Migrate SharePoint 2010 Lists,Libraries and Content

Hi Folks,

If you are trying to migrate content (Sites, Lists & Libraries) in SharePoint Foundation 2010 where we don't have content deployment feature or publishing features or SharePoint 2010 and you don't have the publishing feature enabled in your site collection since you need an automated easy way to move lists or libraries from one site to another, I will be introducing a tool called "Sharegate".

Sharegate allows you to deploy/copy sites from one site to another, copy lists, folders and libraries from one site to another, Migrate Physical Share Folders to SharePoint and provides a bulk Metadata Editor.

I have a wiki library where i want to move it to another site, and i want all Wiki pages to be migrated with versions! After i downloaded this tool i got the job done in few minutes.

Screen shot with all tool features in the home page:

When you want to copy content then you have to select one of the option in the second section "Content Migration", In my case i selected "Copy SharePoint Content".

You select your source and destination urls and then you select your list(s) or object(s) to be moved or migrated, as shown below screenshot.

I liked this tool because with the Free Trial software you can migrate up to 5 objects at a time! which is great for small migrations and content updates. and for large content deployment i suggest to buy a license of this tool since it helps a lot SP admins for migration tasks.

Download the tool "Sharegate" now!

http://en.share-gate.com/download

Hope this helps!

Happy SharePointing!!

v/r

Mostafa

What's New in VS 2012 & .NET Framework 4.5 RC

Hi Folks,

This post is my first blog post after i got back from my vacation in Egypt and getting married! I had a wonderful summer time with my family and here we go back to .NET life style!

After i installed VS 2012 RC on my Development VM and then started to play around with the new IDE. Here are what is called fascinating in the new VS 2012 RC & the framework 4.5.

1) Portable Class Libraries: Now you can develop portable class libraries that can be used to target different framework ranging from .NET framework, Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 or even XBOX 360!!.

Even this is a great option in VS 2012 but please note that also you don't have an option to add references that are not compatible with targeted frameworks.

For example, if you tired to add a .NET framework assembly in portable class library you will find very few assemblies are available, check out below screen shot.

Note: If you tried to add any references that is not compatible with your targeted platforms then VS 2012 will warn you with incompatibility warning!

Read more about Portable Class Library:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg597391(v=vs.110)


2) Asynchronous File I/O
Now you can develop code for intensive I/O operations without blocking the main thread!. with that being said, new keywords in C# and VB.NET have been added and supported by the compiler through using async and await keywords which are available in C# and VB.NET.


public async Task CopyFilesAsync(StreamReader Source, StreamWriter Destination)
{
    char[] buffer = new char[0x1000];
    int numRead;
    while ((numRead = await Source.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) != 0)
    {
        await Destination.WriteAsync(buffer, 0, numRead);
    }
}


Read more about Async File I/O in .NET 4.5:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kztecsys(v=vs.110)

3) Web: Supports for HTML5,Async http request and response, WebSockets & support for CDN in Script Manager fallback.

4) Enhancements in WCF including: easier asp.net compatibility mode, HTTPs endpoints with IIS, Generate WSDL by appending ?singleWSDL, Simplification for generating configuration files and more.

5) Enhancements in Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).

6) Enhancements in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF): A new Ribbon control, New INotifyDataError Interface and more.

Read more about what's new for WPF in .NET 4.5:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb613588(v=vs.110)

7) Metro Style Applications
You can now build Metro Style application using VS 2012, A subset of .NET 4.5 is available when building Metro Style Applications and its called .NET APIs.

To get an overview about Metro Style applications:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br230302.aspx


- Reference:
What's new in .NET Framework 4.5:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1d971dd7-10fc-4692-8dac-30ca308fc0fa(v=vs.110)


Have Fun with VS 2012 RC and hope this helps!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Regards,
Mostafa Elzoghbi

Error when running .NET Application that is consuming CRM 2011 Services

Hi All,

I was trying to run a .NET application that consumes CRM 2011 WCF Services and i was getting this exception:

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

The cause of this issue is to due to missing dlls in your machine for Microsoft Identity framework that is required to have to run your application.

Install Microsoft Identity Framework in your computer that is compatible with your operating system.

For Windows 7 & Windows 2008 R2 you need to install Version 6.1

After you install this update re-run your application and will run with no exceptions!

Note: Make sure to stop your development web sever before rerun your application to reload all required assemblies.

**Download link:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17331

Hope this helps!

