{"id":119,"date":"2010-06-24T10:46:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T14:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dontpapanic.com\/blog\/?p=119"},"modified":"2010-06-24T10:46:27","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T14:46:27","slug":"best-practices-conference-aug-24-27-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dontpapanic.com\/blog\/?p=119","title":{"rendered":"Best Practices Conference: Aug. 24-27, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dontpapanic.com\/blog\/images\/BestPracticesConferenceAug.24272010_977A\/BPConf125x125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"BPConf125x125\" border=\"0\" alt=\"BPConf125x125\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dontpapanic.com\/blog\/images\/BestPracticesConferenceAug.24272010_977A\/BPConf125x125_thumb.jpg\" width=\"129\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a> Ever wondered whether the way you&#8217;ve designed, implemented and continue to support your SharePoint installation is the best way possible? Or could there be easier, better, more efficient ways to get things done?<\/p>\n<p>Almost every SharePoint practitioner I&#8217;ve met has wondered the same thing at one time or another.&#160; Well here is your chance to find out.&#160; Join some of the brightest SharePoint experts in the business to discuss just what are SharePoint&#8217;s Best Practices.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be speaking again at this summer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestpracticesconference.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SharePoint Best Practices Conference<\/a> in Washington, DC.&#160; The Conference is from Aug. 24-26 with an extra day of post conference workshops on Aug. 27th.&#160; I\u2019ll be speaking on the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SharePoint Designer 2010: Using it Safely in an Enterprise Environment<\/strong> &#8211; Many companies restrict the use of SharePoint Designer 2007 to a small group of people on the professional IT staff.&#160; Some companies prohibit its use entirely.&#160; But many users, in all but the most locked down corporate enterprises, can and do still download and install the free product for themselves.&#160; This has made SharePoint Designer the product that many professionals love to hate.&#160; But SharePoint Designer 2010 is changing all that.&#160; In this session we will demonstrate how changes in SharePoint make it possible to control who can use SharePoint Designer and what they can use it for.&#160; We&#8217;ll also examine how changes in SharePoint Designer itself have made it safe to use without the &quot;unghosting&quot; of pages that was the primary problem with previous versions.&#160; Finally, we&#8217;ll discuss a Best Practice framework that will allow the controlled use of SharePoint Designer 2010 by average Information Workers in almost every corporate environment. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Internet Facing SharePoint Sites: Best Practices for a Secure Design<\/strong> &#8211; The advent of two licensing levels for unrestricted use of SharePoint 2010 as an Internet facing environment has opened the floodgates on companies considering using SharePoint for more than a corporate Internet.&#160; But there are still issues to be faced when constructing an Interenet facing SharePoint site.&#160; In this talk we will review how traditional Best Practices for Internet facing Web sites should be adapted to fit a SharePoint installation.&#160; We&#8217;ll discuss whether to install SharePoint into a DMZ or as an internal server accessible through a firewall.&#160; We&#8217;ll also look at the complications raised by SharePoint&#8217;s dependence on Active Directory and Microsoft SQL Server.&#160; Along the way we&#8217;ll review various designs and highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. <\/li>\n<li><strong>SharePoint&#8217;s Branding Continuum: Customizing your Look and Feel<\/strong> &#8211; SharePoint 2010 has expanded the possibilities available when you want to brand your SharePoint site with a custom &quot;Look and Feel&quot;.&#160; You can now change color schemes by using the new THMX themes, change the basic &quot;look and feel&quot; using custom CSS, or radically change the layout of the page using a custom master page.&#160; In this talk we&#8217;ll help you decide which of these is the right approach for your branding project.&#160; We&#8217;ll discuss the technical expertise required to pull it off and look at examples of just what you can accomplish with each approach.&#160; Along the way we&#8217;ll also discuss general &quot;Branding&quot; Best Practices that will preserve the availability of the whole branding continuum no matter which approach you implement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<p>I hope to see you there\u2026<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered whether the way you&#8217;ve designed, implemented and continue to support your SharePoint installation is the best way possible? 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