Introduction to SharePoint

Introduction to SharePoint

• Software Architect, Occulem (Pvt) Ltd• Around 8+ years of experience• Microsoft Most Valuable Professional

(MVP)• Blogger• Technical speaker

Dinusha Kumarasiri

http://dinushaonline.blogspot.com@kumarasiri048

• The modern workplace• What is SharePoint?• SharePoint features• Why should we learn SharePoint• How to learn SharePoint

Agenda

• Enterprise collaboration• Enterprise content management• Enterprise search• Business process automation• Enterprise social networking• Business intelligence

The Modern workplace

• Enterprise collaborationThe Modern workplace

• Stakeholders of an organization share information with colleagues

• Internet, Intranets, Extranets, Wikis, Blogs, BYOD

Get Connected Share Knowledge Work Together

Make it easier to work as a team and manage your projects.

Use community knowledge to gain insight and find answers.

Engage in conversations to stay informed and make better decisions.

• Enterprise content managementThe Modern workplace

• Organizing and storing organization's documents and other records, that relate to the organization's processes

Create Control Protect

Reduce risk and manage compliance

Manage content policy, information architecture and taxonomy

Create and organize content easily with the help of relevant discovered information

• Enterprise content managementThe Modern workplace

• Document life cycle

Upload Content Approval Versions Retentio

n Disposal

• Enterprise searchThe Modern workplace

• Discover information from multiple enterprise content sources, and present to desired audience

Find Answer Extend

Build smarter applications that can scale for any need

Get answers and take action with an experience

Find what you’re looking for

• Business process automationThe Modern workplace

• Automate processes in order to enhance performance and reduce costs.

• Restructure resources and implement software applications

Collect Build Present

Present information. Improve efficiency

Automate the process using software applications

Collect information from distinct data sources

• Enterprise social networkingThe Modern workplace

• Organization's use of social media, to connect individuals who share similar interests or activities

Engage Share Improve

Improve performance by gamification

Share information faster with broader reach

Connect with colleagues

• Business intelligenceThe Modern workplace

• Process for analyzing data and presenting actionable information to help corporate executives make more informed business decisions

Explore Visualize Control

Control & compliance for end user created assets

Visually discover and share insights

collect from distinct data sources. Create own dashboards, reports

• Enterprise collaboration• Enterprise content management• Enterprise search• Business process automation• Enterprise social networking• Business intelligence

The Modern workplace (Summary)

• Business collaboration platform for enterprise and web

What is SharePoint?

• Brief historyWhat is SharePoint

2001SharePointPortal Server 2001

2003SharePointPortal Server 2003

2006Office SharePointServer 2007

2009SharePointServer 2010



Cloud-InspiredExperiences

Cloud and EnterpriseSocial

Content Management

Core Collaboration

Microsoft Managed Solutions

Microsoft Online Services

Office 365

What is SharePoint?

ManageBuild

DiscoverOrganize

SHAREShare

What is SharePoint?

Share

• Contents - DocumentsShare

• Author• Secure• Live co-authoring

• Ideas – Social feedsShare

• Microblogging• Posts/Replies• Likes• @ Mentions• # Tags• Following

• CommunitiesShare

• Knowledge management• Facilitate discussions• Searchable

• MobileShare

• Multiple platforms and devices• New office web apps for mobile• Sync with multiple devices

What is SharePoint?

Organize

• Team sitesOrganize

• Team Calendar• Documents• Announcements• Tasks

• Document librariesOrganize

• Permission management• Metadata• Versioning• Check-in & Check-out• Workflows• Policies

• Organize recordsOrganize

• Organize tasksOrganize

• Manage team tasks• Integrate with Project Professional

• Project sitesOrganize

• Collaborate with project members

• Project documents, tasks, calendars

• Archive, delete on project expiry

What is SharePoint?

Discover

• Search contentDiscover

• Multiple data sources• Refiners• Live previews• Customize results• Personalized results

• Search expertsDiscover

• Based on skills• Content

• Documents• Activities• Posts• Blogs

• Business IntelligenceDiscover

• Reports• Dashboards• KPIs

• Self service BI• Excel for visualization• Visio for visualization• PowerPivot, PowerView

What is SharePoint?

Build

• SitesBuild

• Intranets

• SitesBuild

• Internet

• WorkflowsBuild Document Review

workflowLeave approval

workflow

• Custom appsBuild

• Programming language of your choice• SharePoint app store, corporate app store

Apps

App catalog and store

Vacation request

Event planning

Expense calculator

Learning management

Risk management

Help-desksupport

Products and platforms Services and data

Why should we learn SharePoint?

Developers$6B-$7B ecosystem

1M Leader in 3 Gartner Magic Quadrants78% of Fortune 500

Partners

4,600+Customers100M+ Licenses

65,000+

Why should we learn SharePoint?

Industry demand

Smart device integration

Matured Infrastructure

Backed by Cloud Ready

Familiar developer tools

How to learn SharePoint ?• Built around

Windows Server / Windows Azure

SQL Server IIS .Net Framework 4.5

ASP.Net WCF / Web Api Workflow Manager

OData OAuth Client side scripting

How to learn SharePoint ?• Learning path

Microsoft Virtual Academy

Certifications

https://mva.microsoft.com

How to learn SharePoint ?• Learning path

• SharePoint Sri Lanka forum• https://www.facebook.com/groups/spslinfo

• Offline meeting• 2nd Wednesday every month

Questions?

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