How to connect to Linux from Windows

Hi Folks,

I was looking into connecting from Windows to a Linux Server, After asking a coworker he advised me to use WinSCP. A free GUI tool to connect to Linux from windows.

WinSCP download link: http://winscp.net/eng/download.php

The tool is easy to install and use, once you install it it requires you to connect using your username/password and IP same as RDP in Windows.

You just need to write server IP,username and password.

Once you log in, you will have 2 panes in the Tool, one on the left is your local files and the one on the right the remote machine file systems.

Then you will be able to move files from the local to your remote sever.

Hope this helps.

Port your .NET projects into Linux

Folks,

I was searching for a tool i can use to port all my code i'm building on windows OS to linux. Since VS 2010 IDE doesn't provide this feature so i was looking for a tool or IDE to allow me to write,test and compile my code to be running in a Linux server.

I found this nice IDE called "MonoDevelop" and thought would be useful for all who are thinking to deploy .NET projects into Linux.

Read more about the tool in their website:  http://monodevelop.com/

Download link:  http://monodevelop.com/Download

You need to install GDK# before installing the IDE on your development box.

Have fun with MonoDevelop!

How to hide TFS web access tabs

Hi folks,

I was tasked to hide Source and Build tabs in TFS 2010 Web Access. I started to find out if TFS has any security groups that prevent users to view source or build tabs but with no luck!. TFS doesn't have security permissions to grant/hide tabs in TFS web application. To tackle this i wrote a javascript function which hides those tabs. After looking in the TFS web application in IIS i found that i can write this Javascript in "Content.master" Master page file for TFS web.

Just add this script in the header of Content.master file:

<script type="text/javascript">

window.onload = function() {

      // Search for the top navigation menu.

      var x= document.getElementById('ctl00_pghd_mainTabs');

       // Search for rows in this table.

       for(var i=0;i<x.rows.length;i++)

       {

                // only remove tabs in the first row. 

                        if(i==0)

                                {

                                  // Remove Source tab.                

                                  x.rows[i].cells[3].style.display='none'; 

                                  // Remove Build tab.

                                  x.rows[i].cells[4].style.display='none';          

                                }         

       }

                

}

</script>

To download the updated content.master file:


Also, To prevent any web users not to view any of source or build pages, Go to IIS and do the following:
1) Open TFS web site in IIS.
2) Expand tfs and then UI folder.
3) Select Build folder.
4) Double click on Authentication and disable Windows and Anonymous access to this folder.
5) Do the same for Scc folder which has all source tab pages.

With these 2 steps, we added security on the folder level in addition to hide Build and Source tabs.

Hope this helps!

UPDATE 03/13/2011: This workaround works after installing TFS SP1.

How to create test accounts in Facebook

Hi All,

Facebook now doesn't allow you to test your facebook application without creating test accounts. When you try to test your non published Facebook application and try to post any update you will get this error message:

oAuthException #100 can only call this method on valid test users for your app

To create a test account in Facebook, here is the steps:
1) Copy and paste the following url in your browser:


https://graph.facebook.com/151284171604933/accounts/test-users?
  installed=true
  &name=MYNAME
  &permissions=read_stream
  &method=post
  &access_token=YOUR_FB_APP_ACCESS_TOKEN

Before hit enter, do the following:
a) Get the access token for your facebook application, to get it paste the following url in the browser:

https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token?client_id=APPID&client_secret=APPSECRET&grant_type=client_credentials

b) Permissions: To grant certain permissions to the test account, read the full extended permissions from below link:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/permissions/

If you get an error when you specify a name, you can omit the name parameters and in this case FB will create a name for your test account.

Once you edit above parameters and hit enter in the browser, you will get a message like this showing that your test account has been created successfully.

{

   "id": "XXXXXXXXXXX",

   "access_token": "XCEWWEE#######EEEEEU8ffOT3VYD70ld0nYCiNlZB5Flmh59yfPksO5XfUdVxnZAhi0oEKvpJxACywhxsNgwGWfe6gH2B1DaxVUSXy2mCfo1jzf3TUk7",

   "login_url": "https://www.facebook.com/platform/test_account_login.php?user_id=3232334444444449&n=oWKUdwdw5xdLx0a2CBW",

   "email": "cqszpqv_smithwwwqitz_133222765997\u0040tfbnw.net",

   "password": "211212121233"

}

Try to log in with the username and password before run your application.

