Dan Zainea and Brian LaSitis, of Dell GICS, recently participated in the delivery of a SharePoint webcast organized by Quest Software, entitled “Streamlining Application Deployment with No Coding”.  This webcast was moderated by Joel Oleson, of Quest Software, and focused on the three primary methods of customization and development that are performed within a SharePoint environment:  Internet Explorer / Web UI site customizations, SharePoint Designer site customizations, and Visual Studio custom development artifacts.  The presentation aligned each type of customization with a set of goals applicable in a SharePoint environment, including maintainability, standardization, and flexibility, with the key takeaway being the selection of the right tool for the right solution.

In addition to Dell’s involvement in this presentation, demos were also given during it by Dustin Miller, SharePoint MVP of SharePoint Experts, and Curtis Kelly, Solutions Architect at Quest.  Dan and Brian, from Dell, organized the content for the third segment of the webcast, on the topic of Visual Studio developed customizations, and discussed the benefits of using SharePoint solution packages (WSPs).  The Dell discussion focused on the use of WSPs as a deployment tool for custom developed artifacts, and the benefits they offer by allowing a prescriptive process to be employed for moving customizations from development to production.

You may view the recording of this webcast at Quest’s web site, at http://www.quest.com/events/ListDetails.aspx?ContentID=9303.