SPS Events - Redmond 2016

Brian Alderman (MCT, MVP)

Microsoft MVP, MCT, MCSE, Speaker, and Author | MicroTechPoint

Brian Alderman is a Microsoft MVP, and since 1995 he has held several Microsoft certifications that currently include; MCT, MCSE for SharePoint, MCSA for Office 365, MCITP for SQL Server(R), MCSA and MCSE for Windows Server(R), and also his PMP certification. As a Senior Technical Instructor and Consultant he has 30 years of experience in networking, SQL Server databases, SharePoint technologies, and project management. Brian's publications include Windows 2000 Professional, SQL Server 2000 Administration, SharePoint 2010 Administrator's Companion and Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Administration Inside Out. He is an active speaker at SharePoint Industry conferences including SharePoint Saturday's, SPLive, DevIntersection, SharePoint Fest, Microsoft Ignite and several international SharePoint conferences including London, Milan, and Madrid. Brian has a BS and MS in Computer Information Systems where he graduated summa cum laude from Regis University of Colorado Springs and now lives in Scottsdale, AZ where he enjoys playing golf year round and traveling around the world.

Sessions

- Managing Data Recovery in SharePoint
  
  Level: 200
  
  Track:
  
  SharePoint Server includes several content recovery options for SharePoint administrators, site collection administrators, and end users. Educating your users, and site collections and lighten the burden on your SharePoint farm administrators. Using Central Administration or PowerShell you can backup and restore your entire farm or components of your farm. You can also perform more granular content backups by exporting site collections, site, libraries, and list. SharePoint also provides the option of recovering site collections, sites, list and libraries from content databases that are no longer part of the SharePoint farm. With a vast majority of your SharePoint content stored in SQL Server it is imperative that you have an efficient way to recover items or entire databases as quickly as possible. This discussion will introduce the Best Practices framework that will allow your SharePoint administrator to configure SharePoint and SQL Server for quick content recovery minimizing the downtime and providing shorter yet achievable Service Level Agreements (SLA’s).

Zubair Alexander (MCT, MVP)

CEO | SeattlePro Enterprises

Zubair Alexander is a Microsoft SharePoint MVP, a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and CEO of SeattlePro Enterprises, LLC, an IT training and consulting company in Seattle, WA. He holds more than 25 industry certifications including MCT, MCSE, MCSA, MCDST, MCITP, MCTS, MCP+I, CNA, A+, Network+, Security+, CTT+ and CIW. His experience covers a wide range of spectrum: trainer, consultant, systems administrator, security architect, network engineer, Web designer, author, technical editor, college instructor and public speaker.

Zubair has worked with SharePoint technologies since 2001. His latest books are SharePoint 2010 Best Practices and SharePoint 2013 Best Practices. He is the founder of Seattle IT Pro User Group (sitpug.com). Zubair was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering from the University of Washington. He also holds degrees in Mathematics and Computer Information Systems (CIS). Visit ZubairAlexander.com for more information.

Sessions

- Protect Your SharePoint Content with Information Rights Management
  
  Level: 200
  
  Track: IT Pro, Developer, End-User, Business
  
  Do you want to protect your confidential data in SharePoint Online from unauthorized users and share it with only the people you want? Microsoft has the solution you are looking for and it is available in Office 365. Enforce your organization's policies and decide how you want to disseminate your sensitive data by deploying the Azure Rights Management Service (RMS) and the Information Rights Management (IRM) feature. It's your data so you should decide whether you want to prevent users from copying, editing, printing, or saving a local copy of the document; or you may choose to apply additional restrictions.
  
  Session takeaways:
  1. Familiarize yourself with the various IRM-related terminologies.
  2. Learn how Azure RMS works behind the scenes.
  3. Understand the process of activating RMS.
  4. Walk through the step-by-step procedure for configuring the IRM policies to secure your sensitive data in lists and libraries.
  
  This session is intended for SharePoint Administrators, Site Administrators, Site Owners, Power Users, Developers, Project Managers and End Users.

