In this session you will learn how to create CIO scorecards in SharePoint 2007 for Operations Manager 2007 using SQL 2005 Reporting Services and other technologies such as Dundas (soon to be featured in SQL Server 2008). The session will look at why these types of views are important within many companies, what impact this can have on your business, and what simple steps you can take to achieve very effective, high-level executive views of performance and availability of your key LOB services and applications. The scorecards can show whether important KPI's are being achieved and whether your IT department is meeting the day to day needs of the business. The key demos in this session will take you through the steps needed to implement effective business scorecarding in Sharepoint 2007 using metrics collected in the Operations Manager 2007 Datawarehouse based on "real-world" experiences gained inthe field. After attending this presentation you will have a good insight into how CIO Scorecards can really help add value to Operations Manager deployments, providing real value to IT executives.

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This session will begin by introducing the new features of Office Live Meeting 2007.
I will then cover the choice of different types of meetings for different scenarios. This session will show how events are managed and scheduled using the admin interface and the office add-in.
I will show how to customise events using custom registration forms and surveys. Finally, I will also demonstrate the new break out rooms.
Microsoft now provide a range of online collaboration and conferencing tools. Learn the differences between hosted Live Meeting, OCS on-premise conferencing, Vista Meeting Space, SharedView, Office Online and good old NetMeeting. Understand the capabilities and restrictions of each offering and when each is best used.

Prerequisites Knowledge:
This session is open to all. No prerequisite knowledge is necessary.

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This session will focus on a migration from Exchange 2003 to 2007 and will cover best practises post migration.

I will briefly cover the key elements of the Exchange 2007 product and then touch on subjects such as planning and sizing your Exchange servers.

I will look at the major issues surrounding migration to Exchange 2007, including client access, distribution lists, installation order etc.

On top of all this, I will show you how to ensure that documentation is easy! I will do that, by showing you how to perform the bulk of the steps from various command line scripts!

Prerequisites Knowledge:

To get the most out of this session it would be beneficial to have at some point worked with Exchange 2003. Also if you have any knowledge of Exchange 2007 and the major architectural changes from Exchange 2003 this will be of benefit.

Underlying knowledge of Active Directory, DNS and Certificates will again be of use.

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This session will focus on using E-Mail Archiving as an enabling mechanism to perform an Exchange Site / Server consolidation.

I will look at how using a third party E-Mail Archiving solution as part site and server consolidations can be simplified allowing a faster migration from remote sites into a central consolidated site.

Key areas I will look to focus in on will be :-
Reducing Mailbox Size using E-Mail Archiving
Reducing Public Folder Stores sizes using E-Mail Archiving
Using E-Mail Archiving as part of a compliance solution including improvements in Exchange 2007 for message journaling

The session will include demonstrations of e-mail archiving in action and show how you can get back in control of your mailbox sizes without the constant help desk calls

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This session will show the full range of client access options to Exchange 2007, the options available to the administrator, with particular emphasis on the new options available with Exchange 2007 SP1.

The session will include

- Unified Messaging, including a demonstration of accessing your mailbox, plus the different ways that you can read messages left for you by others and how they appear
- Outlook web access, with the new options available to you such as public folders. Access to file servers, GAL display changes and other significant changes from Exchange 2003 will also be shown.
- Windows Mobile, with a demonstration of remote wipe and control that is available to the user through Outlook Web Access.
- Autodiscover with Outlook

- Administration options and control of OWA, Windows Mobile. Including an overview of the levels of control available with each version of Windows Mobile.

The session will also include hints and tips for a successful deployment of the client options throughout.

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Migrating from GroupWise to Exchange, an overview of the tricks, pitfalls, gotchas and brick walls, what works and what doesn’t.

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This session will demonstrate installing OCS 2007 and highlight ease of deployment. We will begin by installing OCS onto a virtual server. Following a quick installation, we will then show how quick it is to start using Instant Messaging and Video.
We will then move onto the Web Conferencing and launch an OCS Live Meeting. This session will be fast and furious and show how you can deploy OCS within a matter of minutes.

Prerequisites Knowledge:

This session is open to all and no prerequisite knowledge is necessary. However, it is desirable to have knowledge and experience of a Windows Network Infrastructure, Certificate Services, Active Directory, DNS.

