10 Best SharePoint Features You’ve Never Used (But Should)Christian Buckley
A walk through of the advances made in the SharePoint 2010 platform from earlier versions, as well as a list of 10 out of the box features that most end users are not using, but should. From a webinar given on 6-5-2012
One of Microsoft’s most powerful collaboration tools has a new version. And although not yet publically released, C/D/H has been working with SharePoint 2010 since August 2009.
C/D/H will show you how features like a new ribbon interface and improved Web 2.0 capabilities can help you accelerate your business. We’ll also give you real-world examples of how clients are leveraging SharePoint in their environment.
ARMA Vancouver (in partnership with ARMA VI) invited Bruce Miller from RIMtech to give his 2 day “Managing Electronic Records with SharePoint” workshop.
Bruce Smith recaps some of the key messages about managing an EDRMS project, the roles of IT and RM, metrics for measuring progress, and 3rd party tools to add recordkeeping capabilities to SharePoint.
Bruce Norman Smith has been a SharePoint champion at Environment Canada and the Medical Council of Canada. A Master’s degree in Library and Information Studies (MLIS, McGill ‘08) provides Bruce with graduate level training in business process analysis, database design, xml metadata development, and IM theory & methods. Bruce’s talent for bridging the gaps between business needs, RM and Archival requirements & technical best practices ensures your entire organization can benefit from a SharePoint implementation. His current focus is on mastering the infrastructure and services that support a rock solid ECM solution.
Bruce's blog site is: http://seek.itgroove.net/
10 Best SharePoint Features You’ve Never Used (But Should)Christian Buckley
A walk through of the advances made in the SharePoint 2010 platform from earlier versions, as well as a list of 10 out of the box features that most end users are not using, but should. From a webinar given on 6-5-2012
One of Microsoft’s most powerful collaboration tools has a new version. And although not yet publically released, C/D/H has been working with SharePoint 2010 since August 2009.
C/D/H will show you how features like a new ribbon interface and improved Web 2.0 capabilities can help you accelerate your business. We’ll also give you real-world examples of how clients are leveraging SharePoint in their environment.
ARMA Vancouver (in partnership with ARMA VI) invited Bruce Miller from RIMtech to give his 2 day “Managing Electronic Records with SharePoint” workshop.
Bruce Smith recaps some of the key messages about managing an EDRMS project, the roles of IT and RM, metrics for measuring progress, and 3rd party tools to add recordkeeping capabilities to SharePoint.
Bruce Norman Smith has been a SharePoint champion at Environment Canada and the Medical Council of Canada. A Master’s degree in Library and Information Studies (MLIS, McGill ‘08) provides Bruce with graduate level training in business process analysis, database design, xml metadata development, and IM theory & methods. Bruce’s talent for bridging the gaps between business needs, RM and Archival requirements & technical best practices ensures your entire organization can benefit from a SharePoint implementation. His current focus is on mastering the infrastructure and services that support a rock solid ECM solution.
Bruce's blog site is: http://seek.itgroove.net/
The webcast focuses on SharePoint’s ability to integrate with third party systems including horizontal solutions, industry solutions and LOB integration. Its product features are described at length depending on the different SharePoint versions. The webcast also enlightens the viewers on what one has to consider before implementing SharePoint in the organization: — the initial strategy, build/ testing, maintenance and support and roll out.
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.
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.
Same but Different - Developing for SharePoint Online -- SPSSTLJohn Ferringer
Silverlight. Sandbox Solutions. JavaScript. The Client Object Model. These are components or features that can all be leveraged by developers in an on premises SharePoint environment, as well as Microsoft’s cloud offering for SharePoint: SharePoint Online. But while these similarities exist between the two SharePoint worlds, at the same time they’re vastly different. In on premises SharePoint environments, developers have many other appealing options to choose from that can make customization much easier and smoother than these client-side developer tools.
The difference in the cloud with SharePoint Online is that developers can’t choose other easier options over Sandbox Solutions, JavaScript, or the Client Object Model. In SharePoint Online’s world it’s Microsoft’s way or the highway, and that means that software designers and developers have to approach solution design and creation in a much different manner than for on premises custom solutions.
This class presents a comprehensive review of the tools and features available for development with SharePoint Online and then takes a closer look at their capabilities and limitations. It also explains the shift in decision making and solution design that needs to occur to turn SharePoint Online’s restrictions into opportunities, as well as looks at other available resources for development with SharePoint Online, such as Microsoft’s Azure offering or Amazon’s Cloud Services.