Christian Buckley (MVP)

Founder & CEO | CollabTalk LLC

Christian is a 7-time Office Servers and Services MVP, internationally-recognized technology evangelist and collaboration expert, and the Founder & CEO of CollabTalk LLC, an independent research and technical marketing services firm based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Find him online at www.buckleyplanet.com and @buckleyplanet

Sessions

- Implementing the Four Pillars of the SharePoint Governance Maturity Model
  Level: 200
  
  Track: End-User, Business
  
  The problem with SharePoint governance is: Where do you begin? While there’s plenty of content and vendor solutions out there, people want a model that they can understand, and then actually implement. Following the four pillars of practical governance (Foundation, Administration, Communication, and Adoption), this session will walk through the core components of a well-rounded and effective governance strategy. Conducted by author and MVP Christian Buckley, CMO at Beezy, and SharePoint analyst-extraordinaire Melinda Morales, Solution Consultant with 3Sharp, this session will help you to focus your governance efforts and construct a well-rounded approach that will help you reduce risk, add value, and empower your employees to be successful with SharePoint.
  
  Co-Presenter(s)
  
  Melinda Morales
  
  Sr. Solutions Consultant
  3Sharp
  
  @TrulyMelinda
  Blog

Chakkaradeep Chandran

Program Manager | Microsoft

Chakkaradeep, known as Chaks to his friends and colleagues, works as a PM for SharePoint Developer Platform. His team, SharePoint Portals, Publishing and Platform (SPPPLAT) is focused on delivering the robust SharePoint development framework for both Microsoft and customers to build modern experiences in SharePoint. As a PM, Chaks works with his team to design, build and deliver an extensible developer platform that will let both 1st and 3rd parties configure, extend and customize the portal experiences in SharePoint.

Chaks is very passionate about SharePoint and has been since 2007. He has pursued his career as a developer, consultant and now a PM working extensively in SharePoint. He is a gadget freak and stays abreast of the latest technology trends (products & services) and evaluates them as much as possible. Outside of work, you can find Chaks exploring the Pacific North West taking beautiful photos.

Sessions

- Building SharePoint Client-side Web Parts
  
  Level: 300
  
  Track: Developer
  
  Web Parts are key to extending SharePoint Pages that allows end users to customize pages in SharePoint. Built with the latest web standards in mind (HTML 5, JavaScript, HTML 5 Templates), client-side web parts enable customers to build immersive self-contained bits of functionality that interact with the content in SharePoint (page model, lists, libraries, content types etc.,). They are also technology independent and can be built using any of the leading edge client-side templating frameworks (React, KnockoutJS, Handlebars etc.,). This session gives you an overview of what client-side web parts are and takes you through the journey of building and deploying client-side web parts to SharePoint.

David Drever (MVP)

Senior Manager | Protiviti

David is a Senior Manager with Protiviti, Canada and a 3 time Office Apps and Services MVP. Over the last 19 years, David has worked in a wide variety of areas in IT ranging from Desktop\Server support to developing in C++ and .NET technologies. During that period, David has been able to add value to a wide variety of clients in several sectors, including utilities, government, banking and agriculture.

For over the past nine years, David has been working exclusively in the SharePoint and Office365 domain. He has helped stand up multiple Enterprise SharePoint environments as well as designed and built numerous solutions utilizing PowerApps, Microsoft Flow and SharePoint. He is a knowledgeable and sought-after international speaker within IT circles and consulted regularly by companies formulating their Digital Workplace strategies.

David blogs at http://prairiedeveloper.com

Sessions

- Leading Practices for Planning and Implementing a SharePoint Environment
  
  Level: 100
  
  Track: IT Pro, Developer, Business
  
  There are many best practices for creating a SharePoint farm. But something not covered often enough and just as important is how to plan the farm implementation even before you install the binaries. In this session we will see some pitfalls taken by businesses as we discuss the leading practices of planning and implementing the non-technical side of SharePoint. We will cover items from who should be involved to proof-of-concepts to SharePoint Governance.