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Featuring the new Group Chat functionality for OCS, formerly Parlano MindAlign, this session will demonstrate the tools available in SharePoint, Groove and OCS for group discussions. Providing an introduction to each tool we will cover their strengths and weaknesses alongside demonstrations of them in use. Learn how Group Chat can provide faster access to relevant information making teams more responsive, and how to make best use of the discussions in SharePoint and Groove. Are these tools mutually exclusive or do they all have a role in your organisation?

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What to do, and what not to do when you're deploying OCS. This session will cover lesssons learnt from installations small and large including enhanced presence, telephony integration, conferencing and group chat.Learn from our mistakes and help minimise your stress when deploying for yourself.

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Visio is a unique data visualization application, and the 2007 edition adds three new important data features that provide brand new data links, data graphics and pivot diagrams. These capabilities, along with the existing and often under-exploited tools, firmly position Visio as the foremost practical, easy to use visual information system that can be applied to a multitude of business scenarios. Microsoft Visio has been able to link ODBC data sources for many years via the Database Wizard, but this has limitations such as only a single data link per shape, and no support for stored procedures. Microsoft Visio 2007 overcomes both of these with the new Link Data programmable API, making it simple for end users and developers to create data rich diagrams that can be refreshed simply. In addition, the new Data Graphic features enable you to enhance linked shapes with icons, data bars, text callouts and color by value. The new Pivot Diagrams can be linked to data sources, including SQL Server Analysis Services, to provide interactive drill-downs of data diagrams, allowing the user to visualise, analyse, and present aggregate information in a new appealing manner. I'll demonstrate the new features...and show how these data links can be made.

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Visio is a smart drawing tool, but it is even smarter when linked to corporate data, systems or processes, enabling it to be automatically refreshed to visualize the latest facts and figures. Data-linked Visio diagrams can be used for visualization of complex information; analysis of statistics; and communication to a broader audience with the Visio Viewer or as web pages.
This session will demonstrate linking Visio shapes to data from a variety of sources, including SQL Server stored procedures and XML files; how to drill-down into information using PivotDiagrams; and how to display data values with Data Graphics (and how to create your own). It will also include methods to automatically connect shapes together from data to create an Organization Chart without the Org Chart Wizard; and how to create legends for data graphic items.

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How to adminsiter SharePoint via PowerShell via the PRIME API
- how to move sites, webs, lists and listitems using the API

SQL Server 2008 New features and Maneability enhancements - What's new is the buzzword for every IT user whenever a new version of product is released, in this scenario you are aware that SQL Server 2008 is set to release this year. In this session you will be able to know about new features that such as High Availability, Scalability, Performance tuning, Management & Programmability. We will also cover the high-level information about enhancements within Replication, Reporting Services, Integration Services & Analysis Services with this release.

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With the introduction of new data types in SQL Server 2008 combined with the existing variety of data types in SQL Server 2005, Office 2007 and Share Point there is a need to understand how these choices impact the use and exchange of data. This session reviews the different data types and considers how to select the most appropriate data types with regards to the implications this may have for using the data in various versions of Office and Visual Studio. Along the way there will be an opportunity to explore some of the new features in SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008.

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Whilst Access database permeate many organisations, there is a trend for more important application to move up to a SQL Server platform and take the interface to an enterprise solution using Visual Studio. This session provides a structured approach for tackling such projects and discusses the required development tools, skill sets and architectural techniques to undertake such projects.

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In this Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 session, you will learn how easy it is to create views of your data using the Data View Web Part (DVWP), also known as the Data Form Web Part (DFWP) – the Swiss Army knife of Web Parts. Then watch as a Data Form Web Part is combined with ASP.NET controls to validate user input, thereby maintaining data integrity. The session produces the solution without writing any code.

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This session will cover key considerations for Capacity Planning in SharePoint 2007 such as performance , scalability and server topology. There will also be a demonstration using the new Visual Studio 2008 web test tool to demonstrate how to load test a SharePoint envoironment and best practices for what to look for.

