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The Baltimore SharePoint User’s Group welcomed a special guest speaker to the meeting held on February 18th, 2010.
Tom Miller of Bluethread stopped by to discuss BLOB storage within SQL Databases and what his company’s product StoragePoint can do to alleviate under-performing database management leveraging the tool.

StoragePoint is deployed to the Web Front End server as a solution package and provides a list of options within the SharePoint Central Administration site to manage and configure the tool.

StoragePoint is available as a 30 day trial installation for evaluation and testing purposes with full support for SharePoint 2010 at this time.

For more information on StoragePoint, log into www.storagepoint.com

Written by: Shadeed Eleazer

Mike FitzMaurice (NINTEX) – Building Business WorkFlows with No Code

FitzMaurice is the Vice President of Product Technology at Nintex. He started with Microsoft in late 1997 in Microsoft Consulting Services, often creating collaboration and messaging solutions. Mike was a part of the consulting squad that helped the very first early adopter customers beta test “Tahoe”, which would become SharePoint Portal Server 2001. And was part of a team that authored best-practice deployment solutions for optimal usage of SharePoint Server 2001 and SharePoint Team Services in a corporate intranet. Mike FitzMaurice became a Technical Product Manager in time to bring SharePoint Server 2003 and WSS 2.0 to completion, and has not strayed from SharePoint ever since.

Register HERE

Nintex is a leading global innovator of software products that extend Microsoft technology, with over 1000 customers in 60 countries, including 40 Fortune 500 companies. The company focuses on building software that bridges the gap between that which can be bought from Microsoft today and common functionality requested by customers – with a passionate commitment to innovation and user experience. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, Nintex aligns with Microsoft’s strategic and architectural direction to ensure that Nintex and Microsoft products work in harmony, both today and into the future.

5:30 - 5:45 Registration, Food and Beverages, Networking and News

Discussion of events and news in the local SharePoint community.

5:45 - 6:15 Topic: SharePoint Tips and Tricks

Audience: All
Technical Level: 100-200

6:15 – 7:30 Topic: Mike FitzMaurice – Building Business WorkFlow with No Code

Audience: All
Technical Level: 200

7:30 -7:45 Round Table Q and A, Raffles and Giveaways

Round table discussions will be held on specific challenges facing the members. If you have an issue that you would like to have addressed by the group submit your questions to phillysharepoint@rjbtech.com

Where: Microsoft Great PA District Office, Malvern, PA

The meeting is free, but space is limited. REGISTER NOW!! If you have already registered, it is not necessary to register again.

Community event serving as informal kick-off to SharePoint Best Practices Conference
written by: Shadeed Eleazer

The SharePoint Best Practices Conference attracts professionals from all over the world on August 24-26th that will converge upon Northern Virginia to learn from the best technical expertise available today.

Dux Raymond Sy sent out an invite for a Pre-Best Practices Conference #sharefood BBQ event to be held at his home. A menu consisting of grilled meat, seafood, veggies, salad, drinks, and a roasted pig was served to attendees, some of which were meeting for the first time or re-uniting after previously speaking or attending other SharePoint events.

(Photos Courtesy of @meetdux)

Dux mentioned that he had a surprise for attendees of his session at Best Practices Conference.
You don’t want to miss this one. He posted a sample of his surprise on Twitter this evening.

Twitter Directory of #ShareFood attendees:
@meetdux
@scottsingleton
@catpaint1
@sharepointsara
@WonderLaura
@usher
@AndrewWoody
@budweber
@ruveng
@lorigowin
@paulculmsee
@mikecferrara
@gdegregori
@sharepointlinc
ZlatanDzinic
@EUSP
@IECmike
@mattgowin
@mrshadeed

The SharePoint Best Practices Conference will be event to remember on the eve of the 2010 release. The ShareFood event was very instrumental in allowing SharePoint professionals to gather and discuss outside of the hectic event day schedules.

About Dux Raymond Sy:
With over 15 years of experience in Information Technology and Project Management, Dux (you’re right, it’s pronounced as “ducks”) 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, Inc., a Microsoft-certified, business technology consulting and services company that serves startups to Global 50 clients.

View his presentation on Best Practices in Gathering Requirements for SharePoint Projects:
Dux’s Presentation HERE

On the aftermath of a great event such as SharePoint Saturday Baltimore, held on the weekend of July 24th at the UMBC Tech Center, the consensus was that:

A.) We will definitely do this again

B.) After attending several SharePoint Saturday events, certain aspects of the event have set new standards

C.) How we organized this event would definitely benefit other organizers of SharePoint Saturday events worldwide.

I’m embarking on this whitepaper journey and I will be leveraging the unique viewpoints of our organizational staff and event volunteers.

Pennsylvania based RJB Technical Consulting has announced a seminar to be held next Wednesday. The topic will be leveraging social media within the SharePoint platform in the hopes of improving your organization, expanding corporate reach, and lowering costs in a down economy.

The Benefits of Social Media and How it Can Lower Your Organization’s Costs.
July 8th, 2009 (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

This seminar will focus on the benefits of social media within SharePoint and how it can help lower your organization’s costs.
Join RJB Technical Consulting and take advantage of this opportunity to learn how to improve your organization by lowering costs while expanding your reach.

Speaker - Russ Basiura

Recommended Audiences:
Technology Executives, IT Managers, Business Executives, Vice Presidents, CEO, CIO, COO, CTO, CFO, IT Directors, Business Managers, Business Owner, Business Professionals, Controller, Business Decision Maker, Technical Decision Makers

Click Here to Reserve Your Spot

Agenda
8:30 AM Breakfast and Registration
9:00 AM Introduction of Social Media
9:30 AM The Benefits of Social Media & How it Can Lower Your Costs
11:00 AM MySites and Social Media Within SharePoint
11:30 AM Panel Discussion, Q & A, and Raffle
12:00 PM Lunch

Registration is FREE, but space is limited. Register now to reserve your seat

Location:
45 Liberty Blvd.
Great Valley Corporate Ctr, Suite 210
Malvern, PA 19355

Phone:
610.834.3900