The Western Mass .NET Users Group is hosting its next monthly meeting Tuesday, October 2 at 6:00 PM in Easthampton.  There will be a pizza dinner and time for socializing.

Business Benefits of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is a new server program that is part of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Your organization can use Office SharePoint Server 2007 to facilitate collaboration, provide content management features, implement business processes, and supply access to information that is essential to organizational goals and processes.

You can quickly create SharePoint sites that support specific content publishing, content management, records management, or business intelligence needs. You can also conduct effective searches for people, documents, and data, participate in forms-driven business processes, and access and analyze large amounts of business data.

There are many presentations on SharePoint that describe it's feature set and technical capabilities.  The goal of this presentation is to highlight and descibe the business benefits, or real solutions, available with SharePoint 2007 implementation.

Windows SharePoint Service 3.0 (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) are described and compared.  Selected solutions are descibed and demonstrated including:

• Build an enterprise information portal
• Provide enterprise content management
• Build project and team sites
• Facilitate internal and external collaboration
• Implement an enterprise search engine
• Drive and track workflow processes
• Deliver Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities
• Provide personalized "My Site" web pages
• Build an Intranet/Extranet web site
• Utilize as an enterprise application platform

Speaker Bio
Dan Relihan is the Project Management Office (PMO) Director for ASSA ABLOY Americas, headquartered in New Haven, CT.  Dan and his team are currently leading ASSA ABLOY Americas through a SharePoint 2007 enterprise implementation.  Prior to joining ASSA ABLOY Americas, Dan held a position at Andrews Consulting Group as Director of .NET Consulting.  Dan has over 25 years of experience as a consultant, project manager, solution provider, architect and developer.

Meeting Details
Tuesday, October 2 at 6:00 PM
Atalasoft, Inc.
116 Pleasant St, Suite 321
Easthampton, MA 01027
866-568-0129 

Directions to Atalasoft, Inc. (map):

From the South
Travel Interstate 91 North, take Exit 17B (Easthampton). Follow Route 141 to Easthampton. At the foot of the mountain, turn right onto East St. Follow for approx. 2.3 miles. Turn left on to Ferry St. Follow to the end. Take a left onto Pleasant St. Go approx 3/10 of a mile, Eastworks will be on your left at 116 Pleasant St. Enter the main entrance and take the stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor. The Atalasoft office is just past the Eastworks office on the left, Suite 321

From the North
Travel Interstate 91 South; take Exit 18 (Northampton). Take a right at the bottom of the ramp. Follow route 5 to Easthampton. Turn right onto East St. Follow for approx. 1.5 miles. Turn right on to Ferry St. Follow to the end. Take a left onto Pleasant St. Go approx 3/10 of a mile, Eastworks will be on your left at 116 Pleasant St. Enter the main entrance and take the stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor. The Atalasoft office is just past the Eastworks office on the left, Suite 321.

(if you miss East St. and end up in the town of Easthampton, follow signs for Rt. 10 north, and take a right at the rotary onto Pleasant St.  Eastworks will be on your right.)

If you have questions, please direct them to:
Jami Albro-Fisher (413-536-5989 x116)
User Group Leader, Western Mass .NET Users Group