Thomas Duff

Software Engineer | Cambia Health

Thomas Duff (aka “Duffbert”) works for a large health insurance company in the Pacific Northwest, and has over 20 years of experience working with and developing applications with collaborative technologies such as Microsoft SharePoint and IBM Lotus Notes. He works closely with the business customers, translating their needs and ideas into technology solutions, filtering them from the “techno-speak” that often creates barriers between business and IT areas. He is a two-time published author on instant messaging technologies, and has written a large number of articles for various technology publications. He’s spoken at local and international user group gatherings and large conferences, and he also maintains a blog for Office productivity tips at http://OneMinuteOfficeMagic.com.

Sessions

- SharePoint and the Story of the Mutant Frog
  Level: 200
  
  Track: Developer, End-User, Business
  
  Abstract:
  Once upon a time, there lived a sad mutant frog who felt he had no purpose in life. Until one day, he was discovered by the SharePoint team to give magical High Fives to employees throughout the land. Everyone rejoiced about how simple it was to recognize their fellow workers and everyone lived happily ever after using SharePoint.
  
  Follow Sandra Mahan and Tom Duff as they tell the story of how they used SharePoint to develop a recognition and rewards program for their company. They took a stated need from the business and brainstormed a solution from concept to theme to functionality in 30 minutes. Less than 24 hours later, they were demoing the site for the business owners. With our mutant frog giving out "High Fives", the feedback was overwhelming positive, and the site is now available for use to over 5000 employees.
  
  In this session, you will learn:
  
  - How to set up your team and the mindset you need to have to be able to effectively brainstorm
  - How to develop a theme for your site that helps drive adoption
  - How to build the initial recognition list and custom form using out-of-the-box SharePoint components
  - How to set up the workflows and dashboards
  - How to keep the site fresh by delivering continual incremental improvements
  
  Delivering business value doesn't have to take months and be dull or boring. With SharePoint and a bit of magic, you can have fun and find your own mutant frog.
  
  Co-Presenter(s)
  
  Sandra Mahan
  
  SharePoint Team Lead
  Cambia Health Solutions
  
  @smahan14
  Facebook

Antoine Faisandier

CEO Powell Software USA | Powell Software

Antoine Faisandier is passionate in helping companies optimize their organization and become more efficient with the support of technology.

After working in different consulting roles in Germany and France for industrial and distribution companies, he joined SAP and then Microsoft where he hold sales and partner management positions both in Europe and at Microsoft headquarter in Redmond, WA.

Antoine is the co-founder and CEO of Powell Software US, located in Bellevue, WA.

Sessions

- Ten tips to build a compelling intranet portal on SharePoint online
  Level: 200
  
  Track: Developer, End-User, Business
  
  The move to a cloud architecture like Office 365 is both a source of opportunities and challenges to build compelling intranet portals that fit the needs of the end users and can be maintained and evolve.
  We would like to share some best practices that we have been experiencing through the numerous projects we have been driving over the past 24 months.
  More details to come later on.
  
  Co-Presenter(s)
  
  Frédéric Le Pors
  
  Product Manager
  Powell Software
  
  @flepors

Karuana Gatimu

Director, Engagement & Adoption | Microsoft

Karuana Gatimu is a business architect with a specialty for enterprise content management, custom app development and business process engineering. In Microsoft IT she currently leads the internal engagement & service adoption team for Collaboration, Social, Mobility and BI on SharePoint services which is tasked with usage, solution simplification, architectural guidance and cost recovery for IT services. She is the host of Real World IT weekly video show on Channel 9 (http://aka.ms/realworldit). She has been at Microsoft for 2+ years and was formerly the Chief SharePoint Architect & Director of Ecommerce & Marketing Operations for Skechers USA.

Sessions

- Improving Day-to-Day Activities using Office 365 Groups
  Level: 100
  
  Track: End-User, Business
  
  Developed with collaboration in mind, Groups work with the Office 365 apps you already use including Outlook, OneDrive for Business, OneNote, Skype for Business and Power BI. Learn how you can use Groups to improve your day-to-day life from collaborating on a large project or planning for the company holiday party.
  