Hope this helps.

* References:

- How to create test users in Facebook:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/test_users/

Change Sql Azure DB Size

Hi All,

I was trying to change my business edition DB to web edition in SQL Azure and i didn't find a sample TSQL to run to shrink the DB file size from 20 GB (Business) to 1 GB (Web) Edition.

Here is the TSQL you want to run after deleting the unnecessary data in your DB and make sure its size under the required new DB size.



Alter database YOURDBNAME

 modify (          
           maxsize=1 GB,
           Edition='Web'
        )

Hope this helps.

SharePoint Restore Error: Your backup is from a different version of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and cannot be restored to a server running the current version. The backup file should be restored to a server with version '14.0.0.5050' or later

Hi Folks,

I was deploying a new release for a SharePoint project that i'm working on with my team, when i was try to backup and restore a site collection from my development to staging environment, I got this error:

SharePoint Restore Error: Your backup is from a different version of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and cannot be restored to a server running the current version. The backup file should be restored to a server with version '14.0.0.5050' or later.

To fix this problem, follow these steps:

1) Make sure that both environments have the same updates and CUs. To do so, Open Central Administration and click on Upgrade and Migration link and click on "Check product and patch installation  status".

You will have list of updates and CUs that have been installed on your environment, make sure those updates are identical. Any missing updates, download and install it on the new environment if you haven't document this as a part of your release process that you have in place.

2) Then click on "Review database status" under upgrade and migration section and make sure you don't have "need upgrade" to any of your content databases.The status should be "No action required". If you have any upgrade required and specially if you have SP1 installed, this means you didn't run the SPConfig command post to your SP1 installation. To do so, follow these steps:

a) Launch an elevated (Run as Administrator) SharePoint 2010 Management shell :

(get-spserver $env:computername).NeedsUpgrade

If the result of this command is True, then you need to complete step (b) below. If the result is False then no further action (b) is needed.

b) In order to update the SharePoint databases, you must manually run the PSconfig utility. To run the utility:

  - Open an Administrative command prompt. 

  - Change directory to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN 

  - Run:

    PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -force -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures

Wait till the configuration wizard finishes all updates and then you will be able to backup and restore your site collection with no issues...

Hope this helps.

Secure Store Service Error in SharePoint 2010 : Secure Store Service is not accessible

Hi All,

I have been noticed that one of our SharePoint 2010 installation has a problem when trying to click on Secure Store Service in central administration.

The problem is : Try to click on SSS service in Central Administration and you will get an error page.

How to check the exact problem: I checked the event log in my server and i found the following error:

The Secure Store Service application Secure Store Service is not accessible. The full exception text is: The HTTP service located at https://PORTALURL/b04c52908ae5479596745e86b13875d4/SecureStoreService.svc/https is too busy.

To cause of the problem: the SSS service is not provisioned correctly, and to fix it:
Select the secure store service and from the ribbon click on properties. Verify the information that you have and click on OK. this action will provision the required DB and other service application configuration for this service.

This action will take around 5 minutes or depends on the performance of your server.

You don't need to re-install or run the configuration wizard for this fix.

Hope this helps :) Happy SharePointing...

User Profile Synchronization in SharePoint 2010 Facts

Hi Folks,

I'd like to share with you some important facts about User Profile synchronization in SharePoint 2010. SharePoint 2010 has User Profile Service application which provides a two-way synchronization for users/groups from your directory services or any external system in sync with SharePoint 2010 users and groups profiles.

Terms used in this post:
* UP: User Profile.
* UPSSA: User Profile Synchronization Service Application.
* UPSS: User Profile Synchronization Service.

Here are some facts you should be aware when you start planning for user profiles in SharePoint:
1) SharePoint 2010 has User Profile Service Application which manage the synchronization process between SP and AD or any external system that contains users & groups.

2) SP 2010 provisions a version of Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager to participate in synchronization.

3) UPSSA can only have one user profile synchronization service.

4) A UPSS is associated with connections and mappings.

5) We divide connections in UPSS into two types: connections to directory services, and connections to business systems.

6) When you setup a connection in UPSS to connect to directory services, You specify which containers to be included in the synchronization. You can specify filters to exclude service or disabled accounts.

7) Mapping is a step to map SharePoint user profile fields to directory services/external system user profile master data fields.

8) Upon each synchronization, SharePoint deletes SP users who have been deleted from Directory services.

