Elaine will address commonly asked questions about migrating to SharePoint 2010 and share her experiences as well as crucial planning considerations and key pitfalls to avoid for an effective migration to SharePoint 2010.

ABOUT ELAINE

Elaine is a SharePoint MVP and Microsoft VTSP. Elaine has been working extensively with SharePoint since the 2001 version. She has been involved in all areas of SharePoint projects, ... >Moreincluding gathering requirements, assisting with governance, defining infrastructure and application architecture, solution development and training. Currently working at OBS as Solution Architect, Elaine also co-organises Melbourne's Microsoft Office Special Interest Group and SharePoint Saturday Melbourne.

Jeremy will discuss SharePoint 2010 release management best practices, including promoting customisations in the form of artefacts and content, from Development, to Test, through to Production environments.

ABOUT JEREMY

Jeremy Thake is National SharePoint Architect at CSG in Perth, Western Australia. Jeremy is a SharePoint MVP and Microsoft VTSP and is very active in the SharePoint community, as a co-organiser of the Perth SharePoint User Group, the founder of ... >MoreSharePointDevWiki.com and the co-founder of NothingButSharePoint.com. Jeremy is MCTS certified for SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010, and is a Microsoft Certified Trainer. He has spoken at various events across Australia, including TechEd and the SharePoint Conference. He can also be found tweeting, blogging and podcasting on SharePoint across the Internet.

In this session, Brian will go over several of the major improvements in architecture and storage in SharePoint 2010 and discuss what you need to consider when building your SharePoint environments to get the most out of the new platform.

ABOUT BRIAN

Brian Farnhill is a SharePoint MVP and Microsoft VTSP based in Canberra where he helps run the Canberra SharePoint User Group and SharePoint Saturday. Currently working for Extelligent Design as Solutions Architect, he has been working with ... >MoreSharePoint for several years and has deep expertise in web content management solutions, custom development and SharePoint user interface customisation, and is a regular speaker at many community events around Australia.

Rob will highlight the improvements in backup, disaster recovery, and high availability in SharePoint Server 2010 and discuss the opportunities for effective business continuity management with the platform. He will also answer your questions on how to overcome the challenges of achieving highly available SharePoint solutions.

ABOUT ROB

Rob Cheyne is the Head of Technical Consulting for Unique World, an Information Management and Knowledge Management consultancy based in Sydney, Australia. Rob is a Microsoft VTSP and provides technical support to Microsoft ... >Moreaccount teams, specialising in Lotus Notes migrations. Rob has been working with SharePoint and related technologies since 2001, helping senior management from numerous organisations plan and successfully implement complex portal, collaboration and business intelligence solutions using SharePoint and the broader Microsoft product set.