This document discusses SharePoint and why it can be difficult to understand. It begins by explaining that there is a lot of information available about SharePoint but it is conflicting and noisy, making it hard to know where to start. It also notes that SharePoint requires changing how people work. The document then defines SharePoint as a collaboration and organization platform that can be customized. It provides tips to avoid SharePoint pain, such as not expecting clear error messages. Finally, it emphasizes the importance of joining the SharePoint community to learn from others.
Branding alone cannot support the user experience in SharePoint. The successful redesign of an existing SharePoint site is dependent on multiple factors that are often overlooked.
This session is designed for Architects, Designers, and IT Pros and includes the following:
-Common Causes of Branding Problems in SharePoint
-Demonstration of "crappy content" and impact on branding
Overview of the elements of User Experience (UX)
-Methods to improve user experience and overall look and feel without touching a master page
In this webinar, Toby Ward, President and CEO of Prescient Digital Media, and Tamer El Shazli, VP, Technology + SharePoint Lead, Social Business Interactive, discuss the pros, cons, and overall capabilities of SharePoint 2013, and see how it stacks up to the competition.
Share point meet ECM at SharePoint SaturdayChris Riley ☁
Here is the talk I gave at the recent SharePoint Saturday in San Ramon California. The purpose of the talk was to point out the disconnect between the SharePoint and ECM worlds, and how SharePoint 2010 is now an accepted ECM platform. Some of the slides are from the SharePoint product team deck.
What's New and Different in SharePoint 2013Noorez Khamis
There are a lot of great features at the forefront and behind the scenes in the new SharePoint 2013 Server. This is an introductory session which will help you get a good feel for the new features and functionality of SharePoint 2013 Server including first looks and demos. Whether you are an IT Pro, Developer or End User, if you have worked with any version of SharePoint before, this session will give you a good feel of some of the features that you will love in SharePoint 2013.
August 23 session
SharePoint is transforming the way organizations are connecting their people, business processes, and enterprise-wide information. In this exclusive two-part series on 23 & 25 August, led by SharePoint MVP Randy Williams, IT managers and SharePoint users will walk away with the blueprint they need to ensure they can successfully deploy SharePoint to meet their specific business needs.
In this session, don't miss Randy Williams give a high-level overview of SharePoint and how to utilize the platform for not only managing documents and business processes, but also ushering about true enterprise collaboration.
With the beta of Microsoft SharePoint freshly released in July, and the final version expected towards the end of year, now is the time to be looking at the new version of SharePoint: Microsoft SharePoint 2013.
Robert Stewart, Intergen’s a Solution Specialist for the Innovation, Strategy and Solutions Team spoke to attendees about Microsoft SharePoint 2013 - taking a look at where we’ve come from and what SharePoint is like today.
SharePoint 2013 is more than a refresh – it contains numerous features that will help improve collaboration and productivity for organisations of all sizes, embracing social media, mobility and search in new ways, while building on the solid platform established by earlier versions.
Slide from my webinar. A walkthru of the Top 10 productivity features in SharePoint 2013. I explain why a productivity focus is important, and compelling reasons to move to SP2013.
Presentation given on June 11th, 2015 as part of the ITUnity Connect Online event, and sponsored by Colligo (www.Colligo.com), providing guidance on how to re-focus your SharePoint efforts around a user-centric approach.
Are you new to SharePoint and don’t know where to start? Perhaps you’re using SharePoint, but only for storing documents and making announcements?
Have you connected to your back-end systems? Is it time to deploy workflow and electronic forms? When’s the right time?
A well-planned SharePoint roadmap defines the business goals, timeline, strategy and vision for your collaboration initiative. It makes sure your project gets funded. It will ensure you’re investing in the right areas with a framework for success.
