VirtualSharePoint Summit

2010

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Overcoming Collaboration Challenges with SharePoint

Chris SamsonLeslie Sistla

VirtualSharePoint Summit

2010

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VirtualSharePoint Summit

2010

hosted by Rackspace

Agenda

• Introduction to WSS 3.0– Features Overview

• WSS 3.0 Demonstration• Top 10 Benefits of Windows SharePoint Services• SharePoint Server 2010• Questions

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What Is WSS 3.0?

Windows SharePoint Services helps teams stay connected and productive by

providing easy access to the people, documents, and information they need

to make more informed decisions and get their jobs done.

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WSS 3.0 Overview

• Collaboration and Community• Alerts, notifications, and RSS support• Integration with familiar Office applications• User interface and navigation• Application templates

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Collaboration and Community

• Document collaboration• Standard site templates• Calendars• Task coordination• Issue Tracking• Surveys

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Collaboration and Community (cont.)

• Wikis• Blogs• People and Groups list• Real-time presence and communication• Mobile device access

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Alerts, Notifications, and RSS Support

• Rich alert information• Alert customization• Alert filtering• Task notifications• RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds

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WSS 3.0 Demonstration

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Integration with Office Applications

• Integration with 2007 Office Suites• Integration with Office SharePoint Designer

2007• Platform for Office SharePoint Server 2007

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User Interface and Navigation

• Consistent user experience• Rights-trimmed user interface• Automatic breadcrumb bar• Quick Launch bar• Top navigation bar• View improvements• Descriptive Actions menu• Simplified Web Part user interface

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Application Templates

• Site Admin Templates– Employee Self-Service Benefits– Discussion Database– Team Work Site– Timecard Management

• Server Admin Templates– Change Request Management– Help Desk– Inventory Tracking– Physical Asset Tracking and Management

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Web Browsers

• Any Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, or UNIX client computer can use Windows SharePoint Services provided it runs one of the following Web browsers:– Level 1 Web Browsers– Level 2 Web Browsers

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Top 10 Benefits of WSS 3.0

1. Improve team productivity with easy-to-use collaborative tools

2. Easily manage documents and help ensure integrity of content

3. Get users up to speed quickly4. Deploy solutions tailored to your business processes5. Build a collaboration environment quickly and easily

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Top 10 Benefits of WSS 3.0 (cont.)

6. Reduce the complexity of securing business information

7. Provide sophisticated controls for securing company resources

8. Take file sharing to a new level with robust storage capabilities

9. Easily scale your collaboration solution to meet business needs

10.Provide a cost-effective foundation for building Web-based applications

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Microsoft SharePoint 2010The Business Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise and the Web

Connect and Empower People

Cut Costs with a Unified Infrastructure

Rapidly Respond to Business Needs

Communities

Search

Sites

Composites

ContentInsights

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SharePoint Sites

Collaboration across Intranet, Extranet & InternetImproved interoperability with standards supportOut-of-box accessibility compliance for WCAG 2.0

Single Platform

Mobile-based interaction with people and contentRead-write web access using Office Web ApplicationCross-browser support for maximized participation

Anywhere Access

Easy site editing, including theming & brandingOffice Ribbon UI for faster training & adoptionRich offline experience with SharePoint Workspace

Rich User Experience

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Site authoring and publishing made simple!

Interactive Silverlight

Live preview

Embedding rich media

Theming

AJAX-based usability

Easy editing

SharePoint Sites

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Synchronizing changes, not entire files

Custom lists

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SharePoint SitesTaking entire sites offline with SharePoint Workspace

LOB Data

Rich and native integration with InfoPath Forms

Ribbon UI

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SharePoint Communities

Work with peers whether online or offlineCollaborate on the go through the mobile UIEnrich existing applications with social context

Participation Anywhere

Connecting users through enhanced profilesStaying up-to-date using news feeds and alertsMake expertise discovery easy across the enterprise

Social Connections

Promote sharing with easy social authoringEasily navigate resources with pervasive taggingFind better answers faster via user feedback

Informal Knowledge

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SharePoint Content

Metadata and tagging managed by same servicesLess storage and bandwidth for Office & binary contentInteroperability framework to link legacy repositories

