah Haase (spt103 spt202)

Sarah Haase is an information architect and corporate librarian with more than 15 years of knowledge management, technical writing, and business process re-engineering experience. From building wikis and other online knowledge-bases to supporting content management system implementations, Sarah has focused on using technology to enable efficient information storage/retrieval. In her current role as a Collaboration & Search Engineer, Sarah relies on SharePoint to drive online collaboration and optimize business processes. To date, these efforts have netted more than $750,000 in annual cost savings. Sarah's Blog: http://sarahlhaase.wordpress.com

@sarahhaase



Jeff Willinger, Social Computing Strategist (spt201)

Jeff Willinger is the Director of Social Computing at Rightpoint. Jeff specializes in advising clients on social computing strategies, social intranets and portals and increasing employee engagement. With experience spanning more than two decades, Jeff possesses specific expertise in social computing inside an organization's four walls and social media outside their four walls. He is a frequent speaker throughout the world specializing in exploiting new business models, highlighting the opportunities of Web2.0 and social media and advising on new technology. A character with character, as he is known, is the President and Founder of the Social Media Club of Chicago.

@jwillie

 


Brian Culver, MCM (spt102 wf204)

Brian Culver is a SharePoint Solutions Architect for Expert Point Solutions in Houston, Texas. Brian is a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) in SharePoint 2007 and a Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD). He has worked in the Information Technology industry for since 1998 and he has been working with SharePoint since 2005. His deep expertise includes SharePoint, ASP.Net, SQL Server and Project Server. He has been involved in many large SharePoint implementations including Internet and Intranet sites, Partner Portals, Enterprise Content Management and Governance, and much custom application integration and development.

@spbrianculver

 


Benjamin Niaulin, MVP MCT (sia101 pwr202)

Benjamin Niaulin works as a SharePoint Specialist at GSoft, a Montreal-based software development firm specialized in Microsoft technologies. Passionate about SharePoint, Benjamin has been helping people around the globe reaching their goals by simplifying SharePoint solutions. With his Microsoft Certified Trainer certification and over 5 years of Training and Speaking experience, he has acquired the skills needed to help everyone understand and use SharePoint.

@bniaulin

 


Susan Hanley, Author (sia103)

Susan Hanley is a recognized expert in knowledge management and the design, development and implementation of successful portal solutions, with a specialization in Microsoft SharePoint. Her areas of expertise include information architecture, user adoption, governance and business value metrics. Sue's client list includes many of the Fortune 500 along with some of the world's leading academic, professional services, and not-for-profit organizations. Immediately prior to establishing her own firm, Sue led the Portal practice for Dell Professional Services. Sue is the co-author of "Essential SharePoint 2007", "Essential SharePoint 2010" and "Essential SharePoint 2013". She writes the Essential SharePoint blog for NetworkWorld.com.

@susanhanley

 


Sean McDonough, Author (dev104 dev204)

Sean is the "Lead Bitsmith" and owner of Bitstream Foundry, a software and custom development company based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sean has been developing software and crafting solutions for over two decades, and he has focused on Microsoft's SharePoint platform since 2004. Sean possesses a somewhat eclectic set of SharePoint skills that come from time spent in a diverse set of roles, including consultant, product manager, solution architect, team lead, administrator, and platform evangelist. Sean is an author, blogger, and frequent speaker/instructor at SharePoint conferences, user groups, and similar events all over North America. He can be reached through his blog (http://SharePointInterface.com) or Twitter (@spmcdonough).

@spmcdonough

 


Eric Riz, Author (soc105 ecm203)

Eric is the Executive Vice President of Concatenate, Inc. a software firm focused on maximizing SharePoint through product innovation and systems integration based in Toronto, Canada. He has worked with many Fortune 500 companies on their business adoption, change management and deployment strategies to ensure they maximize the benefits of Microsoft technologies and successfully implement SharePoint-based solutions. A thought-leader in the SharePoint business space, Eric is a sought after speaker, strategist and author of SharePoint for Decision Makers. He has developed and facilitated management and technology sessions through-out North America and addressed conferences around the world. You can follow Eric on Twitter @rizinsights and read his latest articles on www.ericriz.com.