View the presentation, delivered at the SharePoint TechKNOWLEDGEy 2010 event in Detroit. And for more information on this or other SharePoint topics, visit www.cdh.com or our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
Guiding a Successful SharePoint ImplementationRandy Williams
August 25 session
SharePoint is transforming the way organizations are connecting their people, business processes, and enterprise-wide information. In this exclusive two-part series on 23 & 25 August, led by SharePoint MVP Randy Williams, IT managers and SharePoint users will walk away with the blueprint they need to ensure they can successfully deploy SharePoint to meet their specific business needs.
In this session, learn the best practices and common pitfalls innate in implementing SharePoint in order to ensure your SharePoint service offering is right on the mark, the first time.
Running SharePoint on Small Business Server: Pros and Cons - 100 LevelRobert Crane
The least known component of Small Business Server 2008 is SharePoint and yet it offers the greatest opportunity for your business. This session will explain to you in simple terms exactly what SharePoint technology is and how it can be utilized to improve your business and that of your customer when using Small Business Server. You'll learn how SharePoint works, how you can use it and how to sell it to customers bundled with SBS. You'll also learn how to take SharePoint beyond the default install to configure an installation that truly provides business benefits to you customers by removing their pain points. You'll learn also how software like SharePoint designer, Search Server Express and third party add-ons work with SharePoint to provide true business value on Small Business Server.
Branding alone cannot support the user experience in SharePoint. The successful redesign of an existing SharePoint site is dependent on multiple factors that are often overlooked.
This session is designed for Architects, Designers, and IT Pros and includes the following:
-Common Causes of Branding Problems in SharePoint
-Demonstration of "crappy content" and impact on branding
Overview of the elements of User Experience (UX)
-Methods to improve user experience and overall look and feel without touching a master page
In this webinar, Toby Ward, President and CEO of Prescient Digital Media, and Tamer El Shazli, VP, Technology + SharePoint Lead, Social Business Interactive, discuss the pros, cons, and overall capabilities of SharePoint 2013, and see how it stacks up to the competition.
Share point meet ECM at SharePoint SaturdayChris Riley ☁
Here is the talk I gave at the recent SharePoint Saturday in San Ramon California. The purpose of the talk was to point out the disconnect between the SharePoint and ECM worlds, and how SharePoint 2010 is now an accepted ECM platform. Some of the slides are from the SharePoint product team deck.
What's New and Different in SharePoint 2013Noorez Khamis
There are a lot of great features at the forefront and behind the scenes in the new SharePoint 2013 Server. This is an introductory session which will help you get a good feel for the new features and functionality of SharePoint 2013 Server including first looks and demos. Whether you are an IT Pro, Developer or End User, if you have worked with any version of SharePoint before, this session will give you a good feel of some of the features that you will love in SharePoint 2013.
August 23 session
SharePoint is transforming the way organizations are connecting their people, business processes, and enterprise-wide information. In this exclusive two-part series on 23 & 25 August, led by SharePoint MVP Randy Williams, IT managers and SharePoint users will walk away with the blueprint they need to ensure they can successfully deploy SharePoint to meet their specific business needs.
In this session, don't miss Randy Williams give a high-level overview of SharePoint and how to utilize the platform for not only managing documents and business processes, but also ushering about true enterprise collaboration.
With the beta of Microsoft SharePoint freshly released in July, and the final version expected towards the end of year, now is the time to be looking at the new version of SharePoint: Microsoft SharePoint 2013.
Robert Stewart, Intergen’s a Solution Specialist for the Innovation, Strategy and Solutions Team spoke to attendees about Microsoft SharePoint 2013 - taking a look at where we’ve come from and what SharePoint is like today.
SharePoint 2013 is more than a refresh – it contains numerous features that will help improve collaboration and productivity for organisations of all sizes, embracing social media, mobility and search in new ways, while building on the solid platform established by earlier versions.
Slide from my webinar. A walkthru of the Top 10 productivity features in SharePoint 2013. I explain why a productivity focus is important, and compelling reasons to move to SP2013.
