Just saying the name “SharePoint Designer” to the owner of a SharePoint site can cause great trepidation due to its reputation (not entirely undeserved) for allowing users to wreak havoc over a SharePoint site. In this session, I will try to separate fact from fiction as we explore the benefits of what SharePoint Designer really can do, and what methods administrators can employ to ensure the safety of their sites.

Woody Windischman is a technology trainer and consultant with more than 20 years’ experience in a variety of roles, allowing him to see problems holistically and come up with appropriate solutions. His experience in SharePoint-related technologies started even before SharePoint became a product, with predecessors such as Site Server, the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit, and the earliest versions of Microsoft FrontPage. Since then Woody’s been deeply involved in the SharePoint community — first having been awarded Microsoft SharePoint MVP from October 2005 through September 2007, and again in 2009. He spent a year working directly for the SharePoint product team. He is the lead author of Professional SharePoint Designer 2007 and Beginning SharePoint Designer 2010. He’s active on Twitter (as WoodyWindy) as well as several other online SharePoint communities, including the TechNet and MSDN forums. His SharePoint blog, http://www.thesanitypoint.com, has been hosted on SharePoint for almost its entire existence.

Doors open at 11:30 AM and the presentation will start at noon.  Lunch will be provided

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