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- 2. Who am I? •Lead SharePoint Technical Architect at CPS • Developer, DBA, Business Analyst, Project Manager, Architect • SQL Server 7.0 - 2012 • SharePoint 2003 – 2013 & 365 • @Al_Eardley • Alan.Eardley@Outlook.com
- 3. What will Icover? • What does it do? • How does it work? What is SharePoint? • Impersonation • Unattended Access Types of DB Access • Excel • Visio • Business Connectivity Services • Performance Point Services Applications for DB Access
- 4. What is SharePoint? Document Management Content Management Process Management Search PublishingSocial Collaboration Business Intelligence
- 5. Infrastructure Architecture SPWFE01 SPWFE02 SPAPP01SPAPP02 OWA01SPWFM01 SQLC01 • Web Front EndPresentation • Application Server • Workflow Manager • Office Web Apps Application • SQL ServerData
- 6. SharePoint Hierarchy Lists &LibrariesSitesSite CollectionsWeb Applications Intranet Departments HR IT Documents Knowledge Base Help Desk IssuesSales Projects Upgrade to SP2013 Risks Issues TasksUpgrade
- 7. Service Applications • Installationof functionality – Central Admin • Feature Scope – Site Collection – Site • Database Requirements • Licence Restrictions – Foundation – Standard – Enterprise
- 8. Secure Store Secure StoreService Target Application Credential Owners External Credentials Target Application Credential Owners External Credentials Service Application (Excel Services) Service Application (Visio Services)
- 9. Secure Store Service •Allows mappings between users and specific credentials • Used for – Access to Line of Business applications – Access to external data sources • Each credential has specific permissions • Flexible format of credentials – Windows – SQL – Other
- 10. Secure Store Service •Connection Types – Many to One • All users can map to the same credentials – One to One • Each individual user of SharePoint can map to specific credentials for an application • Fields – Can create multiple field with different descriptions: • Generic • Username • Password • PIN • Key • Certificate
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- 12. Excel Services • Excelworkbooks • Particular worksheets within a workbook • Particular objects within workbook Publish Excel • View workbook directly • View items via Web Parts View Excel
- 13. External Connections • Createan Office Data connection • Upload it to a Trusted Connection location in SharePoint • Create a spreadsheet using the connection in SharePoint
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- 15. View Excel WebPart
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- 17. Visio Services • VisioDiagrams • Particular worksheets within a workbook • Particular objects within workbook Publish Visio • External connection • Change diagram based on values Connect Visio to Data • View workbook directly • View items via Web PartsView Visio
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- 19. Business Connectivity Services •Create external content type • Create external list • Allows access to data • Allows updating of data • Can be extended using .NET code
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- 21. Performance Point Services •Access to different data – Relational Tables – Multidimensional Analysis Services Cubes – Excel – Reporting Services • Display Data – Dashboards – Reports – Charts • Decomposition Tree – Requires Silverlight
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- 23. Summary • Secure Store •Excel Services • Business Connectivity Services • Performance Point Services
- 24. Contact Details • Twitter:@Al_Eardley • E-mail: Alan.Eardley@Outlook.com • LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/aleardley
- 25. Thank – you Twitter:@Al_Eardley E-mail: Alan.Eardley@Outlook.com LinkedIn:http://uk.linkedin.com/in/aleardley
- 26. Links • Best practicesfor SQL Server in a SharePoint Server farm • Install SQL Server BI Features with SharePoint 2013 (SQL Server 2012 SP1)
Editor's Notes
- #2 Open VM Open IE Open Dashboard Designer Open SSMS Open Excel
- #7 Web Application – a web site that contains at least one site collection Site Collection – a container for sites and functionality configuration Site – a container of lists and libraries and functionality configuration List – a container of list items Library – a container of documents
- #8 Service applications provide functionality that can be used by the sites within a SharePoint Farm. They are installed through Central Admin E.g. Secure Store Service Excel Services Visio Services PerformancePoint Services