Philly TechFest 2010 has 3 tracks of break-out sessions (with Q&A) available for IT Professionals, Developers and Information Workers (Power-Users).
Click one of these quick-links to see the sessions for a specific track.
IT Professional Sessions | Developer Sessions | Information Worker Sessions
IT Professional Sessions
Deploying Windows 7: What Works Best for Your Organization?
If your company is planning to deploy Windows 7, then this session is ideal for you. The instructor will present a generic “roadmap” for deploying Windows 7 to organizations of various sizes. The discussion will include ways to determine which available deployment tools offer the right functionality for your size company.
Building a Robust & Highly Available Exchange Server 2010 Organization On Any Sized Budget
With previous versions of Exchange, achieving high availability typically came at a steep cost and much complexity, making it prohibitive for many companies to implement. Exchange 2010 integrates high availability into the core architecture of the application to enable companies of all sizes to economically deploy a messaging continuity service in their organization. New features such as incremental deployment, mailbox database copies, and database availability groups work with other features to provide a new, unified platform for high availability and site resilience.
Getting the Most Out of System Center Essentials 2010
System Center includes a suite of products that help IT pros manage the physical and virtual information technology (IT) environments across data centers, client computers, and devices. Using these integrated and automated management solutions, IT organizations can be more productive service providers to their businesses. System Center products include Operations Manager (SCOM) Configuration Manager (SCCM) Data Protection Manager (DPM) Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and several more. These products integrate tightly with each other and with other Microsoft applications such as AD, Exchange, and SQL to provide a rich management framework for your infrastructure. In this session we will focus on System Center Essentials 2010, which provides mid-market businesses a unified IT management solution for virtual and physical servers, PCs, hardware, software and IT services from a single console.
5 Compelling Reasons to Upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2
If your organization is deciding if the time is right to upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2, then check out this comprehensive session. This discussion will focus on 5 key reasons to upgrade, including Hyper-V Improvements, Virtual Desktop Integration, Ubiquitous Remote Access, Improved Branch Office Performance & Management, and Simplified Management for SMBs.
Simplifying Your Administrative Tasks with PowerShell
Windows PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration. Built on the .NET Framework, Windows PowerShell helps IT professionals and power users control and automate the administration of the Windows operating system and applications that run on Windows. Using real-life examples, the instructor will cover the basics of PowerShell and common administrative tasks.
Developer Sessions
Publishing Sites & Branding on SharePoint From Start to Finish
Starting with the out-of-the-box Publishing Site Portal, this session will demonstrate the necessary tasks to produce a customized and branded site, including the creation of content types, page layouts, custom master pages, and CSS.
Everything a Developer Needs to Know About IIS 7 & 7.5
As a developer, there are key elements that you should know about IIS 7 and 7.5. Topics covered in this session include the new User Interface, the integrated processing pipeline, new configuration files, hosting WCF Applications + more!
Creating Silverlight 3.0 Applications + Silverlight 4.0 Sneak Peek
Learn how to develop Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 applications through various development tools and techniques plus learn about some of the new features of Silverlight 4.0.
Boosting Your Database Performance Using SQL Server Indexes & SSAS Aggregations
Most of the performance issues in database applications is caused by the misuse of indexes or the lack of them. Learn what Cluster and Non Cluster indexes are, how to create them + best practices on their use. Indexed views and Index partitioning will also be addressed. In addition, the instructor will walk through the understanding, design and verification of aggregations on SSAS SQL 2008.
Building Reports and Dashboards in SharePoint 2010, PerformancePoint and SQL Reporting Services
The integration of SharePoint with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) as well as PerformancePoint will be demonstrated in this session. Included in the session will be the creation and publishing of reports, as well as the creation of dashboard pages surfacing data from an SSAS cube in SharePoint.
Information Worker Sessions
Using the New Features of Office 2010
Take a First Look at the New Features and Components in Microsoft Office 2010, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Also get a sneak peek at SharePoint Workspace, a new addition to the Microsoft Office Suite.
Six SharePoint Best Practices You May Not Know…But Should
This session will explore some not-so-common best practices of SharePoint site management. Learn the best way for your team to set up version control, document libraries, custom lists, wikis, Web parts and more!
Using the New Features of Microsoft Project 2010 and Project Server 2010
Take a First Look at the New Features and Components in Microsoft Project 2010 and Project Server 2010. The instructor will also demonstrate some of the new Portfolio Management features.
Developing Business Intelligence Solutions Using Excel 2010 PowerPivot
PowerPivot for Excel is a new data analysis tool that delivers unmatched computational power directly within Microsoft Excel 2010. The instructor will demonstrate how you can achieve deeper business insight and shorten decision cycles by quickly manipulating your data with these rich and interactive tools.
Anytime, Anywhere Collaboration Using Windows 7, Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010
Consider this – I want my employee in the airport to be able to work on a Word document at the same time as an employee in the Corporate Office, and I need to ensure security. What would be involved with making this possible? This is an example of the scenarios addressed in this session, which will cover collaboration and mobility features in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Project Server 2010, Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Also included will be deployment considerations and a discussion of required tools.