This 40 minute webinar will cover the features in SharePoint 2010 that make it an excellent tool for business collaboration. We will examine how SharePoint 2010 helps you deal with changing business needs and manage IT costs and complexity.
http://www.traincanada.com/site/event/sharepoint-2010-overview/
My presentation from the Boston SharePoint User Group. We discussed upgrading, and weighing the costs around infrastructure, customizations and training. We also walk through 2 methods of upgrading from SharePoint 2010.
Whitepaper essential share point 2016 walkthrough | HUBFLYHubfly
With HubFly business productivity apps for SharePoint, your business can get more efficient. SharePoint alredy has robust features for content management & work collaboration.In this whitepaper, let us walk you through the essential SharePoint navigation and discuss Admin features & HubFly powered business productivity apps. If you are new to SharePoint, you will value this whitepaper.
Don’t let your training fall off of a cliffSYMBIONT, INC.
Many companies have become more entrenched against the use of My Sites for fear that proprietary information will be leaked; employees will spend their time chatting instead of working; or there will be legal consequences for inappropriate information being exchanged or shared.
Using a Leadership Development example, we will focus on how My Sites can provide a competitive edge through resource location, knowledge sharing, and business process improvement. You will also learn how with “directed play” these connections can be used to enhance the training evolution.
Join us for this TrainingIndustry.com webinar, sponsored by GP Strategies, and at the end of the session you will see that SharePoint and its social networking features within the platform are actually powerful tools that can and should be utilized to your organization’s advantage.
Lessons:
•My Sites can be a vital tool in curriculum development toolbox
•Social networking isn't a choice any longer— it’s how we learn today
•In order to succeed, your company has to be connected internally
iStart - Sharepoint: Getting to the pointHayden McCall
Information overload. It defines the age we live in. Distraction,
clutter, and search angst are daily productivity killers causing
headaches and wasting hours.
Believe the disciples, and Microsoft’s SharePoint is on the
cusp of greatness, bringing order to clutter, collaboration to
fragmentation and timeliness to information and decision
making. But listen to the unconverted and it’s badly designed,
slow and another marketing snow job holding together the
Microsoft stack.
Your IT department probably already has the product, so iStart
canvassed a couple of experts on implementing SharePoint to
help you decide if it is a fit for wider use within your business…
The world of corporate learning is moving toward the 70+20+10% model. This suggests about 70% of learning happens on the job, 20% via feedback from colleagues and peers and 10% in formal training. SharePoint is one of the key enablers of this move, with its widespread use for blogging, wikis and document repositories. Assessments (quizzes, surveys, tests and exams) are a critical part of learning—helping diagnose what you need to learn, giving feedback on learning, measuring and reinforcing what you have learned. Assessments are also useful in SharePoint for those using it for more formal training and also to keep track of compliance with regulations within SharePoint.
The webcast focuses on SharePoint’s ability to integrate with third party systems including horizontal solutions, industry solutions and LOB integration. Its product features are described at length depending on the different SharePoint versions. The webcast also enlightens the viewers on what one has to consider before implementing SharePoint in the organization: — the initial strategy, build/ testing, maintenance and support and roll out.
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.
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.
Same but Different - Developing for SharePoint Online -- SPSSTLJohn Ferringer
Silverlight. Sandbox Solutions. JavaScript. The Client Object Model. These are components or features that can all be leveraged by developers in an on premises SharePoint environment, as well as Microsoft’s cloud offering for SharePoint: SharePoint Online. But while these similarities exist between the two SharePoint worlds, at the same time they’re vastly different. In on premises SharePoint environments, developers have many other appealing options to choose from that can make customization much easier and smoother than these client-side developer tools.
The difference in the cloud with SharePoint Online is that developers can’t choose other easier options over Sandbox Solutions, JavaScript, or the Client Object Model. In SharePoint Online’s world it’s Microsoft’s way or the highway, and that means that software designers and developers have to approach solution design and creation in a much different manner than for on premises custom solutions.
This class presents a comprehensive review of the tools and features available for development with SharePoint Online and then takes a closer look at their capabilities and limitations. It also explains the shift in decision making and solution design that needs to occur to turn SharePoint Online’s restrictions into opportunities, as well as looks at other available resources for development with SharePoint Online, such as Microsoft’s Azure offering or Amazon’s Cloud Services.
