SharePoint Conference 2014

Insights

Some Facts…• Held at the Venetian, Las Vegas, NV 3/2 – 3/6• 10,000+ Attendees• ~230 Sessions over 4 audiences • Developer (60)• Executive (34)• IT Pro (105)• Power User (37)

• SharePoint TV…

Keynote

Keynote - President Bill Clinton???• Centered around the Clinton Foundation• Role of technology in the betterment of society/the world• A bit of a misconception…

Keynote – The big unveiling• The Office Graph - The Office Graph uses sophisticated machine

learning techniques to connect you to the relevant documents, conversations, and people around you. • http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint-Conference/2014/SPC2

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IT Pro Keynote• Office 365 is the focus (surprise)

• The release model has changed (cloud vs. on-prem)• 1 terabyte site collections• Security was a selling point (Fort Knox)

• Next on-prem release: Mid-2015 (Beyond that?)

• SP1• Cloud redirection (OneDrive)• Yammer integration – One click, on/off. Replaces Newsfeed

• http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint-Conference/2014/SPC244

My focus…• Power User / IT Pro Tracks• Search, search, search• Display Templates, Result Types, Query Rules• http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint-Conference/2014/SPC322 • http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint-Conference/2014/SPC3000

Attendee Insights…• What track were you in?• What excited/impressed you?• Anything that will affect your strategy going forward?

YOU can see it all…• Starting this year, ALL presentations are open to EVERYONE

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Nationwide: Building a World-Renowned Intranet with SharePoint 2013 and

Yammerhttp://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint-Conference/2014/SPC311