Nashville Microsoft 365 & SharePoint Users Group

***Online Lunch Time Meeting***

February 14th 11:30am
Topic: Understanding and Leveraging Microsoft’s Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) Suite
Location: Online Meeting (link sent before meeting)
Speaker: Sean P. McDonough
Sponsor: SharePoint Saturday Nashville

Topic Details
The Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) Suite is a product offering that receives a lot of attention and “air time” from Microsoft nowadays. Although many enterprise architects, technical decision makers, and IT Pros have heard about EMS, many don’t know exactly what it is and what it does. In this session, we will be looking closely at EMS and the growing set of identity, security, data, and device management problems that it addresses. We will look at each of the workloads and capabilities within EMS, how they work, and some practical examples of solutions involving each. We will also clear-up the confusion that frequently arises in understanding where Office 365 ends and EMS begins. By the end of this session, you will understand what EMS is, the role that it plays in secure cloud solutions, and why it is a natural fit for consumers already leveraging Office 365 in their day-to-day operations.   

Be sure to forward this meeting info to your colleagues and friends!

Sponsor Details

The 4th Annual SharePoint Saturday (SPS) Nashville will be on April 8th, 2017. Register now: SPSNashville.org

We need Sponsors! Be part of the largest Office 365 & SharePoint event of the year in Middle Tennessee! Connect with technology professionals who could be your next employees and network to learn what is coming in the collaboration space. Details: http://SPSNashville.org/sponsors

Speaker Details

Sean is the Chief Technology Officer for PAIT Group, a Cincinnati-based Microsoft partner providing SharePoint solutions and consulting. Microsoft certified MCP, MCTS, and MCPD, Sean has over two decades of experience developing software, building infrastructures, and solving technical problems. Unable to take anything except the deep dive into any role, Sean has acquired a diverse and expansive skill set as consultant, product manager, solution architect, team lead, administrator, and platform evangelist through the years. Some might label his passion for all things tech related as borderline ‘obsession’, but it is equal only to his desire to share those discoveries and experiences with others as author, blogger, and frequent speaker/instructor at technical conferences, user groups, and similar events all over North America. Sean is also a Microsoft MVP in both the Office Development and the Office Servers and Services categories. He can be reached through his blog (http://SharePointInterface.com) or on Twitter (@spmcdonough).

January 10th 5:30pm
Topic: Bringing Sexy Back …to the Document Set Home Page
Location: Microsoft, 8 City Blvd., Suite 403, Nashville, TN 37209 – MAP
Speaker: Neville Scheevel
Sponsor: SharePoint Saturday Nashville

Topic Details
The SharePoint Document Set content type is super useful for organizing documents.  But it’s home page is in desperate need of a make-over.  This unruly page forces end-users to scroll, and filter, and sort – and scroll some more – trying to locate their desired content. So let’s improve the usefulness of docsethomepage.aspx by implementing a new layout. We’ll replace stacked webpart zones with tabbed sections, link web parts to display associated tasks, and turn docsethomepage.aspx into a powerful hub for consolidating documents and data. This discussion is targeted for developers who are comfortable with HTML, JavaScript, and SP Designer, but you don’t have to be an expert, we’ll work through examples starting with the basics.

Sponsor Details

Our 4th Annual SharePoint Saturday (SPS) Nashville will be on April 8th, 2017. Save the date – we will be announcing more information during the user group meeting!

We need Sponsors! Be part of the largest Office 365 & SharePoint event of the year in Middle Tennessee! Connect with technology professionals who could be your next employees and network to learn what is coming in the collaboration space.
Details: http://SPSNashville.org/sponsors

Speaker Details

Neville Scheevel
SharePoint Solutions Architect for LMBC
– SharePoint Combatant (http://strangecodestuff.blogspot.com/)
– Infatuated with Agile
– Bringer of Business Value

Date & Time
12/6/2016
5:00pm (Dinner served)

Location
Microsoft Office
8 City Blvd., Suite 403, Nashville, TN 37209

Speaker: Todd Klindt, Microsoft MVP
Topic: Upgrading to SharePoint 2016

Details

Do you still have SharePoint 2013, or heaven forbid SharePoint 2010 or 2007 servers lurking around your environment? For shame! In this session Todd will give you the information you need to get rid of those shameful old servers and replace them with impressive SharePoint 2016 servers. If you’re still trying to upgrade to SharePoint 2013, don’t worry, he’ll talk about that too. He’ll talk about methods and techniques he’s used, and share stories about stuff that has not worked. After this session you’ll be even more offended by your SharePoint 2010 and 2013 farms, and you’ll have the information you need to make them SharePoint 2016 farms you can be proud of.

Sponsor Details

Since 2001 Rezult Group has been a full service I.T.  recruiting firm specialized in placing highly sought after resources in Contract / Contract to Perm /  Permanent positions throughout the greater Nashville area.  Our strength lies in our ability to connect local talent with local companies by forging strong relationships with the area’s top talent and top employers. We are committed to partnering and supporting the local technology community to help drive Nashville to be one of the nation’s premiere technology hubs.   To learn more of to connect with a Technology Recruiter please visit our website www.rezultgroup.com.

Speaker Details

Todd has been a professional computer nerd for over 20 years, specializing in SharePoint for the last 14 years. His love affair with SharePoint began one slow day at the office when he discovered SharePoint Team Services 1.0 on the Office XP CD that was holding up his coffee cup, and decided to install it. The rest is history. In 2006 he was honored to be awarded the MVP award from Microsoft for Windows SharePoint Services. He has had the pleasure of working with SharePoint farms both large small. He has written several books and magazine articles on SharePoint. Todd has presented sessions on SharePoint at many major conferences both in the United States as well as Europe and Asia and does the user group circuit, SharePoint Saturday events, and the occasional children’s birthday party as well. He chronicles his SharePoint and other technical adventures on his blog, http://www.toddklindt.com/blog. He is currently working his dream job as a Distinguished Architect at Rackspace where he spends his days playing with all manner of Microsoft technologies and trying to figure out which one is the coolest. If you’re bored you can follow him on Twitter @toddklindt.