Corey Roth [MVP] : Presentations, SharePoint 2010

Speaking in Austin

CoreyRoth — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:35:07 GMT

The great thing about living in Texas is that there is three SharePoint users groups less than three hours away from me. I’m excited to have the opportunity to be speaking in Austin twice in the next couple weeks. The first talk is tomorrow night (2/13 at 6:00 pm) at the Austin SharePoint Users Group (@AustinSPUG) where I’ll be speaking about my experience publishing SharePoint 2013 Apps to the Office Store. It’s at the Microsoft office in Austin.

Then, I’ll be making a return trip on 3/2 for SharePoint Saturday Austin (@SPSATX) at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center (Map). There, I’ll be talking about new development features in Visual Studio 2012. This talk will cover features that developers can take advantage of for both SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone. See you there!

TechEd Readiness Checklist

CoreyRoth — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:28:33 GMT

TechEd North America (#msteched) is just next week in Orlando, FL. This is my first TechEd and I’m excited to see what’s in store. With any conference, it’s always best to be prepared. You want to make sure you bring the right things and get everything done before you step foot on a plane.

Here are some of the things I’ll be packing that might also be useful for you as well:

Laptop – As a presenter this one is obvious. However as an attendee, you might not want to lug one around. It can be worth it though. You will find that you want some type of computing device so that you can keep up on twitter, follow the latest gossip, and find out about any impromptu #SharePint events that might occur. Maybe even read a few E-mails. As a presenter, I get the distinct pleasure of carrying a second laptop as well with my demos loaded on it in the event of an emergency / disaster. Disasters will happen. At SPC11, my virtual machine pretty much died on my primary laptop and I had to resort to the backup just twenty minutes before my session. I was sweating to say the least.
Netbook / Slate / Tablet – In lieu of carrying around your heavy laptop, I find carrying my netbook at conferences to be quite handy. I can keep up on twitter, the battery will last me all day. Bring whatever device or combination thereof you prefer, but keeping up on what’s going on at the conference using one of these small devices is much easier than trying to look things up on your phone. This year, I am foregoing this because of the second laptop and my bag will be heavy enough. I have access to an Apple device but I am thinking I will probably leave it behind because I don’t want the extra weight and I’m embarrassed to pull it out at a Microsoft conference. :) You also can use these to fill out session evaluations. There are usually incentives for filling out evaluations so I try to complete each evaluation right before the end of the session so I don’t forget.
AirCard – The wireless networks at conferences are rarely good. They are jammed with geeks trying to post updates on Twitter and check out what’s happening on Facebook. If you have access to a wireless AirCard, bring one. See if your company has any that you can check out temporarily. I still have my “temporary” AirCard I got for SPC11. :)
Cash – Just a little (more if you drink a lot :) ). There are a lot of free events but you might go to something before or after the conference and I am not a fan of running tabs at busy restaurants and bars.
Chargers / Power Supplies – I remember when I went to PDC05, I forgot my laptop charger. I was quite bummed. Don’t forget the chargers to your laptop, netbook, iPad, phones, etc. I have gotten a few of these new emergency phone chargers at conferences lately and they are very handy here. Especially when you have a Nokia Lumia 900 and the battery life is terrible. Keep in mind your average day can be 16 – 18 hours plus and you don’t want to be left in the dark because your phone died.
Snacks – I got this idea from @TiffanyWI because she posted a picture of a mound of snacks. It’s not a bad idea to have some snacks in the room after a late night. A bag of M&Ms might look better for breakfast instead of one of those danishes no one ever eats.
Bail Money – The Houston SharePoint Users Group has a running joke about always keeping a stash of bail money around when attending a #SharePint. I’ve never been to TechEd before, but I have heard some stories so it’s probably not a bad idea.