  Co-Presenter(s)
  
  Roberto Yglesias
  
  Business Technology Director
  Buildingi
  
  @robertoy

Treb Gatte (MVP)

CEO | Marquee Insights

Treb Gatte is a business intelligence expert with 24 years of experience.

Prior to becoming CEO he worked in leadership positions at Microsoft, Starbucks, Wachovia (now Wells Fargo). He has been recognized as Data Platform MVP from Microsoft.

He lives in the Seattle area with his wife, children and corgi and holds an MBA from Wake Forest University.

Sessions

- Five key trends in Business Intelligence and how they will impact your organization
  
  Level: 100
  
  Track: End-User, Business
  
  In this session, we’ll discuss how five BI trends are leading us down the path to a data-centric organization and how that will impact you.
  
  We’ll discuss
  • BI for everyone
  • Self-Serve analytics
  • Real-time and machine learning augmented analytics
  • Data integration
  • Mobile BI
  
  We’ll also discuss some of the key organizational change considerations that you should consider for your technology investment planning.

Mark Kashman

Senior Product Manager | Microsoft

Mark is a Senior Product Manager on the SharePoint team focusing primarily on SharePoint Online and SharePoint Mobility. He has worked at MSFT since 2000. He started working with SharePoint building a digital asset management (DAM) solution built on top of SharePoint 2007 before moving to the SharePoint team. He lives in the Redmond, WA area and enjoys kayaking, biking, hiking, ballet/soccer/science club/swimming (all the Dad duties), and quiet-bird-chirping moments for reading books on his new WP8 Kindle app when not playing that darned addictive Bejeweled LIVE.

Sessions

- Stay in the know with Microsoft Delve
  
  Level: 100
  
  Track: End-User
  
  Microsoft Delve is evolving, and the Microsoft Office Graph is getting smarter - helping you stay in the know – to discover new, relevant information and people based on the intelligence of who you work with and content you work on. Join us as we showcase new mobile experiences and how the value of content and people experiences everywhere, integrating throughout Microsoft Office 365 and beyond. Join this session to learn how to take advantage of Delve via Office 365 and while on the go!

Frédéric Le Pors

Product Manager | Powell Software

Powell 365 product manager.

Sessions

- Ten tips to build a compelling intranet portal on SharePoint online
  Level: 200
  
  Track: Developer, End-User, Business
  
  The move to a cloud architecture like Office 365 is both a source of opportunities and challenges to build compelling intranet portals that fit the needs of the end users and can be maintained and evolve.
  We would like to share some best practices that we have been experiencing through the numerous projects we have been driving over the past 24 months.
  More details to come later on.
  
  Co-Presenter(s)
  
  Antoine Faisandier
  
  CEO Powell Software USA
  Powell Software
  
  @powell365

David Leveille

President | Crush Networks, Inc.

Mr. Leveille has spent the past 22 years in various senior level development and project management roles. He brings both technical and operational experience from a wide variety of industries and sectors such as Microsoft, Harvard Business School, SAP, Lockheed Martin, ABC, Raytheon, Boeing, T-Mobile, and The Walt Disney Company. He holds a B.A. from the University of Washington, and is invited to speak regularly on SharePoint.

Sessions

- SharePoint and Azure: Working better together
  Level: 200
  
  Track: IT Pro, Developer
  
  Want to have the benefits of running SharePoint in the cloud but not comfortable with moving to Office 365 yet? Want to have dev/test farms that are not your internal infrastructure but still work as good as production? Want to take advantage of cloud services within your SharePoint environment?
  This session will show you how SharePoint and Azure can work together for both hosting and integration of services such as Azure AD, Service Fabric, SQL Azure, Logic Apps, and Flow. Focus will be on the offerings of Azure for working with SharePoint on-prem or Office 365.
  
  Co-Presenter(s)
  
  Jared Shockley
  
  Sr. Site Reliability Engineer
  Microsoft
  
  @jshoq
  Blog

Audrie Magno-Gordon

Principal Consultant

With over 25 years in on-line services, and a passion for customer satisfaction, Audrie strives to foster best practices in Service Adoption, Office Apps for the Enterprise, and IT Pro Support Services for SharePoint Technologies and Office 365.