@rizinsights

 

 


Eric Overfield, Branding Expert (dev201)

Eric Overfield is a leading expert in SharePoint Branding and User Interface design. Mr. Overfield, President and co-founder of PixelMill, has over 13 years experience with web design best practices and techniques, and over 8 years experience with SharePoint branding. Besides his in-depth knowledge of SharePoint's branding capabilities, he has expertise includes general SharePoint technology, design and architecture along with custom coded web parts, solutions, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3. An active speaker at User Groups and SharePoint events as well as an active blogger (blog.pixelmill.com/ericoverfield), he discusses all things SharePoint Branding and UI Design. He resides in Davis, California.

@ericoverfield

 

Rob Windsor, MVP Author (dev105 dev203)

Rob Windsor is a Lead SharePoint Consultant with Portal Solutions - a Microsoft Gold Partner based in DC and Boston. He has twenty years experience developing rich-client and web applications with Delphi, VB, C# and VB.NET and is currently spending a majority of his time working with SharePoint. Rob is a regular speaker at conferences, code camps, and user groups across North America and Europe. He regularly contributes articles and videos to MSDN, TechNet, and the Pluralsight On-Demand library and is the co-author of "Professional Visual Basic 2010 and .NET 4" for Wrox. Rob is the founder and past-president of the North Toronto .NET User Group and has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his involvement in the developer community.

@robwindsor

 


Wes Preston, MVP Author (pwr104 pwr201)

Wes is an independent consultant based in Minneapolis, MN and works primarily as a SharePoint platform evangelist, product specialist and solution designer. Wes assists organizations through roadmap development, planning and governance, and alignment of business needs with out of the box SharePoint platform capabilities. Wes has been a developer, IT Pro, consultant, and technology evangelist for over 15 yrs. He was an organizer and frequent speaker at the Minnesota SharePoint User Group (MNSPUG) for over 4 yrs and is now a board member for SharePoint Saturday - Twin Cities events. Wes has been a contributing author to two books: - "Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Creating and Implementing Real-World Projects (Microsoft Press, 2012)" - "SharePoint 2010 Six-in-One (Wrox, 2011)". Wes maintains a blog at http://www.idubbs.com/blog.

@idubbs

 


Patrick Tucker, MCT (ecm101 pwr203)

Patrick is a SharePoint architect, developer, consultant and trainer with more than 13 years of experience developing applications with Microsoft technologies, and training others to do the same. His certifications in SharePoint, .NET and SQL Server include MCPD, MCITP, MCSD, MCTS, and MCT. He has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 2000. SharePoint captured his attention and imagination in 2005 and he has never looked back. Patrick is President and Chief Architect of White Owl Tech LLC, based in the Kentucky suburbs of Cincinnati. Patrick blogs at: www.tuckersnet.com

@tuckersnet

 


Jason Himmelstein, Author (sia102 spt203)

Jason Himmelstein, MCTS, MCITP, is the SharePoint Practice Director for Sentri, Inc. and has been working with Microsoft Server technologies since 1998 when he was supporting Motorola in Austin, TX. He went to work for the University of Texas for 5 years where he developed expertise in Active Directory and Exchange. He left UT to go on the road doing work for Dell in a partnership with Microsoft doing architecture, design and implementation of Active Directory and Exchange. He started working with SharePoint in 2007 as an Enterprise Architect for Raytheon Company. Today he leads a team of dynamic SharePoint Consultants for Sentri, a four-time Microsoft Partner of the Year. Jason is the co-author of the upcoming O'Reilly book "Developing Business Intelligence Apps for SharePoint". Outside of this crazy working world he is a happily married father of 2 boys and a die-hard Texas Longhorns and San Antonio Spurs fan.

@sharepointlhorn

 

Chris McNulty, Author (ws103 sia105 sia201)

Chris McNulty oversees SharePoint Solutions at Quest Software, now part of Dell. He's a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), and a member of the Microsoft Solutions Advocate and MVTSP programs. A frequent speaker at events around the globe, Chris is the author of the "SharePoint 2013 Consultant's Handbook" and other books. He also blogs at http://www.chrismcnulty.net/blog and http://www.sharepointforall.com. Prior to Quest, Chris led the SharePoint consulting practice at KMA, a Boston based Microsoft Gold Partner. He holds an MBA from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College in Investment Management and has over twenty years' experience in financial services technology with John Hancock, State Street, GMO and Santander. He lives with his wife Hayley, and his family in Milton, Massachusetts, USA. Chris' blog at Quest.