Management Efficiency

Pervasive records management and legal holdsEnterprise-wide taxonomies and folksonomiesCross-farm policies and rules for all content types

Flexibility and Compliance

Intuitive interaction with content through OfficeFast discovery using content metadata and taggingRapid creation and publishing of web content

User-centric

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SharePoint Search

Improved scale to meet any demand volumeDeployment-specific tuning for best resultsSearch-driven applications to enrich platform

Enterprise Deployment

Phonetic and multi-lingual for global relevanceSocial connections driven by interests and expertise Secure access to content, whether internal or external

Knowledge Amplification

Improved relevance based on usage and historyRich results-navigators for shorter search timeSupport for 400+ content types and 85 languages

Better Answers, Faster

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SharePoint Insights

Advanced analysis with Excel ServicesRicher data visualization and easy sharingIncorporation of LOB data in data analysis

Data interaction

Drive accountability and alignment with scorecardsIdentify issues and opportunities with real-time accessImproved API for richer extensibility and development

Organizational Effectiveness

Powerful Self-Service capabilities and visualizationsCompelling dashboards to drive business resultsRich reports with access to millions of rows

Decision Making

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Access to unlimited data secured in SharePoint

with Gemini capabilities

SharePoint InsightsEffective data analysis and decision-making with Excel Services

Data SlicersInteractive PivotTables

Dashboards and heat maps

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Integration with SharePoint, including: administration,

scalability and deployment

SharePoint InsightsEnhanced business insight with PerformancePoint Services

Visual scorecards

Detailed KPIs

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Real-time updates with connectivity to

any data source

User Interaction with shapes, graphics,

and hyperlinks

Visualize data and interact with it using Visio Services

SharePoint Insights

Real-time, visual data

Visio diagrams within a browser

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Sandboxed Solutions for self-service and fast installationPlatform stability with resource quota-managementStandards support for integration and accessibility

Solution Deployment

Business Connectivity Services for LOB data exchangeLOB data in Outlook, Word & Workspace without codeSharePoint data exposed through web services & APIs

Data Connectivity

Enhanced toolset for end-user solutionsProcess automation and data validation with FormsVisio services integration for data visualization

User-Driven Solutions

SharePoint Composites

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Enterprise-wide management capabilitiesRobust installation and predictable upgrade processHigher availability with better patch management

IT Productivity

Collaboration across Intranet, Extranet and InternetOn-premise and/or hosted optionsData storage inside and outside the SharePoint DB

Deployment Flexibility

Terabytes of data and multi-million item listsImproved Platform resiliency and redundancyAdvanced back-up, restore and disaster recovery

Scale with Governance

IT Pro Investments

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Developer Investments

Standardized WSP Package DeploymentSharePoint Online shared solution hostingInstall on Vista SP1 or Windows 7 for Developers only

Solution Hosting

Rich solution UI with Silverlight, XSLT View, Clean HTML Data Foundation – Relationships, LookupBetter programmability with Linq, Client API, Events

Development Platform

Rapidly develop solutions with Visual Studio 2010Application Lifecycle Management & Team Development Solution quality improved with debugging tools

Developer Productivity

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Questions?

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Helpful Links

• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

• Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Sample: Example Master Pages

• SharePoint Designer 2007

• Learn SharePoint Server 2010

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Appendix

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Level 1 Web Browsers• Level 1 Web browsers take advantage of advanced features provided by

ActiveX controls and provide the most complete user experience. Level 1 browsers offer full functionality on all SharePoint sites, including the Central Administration Web site.

– For Windows systems: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later; Windows Internet Explorer 7.0 or later

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Level 2 Web Browsers• Level 2 Web browsers provide basic functionality, so that users can both

read and write in SharePoint sites and perform site administration. However, because ActiveX controls are supported only in Level 1 browsers, and due to the functionality differences within different browsers, a different user experience might be provided and there could be some variances from the user experience from the Level 1 browsers.

– For Windows systems: Firefox 1.5 or later; Mozilla 1.7 or later; Netscape Navigator 8.1 or later

– For UNIX/Linux systems: Firefox 1.5 or later; Netscape Navigator 7.2 or later

– For Macintosh systems: Firefox 1.5 or later; Safari 2.0 or later