Presentation given on June 11th, 2015 as part of the ITUnity Connect Online event, and sponsored by Colligo (www.Colligo.com), providing guidance on how to re-focus your SharePoint efforts around a user-centric approach.
Are you new to SharePoint and don’t know where to start? Perhaps you’re using SharePoint, but only for storing documents and making announcements?
Have you connected to your back-end systems? Is it time to deploy workflow and electronic forms? When’s the right time?
A well-planned SharePoint roadmap defines the business goals, timeline, strategy and vision for your collaboration initiative. It makes sure your project gets funded. It will ensure you’re investing in the right areas with a framework for success.
View the presentation, delivered at the SharePoint TechKNOWLEDGEy 2010 event in Detroit. And for more information on this or other SharePoint topics, visit www.cdh.com or our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
Guiding a Successful SharePoint ImplementationRandy Williams
August 25 session
SharePoint is transforming the way organizations are connecting their people, business processes, and enterprise-wide information. In this exclusive two-part series on 23 & 25 August, led by SharePoint MVP Randy Williams, IT managers and SharePoint users will walk away with the blueprint they need to ensure they can successfully deploy SharePoint to meet their specific business needs.
In this session, learn the best practices and common pitfalls innate in implementing SharePoint in order to ensure your SharePoint service offering is right on the mark, the first time.
Running SharePoint on Small Business Server: Pros and Cons - 100 LevelRobert Crane
The least known component of Small Business Server 2008 is SharePoint and yet it offers the greatest opportunity for your business. This session will explain to you in simple terms exactly what SharePoint technology is and how it can be utilized to improve your business and that of your customer when using Small Business Server. You'll learn how SharePoint works, how you can use it and how to sell it to customers bundled with SBS. You'll also learn how to take SharePoint beyond the default install to configure an installation that truly provides business benefits to you customers by removing their pain points. You'll learn also how software like SharePoint designer, Search Server Express and third party add-ons work with SharePoint to provide true business value on Small Business Server.
Top 8 things you didn’t know SharePoint could do: Turbocharging your SharePoi...Emagination ®
To survive and grow in today’s competitive world, organizations need to gain better control and insight over their content, streamline their business processes, and access and shared information. They need a platform which has capabilities, like application extensibility and interoperability. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server offers all these features. This is tied with Microsoft .Net technology and seamlessly integrates with SQL Server.
During this webinar we will describe the Top 8 Things which SharePoint can do to turbocharge your business, which you may not know. We will talk about Outlook Calendar Integration, Out Of the Box Reports, Workflow, Mysites, Forms, Alerts, Custom Search Presentation. Also we will show how to custom design any website which may look entirely different than typical SharePoint sites.
SharePoint Governance - No one should carry the burden aloneBenjamin Niaulin
Building a SharePoint Governance is often complicated and complex. In this presentation I showed that it can and should be made out to be simple. With contextual Wiki pages instead of heavy PDFs it can provide a helpful SharePoint Governance to your users.
In fact, the key word to take away is "Guideline" and not policing SharePoint. Helping people use the platform correctly with Governance.
A slide deck to complement my 2-hour, FREE, on demand SharePoint Training available here: https://youtu.be/mSVC08zbQ7M
The following topics are covered in the course:
- What is SharePoint, OneDrive and Office 365
- The concept of Sites, Pages and Web Parts
- How to upload and download documents from the document library
- How to share a document in SharePoint
- How to setup alerts to be notified of changes to your documents or content
- How to create your own views in a library or list
- The concept of Versioning, Check-in and Check-out
- The concept of Co-Authoring
- How to sync documents to your desktop via OneDrive
- How to sync Calendar, Tasks and Contacts to Outlook
- How to search for documents and items in SharePoint
- How to Export SharePoint information to Excel
With the arrival of SharePoint 2013 on the market and the push for Office 365, many are planning to make the move on to this new version of SharePoint. I consider myself lucky to have already participated to a few of these so far. Often, I come across some challenges in the organization surrounding this upgrade. I thought I would put up this post and hopefully some of you will continue the reasons a migration can fail through the comments.