@cmcnulty2000

 


Javier Barrera, Author (src101 sia202)

Javier Barrera is a SharePoint Engineer at Rackspace (USA), a premier service leader focusing on business class audience. He is the Senior Lead Engineer who is an architect, and administrator, to hundreds of enterprise-level SharePoint farms. Javier delivered over 30 presentations at SharePoint focused events, authored numerous blogs and articles. He is a contributing author to forth coming "Professional SharePoint 2013 Administration", and "Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Inside Out", books. In addition he is a technical editor for, "Beginning SharePoint 2013: Building Business Solutions with SharePoint". Javier his beautiful wife Roxane, and three children live in San Antonio, Texas.

@jtbarrera

 


Paul Stork, MVP MCM (sia104 ecm201)

Based in Ohio, Paul Stork is a Microsoft SharePoint MVP and MCM who works as a Principal Architect at Blue Chip Consulting. He has an MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management and holds myriad of Microsoft certifications including being a SharePoint 2013 Solutions Expert, Systems Engineer, Solutions Architect, Developer, Database Admin, IT Professional and Professional Developer. He recently completed work on his Microsoft Certified Masters (MCM) certification. He is an author and/or contributor on several SharePoint books including:

· Pro SharePoint 2010 Development for Office 365
· MCTS Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Configuration Study Guide
· Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Best Practices
· Developer's Guide to the Windows SharePoint Services v3 Platform
· Windows 2000: Essential Reference


Paul has worked with SharePoint in many roles from Chief Architect to Solution Developer to Trainer and is a well-known contributor to the SharePoint community.

@pstork

 


Adam Preston (spt100)

Adam Preston is the Manager of SharePoint Services for The Computer Solution Company (TCSC), a Microsoft Gold Partner based out of Richmond, VA. Adam specializes in aligning technology solutions with business needs through the use of SharePoint. Adam's experience as a consultant has offered the ability to analyze, architect and implement SharePoint in a variety of industries from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Adam is active throughout the SharePoint community and is currently the President of the Richmond SharePoint User Group.

@_apreston

 


Suzanne George, Author (pwr103)

Suzanne is an expert in Microsoft SharePoint and .Net technologies. Susanne is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Web Applications and SharePoint Application Developer who presents at various SharePoint conferences and has participated in Microsoft's "Born to Learn" blog and is a contributing author of SharePoint 2010 books and an avid speaker at Technology conferences. Suzanne has been in internet technologies since 1994 and has been working on SharePoint for 10 years. She has led and participated on teams doing analysis, design, development, implementations, and enhancements and testing of applications in these areas: Microsoft SharePoint, ESRI ArcServer, and custom developed Internet web sites.

@spgenie

 


Peter Carson, MVP (src104 ecm202)

Peter is President of Envision IT, a Microsoft SharePoint MVP, and Virtual Technical Specialist with Microsoft Canada. Leading his team at Envision IT in the use and deep customization of SharePoint since 2001, he is also the VP of the Toronto SharePoint Users Group and Past President of the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners – Canadian Chapter. He is well recognized as an evangelist in the SharePoint community, speaking regularly at SharePoint user group meetings, conferences, Microsoft events such as SharePoint Conference, Tech Days, Convergence, and local universities.

@carsonpeter

 


Therelee Washington II (spt104)

Therelee Washington, CEO of AgiliShare Solutions Group and Microsoft SharePoint Technology Specialist, is a unique individual who thrives to enlighten and broaden ones view from information emphasis rather than a technologies spectrum that changes rapidly. His approach to information technology solution requirements, rest purely upon the simplicity that information drives technology solutions. With a solid background in Business and System analysis, his skills as a SharePoint Solution Architect excelled with Enterprise Content Management and Collaborations forefront stance. Therelee is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, with a keen sense on Microsoft SharePoint's logical and system architecture. He has envisioned and implemented key strategies and approaches that have proven effective in his organization. His leadership and management style engages and motivates others. He continues to train and coach many IT professionals that seek to receive an unorthodox out-of-the-box way of thinking towards Information Technologies Collaborative, Information Management and intelligence solutions.