9) Upon each synchronization, SharePoint add and updates SP user profile's fields as configured in the UPSS.

10) IMPORTANT: If you have multiple directory services, each directory services MUST provide unique users. You can't synchronize a single user with multiple directory services.

11) IMPORTANT: You can populate properties from any existing business system. You can't create new user profiles from an external system, and you can't write data back to a business system.

12) To synchronize properties from external system, First you should create an external content type to bring data from the business system into SP 2010. Then you will be able to synchronize these users into SP.

13) You should have a key field to be used for mapping between SP user profiles and your external system. You can use employee's work email as the identifier of your external content type. In this case, SP will synchronize information which matches employee's email to be captured in your synchronization records.

14) You can build a custom solution using SP object model to create user profiles in SharePoint.

Hope this helps.


References:
1) Profile Synchronization overview in SP 2010:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg188041.aspx
2) BCS Overview in SP 2010:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee661740.aspx

Unable to use SQL Server because ASP.NET version 2.0 Session State is not installed on the SQL server. Please install ASP.NET Session State SQL Server version 2.0 or above.

Hi Folks,

I was deploying an asp.net website which configured to store session data in a custom databases in SQL Server 2008. After i scripted the whole DB and moved it to a new server and after deploying the website and try to run the application, I was getting this error:

Unable to use SQL Server because ASP.NET version 2.0 Session State is not installed on the SQL server. Please install ASP.NET Session State SQL Server version 2.0 or above.

My web.config configurations:

 <system.web>
 
      
      <sessionState
       mode="SQLServer"
       cookieless="false"
       timeout="20"
       sqlConnectionString="data source=SERVERNAME; initial catalog=MYDB; user id=mostafa; password=mostafaelzoghbi" 
       allowCustomSqlDatabase="true"
      />
      
       system.web> 

Since this error message is misleading, you don't need to run aspnet_regsql command since i was using a custom database and all stored procedures, tables, custom user data types and DB objects have been scripted and deployed too. the cause of this error if you didn't give enough permission to the user that accesses the database. User should have execute permissions or grant dbo.owner to it.

Hope this helps.

Best Practices for SQL 2008 in SharePoint 2010 Farm

Hi All,


In this post i'd like to share with you best practices for SQL 2008 R2 in SharePoint 2010 farm and the operations and configuration that need to be taken in place when installing, configuring and administrating SharePoint 2010.


1) Designing SQL 2008 servers in your SharePoint 2010 farm: When you decide which topology you will have in your SharePoint 2010 farm, the SQL Server 2008 should be in a dedicated server and shouldn't be having any other role in your SP 2010 farm.


2) After installing SQL 2008 R2, you shouldn't go and start SP 2010 installation with SQL 2008 R2 Default configuration, here is what you need to revise:
    a) Don't enable auto-create statistics on SQL Server that's supporting SharePoint farm. You can enable/disable this feature on the DB level, here is the command you need to execute in your DB:

ALTER DATABASE dbname SET AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS OFF

     b) Set Maximum degree of parallelism to 1 for all SQL server instances that host SP 2010 DBs. The value behind this is that each request is served by a single SQL Server Process.

sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1;
GO
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE;
GO
sp_configure 'max degree of parallelism', 1;
GO
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE;
GO

3) Secure and harden your SQL 2008 server DB by blocking the default ports and block default SQL server default ports. Check Out ref #3.

4) Use SQL Server 2008 backup compression feature to speed up the SharePoint backup. This feature is available in SQL 2008 Ent. edition and SQL 2008 R2 standard edition too. This feature significantly reduces the backup file size and shipped logs. The only consideration you should know that this feature consumes more processing time that might affect the performance of your DB server if the server doesn't properly planned to have enough processing power. This feature you enable it on the server level under Database settings, you will find a check box to use DB compression.

Hope this helps and let me know if you have any additional notes or concerns.

Refereces:

1) Auto-Create Feature in SQL 2008:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/rob/archive/2008/05/16/sql-server-statistics.aspx

2) Set the maximum degree of parallelism in SQL 2008:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181007.aspx

3) Harden & Secure SQL 2008 server DBs:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607733.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262849.aspx

5) SQL 2008 Best practices in SharePoint 2010 Farm:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh292622.aspx

Regards,
Mostafa Arafa
http://twitter.com/mostafaelzoghbi

Fix it: IIS Manager doesn't update web.config when you add HTTP Response headers in Azure

Hi All,

I was trying to disable Silverlight caching in IIS 7, and when i deployed my solution to Windows 2008 Ent. in Windows Azure. Every time you click on the xap file that i need to disable caching on it by checking expire web content immediately after i clicked on Set Common Headers link on the right pane, the web.config is not being updated at all. but this works on my local IIS.

