Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint

User Group

• Introductions / Overview

• Upcoming Schedule

• Real World Demo – HR Web at Microsoft

• SharePoint Human Resources Solutions

• Office Solution Accelerator for Recruiting

• Self Service Human Resources Approaches

• Q & A

Agenda

• Inetium (www.inetium.com)

• Twin Cites based Microsoft consulting company

• Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

• Practice Area focused on Information Worker Technologies

• New Horizons – Minnesota (www.newhorizonsmn.com)

• Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

• Training on many technologies

• Microsoft (www.microsoft.com)

• I’m guessing you’ve heard of them

Introductions – MNSPUG Sponsors

Build a local community focused on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies

• Educate user group members about SharePoint Technologies

• Transfer knowledge within the community

• Communicate best practices

• Introduce new products / solutions

User Group Goal / Objectives

• Website for user group

• SharePoint resource documents

• SharePoint resource websites links

• RSS Feeds

• Meeting Schedule

• Past User Group Presentations

www.sharepointmn.com

www.sharepointmn.com

• Next Meeting

• November 10th 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

• Microsoft’s Bloomington Office

• Topic: To Be Announced

• Ongoing Schedule

• 2nd Wednesday of every month

• 9:00 to 11:00 am

• Microsoft’s Bloomington Office

Upcoming Schedule

• SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) released

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=841883

• Windows SharePoint Services 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) released

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=841876

SharePoint News

Microsoft Intranet DemoJoyce Peter

Microsoft Solution Specialist

• Recruiting

• Office Solution Accelerator for Recruiting

• Employee Self-Service

• SharePoint Technologies

• Office System 2003

Human Resources Topics

• What are the Office Solution Accelerators?

• Sets of components, templates and guidance for key business needs

• Business Scorecards Accelerator

• Excel Add-in for SQL Server Analysis Services

• Solution Accelerator for Proposals

• Sarbanes-Oxley Accelerator

• Solution Accelerator for Six Sigma

• Human Resources Recruiting Accelerator

• Many utilize SharePoint technologies

• Free

• Can be customized

Office Solution Accelerators

• What is the Human Resources Recruiting Accelerator?

• Aims to address recruiting scenario within an HR department

• Can be connected to existing backend database systems

• Technologies

• SharePoint – Digital dashboard web parts

• InfoPath – Online digital forms

• Web Services – Provides connection to data

• Exchange – Data source for employee schedules

Office Solution Accelerator for Recruiting

Office Solution Accelerator for Recruiting

• Recruiting Process

• Aims to address recruiting scenario within an HR department

• Focuses on Interview state of recruiting process

• Interview Scheduling

• Interview Planning

• Interview Feedback

• Interview Assessment

Recruiting Accelerator Demo

• What is Self-Service?

• Providing access to key information

• 401K Info

• Payment history

• Automating business processes

• Absence request forms

• Insurance change forms

• Communicating consistently

• Policies and procedures

• Company Calendar

• Employee Directory

• Human Resources FAQ

Self-Service Human Resources via SharePoint

• Document libraries

• Custom Lists

• InfoPath Forms

• Custom Web Parts

• Page Viewer Web Part

• Event Calendar

SharePoint Approaches to Self Service

Self Service Demo

• Office Solution Accelerators

http://www.microsoft.com/office/solutions/accelerators/default.mspx

• Office Solution Accelerator for Recruiting

http://www.microsoft.com/office/solutions/accelerators/recruiting/default.mspx

Resources

Q & A