Dallas TechFest 2011

This year the Dallas TechFest has expanded into a two-day event. It’s being held at the University of Texas Dallas (which, oddly enough, is actually in Richardson) August 12^th and 13^th. The fee for the conference is a paltry $100 – a pittance for the amount of content available over both days. Although TechFest isn’t a SharePoint-specific conference, there will be plenty of SharePoint content for both developers and IT professionals.

I’ll be delivering two sessions at the event:

Building Enterprise Records Management Solutions for SharePoint 2010
Category: Technology and Support
Level: 100
SharePoint 2010 introduces many new content management features that can be applied to build both document and records management solutions. In this session, we’ll examine these features in detail and explore ways to apply them to solve traditional records management problems, such as creating hierarchical file plans, using metadata to drive content routing and making e-Discovery more accessible for records managers and end users.

SharePoint 2010 Performance and Capacity Planning
Category: Technology and Support
Level: 100
Deploying a SharePoint environment that can scale from several hundred to tens of thousands of users can be a daunting task which requires careful planning and testing. In this session we will explore the basics of SharePoint capacity planning and discuss best practices for the configuration of databases, service applications, web applications, site collections and lists. We will also review ways to avoid common mistakes and highlight tools and techniques administrators can use to monitor SharePoint performance and identify common causes of performance issues.

For more information and registration, visit the following link:

http://dtf-11.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn

See you there!

UPDATE 1: Slide decks are now available in the Presentations library:

Building Enterprise Records Management Solutions for SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 Performance and Capacity Planning 

UPDATE 2: I’ve restructured the list view to make individual presentations easier to find.  All downloads are now grouped first by year and then by event.  If you can’t find what you’re looking for just add a comment and I’ll get it posted.