In her spare time she enjoys paper crafts such as Greeting Card Design and Journaling, including a side-passion for finding the perfect "fountain pen". Audrie is very comfortable combining her love for technology with her passions in writing and expressive arts.

Sessions

- Build Power-ful Solutions in Office 365, without any code!
  Documents:
  
  SPSPower-fullAppsPresentationAMagnoGordon(1).pptx
  SPSPower-fullAppsPresentationAMagnoGordon.pptx
  
  Level: 100
  
  Track: IT Pro, End-User, Business
  
  This "90% demo" presentation shows how to build a Complaint Management no-code solution using Office 365:
  We will leverage SharePoint Lists, Power Apps, Power BI (with Esri Maps), and Microsoft Flow as a team. Together we will build an entire fully functional mobile-ready solution, from start-to-finish with: customized user experience, integrated workflows for posting to Yammer and creating ZenDesk tickets, and all of that in just 40 minutes! No coding experience required! The final 10 minutes are reserved for Q&A.
  
  If you're a Business Analyst looking to see what you can personally do today with Office 365, then this is the presentation for you!
  
  *The target industry for this type of Complaints Management is the public sector (Construction Management for example), but the principals can be used for many business objectives.

Sandra Mahan

SharePoint Team Lead | Cambia Health Solutions

Sandra has over 20 years of experience in all aspects of Human Resources including staffing, analytics, wellness, and benefits but her passion lies in the technology-side of the industry. She now leads the SharePoint team at Cambia Health Solutions and is looked to as a resource by many departments to provide quick, user-friendly applications utilizing SharePoint and InfoPath. Sandra thrives on training and empowering business users to see the power behind SharePoint and leveraging it to fit their needs. She has spoken at various SharePoint Saturdays, SharePointalooza, SharePoint Live! 360, SP24 and the SharePoint Evolution Conference in London. In her spare time, you can often find Sandra on the rivers of Hells Canyon with a fishing pole in hand.

Sessions

- SharePoint and the Story of the Mutant Frog
  Level: 200
  
  Track: Developer, End-User, Business
  
  Abstract:
  Once upon a time, there lived a sad mutant frog who felt he had no purpose in life. Until one day, he was discovered by the SharePoint team to give magical High Fives to employees throughout the land. Everyone rejoiced about how simple it was to recognize their fellow workers and everyone lived happily ever after using SharePoint.
  
  Follow Sandra Mahan and Tom Duff as they tell the story of how they used SharePoint to develop a recognition and rewards program for their company. They took a stated need from the business and brainstormed a solution from concept to theme to functionality in 30 minutes. Less than 24 hours later, they were demoing the site for the business owners. With our mutant frog giving out "High Fives", the feedback was overwhelming positive, and the site is now available for use to over 5000 employees.
  
  In this session, you will learn:
  
  - How to set up your team and the mindset you need to have to be able to effectively brainstorm
  - How to develop a theme for your site that helps drive adoption
  - How to build the initial recognition list and custom form using out-of-the-box SharePoint components
  - How to set up the workflows and dashboards
  - How to keep the site fresh by delivering continual incremental improvements
  
  Delivering business value doesn't have to take months and be dull or boring. With SharePoint and a bit of magic, you can have fun and find your own mutant frog.
  
  Co-Presenter(s)
  
  Thomas Duff
  
  Software Engineer
  Cambia Health
  
  @duffbert
  Facebook
  Blog

Melinda Morales

Sr. Solutions Consultant | 3Sharp

Melinda Morales is a collaboration technology expert with a love for all things SharePoint. Based in Redmond, WA, Melinda’s current role as Technical Marketing Consultant with 3Sharp lands her behind-the-scenes creating demos and sales enablement tools for Microsoft. Prior to her current role, Melinda spent a year with an international SharePoint consulting firm as they started their first US branch, leading the charge with global content marketing, customer outreach and project management and spent a decade with Sony Electronics as their go-to-gal for SharePoint.

You may often find Melinda spreading the SharePoint cheer at events and conferences around the world. More insights into Melinda’s view of all things technology can be found on her site TrulyMelinda.com or on Twitter as @TrulyMelinda.