Some other things you should remember to do before going and while at the conference:

Learn how to spell TechEd – This one has taken me months but I think I finally got it. It’s TechEd with no spaces. :)
Set your schedule on myTechEd - This will make your SPC organizers happy when it comes to capacity planning. You aren’t required to go to that session you schedule, but it will help you pick from the 10+ sessions going on at any given time slot. Go to myTechEd and set your schedule now!
Create your Bio on myTechEd – myTechEd is a great way to plan your conference experience. Take a few minutes to write about a little bit about yourself. Include where you work if you want along with what you want to get out of the conference. Upload a picture of yourself to make things more personal. Set your myTechEd profile now.
Arrange for Ground Transportation - Don’t forget to arrange for ground transportation. You really don’t need a car once you get to Orlando, but you do need a way to get there. I haven’t checked into shuttle service yet, so I’ll probably just go with a Taxi.
Create a #msteched Search in Twitter – There is no question you want to keep an eye on the activity of the #msteched hash tag. You will find out about sessions, events, and it will generally give you an idea of what is happening at the conference.
Follow @TechEd_NA / @TechEd_Europe on Twitter – These are the official twitter account for TechEd. This account often posts useful stuff about the conference. I’ve also used it to ask questions or provide general feedback and I’ve had good luck getting a response.
Learn hash tags for the sessions you are attending – So I am not sure if TechEd is planning on using hashtags like SPC did, but they do have session codes that look similar so I could see them being used. If so, learn the session codes that you are in and use them to talk about the session you are in on twitter. Session code OPS338 looks like a great one. :)
Find out who is going from your area – it’s always great to have a friend to hang out with at the conference. If no one you know is going, maybe you can make a new friend.
RSVP for Parties – There are a lot of them this year. Many of them require that you RSVP or stop by a booth so be sure and find out before hand. Pay attention to @TheKrewe and their web site.
Leave space in your bag – Between the conference materials and the vendors you are going to end up with a heap of product information, trinkets, and T-shirts. Make sure you have room in your bag to bring them home. Otherwise you’ll be hand carrying them on the plane or leaving things behind. I screw this up every time and even when I think have enough space it’s never enough. This trip will be especially difficult for me since I am traveling for another four days after the conference.
Don’t be afraid to leave for lunch – I’m not a huge fan of conference food and it rarely gets along with my diet. Usually by the second or third day I am grabbing anyone I can find and going off-site.

That’s my list. I’m sure there are other things to remember. Do you have anything else to add? Leave a comment. This probably goes without saying, but if you are not on twitter, now is the time to join. It’s the best way to keep up with what’s happening at the conference.

I’m also giving a session at this year’s conference and I would love for you to see it.

#OPS338 – Making the most of Search in SharePoint Online - I am beyond excited about this talk because I get to talk about Search and SharePoint Online in the same talk. You might just be amazed at what you can do with Search in the cloud. I’ve got some great demos built using Silverlight and the Search API that you will want to see whether you want to extend search off-premises or on-premises. What’s even better is I am using Visual Studio 2012 RC to demonstrate publishing Silverlight applications to SharePoint Online.

Enough with the shameless plug. :) Get ready and I’ll see you at the conference. If you’re into SharePoint, be sure and check out my TechEd Guide for SharePoint People.

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A TechEd Guide for SharePoint People

CoreyRoth — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:30:38 GMT

It’s true. I admit it. I have a sickness. I am a SharePoint person and proud of it. I’m attending Microsoft TechEd in Orlando next week (and in Amsterdam at the end of the month) for the first time. Although I am a noob to this conference, I thought I would share my thoughts on what you can do to maximize your SharePoint experience. TechEd covers all sorts of Microsoft technologies but there are plenty of SharePoint things to do.

Be sure and check out my TechEd Readiness Checklist as well.

There are over fifty sessions and hands-on-labs about SharePoint being offered. Take a look at some of these sessions:

Building Federated External Access for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (Pre-conference Sunday 6/10 10:00a – S210A) – If you happen to be around for the pre-conference this session looks really exciting. Unfortunately, I won’t be arriving in time to see this session.
Advanced Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (Monday 6/11 1:15p – S329) – This is a Bird of a Feather (BoF) session that goes deep talking about service applications, cross-farm services and search.
36 Terabytes: How Microsoft IT Manages SharePoint in the Enterprise (Monday 6/11 4:45p – S330A) – I always find it interesting to see how Microsoft is managing SharePoint internally.
Exploring the Power of Page Layouts in SharePoint 2010 WCM Sites (Tuesday 6/12 10:15a - S210E) – MVPs John Ross and Randy Drisgill will teach how to do great things with page layouts.
Advanced Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Troubleshooting (Tuesday 3:15p – S210A) – MVPs Shane Young and Todd Klindt explain how to get past common upgrade issues. That and the fact that Todd gave me crap on twitter. :)
Why Microsoft SharePoint and Windows Azure are Just Plain Better Together (Wednesday 6/13 8:30a – S230A) – I’ve seen Steve Fox speak a number of times and it always entertaining.
Code vs. "No-Code": Exactly Who Gets to Call Themselves a SharePoint Developer? (Wednesday 6/13 10:15a – S319) – This is always an interest debate and this BoF is sure to provide a great discussion.
Building and Customizing My Sites with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (Wednesday 6/13 1:30p – S220G) – Another session with Ross and Drisgill showing you how to make your My Sites look better.
Making the Most of Search in SharePoint Online (Wednesday 6/13 3:15p – S210E) – The guy that is giving this session is awesome. I of course have to plug my own personal session. :) Come see how you can make search in SharePoint Online rock.
Configuring Kerberos for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 BI in 7 Steps (SQL Server 2012) (Wednesday 6/13 5:00p – S331A) – Configuring Kerberos can always be a challenge. This session can help.
I’m a SharePoint Developer in an Enterprise World! (Thursday 6/14 8:30a – S319) – I’m a fan of all of the Birds of a Feather sessions.
Step-by-Step: Building Search Driven Applications That Matter (Thursday 6/14 2:45p – N220A) – Great session on how to build SharePoint applications built around Search.

If I didn’t list your session, no offense. I can’t cover them all. That and I wanted to actually get this post out before the end of the conference. :)

TechEd has some great opportunities for certification. If you are looking to get certified, be sure to check out the following session.

Exam Cram Session on Exams 667 and 668: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (Tuesday 6/12 1:30p) – MCM Shannon Bray will be there to help you study for the exams.

There’s a whole heap of Hands-on-Labs (HoL) for SharePoint. This is a great way to work through a scenario in SharePoint while being able to raise your hand for help. Here are a few examples (see the link above for the complete list):

Of course there are a lot of other non-SharePoint things you should consider attending as well:

Opening Keynote (Monday 6/11 9:00a – N. Hall A1) – Of course you don’t want to miss the keynote
Windows Azure Today and Tomorrow (Monday 6/11 11:00a – N310) – When Scott Guthrie talks, you listen.
What’s New in Visual Studio 2012 (Monday 6/11 1:15p – N210) – If you are a developer, you need to know what’s coming in Visual Studio 2012. Be sure and check out my Visual Studio 2012 series for SharePoint as well.
PowerShell Remoting in Depth (Monday 6/11 3:00p – S320E) – We use a lot of PowerShell in SharePoint.
Tuesday Keynote (Tuesday 6/12 – 8:30a – N. Hal A1)

Hopefully this is a good list to get you started. Is there anything that I missed that should be on here? Leave a comment and I’ll get it added. Also keep an eye our for my TechEd Readiness Checklist post as well as a similar post for TechEd Europe. I look forward to seeing everyone there next week! Have a good TechEd!

Slides from my Visual Studio 11 talk at SharePoint Saturday Houston

CoreyRoth — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:47:10 GMT

I survived another SharePoint Saturday in Houston this weekend and had a great time. It was fun seeing old friends and making some new ones as well. As promised, here is a link to my slide deck posted on SlideShare. Thanks again to Victor and all of the volunteers and sponsors who made it possible.

New SharePoint Development features with Visual Studio 11

Excited to be speaking at TechEd this year

CoreyRoth — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:48:29 GMT

I am excited to say that I’ll be speaking at both TechEd North America and TechEd Europe. This is my first time to even attend a TechEd so I am looking forward to see what is in store. Both events are sure to be exciting but I am particularly excited to be going to Amsterdam for TechEd Europe since I haven’t been in 10+ years. If you’re at either event, be sure and check out my session on Making the most of Search with SharePoint Online. There you will learn some great tricks on how to get more out of your search experience in the cloud. Links to my sessions are below.

