Microsoft Project Siena (code name) is the release of a new technology for business experts, business analysts, consultants and other app imagineers. Without any programming, you can create powerful Windows apps, with the potential to transform today’s business processes. Combined with SharePoint/SharePoint Online, and Office 365, Project Siena is even more powerful! You can unleash your SharePoint data from the boring List Views and show it off in an app, all without writing any code. This session will introduce you to Project Siena and show you how to use it with SharePoint Online and Office 365 data by building on-the-fly Windows apps. No coding skills required!

1. How to create a Windows app with
Project Siena, SharePoint and Office
365
Knut Relbe-Moe, Chief Technical Architect,
Knowledge Factory.

2. Knut Relbe-Moe
My Experience:
 SharePoint evangelist, mentor, speaker
 Old developer, turned Architect / ITPro
 Have worked with SharePoint since the 2003 version.
 Worked with several clients upgrading their solution from 2007/2010 to 2013.
 Works as a Lead Architect and advisor creating SharePoint Farm
architecture/infrastructure on many projects. With up to 25.000 users.
 Worked with automating the installation and configuration of SharePoint.
Chief TechnicalArchitect
KnowledgeFactory, Oslo, Norway
Office Server& ServicesMVP
MigrationExpert
Educatorfor Glasspaper
NintexVirtualTechnicalEvangelist
@shareptkarm http://www.sharepointblog.no
Knut.Relbe-
moe@knowledgefa
ctory.no

3. Web: http://knowledgefactory.com/
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LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/1yuN3vS
Links and offices
Oslo
Knowledge Factory AS
Dronning Eufemias Gate 16
NO-0191 Oslo
Västerås
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Badhusgatan 5
SE-722 15 Västerås
Stockholm
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Torsgatan 8
SE-111 23 Stockholm

4. What is project Siena?

5. What is Project Siena

6. What is Project Siena
Microsoft’s ‘Project Siena’ lets anyone create Windows 8.1/10
apps
A tool for the information worker / business users to create nice
looking apps without any coding required.

7. What is Project Siena
Microsoft’s ‘Project Siena’ lets anyone create Windows 8.1 / 10 apps
A tool for the information worker / business users to create nice looking
apps without any coding required.

8. Project Siena principles
 PowerPoint like simple editing experience
 Excel-expression-like syntax for business logic
 Easily connects to multiple Data Sources
 Creates a regular Windows 8/10 app (HTML5/JS/CSS)

9. Overview of Siena Components

10. Building Blocks
Screens
Visuals (Controls)
Functions
Data Sources
Collections

11. Screens

12. Visuals (Controls)

13. Functions Categories
Text
Logical
Table
Behavior
Date & Time
fx

14. Data sources include…
Azure Mobile Services Bing Search
Excel Bing Translator
REST Facebook
SharePoint Yammer
RSS

15. Demo - Getting started with Project Siena
All demos will later be available on my website:
http://www.sharepointblog.no

16. What Project Siena is not
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17. WWW.SPBIZCONF.COM
Demo:
Connecting to SharePoint
All demos will later be available on my blog: http://www.sharepointblog.no

18. So what can Project Siena be used for
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19. Publishing a Siena App
 Click on File > Publish to publish
 Provide a Display Name, Tile fill color, Tile icon
 Select “Download and include images” if you want to embed the images, video and other
media along with your application
 Click Publish and select a folder where the published package would be saved.
 More information on Technet:
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn497702(v=vs.111).aspx

20. Next?
Get a Developer license:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh974578.aspx
Channel 9:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Microsoft-Project-Siena
Technet and Siena concepts:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn497701(v=vs.111).aspx
http://sienaconcepts.com/
Blogs:
http://blog.mastykarz.nl/illustrating-app-idea-microsoft-project-siena-spc14/
http://akuokoasante.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/microsoft-project-sienabeta-walkthrough/

21. Now you are ready to try for yourselves

22. Questions?
Knut Relbe-Moe
knutrelbemoe@outlook.com
Twitter: @shareptkarm
LinkedIn: http://no.linkedin.com/pub/knut-relbe-moe/2/70b/6a
Blog: http://www.sharepointblog.no