 

Find out more about SharePoint Fest DC Speakers

http://www.sharepointfest.com/DC/speakers

Wednesday
May292013

New SharePoint End User and Site Owner Training Course

 

Course 50513: SharePoint 2013 End User and Site Owner Training

 

What is SharePoint 2013?

o    Water Cooler talk

o    Evolution

o    How SharePoint enables team collaboration

§  Empowering Site Owners

§  Training: Learning Curve

o    Business case for SharePoint

o    Adoption

o    Governance

o    Office integration

§  What’s new

§  Overview

§  SharePoint Workspace, InfoPath

o    Overview of What’s New in SharePoint 2013 for End Users, Site Owners, and Content Managers

 

SharePoint Structure

o    Roles

  • ·         SharePoint Roles
  • ·         Site Owner responsibilities

o    Web Applications

o    Site Collections

o    Sites

  • ·         Site components: Subsites, Apps

o    Workspaces

o    Ribbons

 

SharePoint Security

o    Security and Governance overview

o    Users, groups, permissions, permission levels

o    Site sharing

o    SharePoint access and Active Directory Integration

o    Inheritance

o    Best practices

 

Navigation

o    A tour of SharePoint 2013

o    Top Link Bar editing

o    Quick Launch editing

o    Using URL’s

 

Sites

o    Creating Sites

o    Site Templates – Team, Community, Project

o    Site Settings / feature

o    Sharing Sites

o    Customizing your Site

 

MySites and SharePoint Social Networking

o    What’s new

o    User profiles

o    Using MySite, My Newsfeed/Activity Feeds, Tags, Notes, Ratings

o    Tag Cloud, Social Bookmarking

o    Finding people and expertise

o    Tailoring the look and feel

 

SharePoint Communities

o    What are Communities and how do they benefit the organization

o    Creating and managing communities

  • ·         Starting a Community
  • ·         Managing Membership
  • ·         Managing the Community

 

Enterprise Content Management

o    “Putability/Findability”

o    Galleries and availability of content

o    Content types

o    Site columns

o    Managed Metadata – Enterprise taxonomy and folksonomy

o    Content Syndication

 

SharePoint Lists

o    What’s new with SharePoint 2013 lists

o    List Apps

o    List components

o    Metadata

o    Creating lists

o    Importing existing data to create new lists

o    Managing list permissions

o    Adding/deleting/managing list items

o    Using basic sort and filter

o    View Formats

o    Reports and displaying of data using Views

o    List settings

o    Alerts

 

SharePoint Libraries

o    What’s new with SharePoint 2013 Libraries

o    Library Apps

o    Library components

o    Folders vs. metadata

o    Document Management

§  Adding content to the library

§  Check In/Out

§  Version management

o    Reports and displaying of data using Views

o    Library Settings

§  Advanced Settings

§  Validation Settings

§  Deleting a library

§  Saving as a template

o    Alerts

o    Document Sets

§  What are Document Sets

§  Use cases – Emergency Preparedness, RFP Process

§  Creating Document Sets

§  Using Document Sets in Libraries

 

Working with pages and web parts

o    Types of pages

§  Wiki pages

§  Web Part pages

§  Publishing pages

o    What are web parts

§  OOTB web parts

o    Working with web parts on a page

 

Workflows

o    Overview of Workflows

o    What’s new with Workflows in SharePoint 2013

o    OOTB Workflows

o    Creating Workflows

o    Workflow Settings

o    Administration of the Workflow


Focus on Collaboration features

o    Surveys

o    Wiki Libraries

o    Blogs

o    Using Discussion Boards

 

Business Intelligence and Dashboards

o    Creating and using Key Performance Indicators

o    Excel Services and Excel Service Web Parts

 

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Wednesday
Apr242013

VMware vSphere Training

VMware vSphere 5.1 with ESXi and vCenter

Format 5-day instructor led training

vSphere Version Covers VMware vSphere 5.1 including ESXi 5.1 and vCenter

Delivery Remote access to dedicated rack of servers with one enterprise class PC Server per student, an iSCSI SAN, etc.

