ANNOUNCING BI SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

2009 Q1 MEETING!!!

March 12, 2009
3:00pm - 6:30pm

Registration URL[Michael, please put the link here for the registration page]

We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting our BISIG meeting at Microsoft Corporation, 8300 Norman Center Drive, Suite 950, Bloomington, Minnesota, 55437 from 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm. We hope you will plan to attend this meeting where we have lined up two very exciting and informative speakers.

2:30-3:00	Registration
3:00-3:15	BI SIG Updates & Announcements - Hear about how the organization is growing and changing to better serve you! - Agenda for the day and introduction of speakers
3:15-4:30	SharePoint 2007 - Securing strategically sensitive data Presented by: Adam Buenz – Midwave Consulting Company SharePoint 2007 technologies offer robust authentication and authorization layers for securing SharePoint leveraging the authentication schemes provided by the underlying platform (IIS and ASP.NET). This session discusses how to configure the required components within a Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) Web Application to support Windows Authentication or Forms Based Authentication, as well as the inherent differences and implications between each. Furthermore, the session will demonstrate how WSS takes the identity established by the underlying authentication provider and wraps it in a profile cached at the level of the site collection. The second half of the session will be from a programming perspective, explaining how the authorization within a site collection is managed in terms of groups, permission levels, and securable objects as well as how to write code to automate the configuration of these authorization settings. Various techniques will be demonstrated emphasizing significance on differences between Windows and SharePoint security context. Speaker Bio - Adam Buenz Adam Buenz is a four-time Microsoft MVP in Windows SharePoint Services as well as author on three books (Real World SharePoint 2007, 6 Microsoft Office Business Applications for Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Professional SharePoint 2007 Development) on SharePoint 2007. Having worked with the United States Air Force on enterprise collaboration projects for the last 5 years, Adam brings a wealth of knowledge about secure collaboration through Midwave Corporation as a SharePoint Architect. Adam runs sharepointsecurity.com, where he posts ForeFront for SharePoint, Microsoft Data Protection Manager, Internet Security and Acceleration Server, and Identity Lifecycle Manger articles tiered around secure deployments and sheltered knowledge management systems.
4:30-4:45	Break
4:45 - 5:00	Microsoft Update Update on the new developments with Microsoft BI
5:00 - 6:30	SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services – From Development to Delivery to Integration Presented by Brian Larson – Superior Consulting Services SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (SSRS) is a robust tool for taking business intelligence from the data warehouse to the decision maker. This presentation will demonstrate a number of the key features of SSRS including: · Presenting data in multiple formats: dashboard, business charting, data report · Drilldown and drill-through navigation between the formats and from summary data to detail data · Managing completed reports in a server environment including: · Report Security · Report Caching to facilitate scalability · Report Subscriptions for push delivery · Integrating SSRS reports with line-of-business applications Speaker Bio - Brian Larson Brian Larson is the Chief of Technology for Superior Consulting Services in Burnsville, Minnesota, a Microsoft Consulting Partner for Reporting Services. Brian has 23 years of experience in the computer industry and 19 years' experience as a consultant in data management and business intelligence. Brian is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) and a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA). Brian served as a member of the original Reporting Services development team as a consultant to Microsoft. In that role, he contributed to the original code base of Reporting Services. Brian has presented at national conferences and events, including the SQL Server Magazine Connections Conference, the PASS Community Summit, and the Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference, and has provided training and mentoring on Reporting Services across the country. He has been a contributor and columnist for SQL Server Magazine. Brian is the author of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services and Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 both from McGraw-Hill Professional. Brian and his wife Pam have been married for 23 years. Pam will tell you that their first date took place at the Luther College computer center. Brian and Pam have two children, Jessica and Corey.
6:30 - ???	Social and Networking: Meeting will adjourn with networking opportunity. Enjoy this time to meet your speakers and other members of the community. Refreshments will be provided.