Matt Bremer is currently a Solutions Architect with Covenant Technology Partners focusing on SharePoint 2007. As a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, he has assisted a number of clients in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 architecture, infrastructure and development. In addition, Matt has a wealth of experience in .NET application development. Since leaving Microsoft in July of 2008, he has enjoyed working with Covenant, providing architectural guidance and building robust solutions for its clients. In addition, Matt’s office smells of rich mahogany and contains many leather bound SharePoint books. You can read Matt’s blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/mattbremer or follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/mattbremer. Stay classy!

There are a number of reasons to use Site Collections in SharePoint 2007. A side effect from this decision, however, is that it is difficult to aggregate content across them. In this session you will learn how to use the Search Core Results Web Part and the Data View Web Part connected to the SharePoint search web service to aggregate content across site collections without code and still respect your list and site security.

Daniel A. Galant is an instructor with Mindsharp where he has been delivering SharePoint focused education for the past two years. During his tenure as an IT professional, Daniel has been a content contributor for the SharePoint Best Practices book from MS Press and has twice recieved notice as a Microsoft MVP in Windows Networking.

SharePoint doesn't have to scream SharePoint site.In this session we will take a look at using SharPoint Designer (now free) to customize the look of your Sharepoint sites. We'll examine the use of Master Pages and some simple modifications you make to get started. Next we'll look at page layouts and how you can create your own for use in your SharePoint farms. Design outside the box.