Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services v3

Agenda Challenges SharePoint Vision SharePoint Feature Areas Collaboration Enterprise Search Enterprise Content Management Portal Business Processes Business Intelligence

Today’s IT Challenges Employee Self Service Portal Project “X” Site Business Intelligence Dashboard Extranet Collaboration Site Custom SAP Front-End Geneva Office Site Knowledge Management Portal B2B Supply Chain News/Alerts R&D Community Customer Service Site Regulatory Compliance Repository Corporate Web Presence Team “ABC” Site Sales Division Portal Weekly Issue Tracking Meeting

Business Impact Islands of information and applications Slow responsiveness to business and user needs Costly custom development and maintenance Poor sharing inside and outside the organization Difficult to find the right content, data, and people Increasing information management risk

Technology Convergence SharePoint Portal Server 2001 SharePoint Team Services “v1” Content Management Server 2002 SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Windows SharePoint Services “v2” Windows SharePoint Services “v3” Office SharePoint Server 2007 Portal, Web Content Management, and More

Single Infrastructure for Intranet, Internet, and Extranet Portals

Business intelligence Collaboration Content management Streamlined processes Portals Search Word processing Business modeling Presentations Business data management Information management 2007 Office System

The Microsoft Platform

SharePoint Feature Areas Docs/tasks/calendars, blogs, wikis, integration, project management “lite”, Outlook integration, offline docs/lists Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Enterprise Portal template, Site Directory, My Sites, social networking, privacy control Enterprise scalability, contextual relevance, rich people and business data search Rich and Web forms based front-ends, LOB actions, pluggable SSO Server-based Excel spreadsheets and data visualization, Report Center, BI Web Parts, KPIs/Dashboards Integrated document management, records management, and Web content management with policies and workflow Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model

Operating System Services Database Services Search Services Workflow Services ASP.NET: ASP.NET: Web Parts, Personalization, Master Pages, Provider Framework, Security, etc. Applications & Services Collaboration Doc Collab, Wikis Discussions, Blogs Contacts/Cals/Tasks Integration Outlook Integration Project Mgmt “Lite” Offline Lists/Docs Content Mgmt Authoring Workflow Web Publishing Document Mgmt Records Mgmt Policies Multi-Language Portal Intranet Template News, Site Dir My Sites People Finding Social Networking Privacy Search Search Center Relevance Biz Data Search Metadata Customizable UX Extensibility Biz Processes Rich/Web Forms Self-Service Forms Real-time Data Val. LOB Integration LOB Actions Pluggable SSO BI Excel Services Report Center Dashboards/KPIs Biz Data WPs Biz Data in Lists SQL RS/AS Integ. SharePoint Functional Architecture Platform Services StorageRepository Metadata Versioning Backup/Recycle Bin Indexing/SearchSecurity vServer Policies Pluggable AuthN Folder/Item Level Rights Trimmed UI Management Admin UX DelegationProvisioningMonitoringDeployment Migration Config Mgmt Farm Services Feature Policy Extranet Support Site Model TemplatesRenderingNavigation Consistent UX ExtensibilityForms/Fields OM and SOAP Event Handlers Migration APIs Shared Services (Site Model+, Indexing+/Search+, Business Data Catalog, Profile Service, Audiences, Targeting, Usage Analytics, Single Sign-on Service)

Platform Services PlatformServices

User Experience Improvements to usability, navigation, trimming, customization Platform Improvements ASP.NET web parts, master pages, pluggable authentication Customization enhancements – templates, feature extensibility Windows Workflow Foundation List enhancements – scale, content types, versioning Manageability Improved backup \ restore including wastebasket and VSS support Extranet deployment with ADFS and reverse proxy support Full and side-by-side upgrade Seamless integration with Office SharePoint Server 2007 Provisioning, security, navigation, search PlatformServices

Security Trimmed UI PlatformServices Commands only available when logged in user has permissions to access

Collaboration Collaboration

Collaboration Core improvements Tracking and project management Document library improvements Anywhere access Outlook integration Keeping informed with Alerts and RSS Mobility Community and Communication Wikis & Blogs and Discussions People and Groups Collaboration

Document Library Improvements Check-out documents locally Offline document libraries in Outlook Major/Minor version tracking Version management Multiple content type support Tree view support Collaboration

Outlook Integration Outlook allows user to work with personal and team data in one place Read/Write access to SharePoint datatypes Calendar, tasks, contacts, discussions, and documents Synchronization for offline support Users can ‘check out and edit’ documents when offline. Roll-up views of calendars and tasks across sites Improved calendar SharePoint’s calendar module with richer calendar views, recurrence support, all-day events, and more Collaboration

Collaboration Collaboration

Search Search

Relevance Top results on first page, every time Enterprise Search different from Internet Search Less of rich linking Lots of non-web content – Office docs, line-of- business data, etc. Security is paramount Revamped ranking engine Extensive collaboration with Microsoft Research and MSN New ingredients tuned for the enterprise Search

