Track Overviews

We know many in the industry don't have a single skill set when it comes to SharePoint. We all wear many hats, and are responsible for many facets of implementations. But to add clarity and relevance for attendees, we have arranged the sessions into 6 tracks, with the designations listed below:

IT Pro (ITP) - These sessions are primarily targeted at those individuals who design, install, and support SharePoint farms. IT Pros are responsible for the care and feeding of server farms, Web applications, Active Directory, and SQL Server. While many developers may also share these responsibilities and will learn from these sessions, they are mainly focused on system administrators. ITP sessions will focus on topics such as Document Management, Database Sizing, SharePoint and SQL optimization or server farm deployments scenarios.

Developers and Designers (DEV) - Developers and designers have many similar responsibilities when it comes to working with SharePoint servers, and many times are the same people. Because of this fact, there will be many sessions that will appeal to both developers and Web designers. Although many developers strictly write code and many designers just edit HTML, many of the best practices around customization apply to both groups. Many of the sessions tracks will deal specifically with writing code. Read the Agenda abstracts carefully to choose sessions appropriate for your interests. Designers may also find higher level sessions in either the IW (Information Worker) or ITP (IT Pro) tracks that are of interest to them. DEV sessions will focus on topics in the areas of customization, development, and deployment best practices.

Information Worker (IW), Business Strategy and Adoption -Information Workers include end users, site collection administrators, trainers, and anyone who requires a firm understanding of the end user experience in SharePoint. Many administrators, developers, and designers will also find these sessions to be valuable in defining the best practices in areas such as site collection management, document management, and business process management. Sessions devoted to IW might include securing content, training your organization or developing a culture of collaboration. Project managers are nearly always a part of every major technical deployment. SharePoint Server 2010 is no exception. For those who are in the position of managing a SharePoint Server 2010 project, we will have sessions that focus on topics such as understanding SharePoint Server 2010 or building out a project plan for a SharePoint Server 2010 deployment. Information Architects include those professionals responsible for aligning SharePoint with the business and technical requirements for fast and easy findability of information in the enterprise. These individuals are usually not thought to be part of a SharePoint deployment, but in reality, if information isn’t described or tagged appropriately, then the information will be difficult to find. Sessions devoted to IA’s might include mapping content types to a taxonomy, understanding the findability tools in SharePoint Server 2010 or learning about information organizational tools in SharePoint Server 2010. CIO’s are busy people with many demands on their time. But this conference will have a number of sessions from which CIOs can directly benefit. No other software product, besides e-mail, will have as wide a touch as your SharePoint Server 2010 deployment. Such deployments, with high visibility, need a solid foundation from which to operate. At this conference, we’ll have sessions covering topic domains such as the development of business requirements and technical requirements for a SharePoint Server 2010 deployment, understanding the overall value SharePoint Server 2010 brings to your organization and learning how to manage change, power and conflict issues that might arise during a SharePoint Server 2010 deployment.

Deep Dive – level 400 – In this track there will be IT Pro and Developer sessions that will be deep diving into the product and code. There will be very few slides and lots of demo’s. Some of the 400 sessions will also follow on from the 200 and 300 level sessions from the core IT Pro and Dev tracks. Some 400 level sessions may also span more than one time slot.

Community Track - This track has sessions for all verticals and will include speakers from all types of companies who have implemented SharePoint and what they learnt by doing so. All speakers are actively engaged in the SharePoint community and user group and have a wealth of knowledge to share.