Thomas Vochten

Making Sense of SharePoint 2013

About Me

Thomas Vochten SharePoint MVP. Platform architect. Speaker. Trainer. Involuntary DBA. Architect at Xylos.

@thomasvochtenhttp://thomasvochten.comthvo@xylos.com

Agenda

• Introducing SharePoint 2013• The SharePoint Search Engine• Customizing SharePoint• Running SharePoint

SharePoint 2013 at work

Introducing SharePoint 2013

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Say hello to Katie Jordan

• SharePoint user experience• A taste of Office365• Working with documents• OneDrive for Business

A day in the life of Katie Jordan

Demo

Stop Searching, Start Finding

SharePoint Search

Key Differentiators

• Relevance• Actionable Results• Smart Search• Social Search

Highlights

• Very powerful• Index a broad range of content sources• Intention - based• Search for expertise• Powers a lot of SharePoint features• Customizable

Search Experience & taste of Delve

Demo

There’s an App for that!

Customizing SharePoint

The problem with custom code

• Performance• Maintenance• Security• Upgrades• Supportability• Cost increase

Previous attempts to fix the problem

More Frustrations

SharePoint developers felt, well… a bit left behind

Welcome to the App Model

• Apps don’t run on the SharePoint server• Can still interact with SharePoint• On-Premises and in the cloud• Free choice of tools, languages & platforms

SharePoint Hosted

• Client Side• Simple• Powerful

Provider Hosted

• Web Server• Complex• Powerful

Types of SharePoint Apps

Major shift for most SharePoint developers

Everything is an App

The new Microsoft?

Adding and using Apps for SharePoint

Demo

To the cloud!

Running SharePoint

The Cloud…

The Cloud…

Their-Premises

Office365

• Powerful ecosystem• Full featured• Always the latest and the greatest• Identity Integration• Enterprise Social

On-Premises

• Still a viable option• Complete control• Hefty system requirements• Complex infrastructure

Hybrid

• Best of both worlds• Search• External Data• OneDrive for Business• Yammer

Thank You

thomas.vochten@xylos.com@thomasvochten

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