I ended up with adding this attribute that has been added my local IIS to web.config and deploy it so i don't need to do this every time i perform a deployment.

<system.webServer> 

     <staticContent> 

      <clientCache cacheControlMode="DisableCache" /> 

    <staticContent>       

<system.webServer>

To disable caching in Silverlight "xap" file from IIS, Here is the article that i'm referring to:

http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/Caching-of-in-and-around-your-Silverlight-application-part-1.aspx

Hope this tip helps.

Regards,Mostafa Arafatwitter.com/mostafaelzoghbi

Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': 0x800700570 0

Hi Folks,

While i was developing a feature receiver in SharePoint 2010, I was trying to deploy my solution using VS 2010 and i was getting this error:

Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': 0x800700570 0

And this happens actually when VS 2010 was trying to activate the feature, So i expected the problem from the Feature receiver i have that has code in "FeatureActivated" method. so, to be able to debug your feature receiver and exactly point the problem which throws the error while activating your feature, Do the following:

On your SharePoint Project, From Solution Explorer, Open project properties and change the following:

Active Deployment Configuration from Default to No Activation.

The point behind this, the feature will be deployed but not activated. So, you will be able to deploy and the debugger process is attached in VS then when you start activating the feature you will start debugging your feature receiver and fix the issue that you have in your code.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Mostafa Arafatwitter.com/mostafaelzoghbi

How to Open/Close Modal Dialogs in SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 comes with a new modal dialogs feature that allows you to Open Modal windows from you application pages or ribbons. In this post i will highlight on how to open and close Modal Dialogs in SharePoint 2010.

If you have an Application page and you want to open up a modal dialog this is what you want to write in JavaScript using COM (Client Object Model) :

In your page, Add the following button to open modal dialog:

input onclick="openPopup();" title="Open Modal" type="button" value="Open Modal Dialog"

On you Page Head "PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead" content add the following JavaScript function implementation "openPopup":

function openPopup() {

var options = {

url: '/_layouts/MYSPDemo/DialogPage.aspx',

title: 'Modal Dialog',

allowMaximize: false,

showClose: true,

width: 600,

height: 500

}

SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog(options);

}

DialogPage is an application Page in your solution as specified above, Now try to deploy you solution and click on your button, your application page is showing as modal dialog... THIS IS AWESOME !!

To close you modal window, this is the line you need to add on you cancel or close button on your page:

SP.UI.ModalDialog.commonModalDialogClose(SP.UI.DialogResult.cancel, "Cancelled");

Hope this helps, To get the full documentation for ModalDialog using Client Object model, here is the KB url:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff408909.aspx

Regards,

Mostafa Arafa

twitter.com/mostafaelzoghbi

Building PPS solutions in SharePoint 2010

Hi All,

During giving my session in SharePoint "The Conference" in DC, I provided some few links for my attendees that helps them to start working with PerformancePoint Services in SharePoint 2010.

To start working with SharePoint 2010 that has SP 2010, Office 2010, SQL 2008 & Project Server 2010.

There is an Information Worker VM to start working with PPS in SharePoint 2010:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21099

To get a started with SQL2008 experience and BI, here is a training kit to start working with BI:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=16281

Regards,

Mostafa Arafa

twitter.com/mostafaelzoghbi

Fix It: The query could not complete because the data source is not in a performancePoint trusted location

Hi Folks,

If you are running PPS Dashboards and reports in your BI center site and when you are trying to view your dashboard/scorecards/reports and you have got this error:

" The query could not complete because the data source is not in a performancePoint trusted location"

The cause of this error is:

1) You system admin only listed specific trusted data sources in your farm.

To adjust this by adding your data connection library that is being used by your dashboard, do the following:

- Open central adminstration.

- Click on Manage service applications.

- Click on PerformancePoint service Application.

- Click on Trusted Data Source Locations, You will see "Only Specific Location" is selected and your data connection library is not listed

- Add your Data Connection library to the list, for example:

http://MESP2010:17949/Data%20Connections%20for%20PerformancePoint/

- Click on validate icon to make sure that you are putting a valid path.