Requirements      Course can be run from any location that has a reliable Internet connection. Each attendee needs a PC that supports Microsoft Terminal Services

Lab Time 40+% of class time is devoted to hands-on labs

Certification         Prepares attendees to challenge the ESXLab Certified Virtualization Specialist exam
One exam voucher included with this class

Overview

This powerful 5-day class is an intense introduction to virtualization using VMware’s vSphere™ 5.1 including VMware ESX™ 5.1 and vCenter™. Assuming no prior virtualization experience, this class starts with the basics and rapidly progresses to more advanced topics. More than 40% of class time is devoted to labs so concepts, skills and best practices are developed and reinforced.

Initial labs focus on installation and configuration of stand-alone ESXi servers. As the class progresses, shared storage, networking and centralized management are introduced. The class continues on to more advanced topics including resource balancing, high availability, back up and recovery, troubleshooting and more. Disaster recovery, rapid deployment, hot migration and workload consolidation are also covered.

This class is unique in its approach; which is to identify common IT pain points and then clearly explain and demonstrate how virtualization delivers clear, tangible benefits (e.g.: reduced costs, greater consistency, responsiveness, reduced administration, server consolidation, etc.). Each topic is presented from the perspective of delivering key business value; not just the technical or mechanical aspects of the software.

By the end of the class, attendees will have learned the benefits, skills, and best practices of virtualization. Attendees will be able to design, implement, deploy, configure, monitor, manage and troubleshoot VMware vSphere 5.1.

Objective

At the end of the course, attendees will be able to:

  • Explain the many significant benefits of virtualization
  • Install ESXi Server according to best practices
  • Configure and manage local storage
  • Create virtual, distributed virtual, and virtual to physical LAN segments
  • Understand and use shared SAN storage including Fibre SAN, iSCSI SAN
  • Define and use file share (NAS) datastores
  • Install, configure Single Sign On services
  • Install, configure and administer VMware vCenter
  • Create virtual machines, install operating systems and applications
  • Rapidly deployment of VMs using golden-master templates
  • Create clones - one-time copies of virtual machine
  • Perform VM cold migrations, hot migrations and Storage VMotion
  • Configure, manage, monitor and secure users and groups
  • Understand the benefits and trade offs of network, SAN,
  • Deploy and use VMware Data Recovery to back up and recover VMs
  • Create and manage load balanced clusters
  • Understand, create and manage high availability clusters to protect against VM service loss caused by ESXi server failures
  • Monitor and tune both ESXi and virtual machine performance
  • Patch and update ESXi servers using vCenter Update Manager
  • Understand how VMware and third party products, including operating systems, are impacted by virtualization
  • Troubleshoot common problems

Who Should Attend

This class is suitable for anyone who want to learn how to extract the maximum benefit from their investment in Virtual Infrastructure, including:

  • System architects or others who need to design virtual infrastructure
  • Security specialists responsible for monitor, managing, securing and administering Virtual Infrastructure
  • Operators responsible for day-to-day operation of Virtual Infrastructure
  • Performance and capacity analysts who need to understand, provision, monitor and performance tune Virtual Infrastructure
  • Backup Administrators who need to understand the impact of existing and new back up strategies in a virtual environment
  • Business Continuity specialists responsible for disaster recovery and high availability
  • Storage administrators who need to understand how VMware ESX uses Fibre SAN and iSCSI SAN volumes and NAS datastores
  • Managers who need an unbiased understanding of virtualization before committing their organization to a virtual infrastructure deployment.

Prerequisites

Attendees should have user, operator or administrator experience on common operating systems such as Microsoft Windows®, Linux™, UNIX™, etc. Experience installing, configuring and managing operating systems, storage systems and or networks is useful but not required. We assume that all attendees have a basic familiarity with PC server hardware, disk partitioning, IP addressing, O/S installation, networking, etc.

Chapter List

Our class consists of the following 22 chapters:

 

  1. Virtualization Infrastructure Overview
  2. How to Install, Configure ESXi 5.1 Installable(HoL1)
  3. Virtual and Physical Networking(HoL)
  4. NAS Shared Storage(HoL)
  5. Virtual Hardware and Virtual Machines(HoL)
  6. Configuring Identity Sources with Single Sign On (HoL)
  7. vCenter(HoL)
  8. VM Rapid Deployment using Templates, Clones(HoL)
  9. ESXi and vCenter Permission Model(HoL)
  10. Using Fibre and iSCSI Shared Storage(HoL)
  11. VMFS – The VMware Cluster File System(HoL)
  12. Resource Management and Resource Pools(HoL)
  13. ESX and vCenter Alarms(HoL)
  14. Host Profiles(HoL)
  15. Consolidation with vCenter Converter Standalone(HoL)
  16. Back Up, Recovery with VMware Data Recovery(HoL)
  17. VM Hot and Cold Migration, Storage VMotion(HoL)
  18. Load Balancing w. Distributed Resource Scheduler(HoL)
  19. Failure Recovery with High Availability Clusters(HoL)
  20. Patch Management with VMware Update Manager(HoL)
  21. Managing Scalability and Performance(HoL)
  22. Final Thoughts