Sessions

- Implementing the Four Pillars of the SharePoint Governance Maturity Model
  Level: 200
  
  Track: End-User, Business
  
  The problem with SharePoint governance is: Where do you begin? While there’s plenty of content and vendor solutions out there, people want a model that they can understand, and then actually implement. Following the four pillars of practical governance (Foundation, Administration, Communication, and Adoption), this session will walk through the core components of a well-rounded and effective governance strategy. Conducted by author and MVP Christian Buckley, CMO at Beezy, and SharePoint analyst-extraordinaire Melinda Morales, Solution Consultant with 3Sharp, this session will help you to focus your governance efforts and construct a well-rounded approach that will help you reduce risk, add value, and empower your employees to be successful with SharePoint.
  
  Co-Presenter(s)
  
  Christian Buckley (MVP)
  
  Founder & CEO
  CollabTalk LLC
  
  @buckleyplanet
  Facebook
  Blog
  RSS Feed

Eric Overfield (MVP)

President | PixelMill

Eric Overfield is a Microsoft MVP, a Microsoft Regional Director and a leading expert in SharePoint Development and User Interface design. Mr. Overfield, President and co-founder of PixelMill, has over 18 years experience with web design best practices and techniques, and over 12 years experience with SharePoint branding. Besides his in-depth knowledge of SharePoint’s branding capabilities, his expertise includes general SharePoint technology, design and architecture along with custom coded web parts, solutions, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3. He is a co-author of Pro SharePoint 2013 Branding and Responsive Web Development (Apress 2013) and Black Magic Solutions for White Hat SharePoint (EUSP Press 2013). An engaged speaker and organizer of SharePoint events as well as an active blogger (ericoverfield.com), he discusses all things SharePoint Branding and UI Design @ericoverfield.

Sessions

- Branding Modern SharePoint
  
  Level: 200
  
  Track: Developer, End-User
  
  Need to brand your first SharePoint site, looking to see how you should have tackled your last SharePoint branding project or what to know what new tools exist in modern SharePoint for branding? In this discussion we will look at an overview of branding current versions of SharePoint including SharePoint Online/2013/2016. We will look at tools such as composed looks and design manager as well as see and learn how SharePoint has built upon existing technologies such as Master Pages, Page Layouts and .net / SharePoint controls. We will look at no code branding solutions available with composed looks to full customization in both collaboration scenarios and publishing portals, from planning and concept through implementation and redeployment. We will also take a look at the SharePoint Framework Page Model and how this could affect future SharePoint Branding.
  
  This introductory session is geared towards those looking to learn how to use the available tools and techniques to custom brand modern flavors of SharePoint on premise and in the cloud as they all share a common thread. Experienced web designers looking to brand SharePoint to seasoned SharePoint developers will walk away with what they need to start branding their SharePoint projects.
  
  Topics discussed include:
  
  •    Branding SharePoint overview
  •    No Code and Minimal Code Solutions such as Composed Looks
  •    Custom Master Pages and Page Layouts
  •    SharePoint Design Manager
  •    Introduction to the SharePoint Framework Page Model

John Ramminger

Solution Architect | RammWare Solutions

A proven, results-oriented technology and support professional with more than 20 years of IT experience ranging from system administration, to application development, to support. Possess a wide range of experience in developing applications, overseeing complex systems, and providing consultation to management on the use of technology to improve processes.

Sessions

- Leveraging External Data in SharePoint OnLine and On Premises
  
  Level: 300
  
  Track: IT Pro, Developer
  
  n this session we will talk about bring your SQL and other line of business data into SharePoint so that users can get access to large data, archived system data, and data from systems where the client license fees for those systems are to expensive to license for every client. We will work through a full stack demo that you will be able to download after the session as well as screencasts of the more complex parts of setting up external data with SharePoint. We will also see the power of search display templates in making the external data more consumable to the end user.

Paul Schaeflein (MVP)

AddIn365

Paul Schaeflein is a solution architect/developer with experience in all versions of the SharePoint platform. He has more than two decades experience in architecting, designing and developing software solutions. This experience covers a vast range of technologies, languages and industries.

