Upcoming User Group Presentations (Australia)

Canberra SharePoint User Group
Wednesday 18th March 2009 at 17:30 – 19:30 – Microsoft Level 2, 44 Sydney Avenue, Barton

InfoPath vs Lists
The user group will discuss the pros and cons of both data entry methods supported natively by SharePoint and compare them.

Scanning to SharePoint
While Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 has most of the ingredients needed to automate paper-based business processes, it has no out-of-the-box support for handling paper.
The "Dark Blue Duck Scanning Enabler" products helps developers do it all. With it, SharePoint Developers are able to create Solutions that handle paper in just about any way imaginable.

This means that if you know how to develop SharePoint Solutions you already know how to automate your paper-based business processes.

In 20 minutes Neil Haddley from Dark Blue Duck will show you how it’s done.

K2 blackpoint
K2 is one of the leading vendors of workflow platforms in the market and recently they have announced K2 blackpoint, their SharePoint specific workflow platform.

If you are looking for manageable, easy to design workflow capabilities that go beyond what MOSS or SharePoint Designer offers without writing code, you need K2 blackpoint.

This session will consider some of the key challenges you face when implementing human to human and human to system workflow within an organisation.    It will look at the out-of-the-box options  for implementing workflows in SharePoint and then show how K2 blackpoint can improve this experience for companies that need to get more out of their workflow dependent applications.

You will see an application built with K2 Studio, an Office-style process designer, using SharePoint-specific task wizards and integration with InfoPath Forms Services.
Learn how K2 blackpoint can be used to build workflows and process-driven applications quickly - without code and without complexity.

MOSSIG – Microsoft Office System Special Interest Group
Wednesday 25th March 2009 at 17:30 – 19:00 – Microsoft Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank

K2 blackpoint in black and white
Jay Srikantha is ex-K2 and a K2 insider.  He presented K2 at the workflow forum at MOSSIG last year and is now back to talk about K2’s recently released K2 blackpoint product.

Jey will demonstrate K2 blackpoint and the key value propositions of this product for SharePoint users. He will also give you his take on blackpoint as a user of this product since the early beta releases.

Perth SharePoint User Group
Wednesday 25th March 2009 at 17:30 – 18:30 – Microsoft Level 14, QV1, St Georges Terrace, Perth

SharePoint Development with Unit Testing
Jeremy Thake will be presenting the current movements towards integrating Unit Testing with SharePoint Development. He will show how Unit Testing Frameworks and Mocking Tools can be used to reduce dependencies within Unit Tests when writing SharePoint dependent code. Note that this will not be a 101 Unit Testing presentation and assumptions are made that you a familiar with the Unit Testing approach.

Adelaide SharePoint User Group
Monday 30th March 2009 at 17:30 – 19:45 – Microsoft Level 2, Westpac House, King William Street, Adelaide

Windows Server 2008 R2 – Technical Overview
In this session, Jeff Alexander, we’ll provide a technical update on the Windows Server 2008 R2 beta.  Technologies covered include Virtualization and in particular Hyper-V with Live Migration; new management features such as PowerShell 2.0; new Web workload features and how R2 is a solid foundation for your enterprise with new features such as DirectAccess and BranchCache.  There will be several demo’s in this session to give you a hands-on look at some of these new and exciting features.

Windows 7 – An Update for IT Pro’s
The Windows 7 beta is here and everyone’s talking about it.  In this session, Jeff Alexander, will discuss what Windows 7 means for the IT Pro and enterprises and mid-market customers in general.  Technologies covered include DirectAccess, BranchCache, Federated Search, Bitlocker to Go and the ways in which Windows 7 streamlines PC management.  Demo’s include DirectAccess, BranchCache, Bitlocker to Go, User Account Control changes and many of the management changes.

For more information on your local SharePoint User Group in Australia, check out the SharePoint user groups website.