May 2011 – Technical Rollup Mail – Internet

Partezis developed an integration solution for hospitals called HealthLink. After evaluating technologies from SAP, Siemens, and Lawson, Partezis developed HealthLink on the Microsoft platform, including Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009. BizTalk Server 2009 helped developers create innovative functionalities more quickly. The HealthLink solution eliminates single points of failure for mission-critical dependability and can be customized by Partezis customers.

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-BizTalk-Accelerator-for-HL7/Partezis/Innovative-Mission-Critical-Solution-for-Hospitals-Is-Based-on-the-Microsoft-Platform/4000009427

Movistar Colombia - Leading Telecommunications Provider Boosts Innovation, Availability, and Speed

Tier-1, mobile telecommunications provider Movistar Colombia wanted to enhance customer satisfaction by delivering consistently fast system response times and new web-based offerings. To achieve this, Movistar needed to increase the flexibility and transparency of its mission-critical IT infrastructure—and simplify development. In 2009, the company engaged Microsoft Services and third party iT Synergy to help implement a service-oriented architecture built with Microsoft technologies including Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009. As a result, Movistar has tripled the number of account refills it processes each day, which equates to U.S.$1.5 million in monthly revenue. The mission-critical solution also delivers 99.99 percent availability, enhances customer service, facilitates innovation, speeds time to market, and delivers the agility and global scalability needed to realize business goals.

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Services/Movistar-Colombia/Leading-Telecommunications-Provider-Boosts-Innovation-Availability-and-Speed/4000009288

Tenaska - Energy Firm Transforms Data Collection and Analysis with Innovative New Solution

Tenaska Capital Management, LLC (TCM), an affiliate of energy company Tenaska, provides acquisition and energy asset management services to private equity funds. Because of manual data-gathering and reporting processes, analysts spent too much time finding critical data. TCM deployed an innovative and flexible data solution based on Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 Enterprise. Analysts now spend 50 percent less time collecting data, and TCM can grow more effectively.

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-SQL-Server-2008-R2-Enterprise/Tenaska/Energy-Firm-Transforms-Data-Collection-and-Analysis-with-Innovative-New-Solution/4000009251

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SharePoint 2010

IT Manager Webcast: An Inside Look at Finance at Microsoft: Leveraging Technology (Level 200)

5/5/2011 9:30 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Join us for an inside look at finance at Microsoft. During the webcast, we demonstrate how teams use Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 to collaborate and optimize the workflow of financial processes for month end close, integrating controls including Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting and earnings releases, compilation of board reports, and audit preparation. Learn how quick, easy, and cost effective SharePoint is. It helps your financial teams do more with less, resulting in reduced costs, increased productivity, and more time to analyze information and provide business insight to make smarter decisions.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032484789&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: SharePoint Operational Governance (Level 200)

5/6/2011 10:00 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

The unprecedented popularity and usage of Microsoft SharePoint Server has left many organizations with the daunting task of effectively managing and supporting SharePoint environments so they don't grow beyond control. In this webcast, you learn how SharePoint operational governance is an integral component of deploying and maintaining a successful SharePoint Server environment. You learn the components of a governance plan, including what organizations must typically think about to be effective--what should be governed, who should govern it, and how it should be implemented.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032485141&culture=en-US

How to use Team Foundation Server to Manage the SharePoint Life Cycle

5/12/2011 12:00 PM & 5/26/2011 12:00 PM Time zone: (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)

SharePoint has made tremendous impact in the enterprise for several reasons –affordability, ease of implementation, and rapid application deployment opportunities. For these same reasons SharePoint has introduced risk in the organization because effective development practices are not viewed as necessary or useful for SharePoint deployments. SharePoint is a powerful platform for Rapid Application Development (RAD) and often has an even shorter lifecycle than traditional RAD projects. In this session we will discuss and demonstrate the role that TFS plays in the effective management of SharePoint implementations and custom development. Requirements, testing, version control, and deployment of custom features for SharePoint will be demonstrated using TFS and VS 2010.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032480382&culture=en-US

IT Manager Webcast: Implementing Social Computing at Microsoft (Level 200)

5/19/2011 9:30 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Microsoft IT recently deployed Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 with an enhanced user experience by improving MY sites and providing a useful, relevant, and secure news feed. Hear how managers recognized the social features in MY sites, and learn what was needed to understand how the social aspects were positioned within the rest the environment. Topics in this webcast include a discussion of SharePoint 2010, the impact on the employee culture and expected social computing adoption rates, and how to integrate the services with other offerings.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032484409&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Enabling Managed Metadata for Information Discovery at Microsoft (Level 300)

5/17/2011 9:30 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

In this webcast, we describe how taxonomy is governed and maintained in our Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 intranet platform, as well as how it is used to meet internal stakeholder business needs. Hear how syndicated content types are being used and how the whole managed metadata service is coming together to improve the information discovery experience at the company.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032484793&culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft Built Its Internal Social Video Platform (Level 300)

5/24/2011 9:30 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Are you faced with the challenge of providing video and podcasting services? Are you curious about how to design rich portal experiences that easily present both community and governed assets in context and drive social contribution? This IT Showcase explores how we built Microsoft's internal solution on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 by leveraging SharePoint 2010 social, search, and managed metadata services to drive compelling solutions and content using social capabilities as the common fabric that connects.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032484795&culture=en-US

Business Insights Webcast: Increasing Collaboration and Transparency around Financial Processes (Level 100)

5/25/2011 9:00 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Watch this webcast to see how Propex is using Tagetik 3.0 to deploy a solution for budgeting and forecasting processes to realize their business goals. Also hear how Tagetik and Microsoft have teamed up to deliver a single collaborative performance management (CPM) platform (Tagetik 3.0 enabled by Microsoft SharePoint) to drive business performance throughout the organization while maximizing existing investments in Microsoft technologies. This solution delivers pervasive corporate performance management and business intelligence in an organization at a low cost, fosters teamwork and communication, and promotes better financial and operational decisions companywide.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032484760&culture=en-US

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MSDN Virtual Lab: BizTalk Server 2010: Creating and Configuring BizTalk Schemas