Paul is co-host of the Microsoft 365 Developer podcast, a top-rated speaker, having presented at SharePoint Evolutions, the SharePoint Evolutions Roadshow, the Microsoft SharePoint Conference and TechEd conferences, as well as user groups. In recognition of these community efforts, he was awarded as a Most Valuable Professional (MVP).

Paul can be found online at https://www.schaeflein.net as well as @paulschaeflein on Twitter.

Sessions

- Webhooks in Office 365
  
  Level: 100
  
  Track: Developer
  
  Webhooks are user-defined HTTP callbacks that can be used to provide notifications or custom processing. Webhooks are coming to the Office 365 service and this session will explore the registration and processing of this capability.

Ryan Schouten (MCT, MVP)

Senior Software Architect | Blizzard Entertainment

Ryan Schouten has been working with SharePoint since December of 2006. He has had experience with all versions of SharePoint from 2003 to 2013. Ryan is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and has several certifications from Microsoft from SharePoint 2010-2013 and Office 365. Before starting on SharePoint development Ryan was an experienced ASP.Net developer specializing in server and client side interactions. This experience made transitioning to SharePoint a lot easier.

Ryan loves being a developer and a speaker. Combining these two joys allows Ryan to do what he loves and sharing it with others. He loves working with SharePoint and spending time with his kids, not necessarily in that order. Ryan also loves the SharePoint Community and connecting with people.

Sessions

- Creating Lightning Fast Apps Using AngularJS
  Documents:
  
  SPS-RED-16 Fast Angular Apps.pptx
  
  Level: 100
  
  Track: Developer
  
  SharePoint has always been an ideal platform for building on. Now with the new APIs available to us we can quickly create applications that are fast for the users. These apps also provide a better experience for all involved from development to consumption. In this session we will be using AngularJS to combine data from SharePoint and ProjectServer. We will then take this data and submit it over to PowerBI to create dashboards.

Jethro Seghers (MCT)

Program Director | SkySync

Jethro Seghers is the Program Director at SkySync. He is responsible for Technical Evangelism, Product and Brand Recognition. He has over 15 years of experience in consulting, development, marketing, and product management. Jethro was an Office 365 MVP for five years. He is an internationally recognized author and speaker for Azure, Office 365 and Cloud Services.

Sessions

- Data Loss Prevention in Office 365 and SharePoint Online
  
  Level: 200
  
  Track: IT Pro, End-User
  
  With the journey to the cloud companies try to protect their data by adding additional layers of security. One of those security measurements that Office 365 provides is Data Loss Prevention or DLP. It was already available for quite sometime in Exchange Online but it also made its way into SharePoint Online. In this session Jethro is going to cover why and how to use DLP in Office 365 and SharePoint Online to prevent sensitive data from leaving the company. With DLP, he is going to show how to add another layer of business security based on data driven by business. Make your data more secure with Data Loss Prevention.
  
  In this session you will learn:
  1. How DLP works in Office 365
  2. How to use DLP in Office 365 without causing business interruptions
  3. Real business case scenarios for DLP.

Trevor Seward (MVP)

Trevor Seward is a four time Office Servers and Services (formerly SharePoint Server) MVP with extensive experience in administration and architecture for SharePoint Server environments.

Sessions

- SharePoint Server 2016 Administration and Architecture
  
  Level: 200
  
  Track: IT Pro
  
  In this session we will examine new features for SharePoint Server 2016 for administration as well as new farm architecture options. Features covered will include MinRole, Zero Downtime Patching, and others.

Jared Shockley

Sr. Site Reliability Engineer | Microsoft

Jared Shockley is a 22-year veteran of the IT world, working with both small business to large enterprise corporations. He is currently with Microsoft’s Visual Studio product group's Site Reliability Engineering team, running internal and external systems used by developers around the world internally and externally. He has also worked in Microsoft IT as a Service Engineer to build and improve on-prem SharePoint services and then move these systems from on-prem to Azure. Jared has been with Microsoft for over 10 years.