This 40 minute webinar will cover the features in SharePoint 2010 that make it an excellent tool for business collaboration. We will examine how SharePoint 2010 helps you deal with changing business needs and manage IT costs and complexity.
http://www.traincanada.com/site/event/sharepoint-2010-overview/
My presentation from the Boston SharePoint User Group. We discussed upgrading, and weighing the costs around infrastructure, customizations and training. We also walk through 2 methods of upgrading from SharePoint 2010.
Whitepaper essential share point 2016 walkthrough | HUBFLYHubfly
With HubFly business productivity apps for SharePoint, your business can get more efficient. SharePoint alredy has robust features for content management & work collaboration.In this whitepaper, let us walk you through the essential SharePoint navigation and discuss Admin features & HubFly powered business productivity apps. If you are new to SharePoint, you will value this whitepaper.
Don’t let your training fall off of a cliffSYMBIONT, INC.
Many companies have become more entrenched against the use of My Sites for fear that proprietary information will be leaked; employees will spend their time chatting instead of working; or there will be legal consequences for inappropriate information being exchanged or shared.
Using a Leadership Development example, we will focus on how My Sites can provide a competitive edge through resource location, knowledge sharing, and business process improvement. You will also learn how with “directed play” these connections can be used to enhance the training evolution.
Join us for this TrainingIndustry.com webinar, sponsored by GP Strategies, and at the end of the session you will see that SharePoint and its social networking features within the platform are actually powerful tools that can and should be utilized to your organization’s advantage.
Lessons:
•My Sites can be a vital tool in curriculum development toolbox
•Social networking isn't a choice any longer— it’s how we learn today
•In order to succeed, your company has to be connected internally
iStart - Sharepoint: Getting to the pointHayden McCall
Information overload. It defines the age we live in. Distraction,
clutter, and search angst are daily productivity killers causing
headaches and wasting hours.
Believe the disciples, and Microsoft’s SharePoint is on the
cusp of greatness, bringing order to clutter, collaboration to
fragmentation and timeliness to information and decision
making. But listen to the unconverted and it’s badly designed,
slow and another marketing snow job holding together the
Microsoft stack.
Your IT department probably already has the product, so iStart
canvassed a couple of experts on implementing SharePoint to
help you decide if it is a fit for wider use within your business…
The world of corporate learning is moving toward the 70+20+10% model. This suggests about 70% of learning happens on the job, 20% via feedback from colleagues and peers and 10% in formal training. SharePoint is one of the key enablers of this move, with its widespread use for blogging, wikis and document repositories. Assessments (quizzes, surveys, tests and exams) are a critical part of learning—helping diagnose what you need to learn, giving feedback on learning, measuring and reinforcing what you have learned. Assessments are also useful in SharePoint for those using it for more formal training and also to keep track of compliance with regulations within SharePoint.
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is the Business Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise and Web. SharePoint 2010 focuses on three key areas:
1) Connecting and empowering people to enhance productivity by offering improved and simplified tools to create and manage sites and associated content. Microsoft SharePoint 2010 integrates smoothly with Microsoft Office 2010 which makes it possible for users to be more productive while using a more familiar set of tools to interact with SharePoint Server.
2) Unifying infrastructure to cut maintenance and training costs by providing an integrated set of features and the ability for organizations to build their business productivity solutions on top of the SharePoint Server.
3) Responding rapidly to business needs by providing the ability to quickly build and deploy dynamic solutions to end users, power users and professional developers. SharePoint 2010 provides the tools to easily create business solutions that can be integrated with existing data and process.
Described by Microsoft as the Business Collaboration Platform for Enterprise and the web, there are so many ways SharePoint 2010 can add value to your organisation. Launched officially on May 12, we take the covers off SharePoint 2010 and share its highlights with you.
SharePoint Products and Technologies provide an extensible solution platform for the professional Microsoft .NET developer, and offer a wide array of built-in features and application hosting using well-known .NET development tools and technologies.
This presentation will introduce you to new features in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. This session will cover the new and improved product features as applicable to IT Professionals and how to install, deploy, manage, and administer SharePoint Server 2010. It also provides information on how to integrate SharePoint Server 2010 with key applications and how to maintain and troubleshoot SharePoint Server 2010.
Described by Microsoft as the Business Collaboration Platform for Enterprise and the web, there are so many ways SharePoint 2010 can add value to your organisation. Launched officially on May 12, we take the covers off SharePoint 2010 and share its highlights with you.
