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International SharePoint Conference

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Wednesday 25th April 2012

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Developing Online SolutionsPart 1 & 2

Andrew Connell @andrewconnellSharePoint MVP works for CriticalPath Training

Ben Robb @benrobbSharePoint MVP

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Windows AzureSeveral Features on offer

Azure ComputeAzure StorageSQL AzureContent Delivery NetworkAzure AppFabricAzure Market PlaceAzure Virtual Network

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SQL Azure

Windows Azure lives on VMs (No data exists there)SQL Azure Lives within a DataCenter.SQL Azure is a full RDBMSSo supports

Transaction ManagementConcurrent data access across multiple users with data integrityQueries via ANSI SQL

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SQL Azure cont…

Accessability Like SQL Server SQL Azure can be accessed by using-  Entity Framework-  ADO.NET-  Java via JDBC-  and other familiar data access technologies

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Getting Started with Azure

- Azure accounts not required for development or local testing

- Create an account with Windows Azure:Commercial, free trial, or account from a MSDN subscription

- Configure development machine to build Azure projects

- Test Azure project locally before deploying to the cloud

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Setup Developer Environment- Install Windows Azure SDK

Local computer emulator Local storage emulator

- Install Windows Azure Developer Tools

Solution Explorer tool window extensionExtensions for Project Property dialog

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Windows Azure SDK

Includes emulators totest most projectslocallySome projects may need to be deployed to the production cloud for full testing

Can be done using a developer account such as one created from MSDN

Includes client libraries for .NET

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SharePoint 2010 Search Center Configuration

Matthew McDermott (@MatthewMcD)http://ableblue.com/blog

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SharePoint 2010 Search Center Configuration

4 steps to setting up SearchCustomising XML resultsCustomising Search Site (like Bing)HTML5 Responsive Search Results

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Building Workflows

Mike Fitzmaurice (@mikefitz)http://mikefitzmaurice.wordpress.com/ Workflow terms(Template, activities, associations, instances)

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BI in SharePoint

Virgil Carroll (@vcmonkey) http://monkeyblog.highmonkey.com/default.aspx

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BI in SharePoint

Why BI?Google chart WP (Amrein) $75/yrSharePoint Chart PartSQL Reporting Services

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Quest Tagging Up

Volker PingerManaged Metadata and TaxonomiesConsiderations when setting up

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Infopath Best Practices

Darvish Shadraven (@dshadravan)Large forms can affect SP performance, users complain.Considerations when creating forms

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Intro to Visio Services

Jennifer Mason (@jennifermason)http://blogs.sharepoint911.com/blogs/jennifer/default.aspx 1. Visio in WP – internal links2. linking from a list to Visio4. linking from Visio to list3. get Visio drawing on list selection5. KPI

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Visio Services - Considerations

* Need SP Enterprise* Visio services only works with visio web drawings* Need Visio Pro/Premium to save as VDW* Page refreshing.+ Maintenance.+ Visio only for editors

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Office 365 Deployment

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Presented By:Spencer Harbar http://www.harbar.net/Kimmo Forss (@KimmoForss) on TwitterMirjam van Olst http://www.sharepointchick.com/

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