1. Copyright © 2006 Quest Software Building Better SharePoint Sites May 28, 2009 Mandy Sadowski, Director, Product Marketing, SharePoint Product Group

2. 2 Growing and Growing MOSS (includes SPS) accounts for only 23% of SharePoint Services users MOSS expected to grow at average annual rate of 25% State of the SharePoint Market “…Microsoft Office SharePoint Server has already accumulated a large mind share with many organizations. The market is still fairly new, and we expect to see continued innovation in MOSS, as well as the increased adoption of MOSS by organizations of all sizes over the next four years.” – The Radicati Group Source: The Radicati Group “MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT MARKET ANALYSIS, 2009 – 2013”

3. Spectrum of SharePoint Deployments Out of Box Native Simple Collaboration Team Sites No Customization Some centralized management Some critical content/ applications on SharePoint Full eCommerce Web Applications Complete Customization Think about your Organization Where are you in this spectrum? What kinds of projects/uses? What roadblocks/challenges do you face?

4. 4 Building Better SharePoint Sites There is a pain-free way! Microsoft designed SharePoint to be a framework for additional web parts –Some included Web parts seem to be a guide to how these things could work (think discussion boards) Challenges and common frustration with SharePoint Specific Web parts for common scenarios Quick comparison of Quest Web Parts with other design/development tools for SharePoint

5. 5 SharePoint is Great…But it Still Requires Development Building applications requires the development of more powerful web parts Even basic SharePoint limitations include: –Combining information from multiple sites into a dashboard –Establishing a parent-child relationship between lists –Connecting to external data like (SQL or Notes or Oracle or…) –Creating charts –Enhancing menus and forms

6. Quick Review: What is a Web Part? Web Part: A customizable, reusable component used to display specific information on a dashboard.

7. 7 Some of the Default Web Parts List Views List Forms Panel Menus Document Libraries Contacts Data Viewer Calendars

8. Challenges for SharePoint App Development Usually requires a lot more customization than first realized Custom Coding is expensive, takes too long and experienced coders are scarce Hard-to-maintain custom code, limited or unavailable support 8

9. Before App Dev: “I just want to build a better site” Unlock the full potential of SharePoint Move beyond the native Web Parts –Enhance, combine and view SharePoint information –Roll up multiple lists into a report or a 3-D chart –Create a hierarchical list view –Easily copy/move documents between doc libraries –Create advanced forms –Improve application flow –Easily combine SharePoint and external data into your sites Configure Web Parts rather than code –Move beyond the properties page with a built-in editor –Skip XML, when desired –Simplify custom actions, BDC-like capabilities and CAML without the up-front pain

10. 10 Common Frustration: Combining Data Across Sites Example: 12 projects in MOSS, but each project exists in a different site Need: Create a dashboard for management with a single view Options: –Default Web Parts? No support for aggregation across sites –Custom coding? Too expensive and resource/time-intensive Bottom line: No native capability to aggregate

11. 11 Common Frustration: Adding Charts to Sites Bottom line: Native tools provide no viable solution Example: Multiple data sets across WSS Need: Create any chart that displays this information Options: –Default Web Parts? No charting capabilities natively –Custom coding? Too expensive and resource/time-intensive

12. 12 Common Frustration: Connecting to External Data Example: Important data in SharePoint and SAP; SharePoint is UI Need: Read/Write to SAP through SharePoint Options: –Default Web Parts? Read-only BDC in MOSS is the only native capability within SharePoint –Custom coding? Too expensive and resource/time-intensive Bottom line: Native tools provide no viable solution

13. Enhance, combine and view SharePoint information. Simply. Quest Web Parts For SharePoint – qListView Roll up multiple lists into a report Combine information from multiple lists across sites into a report Challenge AddressedCan’t I Do This natively? Data within SharePoint is stored in lists, which naturally stand alone. Often, users want to combine information into a single view. qListView allows you to simply combine data from multiple lists, even across sites and servers. Unfortunately, no. There is no facility in SharePoint to easily bring list information together without taking the time to create custom code.

14. Enhance, combine and view SharePoint information. Simply. Quest Web Parts For SharePoint – qChartView Roll up multiple lists into a chart Combine information from multiple lists across sites into a chart Challenge AddressedCan’t I Do This natively? Any data can be enhanced with a visual representation. SharePoint data is no exception. qChartView allows you to wow your co-workers with 3-D charts, without even breaking a sweat. There is no charting capability natively in SharePoint.

15. Easy data integration with SharePoint. Really. Quest Web Parts for SharePoint – Data integration Web parts Read/Write capability with any data source that has ODBC or web service connectivity

16. 16 Added Benefit: Use SharePoint as UI for Enterprise-wide Data Minimize the number of places your users must go to get info they need Simplify the interfaces and interactions required

17. Quest Web Parts For SharePoint 18 Web Parts, 3 application templates, Computer-Based Training and more

18. Key Quest Advantage: Configuration Interface ezEdit Don’t get bogged down in code (unless you want to!) User-friendly interface Get to config settings quickly Ignore XML, or embrace your inner XML guru

19. Drag, Drop, and Configure 19 Make Your Choices Click Save On-page Help Comprehensive Help

20. No Forms. No Charts. No Selectors. Oh My! It would be cool to show this data in a chart Wow, this is a limited menu I wish I could display our Eastern customers on this page I wish I could create a form

21. Build better SharePoint sites quickly and easily This site was built exclusively with Quest Web Parts; no coding required (all done with ezEdit!)

22. Export to Excel 22

23. Reduce the Number of Sites

24. Parent-Child relationships 24

25. Enhanced Navigation 25

26. Enhanced Page Layouts and Data Entry 26

27. 27 Build Better SharePoint Sites. Faster! (and save $$) Build applications and customize SharePoint up to 80% faster and at less cost less than custom coding alone With Quest Web Parts Without Web parts

28. Review of Application Development Tools Visual Studio For experienced developers Create Web parts or complex, customized workflows SharePoint Designer For developers Customize page layouts, implement pre-configured workflows through a wizard, and to create custom reports Quest Web Parts For anyone Quickly and easily make SharePoint sites better! Developers use Quest Web Parts to accelerate tedious tasks (and focus on more critical ones)

30. 30 Quest Solutions for SharePoint Site Administrator for SharePoint Understand, manage and secure your SharePoint environment Migration Manager for SharePoint SharePoint 2003 to 2007 Migration File Migrator for SharePoint File shares to SharePoint Migration Recovery Manager for SharePoint Granular SharePoint recovery for enterprise-level needs Quest Web Parts Enable rapid development of SharePoint applications Quest SQL Server Solutions Maximize SQL Server performance while simplifying tasks and providing visibility and control Public Folder Migrator for SharePoint Efficient Exchange Public Folders to SharePoint Migration Notes Migrator for SharePoint Reliable Notes application content migration to SharePoint

31. Thank You! Find more information about Quest’s SharePoint solutions at: www.quest.com/sharepoint View an on-demand demonstration at: www.quest.com/web-parts-for-sharepoint Or visit us at our Community page: www.sharepointforall.comwww.sharepointforall.com