Presentation at SharePoint Saturday New York July 30, 2011 at Microsoft Manhattan on business intelligence, enterprise architecture and integrating workflows, portals, and dashboards for robust decision support solutions across the enterprise.
Aspect Software Sponsored What Nintex Workflow 2010 Adds To Share Point 2010Timothy Strudeman
Great presentation by Brett Campbell of Nintex and Congratulations to our Survey Response Winner - Jill N. A free Central Region SharePoint Conference pass.
Sydney HubSpot User Group (HUG) | 19 September 2018Craig Bailey
The main slide deck from our September 2018 HubSpot User Group event in Sydney. Includes presentations from Loren Scott (HubSpot), Moby Siddique (RedPandas) and Ian Jacob (Search and be Found)
Welcome to Episode 39 of HubShots!
Full show notes available here: http://hubshots.com/episode-39/
Recorded: Tuesday 21 June 2016
HubShots is the *unofficial* Down Under HubSpot Podcast.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
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Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
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Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
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We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with Parameters
SharePoint 2010 for Business
1. SHAREPOINT 2010 Kathy Hughes
SharePoint
PREPAREDNESS: MVP
Sydney,
BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS Australia
Sydney Business and Technology User Group
28th April, 2010, Microsoft, Sydney, Australia
kathy@kathyhughes.com
2. AGENDA
The Business Case
What‟s New – Key Features
What‟s Not (since SharePoint 2007)
Server and Client System Requirements
Key Considerations around Upgrading
Licensing
Moving forward: Plan of attack
Q&A
Australia SharePoint Conference Update
SharePoint Designer 2010 Unleashed Book Update
Kathy Hughes
3. BUT FIRST…
Trivia…
Today‟s most important piece of news on Facebook
“My belly button is now lint free. I feel better.”
Social networking
We can make choices!
Kathy Hughes
4. WHY: BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS?
Why should I deploy SharePoint 2010?
Who is/are the business stakeholder/s?
CIO
CTO
IT Manager
Developer
Chief Geek
Finance Manager
Designer
End User
What type of business case will you put forward?
Technical
Business
Kathy Hughes
5. NO. 1 ANNOYANCE WHEN SELLING
Incorrect targeting
Says geek to CTO/Business stakeholder “…IT can do all these
weird and wonderful things”
…(The Geek can‟t wait to show of f all the fancy new features
which will „impress‟ the business stakeholder)
….(The Geek launches into detailed demonstration of how XYZ
works, completely bypassing any related „business‟ benefits)
Says stakeholder to geek “but I still don‟t understand how it‟s
going to benefit my business – where are my cost savings?”
The Geek seems confused, “but I just showed you how it
works, what more do you need?”
CTO/Business stakeholder, “but where are the real business
benefits? What will IT do that my current system does not
do?”…
Kathy Hughes
7. WHY: BUSINESS SECTOR?
When planning one size doesn‟t fit all!
Multiple features, multiple purposes, multiple opportunities
What type of company or business are you selling to?
Health
Fast access to online data
Online Forms (usable data entry forms)
Integration with patient management systems
Finance
Data retrieval and data input from/to external databases
Business Intelligence features
Excel Services – access to online, shared Excel workbooks, pivot tables, LARGE
amounts of data
Dashboards and mash-ups
Marketing
Social interaction features
Storage and access to images and media files
Larger storage capacity!
Government
Require external sites to be W3C standards compliant
Kathy Hughes
8. CONSISTENT REQUIREMENTS
Irrespective of business types:
Search
Navigation
Look and feel
Branding
Document management
Content management
Records management
Office / client application integration
Administration and support
Backup and maintenance
Kathy Hughes
9. SHAREPOINT 2010 KEY FEATURES
FAST search integration / Search integration with Windows 7
Basic search now supports wildcard searches and search
suggestions!
Authentication models – Claims based authentication
Secure Store ID replaces SSO!
Cross site collection content types and metadata
HUGE bonus for earlier 2007 search limitations!
New social networking features
Including social tagging and content ratings
Enhanced My Sites and new organizational viewer
Fluent user interface
RIBBON and Wiki pages
Easy and accessible in-browser editing tools
In-place Records Management and multi -step policy
management
Kathy Hughes
10. KEY FEATURES (CONTINUED)
Enhanced Excel Ser vices
Integrates with Excel 2007 / better with 2010 plus Sparkline charts
Take advantage of the new Power Pivot features in Excel 2010/Excel Services –
handles millions of rows of data
Access Ser vices, Visio Ser vices, InfoPath Forms Ser vices (enhanced ),
Word Ser vices
External Content types and Lists (BCS / aka BDC)
Codeless integration with backend systems
Power ful CODELESS workflows
Build InfoPath list forms for enhanced form management and usability
PowerShell commands
STSADM command line tool still exists
SANDBOXED Solutions
Real testing!
