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SharePoint Training

November 12th, 2007

SharePoint Training

- SharePoint Training Registration

- SharePoint Training Travel Info

- SharePoint Training Hotel Info

- SharePoint Training for Church Consultants/Vendors

- Travel Needs/Rides to Share (added 1/2/08)

Driving Directions (added 1/2/08)

                                  - Virtual PC Pre-Req, Syllabi, Monday Schedule (added 1/3/08)

                                  - Last Minute Info: Monday Start Time, Sunday Night Dinner (added 1/5/08)

                                  - Day 3 Photos (added 1/09/08)

                                  - Group Photos (added 1/11/08)

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SharePoint Training – Hotel Info

November 12th, 2007

The recommended hotel during the SharePoint Training is the Peoria AmericInn Lodge and Suites which is 2.4 miles from Northwoods.  When placing a reservation mention “SharePoint Training” and you will receive the discounted rate of $79.90 per night (2 Queens or 1 King non-smoking room)

AmericInn Lodge and Suites
9106 N. Lindberg Drive
Peoria, IL 61615
866-447-4897 or (309) 692-9200
E-mail:info@americinnpeoria.com

Other local hotel information can be found at the Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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SharePoint Training – Registration

November 12th, 2007

As Jason Powell mentioned over on his blog a few weeks ago, Bill English Co-Owner of MindSharp will be presenting free SharePoint Administration training on January 7th – 11th.  I am excited to announce the registration for the SharePoint Training is now Open.

Event Info:

  • January 7th – January 11th (Monday through Friday) 9 am- 5 pm.
  • Location: Northwoods Community Church (10700 N. Allen Road Peoria, IL 61615)
  • Attendees:
    • Slots available for up to 100 attendees
      • Small teams are encouraged (Director/Project Manager + IT/Web)
    • All participants must be directly employed by a church or ministry and he/she will not profit or further a for-profit business by this training.
    • If you are the IT Volunteer for your church and not a consultant please shoot me a email and we’ll discuss options.
    • Participants should be technically-oriented and are expected to understand and/or perform the following administrative activities: 
      • DNS – including creating alias records and A records in the Hosts File
      • IIS – creating new web sites, host headers and working with site security
      • Active Directory Users and Computers – create new user accounts, reset passwords and general user and group account activities
      • SQL Server – basic understanding of how to apply permissions to a database
      • Windows 2003 Server – basic understanding of Active Directory
      • Networking – basic understand and abilities in assigning IP addresses, host names and general connectivity issues. 
    • Each person must have his/her own laptop with 2GB Ram and 20GB free Disk space
      • 1.5GB of the RAM will be completely used by the image that will be provided to you.
      • UPDATE 11/14/07: Bill English has ask that we note it is extremely important that the system you bring to the training have the 2GB of Ram and 20GB of free space or you will be very disappointed with the performance of your workstation during the training.
      • Laptop Rental is OPTIONAL as part of the registration process: Weekly Rental Rate: $185.00 (includes 2 way shipping).
  • Event Registration: Fee $125.00 
    • This includes snacks and lunch each day, and event costs.
  • Training: Will be focused around the SharePoint Server 2007 product.  An understanding of SharePoint Server 2007 will allow users to also implement Windows SharePoint Services (the free version).

Register Now

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Office 2007 Training

November 1st, 2007

We launched Office2007 to all our users in July of 2007.  We offered a 1 hour group training session for each staff person.

This PDF, Office 2007 Training, was the training guide for the orientation session.

Linda Cleveland, our Systems Coordinator and Trainer, wrote the guide and lead the training.  You can email her at linda dot cleveland at nwoods dot org

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