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Join Garry Smith as he discusses the intricacies of change management within SharePoint environments. Learn how echoTechnology simplifies the SharePoint lifecycle, ensuring safer migrations and efficient updates for enterprises. With over 15 years of experience in delivering SharePoint solutions, Garry shares best practices for managing deployments, workflows, and site migrations. Discover practical strategies for minimizing operational risks and enhancing user adoption rates, making transitions smoother for your organization.
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SharePoint and the Change Management Challenge Garry Smith Sydney Level 1, 13-15 Myrtle St North Sydney NSW 2060 Seattle 520 Pike St, Suite 1405 Seattle WA 98101 Seattle SPUG May 15 2008
Who is echoTechnology? • June 2005 - San Francisco, Seattle , Sydney • Canada, Chicago, Connetticut, Maryland, California, Atlanta, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Australia We make changing SharePoint easy
Who Am I • Bad News • 18 Hours Travelfrom Sydney • New Demonstration Environment. \ New Build of echo • Not really a Community Guy or Pure IT Guy • President of a Vendor. (Technical Sales) • Good News • Microsoft Certified Trainer of Developers • Software Engineering Background • First Field Deployments • Delivering Solutions as a Systems Integrator, 15 Years • 300 Online Demonstrations to SharePoint deployments globally
Traditional Approach Dev Test Production
Challenges Features and Capabilities Control
How? Manage Migrate
Demonstration Scenarios • Deploy a new web part to all product sites in Sydney and New York • Migrate Sites, Load Content from 2003/File Shares and Apply Meta Tags • 3. Make a bunch of changes safely in Sydney and New York • Change theme and navigation in Sydney and New York • Add a new column to all Product documents Libraries in Sydney. • Add a workflow to all ingredient libraries in Sydney
What is echo? • Migrate • 2003 • Domino • Exchange • File Shares • Manage • Workflows • Features • Webparts • Any design element
IT Pro Value Proposition • Fast Safe Portal Change • Lower operational risk • Lower TCO • Dynamic pilots • Shorter design phase • Faster deployment phase • Longer portal shelf life • Higher user adoption rates
What people are saying “…the single most valuable after market tool you need to know about is echo for SharePoint... a must have for SharePoint administrators and developers."Mike Fitzmaurice Senior SharePoint Product ManagerMicrosoft echo Releases Swiss Army Knife for SharePoint CMSWire
Who is echoTechnology? We make changing SharePoint easy