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Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint

User Group

http://www.sharepointmn.com

March 14th, 2012

SharePoint 101

Wes Preston

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User Group Goal / Objectives

o Develop and support a local community focused on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies

• Educate user group members about SharePoint Technologies• Transfer knowledge within the community• Communicate best practices• Introduce new products / solutions

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Introductions – MNSPUG Sponsors

Avtex (www.avtex.com) • Technology consulting company• Practice area focused on SharePoint

Benchmark Learning (www.benchmarklearning.com)• Training on many technologies

Microsoft (www.microsoft.com)

Wrox Press (www.wrox.com) O’Reilly (www.oreilly.com)

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Social Networking• Linked In group – The most interactive… includes job postings…

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Upcoming Schedule• Next Meeting

• March 14th 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM• Microsoft Technology Center• Topic: Migratory Patterns of SharePoint

Check www.SharePointMN.com for updates!

• Ongoing Schedule• 2nd Wednesday of every month• 9:00 to 11:30 am• Microsoft Technical Center - Edina

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Local and Online EventsSharePoint Saturday – April 14th , 2012http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/twincities/default.aspx Normandale College– Bloomington, MN

Twin Cities Code Camp – April 14th & 15th, 2012http://twincitiescodecamp.com/TCCC/Default.aspx

Microsoft Webcast Calendar of Eventshttp://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/calendar/monthview.aspx#filter

SharePoint ShopTalk (Online) – Every Thursday @ 11:30 AMhttp://sharepointshoptalk.blogspot.com/

SharePoint Legal Users Group – 3rd Thursday @ 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.http://sharepointmnlegal.com

Anything Else?

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We Want You!

• MN SharePoint User Group looking for speakerso You know something about SharePointo Someone you know, knows something about SharePointo Speak about something you implemented

• Email: info@sharepointmn.como Nameo Contact Informationo Background Informationo Subjects comfortable talking about

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Presenter

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Quick Intro

Wes Preston• Owner / Principal TrecStone• @idubbs• http://www.idubbs.com/blog

Wes Preston – TrecStone, LLC.http://www.idubbs.com/blog@idubbs

101 – The Basics:What is this thing called ‘SharePoint’?

Abstract SharePoint has too many capabilities,

features and use-cases to explain as an elevator pitch, so we’ll take a little more time and give you an overview of SharePoint: the product, the platform, the tool for users.  If you’re new to SharePoint, this session will prepare you to continue digging into the platform by understanding basic terms and concepts by describing what it can do and several ways that it can be implemented as part of your web strategy.    

Outline & Agenda Overview Business Use-Cases Break Platform Features Products / Versions Wrap-up Q & A

Wes Preston Owner / Principal Consultant - TrecStone

Based in Minneapolis, MN

MVP – SharePoint Server MCITP – SharePoint Administrator 2010 MCTS - SharePoint 2010, Configuration MCTS - WSS 3.0 and MOSS Configuration

http://www.idubbs.com/blog Twitter: @idubbs

Overview

Microsoft SharePoint 2010The Business Collaboration Platform for the

Enterprise and the Web

Connect and Empower People

Cut Costs with a Unified InfrastructureRapidly Respond to Business Needs

Communities

Search

Sites

Composites

Content

Insights

SharePoint Key Concepts Modular and scalable system Acts a repository Storing and

managing content (documents, web)

Accessing content from other systems (data, web services)

Provides a secure environment for users and content

Can be customized / configured (layout, look and feel, functionality) to meet many different scenarios

All accessed via a browser… primarily

‘Crawl, Walk, Run’ Approach The quickest way to failure with SharePoint

as a platform is to try to do too much, too quickly.

