The presentation was designed for beginner/intermediate level architects and system administrators. We dived in the needs to sustain and optimize enterprise SharePoint 2007, architecture & topology, hardware and software configurations, monitoring. We wrapped up the evening with a live demo of SharePoint Diagnostics (SPDiag).

Once again, I would like to thank the organizers, sponsors and volunteers for hosting me, and the audience for the animated discussion. It was a blast presenting to you; I look forward to seeing you again very soon! By the way, SUGDC is now held at the new HireStrategy office in Reston Town Center. They have some awesome orange Eames chairs!

The presentation is now available on the Downloads section. I would love to hear from you if you have any questions or comments.

First week of each month is filled with users group meetings. In addition to the CapArea meeting on Wednesday night, I will  be presenting at the SharePoint Users Group of Washington DC (SUGDC) meeting on June 10 at 7pm. The presentation is titled “Sustaining & Optimizing Enterprise SharePoint 2007 Systems”. A brief session description follows:

For every organization that has committed to upgrading SharePoint 2010, there are many more organizations that still need to sustain their existing enterprise SharePoint 2007 systems. In order to keep the existing systems healthy, you will need to learn about the arts of tuning SharePoint. In this session, we will go over hardware and software architectural designs you encounter in your daily operations, optimization and tuning techniques, as well as industry best practices. This session will also include a 20-minute demo of Microsoft SharePoint tools, such as Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit v3 and SharePoint Diagnostics (SPDiag).

The presentation deck will be uploaded to the Downloads section of my blog. Cheers!

For every organization that has committed to upgrading SharePoint 2010, there are many more organizations that still need to sustain their existing enterprise SharePoint 2007 systems. In order to keep the existing systems healthy, you will need to learn about the arts of tuning SharePoint. In this session, we will go over hardware and software architectural designs you encounter in your daily operations, optimization and tuning techniques, as well as industry best practices. This session will also include a 20-minute demo of Microsoft SharePoint tools, such as Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit v3 and SharePoint Diagnostics (SPDiag).

Please visit the official Capital Area.NET SSIG website for more details. Twitter fans can follow @CapAreaDotNet. Ciao!

For every organization that has committed to upgrading SharePoint 2010, there are many more organizations that still need to sustain their existing enterprise SharePoint 2007 systems. In order to keep the existing systems healthy, you will need to learn about the arts of tuning SharePoint. In this session, we will go over hardware and software architectural designs you encounter in your daily operations, optimization and tuning techniques, as well as industry best practices. This session will also include a 20-minute demo of Microsoft SharePoint tools, such as Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit v3 and SharePoint Diagnostics (SPDiag).

For more details, visit the official SUGDC website.

Marcy Kellar took this jump shot of Geoff Varosky as Dan Usher and I watched on from safety.

It was a snowy Saturday, but that did not deter 100+ devoted attendees from showing up at SPSDC! Dan Usher, Dux Raymond Sy, Gino Degregori, the corporate sponsors and volunteers, as always, did an amazing job putting this event together. And thanks again to all my peer speakers for making this event so much fun! Check out the “jump shot” that Marcy Kellar took of Geoff Varosky as Dan Usher and I watched on from safety! I can hardly wait until the next SPSDC in this spring.

As promised during my session, I have uploaded my slide deck:
Secret Ingredients of Successful SharePoint Project Management

It is also available on slideshare.net

In addition, the delicious bookmarks were updated to help attendees locate the resources we discussed in class:
Helpful Resources on SharePoint Project Management

Shoot me an email if you have any questions regarding the session or other SharePoint project management topics. Cheers!

By the way, Salvation Army notified us today that there is a big need for brand new children’s clothing (any age) in the Washington DC area. If you can donate these that would be great! They’ll still accept other new or used clothing donations as well.

Don’t forget to bring your donations this Saturday. Let’s show the true meaning of sharing during this holiday season.

I am extremely pleased to have been picked as one of those speakers at the upcoming SharePoint Saturday DC in the Microsoft Reston office. The presentation is titled Secret Ingredients of Successful SharePoint Project Management.

In this session we will be going over  time-proven project management techniques that will:

• Generate executive support
• Control schedules and finances
• Keep project teams aligned
• Encourage user adoption
• Lead teams to successful deployments

About SharePoint Saturday:

Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft SharePoint Technologies for ‘SharePoint Saturday’, on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at the Microsoft Technology Center on Sunset Hills Road Reston, VA. SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint!

It was such a great time catching up with old friends and making new ones at SharePoint Saturday Baltimore this past weekend! I had to change my travel plans slightly and ended up getting there in the afternoon and missed all the parties!

First of all, I would like to thank everyone for coming out to SharePoint Saturday Baltimore on such a gorgeous weekend. It ran from early morning all the way to the early evening. The turnout was awesome. Eric Harlan and Buddy Weber, the event organizers, truly did a superb job and deserved our standing ovation!

For a late Saturday afternoon, the attendees for my session were rather animated despite Business Process Management (BPM) and workflow are both pretty heavy topics. I truly appreciated all the lively interactions and discussions. A few questions came up surrounding SharePoint & Designer 2010. Having been selected a Beta tester for SharePoint 2010, I will start writing about those topics in the coming weeks. So stay tuned to my blog for follow-up and further details.

I have posted the PowerPoint presentation here for your “enjoyment”. Please drop me an email if you have any questions. Cheers!

SharePoint Saturday Baltimore: Designer or Custom Workflows – Do I Look Fat in This?

The event is completed filled up. The turnout will be huge. I look forward to seeing you all there!

It was an awesome experience presenting to an animated crowd at the SharePoint User Group of Washington DC (SUGDC) meeting on July 9. The presentation was titled “Docs with Attitude: How to Give Your Content Meaning”. Please see my earlier post for more details regarding the meeting.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to SUGDC and HireStrategy for having me. And special thanks to Nelson Johnson, Gary Vaughan, and Deanna McNeil; they are terrific hosts!

A few attendees have asked me to post the presentation. So here comes some PowerPoint. Please enjoy it!

SUGDC: Docs with Attitude – Enhancing Document Management with Content Types