Outside of Microsoft, his diverse experience includes delivering IT operations and solutions for a mid-size healthcare organization, data center operations, business and systems consulting, web development, and enterprise-focused IT operations management.

Along with his role in Site Reliability Engineering, Jared is a frequent speaker for Microsoft internal employees and customers on the subjects of Modern Engineering, Cloud and Collaboration.

Sessions

- SharePoint and Azure: Working better together
  Level: 200
  
  Track: IT Pro, Developer
  
  Want to have the benefits of running SharePoint in the cloud but not comfortable with moving to Office 365 yet? Want to have dev/test farms that are not your internal infrastructure but still work as good as production? Want to take advantage of cloud services within your SharePoint environment?
  This session will show you how SharePoint and Azure can work together for both hosting and integration of services such as Azure AD, Service Fabric, SQL Azure, Logic Apps, and Flow. Focus will be on the offerings of Azure for working with SharePoint on-prem or Office 365.
  
  Co-Presenter(s)
  
  David Leveille
  
  President
  Crush Networks, Inc.
  
  @CrushNetworks
  Blog

Rob Stark

Director of Content and Collaboration | Marquam Group

Rob Stark is the Directory of Content and Collaboration with Marquam and manages the firm’s SharePoint Delivery Center of Excellence as well as providing technical leadership to our SharePoint project teams. Rob has over 20 years of technology and executive experience. He works with CIOs and IT management to establish strategies and SharePoint Enterprise Architectures. He specializes in collaboration, document management, enterprise architecture definition and enterprise business modeling. Rob is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist and also actively participates in the SharePoint community by speaking about SharePoint at multiple different events.

Sessions

- SharePoint 2016 Hybrid Use Cases
  
  Level: 100
  
  Track: IT Pro, Business
  
  With SharePoint 2016, hybrid environments (on premise to a Cloud, or on premise to Office 365) have become easier than ever to configure and deploy in an organization. In this presentation Rob Stark with Marquam will provide an overview of these new hybrid features and then explore different use cases for hybrid environments. When you should consider a hybrid environment, and what advantageous will it bring?

Erica Toelle (MVP)

Product Evangelist | RecordPoint

Erica Toelle a Microsft MVP in Office Apps and Services and the Product Evangelist at RecordPoint. She is an internationally recognized speaker on SharePoint, Office 365 and Productivity, sharing best practices and experience with practitioners through conference sessions, workshops, webinars, and online publications. Erica has been helping customers with SharePoint since 2004, and has been hired as an expert by over 50 of the Fortune 500, the SharePoint Product Team, and Microsoft IT.

Erica was #13 on the 2018 International SharePoint Influencer list.

Sessions

- Which Project Management Strategy is Right for You?
  
  Level: 100
  
  Track: End-User, Business
  
  There are so many options for managing projects: Groups, Wunderlist, Planner, Project Online, Project Server, etc. What project management tool is right for you? In this session we will review the pros and cons of the different approaches to project management in the Microsoft world, along with tips for being successful and real world examples of each approach.

Roberto Yglesias

Business Technology Director | Buildingi

Roberto Yglesias, MCP, is the Business Technology Director for consulting firm Buildingi. Roberto’s software development and testing experience include major implementations at Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Seattle Art Museum, Avionyx and Citi, among others. Roberto has been a hands-on developer and architect for large SharePoint 2010 and 2013 implementations including Intranets, Extranets, and public Websites. As part of his role, he also speaks at multiple conferences such as Microsoft’s SharePoint Conference, AIIM, multiple SharePoint Saturday events and others.

Sessions

- Improving Day-to-Day Activities using Office 365 Groups
  Level: 100
  
  Track: End-User, Business
  
  Developed with collaboration in mind, Groups work with the Office 365 apps you already use including Outlook, OneDrive for Business, OneNote, Skype for Business and Power BI. Learn how you can use Groups to improve your day-to-day life from collaborating on a large project or planning for the company holiday party.
  
  Co-Presenter(s)
  
  Karuana Gatimu
  
  Director, Engagement & Adoption
  Microsoft
  
  @karuana
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