HOW TO STORE THE DATA YOU NEED IN SHAREPOINT 2010 Mick Badran MVP, V-TSP,XYZ,ABC

MY MAIN OBJECTIVES FOR YOU To show SharePoint as a Data Platform Get an understanding of data storage within SharePoint 2010 – above and beyond Documents and Tasks etc. Ways to get Data In/Out of SharePoint 2010.

SESSION AGENDA Places to store data within SharePoint Data at the Site/Web level Data in Service Applications Data in Lists/External Lists Data in Custom Fields Data exposed through Silverlight

PLACES TO STORE DATA IN SHAREPOINT PROBLEM: SharePoint is generally pitched to be all things to everyone. I cant do… Dont worry, SharePoint will fix it! Question to ask yourselves: What is the data? Where is the data? How long do I need it for?

PLACES TO STORE DATA IN SHAREPOINT Common SharePoint data storage structures: Documents!!! Xml Documents, Excel Docs, Reports Lists lists lists lists, custom columns, folders – offline issues? Content Types Site/Web/List/Folder – Property Bags Access Services – Web Database !!! User Profile – custom properties Custom Service Applications

DATA AT THE SITE/WEB LEVEL Storing data/content at a Site Collection or Web level. What sort of data? How? How does it become exposed?

SHOW YOU SOMETHING COOL Site/Web Properties Demo

DATA IN SERVICE APPLICATIONS By far the most flexible storage mechanism within SharePoint. What sort of problem would warrant this? Benefits of a Service Application? Cons of a Custom Service Application? No guarantee this data is going to be exposed – e.g. Access Services

SHOW YOU SOMETHING COOL Service Applications Demo

DATA IN LISTS/EXTERNAL LISTS Flexible and easy access for both read and write Up to 50 million items (apparently) per list. What data is placed in lists? How does relational data get processed? E.g. parent/child. How are lookup fields resolved when inserting external data. How to access List data? ServerAPI, RSS, ClientOM, ListData.svc, REST, Offline..

SHOW YOU SOMETHING COOL External List Demo

DATA IN CUSTOM FIELDS Provide flexibility around packing/unpacking data – e.g. complex address. Fields have 2 main modes: Presentation Mode Author/Editing Mode We can perform different logic for each mode. Custom XSLT Field Rendering in lists allows for exciting interactions. (No CAML required)

SHOW YOU SOMETHING COOL Custom Fields - I

EXPOSING DATA THROUGH SILVERLIGHT Why Silverlight? Silverlight runs on the Client machine with a Silverlight CLR – an App in english. Is able to talk to SharePoint/WCF Services etc. Great for desktop notifications! Can be initialised with particular parameters

SHOW YOU SOMETHING COOL Custom Fields - II

WRAP UP SharePoint is more than just Documents and Tasks Its a flexible data platform! Many structures exist out of the box – e.g. lists etc. Or you can build your own. NB: all demos and slides will be on my blog as well.