Don't Suck at SharePoint - Avoid the common mistakesBenjamin Niaulin
Recording: http://bit.ly/SeyVK8
How do you avoid the most common mistakes when using SharePoint, if you've never used it before?
What makes SharePoint so popular is also its worse enemy, it's easy to use. As a platform, it allows you to build whatever you want to help the organization. But for it to be successful, you need to avoid the common mistakes made.
As a consultant, I have unfortunately had a lot of experience seeing or even doing some of the things in SharePoint that lead to utter chaos or disaster. That's why I would like to share them with you this time, show you how to not suck at SharePoint.
In this webinar we'll discuss:
-A brief overview of SharePoint as a platform
-Common scenarios SharePoint is used for
-Things that have miserably failed
-Bad architecture
-Solutions and Best Practices when starting
Introduction To Microsoft SharePoint 2013Vishal Pawar
Microsoft SharePoint is a Web application platform developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2001, SharePoint has historically been associated with intranet content management and document management, but recent versions have significantly broader capabilities
Share Point Governance: 10 Steps to Successful Deployment by Joel Oleson Bes...Joel Oleson
Best of SharePoint Conference break out session on 10 Steps to successful deployment. This deck is focused on avoiding failed deployments and what is most important in to ensure successful deployments.
Avoiding Failed Deployments Part 2 Interactive Discussion by Joel OlesonJoel Oleson
I had so much content I couldn't include in my keynote and so much I wanted to talk about. I put together a second deck to cover those further details around team forming, process to become a SharePoint Rockstar, and so on. The pictures helped encourage more stories and pull out customer experiences. (Best experienced with Joel)
Building a SharePoint Platform That ScalesScott Hoag
SharePoint adoption tends to be viral in most organizations, growing faster than IT groups are able to able handle. Most organizations work toward quick user adoption. Only a handful properly assess what their true vision for SharePoint is within their organization, building their physical architecture without having a logical architecture or core taxonomy in place.
In this session we will cover the basics of core design requirements, how they affect logical architecture design and taxonomies, and in turn how best to utilize the equipment available to the IT organization.
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1. NOW I GET IT… WHAT
SHAREPOINT IS AND WHY I
NEED IT
SPTechCon San Francisco 2013
Mark Rackley
mark.rackley@summit7systems.com
2. Summit 7 systems is a premier provider of consulting and implementation services specializing on the
Microsoft SharePoint Platform and FAST Enterprise Search.
» Summit 7 Systems was chosen by KMWorld Magazine as one of the top 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management along with
companies such as Microsoft, Oracle and IBM.
» Summit 7 Systems was named to the 2011 and 2012 CRN Next-Gen 250 List as a company bringing innovative processes, methodologies and
models to the solution provider industry.
» Top 1% of Microsoft Partners Worldwide
» Summit 7 Systems was named #6 on the 2012 CRN Fast Growth 100 based on our 2009 – 2011 growth of over 930% per year.
» ~ 50% of Technical Staff hold US Government SECRET Clearances.
» Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).
3. SOFTWARE PLATFORMS SERVICES
FAST Enterprise Search SharePoint QuickStart
SharePoint 2007 Information Architecture and Governance Development
SharePoint 2010 Upgrade and Migration
SharePoint 2013 Branding and Design (User Experience)
Office Platform
Web Content Management Design and Deployment
Sitecore
SharePoint Search
Custom Workflow or Web Part Development
SOLUTION AREAS InfoPath Forms and Workflows
SharePoint Platform Solutions Performance Baselines and Best Practices Optimization
Enterprise Search Mapping Business Process to Software Platforms
Enterprise Content Management
Cloud Services Design and Provisioning
Internet / Web Content Management
Remote Support Contracts
Extranet Solutions
Compliance Quickstart
Intranet Solutions
Business Process Management
Enterprise Project Management
Exchange Server
4. MARK RACKLEY / SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
• 18+ years software architecture and
development experience
• SharePoint Junkie since 2007
• Event Organizer
• Blogger, Writer, Speaker
• Bacon aficionado
@mrackley http://www.sharepointhillbilly.com
5. AGENDA
Why is understanding SharePoint so hard?