1 HoL – Every attendee perform a Hands on Lab at the end of the chapter

Hands On Labs

Attendees will complete the following hands on labs during the class:

  • Install of ESXi 5.1 and perform post-install configurations
  • Create and update network Standard Virtual Switches
  • Define, connect to and browse NFS file shares
  • Create a Virtual Machine and install a guest OS into the VM. Install VMware Tools into the VM. Add 3rd party tools and utilities to the VM
  • Install and configure Single Sign On (SSO). Configure identity sources including Active Directory
  • Install and configure vCenter on Windows 2003. Install vCenter Modules
  • Configure vCenter's inventory views to organize inventory objects
  • Install and configure the VMware Next Generation Web Client
  • Work with Clones and Templates. Convert a VM into a template. Rapidly deploy new VMs from template. Copy VMs using cloning. Use guest OS customization to easily change the identity of a VM. Create, update and deploy VMs using Guest OS Customization Specifications
  • Work with virtual disks. Hot add a secondary virtual disk. Grow a non-system volume. Grow a Windows system disk and increase it's partitions without the need for 3rd party tools
  • Work with vCenter permissions. Use and customize Roles
  • Create, update and work with Network Standard vSwitches. Create NIC Teams for added performance and redundancy
  • iSCSI, Fibre Storage Area Networks. Connecting to shared storage
  • VMware VMFS – VMware's proprietary cluster file system. How to create, tune and grow VMFS volumes
  • Resource management. Work with resource tuning settings. Create, manage and monitor Resource Pools
  • VM migration including Cold Migration, Storage Migration and VMotion
  • Automated VM resource load balancing with DRS clusters
  • Use HA clusters to minimize VM down time due to server failures
  • Back up and restore VMs using VMware Data Recovery
  • Using Converter Enterprise to migrate physical machines to VMs
  • vCenter alarms for monitoring key infrastructure objects. Send SNMP traps to a trap receiver on high VM resource consumption
  • Set up VMware Update Manager to patch/update ESXi hosts
  • Performance analysis and benchmarking storage and networking

Certification

Attendees have the option to earn ESXLab Certified Virtualization Specialist (ECVS) by challenging a certification exam a the end of the course.

Detailed Chapter List

Chapter 1 - Virtualization Infrastructure Overview

  • Virtualization explained
  • How VMware virtualization compares to traditional PC deployments
  • Common pain points in PC Server management
  • How virtualization effectively addresses common IT issues
  • VMware vSphere software products

Chapter 2 – How to Install, Configure ESXi 5.1 Installable

  • Understanding ESXi
  • Selecting, validating and preparing your server
  • Storage controllers, disks and partitions
  • Software installation and best practices
  • Joining ESXi to a Domain
  • First look at the VMware vSphere Client

Chapter 3 – Virtual and Physical Networking

  • vNetwork standard and distributed virtual Switches
  • Virtual Switches, Ports and Port Groups
  • Creating VMkernel ports
  • Creating, sizing and customizing Virtual Switches

Chapter 4 – NAS Shared Storage

  • Benefits Shared Storage offer to Virtual Infrastructure
  • Shared Storage options
  • NFS Overview
  • Configuring ESX to use NFS Shares
  • Troubleshooting NFS connections

Chapter 5 – Virtual Hardware and Virtual Machines

  • VM virtual hardware, options and limits
  • Sizing and creating a new VM
  • Assigning, modifying and removing Virtual Hardware
  • Working with a VM’s BIOS
  • VMware remote console applications
  • Installing an OS into a VM
  • Driver installation and customization