TechEd North America

TechEd Europe

If you’re going to be at either event let me know. I am looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting some new people.

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Speaking at SharePoint Saturday New Orleans and San Antonio SharePoint Users Group

CoreyRoth — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:18:08 GMT

I’m excited to be speaking at a number of events over the next few weeks. The first event is SharePoint Saturday New Orleans this weekend on 3/24. There, I’ll be speaking about developing solutions for SharePoint Online (Office 365). This new talk will be packed full of information, tips and more. We’ll even look at how we can use Visual Studio 11 Beta to make deploying to the cloud easier.

Then on Tuesday of next week (3/27), I’ll be speaking at the San Antonio SharePoint Users Group. This is my first appearance there and I’ll be showing off the new features in Visual Studio 11 for SharePoint development.

Then on April 4th, the Houston Cloud Tech Symposium is coming up. I’ll be speaking about using SharePoint Online as an extranet. That’s the day after my birthday but I’m sure everything will be fine. :)

Finally, to wrap up April (4/28), we have SharePoint Saturday Houston. For those of you who have been before, you know that this event, it will be no less than epic. Last year will be hard to beat.

I’m excited about all of these events coming up. All of these are brand new talks so I hope they are good. :)

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Slides from my talk at SharePoint Saturday Denver

CoreyRoth — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:13:57 GMT

I had the honor of speaking at SharePoint Saturday Denver this weekend. Clayton Cobb (@warrtalon) and the people from Denver did a great job putting together this event. I spoke about how to improve your SharePoint Search experience. I’ve uploaded my slides to SlideShare at the link below. Denver was fun, but I have learned this weekend that the mountains aren’t for me. :) This was a great event and certainly one I will remember.

Making the most of SharePoint Search

The code for the advanced search application I demoed can be found in this post. The customization you can make to add a View Folder link to your search results, can be found in this post.

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Excited to be speaking at SharePoint Saturday Denver!

CoreyRoth — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:40:33 GMT

I’m on my way to Denver this week and I’m really excited. I’m speaking at SharePoint Saturday Denver. This year’s event is a two day event (11/11 and 11/12). I’ll be talking about one of my favorite topics SharePoint Search. If you are going to be in town, be sure and stop by my session at 4:00 on Friday where we’ll discuss how to make search better in your SharePoint environment. I can’t wait!

Getting the most out of SharePoint Search

Speaking at SharePoint Conference 2011 (#SPC11)

CoreyRoth — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:02:47 GMT

Since I first stepped foot at #SPC09, I knew I wanted to speak at a SharePoint Conference some day.. This year that dream has finally become a reality. I have the honor to present two different sessions at SharePoint Conference 2011. I am speaking on subjects that are both old and new to me and I am excited to see how they turn out.

My first talk is #SPC348 – Extending SharePoint 2010 for your customers and partners will cover everything you wanted to know about creating an Extranet with SharePoint 2010. Although, this topic is nothing new, this is a great talk for people just now looking to consider an extranet for his or her organization.

My second talk is #SPC364 – Making the most of Search in SharePoint Online. I am beyond excited about this talk because I get to talk about Search and SharePoint Online in the same talk. You might just be amazed at what you can do with Search in the cloud. I’ve got some great demos built using Silverlight and the Search API that you will want to see whether you want to extend search off-premises or on-premises.

I’m looking forward to giving my sessions and seeing all of my friends out there in the SharePoint community. I’m excited to meet some new friends out there as well. If you’re going to be in Anaheim this year for the conference, feel free to say hi and check out my sessions. Thanks for all of your support especially for all my friends at the Houston SharePoint Users Group (#HSPUG) I’ll see you all in Cali.