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In this session we will demonstrate a live Farm build scaling out from a small to medium farm and assigning the SharePoint services across the farm servers. Time permitting we will also demonstrate load balancing two Web Front End Servers using Windows Load Balancing

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Hear how Microsoft Office Groove 2007 is helping organisations like yours to easily collaborate securely with external parties such as developers, contractors, advisors, lawyers, suppliers and customers without the need for a VPN. Learn how Groove complements SharePoint, allowing people to check out content and work together on drafts, whether online or offline. See how Groove solves thorny security issues of distributed, cross-organisational teams.

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Windows Server 2008 has a new installation mode - Server Core.

This session will explain what Server Core is and examine the requirement for a version of Windows with a reduced feature set before moving on to demonstrate management (local - via a command line, remotely - using Server Manager, and remotely - using PowerShell).

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In this session, we will take a look at Hyper-V, Microsoft's new hypervisor-based virtualisation platform.

This session is expected to cover:

What is virtualisation - and types of virtualisation product?
Hyper-V architecture - how Hyper-V differs from previous Microsoft virtualisation solutions.
Installation of Hyper-V.
Out-of-the-box management of Hyper-V (with some dicussion of how this may be extended using System Center Virtual Machine Manager) as well as using PowerShell and WMI.

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A Session about Windows 2008 Terminal Services Gateway, a new role Service that allows Secure remote access to resources on an internal, corporate or private network from any Internet connected device that can run the Remote Desktop Client. Also, a quick overview of Terminal Services RemoteAPP and how applications can can be accessed remotely using Terminal Services.

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Intro to NAP, why, what and how
a. Why has it happened? The problems of remote workers
b. What is it? Policy enforcement suite
c. How does it protect the network? – “4 pillars” policy validation, network restriction, remediation, ongoing compliance
d. Cost and licensing, what is needed to make it work, what supports NAP (winXP sp3, vista, server2008, Linux through the client)
e. Demystify NAP – what it doesn’t do – protection against hackers, it doesn’t fix computers

Cover a few FAQ questions what does it replace,
a. The enforcements - VPN, DHCP, IPSec, 802.1x, TS Gateway details of the four implementation – stress DHCP is not for production and why
b. Talk about the need for health monitoring - go back to the example of the quarantine VPN access from ISA – what is the difference between ISA and NAP
c. Demo: DHCP implementation and talk through the set up.
d. Network Arch – what do you need to make this happen on your network
e. Network policy server – where does that come in to the equation, and what is it (this might need its own section tie in with the network arch)
f. APIs – for third party software vendors to make their software integrate with NAP (why would you integrate your software with NAP)
g. System centre configuration manager for remediation and health server
h. Fit in securing wireless LAN through NAP

Cisco and Microsoft (NAC & NAP)
a. How did that happen? – hardware support (just like 802.1x)
b. What is the Cisco side of it? (NAC)
c. How does Microsoft fit with this - cross licensing of protocol NAP and NAC

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In this 60 minute demo you will shown around the main features of Operations Manager 2007, and you will showed just what has changed from MOM 2005. You will find out how many of the features such as notifications has been drastically improved and you will be shown some of the new wizards that allow you to add useful new monitoring features to your management packs. We will also look briefly at some of the techniques that you can employ to migrate some of your current MOM 2005 features to OpsMgr 07.

After attending this presentation customers will have a good understanding of the main features accessible from the Operations Manager 2007 console and will understand what has changed from MOM 2005.

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This session will look at some real life experiences with Operations Manager 2007 gained from a number of large and mid-sized companies, we will look at how real companies are actually deploying and using Operations Manager 2007, and the session will give away some of the best practices and tips that were gained from these experiences.
The session will look at a number of ivery different companies, will go through their reasons for moving to OpsMgr 07, the planning that took place before deploying the technology, key conifguration that took place and will look at how they are using it today along with the main benefits.

After attending this presentation customers will have a good insight into how other companies are actually deploying and using Operations Manager 2007 in their production environments

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This SCCM focussed session is going to be about Desktop deployment planning and SCCM Scalability.

• Naran to deliver a DDPS overview and introduce 2 products that really make any migration project easier,
• Stuart to provide an overview of key considerations for large scale SCCM deployments.

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