User solutions at site collection level
XSLT List Views – XSLT ever ywhere
CAML is still there too
Custom HELP files
create your own online SharePoint HELP!
New Theming engine – use PowerPoint 2007 or 2010 theme files!
Kathy Hughes
11. PAGE EDITING AND NAVIGATION
In-place page editing – pre-existing styles (customizable)
WCAG 2.0 AA and XHTML 1 .0 Strict compliant
Tables have NOT completely gone
InfoPath list forms and Data Form Web Parts still use Tables!
Meets US Section 508
Fluid page layouts
WIKI everywhere
Control styles for consistent look and feel
Flexible navigation controllable via Web interface
Dynamic left-hand and top-level navigation links
Metadata-driven navigation using Site collection or site metadata
tags
Additional level of view by filtering
Video: Interface in 2010
Kathy Hughes
12. CALENDAR OVERLAYS
Similar concept to calendar „rollups‟
Now able to add additional calendars onto an existing team
site calendar
Includes the ability to „overlay‟ calendars from other sites
within a site collection and calendars from Exchange server
Video – Calendar Overlays
Kathy Hughes
14. UNCHANGED SINCE SHAREPOINT 2007
OR little change since SharePoint 2007…
Basic search (but now supports wild card search OOB)
Content management
Publishing workflows
Publishing pages
Page layouts
Document management
Same basic tiers of versioning and check-in / check-out
Lists and Libraries - core functionality
Site Templates – some remain and others are deprecated
Master pages – though leverages ASP.NET 3.5 in 2010
CSS - though more CSS files
Kathy Hughes
15. WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO DEPLOY
SHAREPOINT 2010: SERVERS
SQL Server
SQL 2008 R2 or SQL 2008 + SP1+CU2 (or greater)
SQL 2005 with SP3 (supported though not recommended)
SQL 2008 R2 injects Power Pivot functionality into SharePoint
Windows Server 2008 Standard with SP2 or greater 64BIT
WCF Hotfix (not part of the pre-requisite installer)
Minimum 8GB RAM on production servers (can run with less RAM
on developer servers)
Can I install SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7?
Yes, but on Windows 7 x64 bit
You will need to adjust the compatibility settings in order for the installer
to run
ONLY recommended for local development, i.e. not suitable for hosting
SharePoint in production scenarios
Feedback from Nicholas Rayner on his experience installing
2010 on Windows 7
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16. WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO DEPLOY
SHAREPOINT 2010: CLIENTS
Based on Of fice 2010 Professional Plus
Outlook 2010
For integration with External Content Types, i.e. associate with Contacts in
Outlook 2010
InfoPath Designer 2010
For creation of custom InfoPath list forms in SharePoint Server 2010
Excel 2010
Power Pivot
Spark lines
Word 2010
SharePoint 2010 content type templates accessibility in backstage
What ver sion of Visio 2010 will I need to develop and work with
SharePoint workflows?
You will require Visio Premium 2010 for SharePoint workflows
You will also need to provide the account using Visio with elevated privileges
Visio 2010 is a separate download to Office Professional 2010!
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17. WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO DEPLOY
SHAREPOINT 2010: DEVELOP & DESIGN
Visual Studio 2010
List templates
Deployment tools – including Sandbox option!
Import WSP (site template) files
Import SharePoint Designer workflow files
SharePoint Designer 2010
Cannot use SharePoint Designer 2010 to edit SharePoint 2007 sites!
Cannot use SharePoint Designer 2007 to edit SharePoint 2010 sites
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18. LICENSING!
SharePoint 2010 comes in Three flavours:
SharePoint Foundation 2010 (AKA Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
Included as part of Windows Server 2008
SQL Express limitations, 4GB storage
SQL Express (Advanced Services) with SQL 2008 R2 – 10GB
SharePoint Server 2010 Standard
SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise (InfoPath Services, Visio Services,
etc.)
Main changes between SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010
is around internet facing sites
With SharePoint 2007 internet facing sites, you needed to purchase
an internet connector license for non-employees which was licensed
at Enterprise level only, i.e. no Standard connector.