Understand the platform and effectively utilize out of the box capabilities

Add more solutions, capabilities, users, etc. with a measured approach

‘SharePoint’ Actually refers to a number of products or

technologies: SharePoint Foundation 2010 SharePoint Server 2010 SharePoint Online SharePoint Designer 2010 SharePoint Workspace

A Few Background Items… SharePoint Buzzwords… You’re going to

encounter these: ‘Governance’ ‘User Adoption’ ‘Social’

Business Use-Cases

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Break

Intranet/Portal SolutionsContent Management

Corporate intranet/portal Divisional portals Topical portals Document and Records

Management Repositories

Communication Platform for enterprise

content and functionality

Extranets

Collaboration Hierarchical teams Cross-functional teams Projects

Search Index and search SharePoint content Index and search file share and external system content People and profile searching

Business Process, Workflow, Digital Forms Replace paper forms with digital forms Replace manual business processes or steps with

automated steps and flows

Business Intelligence, Composite Applications, Dashboards

BI Dashboards Excel Services Ad hoc Reporting SharePoint Designer

Social Networking My Sites as personal

dashboard Profile pages and people

search Blogs, Wikis, Forums,

Notes, Ratings and Tagging

Internet Solutions Public-facing Internet sites for corporate marketing Blog / Wiki / informational site

Platform Features

Content Publishing Metadata Document sets Document ID’s Rich media Content organizer

Search Content Documents Data People Facets Wildcard*

Sites Office like ribbon Office web apps Office integration Workspace Mobile Standards

Composites Business Data (BCS) External Lists InfoPath Workflow

Communities Social MySite Blog Wiki Tags Rating

Insights BI in SharePoint Excel Services PerformancePoint KPI’s

Other Services and Features Excel Services PerformancePoint Visio Services Access Services InfoPath SQL Reporting Services (SSRS)

SharePoint – Core Features

Communities

Search

Sites

Composites

ContentInsights

SitesLists / LibrariesWeb PartsPages

AlertsVersioningMetadataWorkflowSecurity

SharePoint Foundation 2010

Communities

Search

Sites

Composites

ContentInsights

Ribbon UISharePoint WorkspaceSharePoint MobileOffice ClientOffice Web App IntegrationStandards Support

Blogs and Wikis

Business Connectivity ServicesExternal ListsWorkflowSharePoint DesignerVisual StudioAPI EnhancementsREST/ATOM/RSS

SharePoint Server 2010

Communities

Search

Sites

Composites

ContentInsights

Ribbon UISharePoint WorkspaceSharePoint MobileOffice ClientOffice Web App IntegrationStandards Support

Tagging, Tag Cloud, RatingsSocial BookmarkingBlogs and WikisMy SitesActivity FeedsProfiles and ExpertiseOrg Browser

Enterprise Content TypesMetadata and NavigationDocument SetsMulti-stage DispositionAudio & Video Content TypesRemote Blob StorageList Enhancements

Social RelevancePhonetic SearchNavigationFAST IntegrationEnhanced Pipeline

PerformancePoint ServicesExcel ServicesChart Web PartVisio ServicesWeb AnalyticsSQL Server IntegrationPowerPivot

Business Connectivity ServicesInfoPath Form ServicesExternal ListsWorkflowSharePoint DesignerVisual StudioAPI EnhancementsREST/ATOM/RSS

Products / Versions

Products (2010) SharePoint Foundation

2007 - Was Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)

SharePoint Server 2010 Standard or Enterprise

Search Server 2010 Express Search Server FAST (search) SharePoint Online (Office365)

Previous version was ‘BPOS’

Deployment Options On-premises

Internal / External facing Private Cloud

Hosted Dedicated Multi-tenant

In the ‘Cloud’

Other… Integration points SharePoint as a development platform 3rd Party Offerings Governance

SharePoint is NOT a ‘turn-key’ application

Wrap-up

Now What? Define a roadmap or platform strategy

Identify and align your business priorities to platform capabilities

Do you have business needs that align well with ‘Crawl’ and ‘Walk’ capabilities?

References and Links http://

office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-foundation-help/what-is-sharepoint-HA010378184.aspx

SharePoint Saturday – Twin Cities (#SPSTC) – April 14th, 2012http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/twincities/default.aspx

The Book!Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Creating and Implementing Real-World Projects

Housekeeping Please remember to submit your session

evaluation

Follow SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities on Twitter @SPSTC and hashtag #SPSTC

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