KMA SharePoint Recap
Welcome and Introduction
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Why We’re Here: SharePoint Conference 2011
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• Six people
• One week
• Cross-country
• Conference fee
• Travel expenses
• Opportunity cost
• Total: > $50,000
KMA’s Investment
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• Cool stuff we learned at SPC11
• Why we think it matters to you, our clients and prospects
• What we recommend you do next as a result.
Today’s Approach: 3 Simple Themes
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Client: "We don't have a development farm.”
Consultant: No, actually, you don't have a production farm."
A Couple Quick Highlights – Best Quote
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• SQL 2012 (“Denali”)
– 7,500 concurrent users
– 14 TB content database
– 107 million records in search results
• UNPLUGGED ON STAGE
• Full failover in 42 seconds
A Couple Quick Highlights – Best Demo
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Agenda
Time Topic Owner
9:30am – 9:40am Introduction Mike Gilronan
9:40am – 10:00am Project Server Amy Talhouk
10:00am – 10:30am Adoption Chris Bortlik &
Karina Vatynskaya
10:30am – 10:50am Business Process Automation
(non-Developer version)
Deanne Damato
10:50am – 11:00am BREAK
11:00am – 11:30am Social Computing Mike Gilronan
11:30am – 12:00pm External Facing Websites
(Extranets and WWW)
Derek Cash-Peterson
12:00pm – 12:30pm Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2012 Chris McNulty
Close
Public Sites and Branding SharePoint Sites at SPC11
Derek Cash-Peterson
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• SharePoint Developer
• Information Architect
• User Experience Designer
• The Branding Guy
Introduction/Point of View
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What did we learn about public sites and branding at SPC11?
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• 25 sessions on public websites, extranets, web content management, and branding
• SPC216 – Creating Beautiful and Engaging Websites with SharePoint 2010
• PSC330 – Content Targeting with FAST Search
• SPC258 – Planning for the Lifecycle of your SharePoint Website
Public Site Sessions
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• Business Requirements • Functional Requirements • Physical Architecture • Information Architecture
– Sitemap – Wireframes – Visual Design Comps – HTML Comps
• Content Strategy • Social Strategy • Mobile Strategy • Search Strategy
It’s All About the Planning
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• Not Talking With Your Users
• Just Build Something!
• Content, what content?
Common Pitfalls
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Not Talking With Your Users
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Just Build Something!
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Content, What Content?
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How To Avoid the Quicksand
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• Allow users to connect with social media
• Utilize advertisement delivery networks
• Target content via users social history and preferences
Don’t Be Afraid of your Users
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• Search Refiners
• Recommend Content
• Most Popular/Promotional Content
• Metadata-based navigation
User Centered Design
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Deliver the right content to the right people at the right time.
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Make Sure You Understand The Blueprints
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Content, Content, Content
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Measure Twice, Cut Once
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• Gilbane Content Management Conference: 30 November – 1 December
• KMA Webinar: “How We Did It” Extranets for Partners and Customers 14 December
Resources
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Final Words and Resources
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Evaluations – We All Evaluate One Another…
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How to Sustain the Conversation
Topic Owner E-mail Twitter Blog
Project Server Amy Talhouk
[email protected] @atal64 http://blogs.kma-
llc.net/kma/
Adoption Chris Bortlik &
Karina Vatynskaya
[email protected] @cbortlik http://blogs.technet.com
/cbortlik
Business Process
Automation
Deanne Damato
[email protected] http://blogs.kma-
llc.net/kma/
Social Computing Mike Gilronan [email protected] @mikegil http://kmamikegil-
blog.kma-llc.net/
External Facing Websites Derek Cash-Peterson
[email protected] @dcpkma http://blogs.kma-
llc.net/goodpoint/
BI -- Powered by SQL
Server 2012
Chris McNulty
[email protected] @cmcnulty20
00
http://www.chrismcnulty.
net/blog/default.aspx
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• KMA Event: 22 November – Amy Talhouk – New England SharePoint User
Group – 5 ways SharePoint can benefit
your PMO
• KMA Webinar: 14 December – Derek Cash-Peterson – “How We Did It” Extranets for
Partners and Customers – http://info.kma-llc.net/kma-
webinar-sharepoint-based-partner-portal/
In Closing…KMA Stuff
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• Gilbane Conference:
30 November – 1 December
– http://gilbaneboston.com
• Microsoft Project Conference 2012
– Phoenix
– March 19-22, 2012
– http://msprojectconference.com
• SharePoint Conference 2012
– Las Vegas
– November 12-15, 2012
In Closing…Other Stuff
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