Slides from my talks at SPTechCon Boston 2011

CoreyRoth — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:54:46 GMT

This post is long overdue, but better late than never. I had a great time at SPTechCon 2011 in Boston. I had the chance to meet a lot of people in person for the first time that I had only previously known through twitter. I gave two talks this year. The first being my Instant ECM talk showing you how to leverage out-of-the-box SharePoint ECM features. My second talk was an advanced developer talk discussing how to build Business Data Connectivity models and custom connectors. My slides can be found on SlideShare. It was definitely great to get out to the east coast and see how people were using SharePoint.

Instant ECM with SharePoint 2010 - SPTechCon Boston 2011 Slides

Advanced BCS: Business Data Connectivity Models and Custom Connectors – SPTechCon 2011 Slides

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Speaking at SPTechCon Boston!

CoreyRoth — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:54:55 GMT

I’m excited to be speaking at SPTechCon in Boston this year (June 1 – 3, 2011). I’ll be giving my talks on ECM as well as Advanced BCS Connectivity. I’m looking forward to attending and meeting some new people. If you’re attending the conference this year, be sure and come by and see me! For a complete list of sessions, see this link.

Slides from my talks at SharePoint Saturday Kansas City 2010

CoreyRoth — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:01:48 GMT

I had the pleasure of returning to Kansas City this weekend for my third SharePoint Saturday up there. I got to see some old friends and make some new ones. Thanks to everyone that helped make it possible. I presented two talks this time Beginning SharePoint Development for ASP.NET Developers and How the SharePoint BCS can change your life. Both talks had a pretty good turnout and I hope everyone learned a lot. I’ve posted my slide decks up on SlideShare. Thanks for coming and feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

Beginning SharePoint Development for ASP.NET Developers

How the SharePoint BCS can change your life

Slides from my talk at Tulsa TechFest 2010

CoreyRoth — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:01:46 GMT

It’s hard to believe this is my fourth Tulsa TechFest. It seemed like we just had the last one. As always I had a good time. I’m impressed that @davidlwalker was able to pull off such an event when he barely even lives here. For a city the size of Tulsa, this event pulls in an impressive number of people. The event easily has 600+ people each year. My goal this year is to raise awareness of the event and get some more out-of-town speakers from the SharePoint community to attend. I will be contacting all of you. :) @mrackley made the trip over and gave a talk to a full room. It was good to see him and glad he was able to make it here despite his 90+ hour work weeks.

I got to do two topics this year. The first topic was my SharePoint 2010 Development for ASP.NET Developers talk. I was impressed with the turnout to this early morning talk. It clearly indicated to me that SharePoint 2010 is a hot topic right now in Oklahoma. My next talk was about out-of-the-box ECM features in SharePoint 2010. It consisted of a series of demonstrations covering the various ECM features you can turn on in SharePoint 2010. It was good to see everyone again and I met a lot of new people. If you have any questions about the talk, feel free to contact me.

I almost forgot to post the links to the slides out at SlideShare.

Instant ECM in SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2010 Development for ASP.NET Developers

Speaking at Tulsa TechFest about SharePoint Development and ECM

CoreyRoth — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:32:05 GMT

It’s hard to believe it’s time for Tulsa TechFest already. We get a great group of speakers and attendees here every year. I’m always impressed with the quality of the event and the amount of people that attend in a town the size of Tulsa. If you have never been before, I highly recommend it. It’s a great place to get free training on a variety of topics (not just SharePoint). I’m speaking on two topics this year. The first talk is for developers looking to start SharePoint development. While the second talk is about the basics of ECM in SharePoint 2010. I hope to see all of you there. If you’re in town early on Thursday night, we’ll be going to Max Retropub (Map) after the community town hall. It’s the perfect place for geeks specializing in old video games. :) Feel free to join us. Hit me up on twitter (@coreyroth) if you need more information.

Slides from my SharePoint 2010 Development talk at Tyson Devcon and NWA CodeCamp

CoreyRoth — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:14:26 GMT

This last weekend, I had the opportunity to speak at the Tyson Developer Conference as well as the NWA CodeCamp the following day. I spoke about how easy it is for an ASP.NET developer to get started with SharePoint 2010 development. I had a good time at the conference and enjoyed meeting a lot of new people. My slides have been posted on Slide Share. Please, let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.

SharePoint 2010 Development for ASP.NET Developers