- Click on Ok.

- Refresh your dashboard,scorecards or reports and everything will start working again.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Mostafa Arafa

twitter.com/mostafaelzoghbi

Enable Non-Business Intelligence Center Sites with BI capabilities in SharePoint 2010

Hi Folks,

I'm getting questions about how to enable BI PerformancePoint features on Non-Business Intelligence Center Sites in SharePoint 2010. To enable PPS BI features in other SharePoint 2010 site templates, please do the followings:

1) Navigate to the site you would like to add PPS BI features to it.

2) From Site Settings --> Click on Site Settings.

3) Under Site Collection Administration, Click on Site Collection features.

4) Enable the following features:

a) PerformancePoint services Site Collection Features.

b) SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure.

c) SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features.

Note: You should have Enterprise SharePoint License to enable PPS BI Features in your farm, These features are not available in Standard or SPF editions.

Now, you prepared your site to use PPS features in SharePoint 2010.

Navigate to SharePoint home page and click on libraries, and click on create you will be able to see/select "PerformancePoint Data Connection" library that you use to store PPS data connections.

After creating the library, do the following:

1) Select library settings.

2) Click on Add from existing site content types and select "PeformancePoint Data Source" from the list under PerformancePoint Group.

3) We want to set PP data source to be the default content type for this library, so on library settings page click on "Change new button order and default content type" link and select PP DS.

4) Navigate to the list and click on New Document, select "PP Data Connection", PPS designer will be launched and you will be able to configure your data source and store it in the library.

Tip: Just notice that the items in data connection library has an approval workflow, Make sure to approve newly created data connections.

Happy SharePointing !!

Regards,

Mostafa Arafa

twitter.com/mostafaelzoghbi

SharePoint Saturday "The Conference" DC 2011

Hi Folks,

We would like to share with all SharePointers who are willing to attend the SharePoint Saturday The Conference DC from 11th-13th August 2011 please register right now and check out the list of all sessions by SharePoint Experts, MCM, MVPs and Industry Information Worker (IW)

experts.

This is the biggest SharePoint Saturday event; In addition to the lineup of great speakers/sessions; the event will have workshops that deliver hands-on experience to the attendees.

What's different about SPSTC DC :

A community-focused, educational event filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals and executives covering a wide range of technical and business topics.

Where ?

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale Campus, Annandale, VA

(Visit the website here.)

I will deliver a session under Dev/ITPro track with title :

Building BI solutions using Performance Point Services in SharePoint 2010

Speaker(s): Mostafa Elzoghbi

Session Level: 300

Session Type: IT Pro / Developer

In this session I will cover PPS architecture & design fundamentals in SP 2010 and how to build BI solutions using SharePoint 2010 BI Center, BIDS, and Report Builder 3.0 with different data sources using DBs and Cubes. In addition to build, design, deploy Custom SSRS Reports within SharePoint. Tips in Configuring PPS application service in SharePoint 2010 and Reporting Services in SharePoint 2010. A demo driven session to create custom KPIs, Scorecards, Custom Reports and Dashboards.

For more information, check out the website:

http://www.spstc.org/

See you all there !!

Regards,

Mostafa Arafa

twitter.com/mostafaelzoghbi

SharePoint Saturday NYC: PPS solutions in SharePoint 2010

Hi All,

On 30th of July 2011, We will have SharePoint Saturday Event in New York City at Microsoft-Manhattan Office. Don't miss this opportunity to meet with SPS NYC speakers line up with very informative sessions. Please check out the event website:

http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/ny/

I will present in this event with a session name : Building PerformancePoint Services Solutions in SharePoint 2010.

In this session I will cover PPS architecture & design fundamentals in SP 2010 and how to build BI solutions using SharePoint 2010 BI Center, BIDS, and Report Builder 3.0 with different data sources using DBs and Cubes. In addition to build, design, deploy Custom SSRS Reports within SharePoint. Tips in Configuring PPS application service in SharePoint 2010 and Reporting Services in SharePoint 2010.

A demo driven session to create custom KPIs, Scorecards, Custom Reports and Dashboards.

Session Details page:

http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/ny/meetings/106/BuildingPerformancePointServicessolutionsPPSinSharePoint2010.aspx

Don't miss this event and see you all there...

Download Presentation Url:

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=4BC94054914A6469&id=4BC94054914A6469%213331&sc=documents

Regards,

Mostafa Arafa

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