In case you are coming to SharePoint Conference 2012 on November 12-15, 2012 to Las Vegas, consider registering to the technical Project pre-day at no charge today! We call it The Best of Project Ignite!
Project Ignite is a technical training offered directly from Microsoft to IT Professionals, Developers and Solution architects. The training helps to understand the key changes and enhancements in new Microsoft Project – especially Project Online Preview and Project Pro for Office 365 Preview.
Agenda for the pre-day is below!
| Time | End | Module | Module detailed description | Speaker |
| 8:00 AM | 9:00 AM | room open, breakfast, registration | ||
| 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Welcome | Jan Kalis | |
| 9:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Introducing the New Project - from Task Management to full Project and Portfolio Management on premises and online! | Highlights the key investments in the New Project - including the new exciting capabilities of building the schedule in a SharePoint list and seamlessly growing into full PPM with Project Server 2013 and Project Online. | Jan Kalis, Christophe Fiessinger |
| 11:00 AM | 11:15 AM | break | ||
| 11:15 AM | 12:30 PM | Project Online Overview | An overview of Office 365, introduce Project Online and Project pro for Office 365, demonstrate how to get started with Project Online, and discuss Online frequently asked questions. | Christophe Fiessinger |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | lunch and discussion | ||
| 1:30 PM | 2:30 PM | Microsoft Project Customization - Business Intelligence, Demand Management | This session highlights the new capabilities in the New Project - across Project desktop and Project Server and Project Online, focusing on Business Intelligence and Demand Management and workflow creation with Visio 2013 and SharePoint Designer 2013. | Jan Kalis |
| 2:30 PM | 2:45 PM | break | ||
| 2:45 PM | 4:00 PM | What's new for IT Professionals | Overview architecture and procedure to deploy, upgrade and operate Project Server 2013, lots of demos! | Christophe Fiessinger |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Microsoft Project Extensibility - Building Apps for The New Project | Office and SharePoint Store drives lot of excitement among users and partners. The New Project fully leverages those investments - making it very easy for customers to acquire and for partner to sell their apps. Come to see demos and new capabilities! | Jan Kalis |
| 5:00 PM | 5:15 PM | Q&A Session | ||
| 5:15 PM | Event ends |
Looking forward to see you in Vegas!
Jan Kalis & Christophe Fiessinger
Senior Product Marketing Managers Project/Visio
Microsoft Corporation