End User Experience Search Center Standard tabbed interface Search Basics Query hit highlighting Search syntax matching de facto standards Duplicate collapsing “Did you mean” query correction Editorial results (Best Bets) and definitions AlertsMore… Search

Improved Manageability Consistent search system across WSS v3 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 Revamped indexing management Simpler UI Better indexing log Flexible scoping Scopes decoupled from index definitions Simple and compound scopes Schema Map foreign schema into search system Cleaner UI Simple query reports Get visibility into user search behavior Logging for more detailed custom reports Best Bets Editorial results for specific queries Streamlined UI Continuous propagation Indexed content is immediately searchable Updated object model across all management areas Useful for custom tools Search

Search SearchBeta Search

Search Center Search Tab through different vertical search types Completely customizable page – here with Site Directory Web Part

Better Search Results Search Tabbed interface Query hit highlighting “Did you mean” query correction Alerts on search results

Across Repositories Customer Search Search Customer data from SAP system

Across Repositories People Search Search People from employee directory DLs and SharePoint groups Results organized by social distance

Content Management ContentManagement

Document Management Workflow Policy and Compliance Web Content Management ContentManagement

Investments Document Management Scalable Document Libraries and Repositories Security and Tracking Workflow and Approval Out of box multi-stage Serial and Parallel document workflows Integrated with and Office 2007 desktop applications Customizable through Windows Workflow Foundation ContentManagement

Investments Policy and Compliance Centrally controlled auditing, expiration & retention policies Archival, retention and regulatory compliance content as records Web Content Management Designed for Internet and Published Sites New Web and Word Authoring capabilities New Content Deployment and Publishing tools ContentManagement

Multi-language Support French…/fr/etudesdecas/ German…/de/fallstudien/ English…/en/casestudies/ 1. Create 2. Workflow 3. Go live! “I need this available in German and French” Workflow After Approval ContentManagement

Content Management ContentManagement

Scalable Document Repositories Manage large document sets with treeview Search for documents through metadata Manage document approval with integrated workflow Establish enterprise- approved content types ContentManagement

Capturing Rich Metadata Confidential – Microsoft Corporation Define required metadata in content type definition Customizable Document Information panel based on InfoPath technology Capture meta data as part of authoring process ContentManagement

Reusing Content – Slide Library “Tag” and store slides for re-use by others. Alerts in PowerPoint if slides in a presentation have been updated Access the slide library from within the presentation ContentManagement

New Web Authoring Console ContentManagement Browse available content assets

Portal Portal

Portal Investment Areas Portal Site Integration with Windows SharePoint Services Intranet Portal Template – Topics, Site Directory People and Expertise Search People specific search “tab” Social network support My Site Improved Public Page, Personal homepage Targeting and personalization Easier targeting – Distribution lists and Security Groups Profile store improvements Scalability, flexible schema, LDAP synchronization Portal

My Site Public with User Profile Portal Organizational network User Profile

My Site Private with Social Networking and Roll-Up Portal Social or knowledge network Roll-up from relevant sites

Business Processes

Forms Services Enables organizations to… reach more customers, partners and suppliers with user friendly forms. accelerate form-driven business processes through data integration. rapidly develop and deploy sustainable form solutions. Business Processes

Forms Services Investments Reach more users with better forms Browser enabled InfoPath forms Offline data connections, New controls, Better printing Intranet, Extranet, Internet Automate form-driven business processes Forms in Outlook, including Property Promotion Workflow, Archiving, Information Rights Management Integration with Workflow Tasks Rapidly develop and deploy form solutions in the enterprise Common development platform (OM, data connectivity) ActiveX, Windows Form and ASPX control Importer/Exporter Framework Business Processes

Internet Explorer Reach more users with better forms …via Browser enabled InfoPath Forms Designed once! Same experience in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Netscape and the InfoPath rich client Business Processes Firefox

Business Intelligence BusinessIntelligence

Investments SharePoint is the “BI Portal and Report Center” for end users Excel Services Share spreadsheets via zero-footprint browser experience Live, interactive Excel 2007 spreadsheets in SharePoint Only publish what you want, control versions Use Excel models in custom applications programmatically BusinessIntelligence

Investments SharePoint is the “BI Portal and Report Center” for end users Dashboards & Web components Common filtering (“slicing”) across web parts KPIs, Excel workbooks, and SQL 2005 Reporting Services reports Report Center Websites Out of the box website optimized for report access and management Consistent management of reports, spreadsheets, and data connection Integrated with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Data Connection Libraries & Business Data Catalog Centralize storage of important data connections BusinessIntelligence

Business Intelligence BusinessIntelligence

Excel Services Zero-footprint, interactive, browser access to spreadsheets BusinessIntelligence Table Formatting Pivot Tables KPIs from SQL Graphs & Charts

Knowledge Discovery and Insight Business Intelligence Dashboards KPI Lists Live Excel spreadsheets Common Filters BusinessIntelligence