CIM User GroupWeb Site Update

Austin, TX

October 23, 2007

CIM User Group Sharepoint SiteRecent Developments

• CIMug Site– Old and New– Site Migration Steps

• New Functionality

• Example Site Features

• Work Remaining

Old CIM Sitehttp://sharepoint.ucausersgroup.org/CIM

New CIM Sitehttp://38.100.244.239/CIMug

CIMug is Hosted within UCAIug

UCA Structures Site Groups• Permission

Management– Accounts– Passwords

• User Management– Mail Lists

• Site Management– Access to content

• Sites Can Inherit Permissions - or Not

Authority is Delegated to Site Owners

• Examples:– UCAIug– IEC 61850– OpenAMI– CIMug– Open Demand Response

Sites Hosted by UCA

Site Owners Use Groups to Allocate Permissions

All Prior Documents Have Been Migrated to the New Site

Remaining Migration Steps• Site is hosted by UCA International User Group

– Kay Clinard is managing the migration• Fully implement Bamboo Webparts

– Allow site group administrators to create users in SharePoint and Active Directory Services at the same time.

– Enable group sign-up by users– Enable list opt-in and opt-out by users– Enable discussion lists with email– Will eliminate need for separate email list manager product

• Cut new site from 38.100.244.239 over to sharepoint.ucausersgroup.org

• Provide site group administrator training– First session has been completed– Second is being planned

Summary of Sharepoint V3 Improvements• User Interface

– Tabbed interface similar to Outlook 2007– Breadcrumb navigation is supported.– UI Personalization Capabilities - users only see what matters to them.– Lists can be easily filtered

• E-mail– SharePoint lists (Discussion Boards and Calendars) can accept incoming mail.

Discussion boards maintain e-mail threading and full html messages.– Site groups can have an associated Distribution List.

• Alerts– Alerts can be filtered– Richer information about what's changed– Alerts can be customized for certain conditions

• Outlook Synchronization– True two-way sync between Outlook and Sharepoint - allows one to work with personal

and team data in one place, for calendar, tasks, contacts, discussions, and documents

User Interface Improvements• Tabs and bread-crumb navigation

Improved Functionality• Better Integration with Office Products

User Interface Improvements• Better List Filtering

User Interface Improvements• Additional Information in Alerts

Improved Alerts Functionality

Functionality Improvements• Easy configuration of sub-sites

Information required for setting up CIM User Group sub-sites:• Title• Description• URL Name

Functionality Improvements• Many webparts and site templates are available

Sub-Site Example

Support for Blogs and Wikis• Example from UCA Test Area

Work Remaining on New Site

Questions?

• Sites– UCA: http://38.100.244.239– CIM: http://38.100.244.239/CIMug/– Will migrated to ucausers.org in the near future

• Contacts– CIMug Site and Subsites:

randy.rhodes@pacificorp.com (Utility Co-Chair)– UCAIug Site and Other Subsites:

kay@ucausersgroup.org