Roaming user functionality has been available since release 6, but there have been significant enhancements that came with releases 8.5 and 8.5.1 including workspace UI roaming and file server roaming. Take a deep dive into roaming in this 3-hour jumpstart and get real-world instruction and best practices on rolling out and customizing the roaming experience with a minimum of stress for both administrators and users. Step through a demonstration of the user experience for roaming on the Domino server and the file server to get a firm understanding what roams and what doesn’t. Learn how to best update a user from non-roaming to roaming as well as tips and techniques for solving problems with roaming users. Get a feel for when you can use policies and the client to provide details on what you can do, shouldn’t do, and just plain can’t do when it comes to roaming users. Find out why you might want every user to be a roaming user – even if they only use a single computer.

This special 3-hour session will show you everything you need to know about the Lotus Notes Calendar and Resource Reservation system. Take a deep dive into the calendar and resource reservation processes to understand the inner workings and learn how to set up, use, and troubleshoot all of the new features and while properly maintaining existing features. Get real-world best practices to avoid common pitfalls during setup and upgrade. See how to effectively identify and troubleshoot problems that may arise in an ongoing calendaring and scheduling environment. Uncover native troubleshooting tools you didn’t know existed and find out how to leverage them to find orphaned meetings or missing responses. Find out how to reduce support time by using preferences to make users more productive and less error-prone. Learn how to identify and even repair problems that are caused by other systems such as mobile devices. Leave this session with the confidence you need to get your calendaring and scheduling environment up and running efficiently.

WebSphere Portal is a big product. That's a fact. So what is a Domino admin to do when handed the daunting task of administrating Portal? Come to this jumpstart that's what! This in-depth session will take you from a beginner to the point where you thoroughly understand Portal and can integrate it with your Domino environment. Take a look at what Portal is, how it is put together, and the steps to take for proper installation as well as how to do the beginning setup and then move on to the main administrative duties that you will need to perform. Walk away with the steps needed to enable SSO between Domino and Portal as well as the administrative tasks required to surface and integrate your Domino applications so they are seamlessly available in the Portal environment.

Upgrading servers and clients isn’t the endof the game. Realizing efficiencies and optimizing assets based on the upgrade is, and in this session we’ll take you through 8.5.1 Administration from soup to flan. Learn from those who have gone before you and walk through new features and updates to existing features to ease administration. Understand the new policy settings for roaming users and learn how to implement dynamic policies. Take advantage of the sidebar and plugins in the Notes client to deploy custom widgets and understand the impact of enabling the Eclipse update manager. Get the low down on new server commands for messaging and applications, statistics generated by AdminP, using Domino Configuration Tuner to identify potential configuration issues and additional performance enhancements. See how to utilize auto-populated groups to minimize group administration and get additional tips and tricks for optimizing ongoing administrative tasks.

From the myriad of design elements and access levels to programming languages and Agent execution, taking Notes applications to the Web can be exciting, fun and frustrating all at the same time. In this special jumpstart session, get the best practice advice you need to avoid common development pitfalls, understand what design elements to stay away from and how to overcome the pitfalls in porting an existing app to the Web while retaining existing functionality. Get the ins and outs of hiding elements based on various criteria, maintaining a consistent look and feel across web pages and methods for ensuring user transparency between Web and Notes client access. Leave this session with a database full of examples you can take back and apply to your applications right away.

Between Java, JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS, Controls, and Custom Controls, how do you know where to start when it comes to developing with XPages? Attend this 3-hour jumpstart to get a proven roadmap so you know exactly where to start with XPages and how to progress so that you are learning with practical application development — not just following a tutorial. Gain an understanding of the XPage architecture and runtime and learn the differences between running XPages in the Notes client versus a Web browser. Walk away with an understanding of how to navigate the UI and receive best practices for XPage development as well as dozens of examples of XPage designs. Take home an NSF with the complete XPage code samples used during the session as well as the roadmap discussed, so you can hit the ground running.

This special 3-hour session will give you a solid understanding of the Eclipse platform and the additional capabilities extended to you as a result of Designer on this platform. Find out how the Notes client leverages the Eclipse environment how you can extend your applications to do more than ever before. Learn shortcuts and tips to aid you in developing Domino applications more efficiently by easily navigating from one design element to the next and ways to find what you need faster. Get a thorough understanding of the many new capabilities in the Composite Application Editor in Notes Designer 8.5.1 as well as new XPages support and components. Get valuable tips, tricks, and shortcuts for your code and hear how to leverage plug-ins to make your life as a developer much easier.

You know it. You should have learned Java last week, last month, or last year. But you didn't. And now you NEED it. Come to this jumpstart session to get tested and proven techniques that will not only show you how to learn Java but give you the roadmap and tools to make that transition as easily as possible. See how Java compares to LotusScript, how it is now integrated into the Domino Designer client, and how to configure Designer as the only Java development tool you need. Find out how Java is best used in Agents, Servlets, XPages, and stand alone applications. Learn how to execute Java agents both in the Notes client as well as from the Web and understand how to call Java code from within an XPage. Take home an NSF application with all of the session code included.