No pricing yet available
Important – IF upgrading then must upgrade from same
version to equivalent version!
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20. KEY UPGRADE CONSIDERATIONS
To Upgrade now or wait
*NO* supported upgrade paths from Beta 2 or Release
Candidate to the RTM!
Degree of existing SharePoint 2007 customization
Number of open source and/or 3 rd party tools deployed
Client-side add-ons
Client-side applications, i.e. Of fice
Value-add if moving to Office 2010, i.e. InfoPath Designer 2010, Visio
Premium 2010 for SharePoint 2010 workflows, Word 2010 integrates
well with SharePoint 2010 content type „templates‟, Excel 2010
includes additional features like Spark lines and options for Power
Pivot, External Content Types only integrate with Outlook 2010!
Current security protocols in use
SSO?
Kerberos
NTLM
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21. MOVING FORWARD: UPGRADE PREP
MUST be running SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 + October 2009
CU or greater
Run the pre-upgrade check
Included in the SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 + October CU updates
the pre-upgrade check STSADM command
Backup and document all existing customizations
Perform special backups of existing content databases
Establish a test environment
Mirror your existing production environment
TEST TEST TEST
Review any existing 3 rd party tools currently in use and check
with vendors about upgrade plans
This could seriously impact the timing around when you upgrade!!
Which upgrade path works best for you?
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22. UPGRADE PATHS
In-place upgrade
Use existing hardware
Farm will be offline during upgrade process
(most) Customizations will be available post-upgrade
Farm-wide settings preserved
This approach is recommended for small or non-productive
environments
There is no rollback when using an in-place upgrade – no „un-do‟
button
Requires a solid DR strategy
Other reasons for in-place upgrade include where you want to
upgrade existing SharePoint site templates, i.e. deprecated STP
template format and upgrade to new 2010 WSP format
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23. UPGRADE PATHS (CONTINUED)
Database attach upgrade
Detach existing 2007 databases and attach to a new 2010 farm
No existing (2007) server farm settings will be maintained
Requires existing settings to be documented and recreated in new
environment
This approach is recommended where farm level configurations are
minimal!
A prime example is where you have 100‟s of SharePoint audiences
configured in your current 2007 farm and lots of content targets
associated with those audiences. Those audiences and targets will need to
be recreated on the destination 2010 farm.
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24. POST-UPGRADE MAINTENANCE
Visual upgrade – initially the SharePoint 2007 look and feel
will remain until you choose to switch to the 2010 UI -
gradual upgrade
Some assemblies may need to be recompiled
Timer jobs for any custom workflows may need to be
recompiled
Check any pre-existing site templates, i.e. the STP format is
deprecated in 2010 and replaced by WSP format
Check any custom themes – 2007 themes are deprecated in
2010 though 2007 themes are installed on 2010 WFE for
legacy purposes
Won‟t work once you switch the UI to 2010 look and feel
Any existing queries which query greater than 5000 items will
fail and you will need to modify those queries
3 rd party upgrades – check with vendors
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25. MOVING FORWARD: PLAN OF ATTACK
Infrastructure – server and OS levels
People – get key stakeholders involved
Training – identify levels of training, i.e. developer if in -house
development
Add-ons – carry any existing add -ons over or add new ones
Support – in-house or outsourced / training
Hosted or On Premise
SharePoint Online (licensing)
Costs for hosting
Customizations allowed by host – SPD, DLLs, Custom Web Parts
On Premise costs
IT Support
Service Packs
Development – in-house or outsource
Design – in-house or outsource
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27. AUSTRALIA SHAREPOINT CONFERENCE
16 th and 17 th June, 2010, The Hilton Hotel, Sydney, Australia
Keynote delivered by Microsoft‟s SharePoint Product Director,
Arpan Shah
Local and international speakers
Sessions include business, vendor, voice of the customer,
case studies and technical
*FREE* hosted SharePoint SERVER 2010 site for all attendees
Australian SharePoint User Group booth for Q&A and
demonstrations
www.sharepointconference.com.au
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28. SHAREPOINT DESIGNER 2010
UNLEASHED
Due out September 2010
Covers introduction to SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint
Designer 2010, Web design, Business intelligence and
Workflows
Comprehensive how -tos
Online resources
Ongoing online author forums and errata
http://www.amazon.com/SharePoint-Designer-Unleashed-
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Hughes/dp/0672331055/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid
=1272489690&sr=1-15
Demo: Preview of Final ToC
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