Chapter 6 – vCenter Server and the Next Generation Client

  • The need for Identity Source management
  • Installing and configuring Single Sign On (SSO)
  • Connecting to Active Directory and other identity sources
  • vCenter feature overview and components
  • VMware Licensing
  • Registering vCenter with SSO
  • Organizing vCenter's inventory views
  • Importing ESX hosts into vCenter management
  • Installing and Using the vSphere Next Generation vSphere Client (NGC)

Chapter 7 – VM Rapid Deployment using Templates, Clones

  • Templates - Virtual Machine Golden Master images
  • Creating, modifying, updating and working with Templates
  • Patching, and refreshing Templates
  • Cloning, one time copies of VMs
  • Best practices for cloning and templating
  • Adding and resizing virtual disks

Chapter 8 – ESXi and vCenter Permission Model

  • VMware Security model
  • Configuring local users and groups
  • Managing local permissions
  • vCenter security model
  • Local, Domain and Active Directory users and groups
  • How permissions are applied

Chapter 9 – Using Fibre and iSCSI Shared Storage

  • Fibre SAN overview
  • Identifying and using Fibre Host Bus Adapters
  • Scanning and Rescanning Fibre SANs
  • iSCSI overview
  • Virtual and physical iSCSI adapters
  • Connecting to iSCSI storage
  • Scanning and rescanning iSCSI SANS
  • Performance and redundancy considerations and best practices

Chapter 10 – VMware File System (VMFS)

  • Unique file system properties of VMFS
  • Managing shared Volumes
  • Creating new VMFS partitions
  • Managing VMFS capacity with LUN spanning and LUN expansion
  • Native and 3rd party Multipathing with Fibre and iSCSI SANs
  • VMFS performance considerations

Chapter 11 – Resource Management and Resource Pools

  • How ESX delivers resources to VMs
  • Shares, Reservations and Limits
  • CPU resource scheduling
  • Memory resource scheduling
  • Resource Pools

Chapter 12 – ESX and vCenter Alarms

  • Alarm categories and definitions
  • Creating custom alarms and actions
  • Reviewing alarms and acknowledging them

Chapter 13 – Host Profiles

  • Using Host Profiles to capture an ESXi host configuration
  • Perform configuration compliance scans
  • Remediating out of compliance configuration issues
  • Rapid ESXi host deployment/configuration with Host Profiles

Chapter 14 – Consolidation with vCenter Converter Standalone

  • vCenter Converter overview
  • Converting physical machines, virtual machines and OS Images
  • Cold migrations of physical machines to virtual machines
  • Hot migrations of physical machines to virtual machines

Chapter 15 – Back Up, Recovery with VMware Data Recovery

  • Pro’s and Con’s of traditional back up strategies
  • Backing up VMs with VMware Data Recovery
  • Backing and restoring your ESXi server configuration
  • Third party VM back up solutions

Chapter 16 – VM Hot and Cold Migration, Storage VMotion

  • Cold Migrations to new ESX hosts, datastores
  • Hot Migrations with VMotion
  • VMotion requirements and dependencies
  • How VMotion works – detailed explanation
  • Troubleshooting VMotion
  • Storage VMotion for hot VM disk migrations

Chapter 17 – Load Balancing w. Distributed Resource Scheduler

  • Delegated resource management with Resource Pools
  • Resource balanced clusters with VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler
  • DRS Cluster configuration and tuning
  • Per-VM cluster policy overrides

Chapter 18 – Failure Recovery with High Availability Clusters

  • High Availability options to minimize unplanned down time
  • VMware High Availability clusters
  • VMware Fault Tolerance

Chapter 19 – Patch Management with VMware Update Manager

  • Configure and enable VMware Update Manager
  • Establishing a patch baseline
  • Verifying compliance and patching ESXi hosts

Chapter 20 – Managing Scalability and Performance

  • VMkernel CPU and memory resource management mechanisms
  • Tuning VM storage I/O performance
  • Identifying and resolving resource contention
  • Monitoring VM and ESX host performance
  • Performance and capacity planning strategies

Chapter 21 – Final Thoughts

  • Consolidation guidelines for VMs and Storage
  • Determining which workloads to consolidate
  • Other considerations

For More Information

This class can be customized to meet your unique training and delivery needs, including:

  • On-site delivery at your facility
  • Custom timetables including 3-day rapid delivery boot-camps
  • Content and Lab customization to meed your unique training needs
  • Distance training
  • Mentoring, implementation planning and assistance

 

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