SharePoint Saturday Chicago 2011: SharePoint 101

Wes Preston - TrecStone
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 for the rest of the day by describing what it can do and several ways that it can be implemented as part of your web strategy.

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

Wes Preston
Owner / Principal - TrecStone
Based in Minneapolis, MN
MVP – SharePoint Server
MCITP – SharePoint Administrator 2010
MCTS - SharePoint 2010, Configuration
MCTS - WSS 3.0 and MOSS Configuration
Author: SharePoint 2010 Six-in-One
Blog: http://www.idubbs.com/blog
Twitter: @idubbs

Overview

TheBusiness Collaboration Platformfor the Enterprise and the Web
Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Sites
Connect and Empower People
Communities
Composites
Cut Costs with a Unified Infrastructure
Content
Insights
Rapidly Respond to Business Needs
Search

SharePoint Key Concepts
Modular 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

‘SharePoint’
Actually refers to a number of products or technologies:
SharePoint Foundation 2010
SharePoint Server 2010
SharePoint Online
SharePoint Designer 2010
SharePoint Workspace

Other topics…
Integration points
SharePoint as a development platform
3rdParty Offerings
Governance
SharePoint is NOT a ‘turn-key’ application

Business Use-Cases

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

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

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

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

Platform Features

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

Communities
Social
MySite
Blog
Wiki
Tags
Rating

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

Search
Content
Documents
Data
People
Facets
Wildcard*

Insights
BI in SharePoint
Excel Services
PerformancePoint
KPI’s

Composites
Business Data (BCS)
External Lists
InfoPath
Workflow

Products / Versions

Products (2010)
SharePoint Foundation
SharePoint Server 2010
Search Server 2010 Express
Search Server
FAST
SharePoint Online (Office365)

Deployment Options
On-premise
Internal / External facing
Hosted
Dedicated
Multi-tenant
Cloud

Wrap-up

‘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

The 101 Track:
Future Proofing your SharePoint Success
Richard Harbridge
Effective Requirements Gathering Workshop – How to organize and run them
Ruven Goetz
Ready, Set ROI: A Survey in SharePoint use-cases and ROI Calculations
Sarah Haase

References
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-foundation-help/what-is-sharepoint-HA010378184.aspx
Minnesota SharePoint User Group (MNSPUG)http://www.sharepointmn.com
Other presentation content:
When to Crawl, Walk, or Run
Longer SharePoint 101 presentation

Housekeeping
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SharePoint Saturday Chicago 2011: SharePoint 101

by Wes Preston on Jun 14, 2011

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