EVENT IS FULL AND REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!! SORRY!!
>From Ed Musters, Toronto .NET User Group President:
The Toronto .NET User Group has the remainder of the year planned, and our next meeting will be Tuesday June 17, 2008.
WE HAVE MOVED!! See below for our NEW meeting location at the MISSISSAUGA CONVENTION CENTRE at 75 Derry Road Mississauga, Ontario, L5W 1G3. We are also working hard to get all of our meetings fully catered again!
This meeting, yours truly will present a developer's overview of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. MOSS
2007 is reportedly the FASTEST SELLING and GROWING product in Microsoft history! Bigger than Windows 95, bigger than Office suites, bigger than anything. Consequently, the DEMAND for all things SharePoint is huge. I am doing nothing but training in SharePoint development these days, and the gap in the marketplace for skilled SharePoint Developers is critical. I'm strongly suggesting to you that you get into this product as soon as possible!!
But in teaching the Ted Pattison course "The Great SharePoint Adventure", people come because they simply don't know how to get started with SharePoint customization with Visual Studio, nor especially what the best practices are. We'll even take a bit of time up front to show you SharePoint - so come even if you've never seen the product before and want to know what all the buzz is about!
So this ambitious talk has the following objectives:
1. Whirlwind tour of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 features
2. Whirlwind tour of MOSS 2007 Standard and Enterprise Features
3. Setting up your very own MOSS 2007 Development Environment
4. Best practices for SharePoint customization using Visual Studio
5. Develop and deploy a custom web part using Visual Studio
6. Develop and deploy a custom workflow using Visual Studio
7. Development resources
The best practices will cover:
1. Using a "code beside" technique for your ASPX pages and deploying to the GAC
2. Using "The Feature" to package your customization
3. Using Solution Packages (WSP) files to deploy your feature
4. Automation of Visual Studio Project generation and Solution Package generation using Ted Pattison's new STSDEV utility!
When? TUESDAY, June 17, 2008, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Where? WE HAVE MOVED!! MISSISSAUGA CONVENTION CENTRE at 75 Derry Road Mississauga, Ontario, L5W 1G3 (near corner of Hurontario St - Hwy 10).
Is this meeting CATERED? YES - Pizza and Pop!
6:00 p.m. - Meet and greet! Arrive early! Great Prize give aways!!
6:30 p.m. - Opening Remarks
6:45 p.m. - TOPIC: Developer Deep Dive Introduction for SharePoint 2007Introduce yourself to SharePoint 2007. Find out what all the excitement is about! Find out what you need to get started. Use the best practices for your customizations and apply them to develop a workfow and a web part. Get introduced to the new STSDEV productivity tool. Learn about additional resources available to you. Then go forth into the world and customize SharePoint and retire wealthy! (retiring wealthy not a guarantee provided by the Ed SharePoint Development seminar). 
8:30 p.m. - Wrap up and Prizes!
BIO: Ed Musters MCT, MCPD, MCTS SharePoint, MCDBA:
Ed Musters an independent Consultant and President of Open Highway Consulting Inc. (http://geekswithblogs.net/TheOpenHighway/Default.aspx) and a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Ed is President of the Toronto .NET User Group (http://www.TorontoUG.net) - one of the largest in North America boasting over 3000 members and regular meeting attendance of 125 developers.
In addition to teaching any of the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET related curriculum, Ed is also a SharePoint Instructor - teaching the Microsoft SharePoint curriculum as well as the Ted Pattison SharePoint content - especially "The Great SharePoint Adventure" at http://www.TedPattison.net/courses/gsa401.aspx. Ed has instructed this course numerous times for Microsoft Certified and Gold Certified Partners, and Canadian Fortune 500 companies. Ed has also instructed the Microsoft SharePoint Administrator 5060/5061 classes.
Ed holds certifications for MCT, MCPD, MCSD, and MCDBA. Ed also holds all MCTS certifications in SharePoint including WSS 3.0 Administration, WSS 3.0 Development, MOSS 2007 Administration, and MOSS 2007 Development. Ed has given a talk to the recent Toronto SharePoint Code camp (http://www.TorontoSharepointCamp.com) and recent Toronto Code Camp (http://www.TorontoCodeCamp.net) and most recently spoke at the Great Indian Developer Summit 2008 (http://www.developersummit.com/) held at the Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India.
SPONSOR MESSAGE:
GURULINK (New Sponsor!): GuruLink is proud to support the Toronto .NET User Group, one of Toronto’s most successful and highly attended user groups. We have been involved with and attending the events for years, and are now pleased to have the opportunity to formally and publicly show our support through sponsorship. It is a great forum for people with a keen interest in Microsoft Technologies looking to expand and improve their skill set and their marketability and generally keep informed of hot new technologies. We are looking forward to contributing to its ongoing success and look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship.
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