What is SharePoint?
Why SharePoint?
Tips for avoiding SharePoint Pain
The importance of the SharePoint Community
7. WHY IS UNDERSTANDING SO HARD?
• It’s hard to know where to begin
• There so much information!
• Conflicting information!
• SO MUCH NOISE!!
8. WHY IS UNDERSTANDING SO HARD?
• It’s hard to know where to begin
• There so much information!
• Conflicting information!
• SO MUCH NOISE!!
• What’s my role??
9. WHY IS UNDERSTANDING SO HARD?
• It’s hard to know where to begin
• There so much information!
• Conflicting information!
• SO MUCH NOISE!!
• What’s my role??
• Easy to fall into analysis paralysis
10. WHY IS UNDERSTANDING SO HARD?
• Lots of concepts to grasp
• Governance
• Information Architecture
• Composites
• BI
• Collaboration
11. WHY IS UNDERSTANDING SO HARD?
No man/woman is an island in SharePoint
• You can’t “do it all”
• It’s easy to get it to work… incorrectly
• There’s no “one size fits all”
12. WHY IS UNDERSTANDING SO HARD?
You have to change the way you work
• Change your email habits
• Play well with others
• “Do it yourself”
13. WHY IS UNDERSTANDING SO HARD?
Fear of the unknown
• “But that’s not the way we used to
do it”
• Developers perceived loss of job
security
17. WHAT IS SHAREPOINT?
SharePoint is a platform
SharePoint can be many things
• It creates sites on the fly
• It stores your data
• It allows you to easily manage permissions
• It gives you alerts and workflows
18. WHAT IS SHAREPOINT?
SharePoint is many things
• It Integrates with other systems
• It helps you find stuff
• It helps you to “do it yourself” “out of the box”
• 80/20 rule
22. TOP 10 THINGS SHAREPOINT CAN DO FOR YOU
10. Unclutter your inbox
9. Connect to the right people
8. Find what you need
7. Replace other expensive products
23. TOP 10 THINGS SHAREPOINT CAN DO FOR YOU
6. Give you insight
5. Remind you
4. Centralize your data
3. Make you more productive
24. TOP 10 THINGS SHAREPOINT CAN DO FOR YOU
2. Keep you organized
1. Make you look like a rock star
25. SharePoint may not be THE
best tool for any one job, but it
does MANY jobs well.
32. “SharePoint is a man! You
have to beat him into
submission!” – Lori Gowin
33. DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF!
There is no easy button
• It IS different
• It takes time
SharePoint is MASSIVE
• No one understands it all
• Befriend the gurus
Accept that “It Depends”
34. LEARN THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY
Farm
Elevated Privileges Safe Control
CAML Feature
Site Column STSADM Declarative Workflow
Site Collection Persisted Object Application Page
Content Type Site Definition List Definition
Solution Package
Scope
Content Database Event Receiver List Instance
Central Administration
Publishing Page ONET
Web Application
List View Feature Receiver Theme
Field Control Client Object Model
Team Site
Timer Job
35. BEWARE THE SHAREPOINT “EXPERT”
Be skeptical
Ask for references
Learn some basic
interview questions
You get what you pay
for
39. YOU GOTTA DRINK THE KOOL-AID
Join the community
Read Blogs
Read Books
Play around in your site
Attend events
Build relationships
DON’T BE AFRAID TO DO SOMETHING!
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