SharePoint Products And Technologies: Platform For SaaS and Opportunities For Hosting Partners Laurent Bonnet Architecte de Solutions pour l’Hébergement Web Division Plates-Formes & Ecosystèmes Microsoft Corporation

Agenda WSS and what’s new in Version 3.0 Application templates WSS deployment considerations Resources

Core Services Collaboration Discussions Calendars Presence Project Mgt Offline Operating System Services Web Parts | Personalization | Master Pages | Provider Framework (Navigation, Security…) Database services Workflow services Search services Content Mgt Authoring Approval Web Publishing Policy & Auditing Rights Mgt Retention Multi-Lingual Staging Portal MySites Targeting People Finding Social Networking Privacy Profiles Site Directory Search Indexing Relevance Metadata Alerts Customizable UX BPM Rich\Web Forms Biz Data Catalog Data in Lists LOB Actions Single Sign-On BizTalk Integ. BI Excel Services Report Center KPIs Dashboards SQL RS\AS Integ. Data Con. Library Site Model Rendering Templates Navigation Visual Blueprint Storage Repository Metadata Versioning Backup Security Rights\Roles Pluggable Auth. Per Item Rights Trimming Management Delegation Provisioning Monitoring Staging Topology Config. Mgmt. Farm Services Feature Policy Extranet APIs Fields\Forms OM and SOAP Events Deployment SharePoint Architecture

WSS 3.0: What’s New For Hosting Partners Forms Authentication support Rich set of pre-built Applications for SMBs ~ 40 application templates Better up-sell scenarios Improved Manageability

Enhanced WSS Customization Design dashboards, reports and workflow Application and DB integration Tools: SharePoint Designer, Access, InfoPath Integration with Access and Groove Initial WSS Customization Taylor the pre-built Application Templates Team collaboration and productivity Business process and workgroup tasks Basic WSS Enablement Install WSS (out-of-the-box) Leverage WS03/SBS deployed infrastructure Document, meeting and project collaboration Outlook integration Extranets Small Biz projectsBasic Enablement Initial Customization Enhanced Customization Total Fee ($)$2,000$7,200$23,700 Services ($)$2,000$7,200$13,000 Hours Margin (%)60%50%46% Mid Market Example $100K+ $50K to $150K 1 to 5 mths 20% Sources: MS studies, IDC: Paths to Opportunities with Windows SBS 2003: Customizing WSS, and other sources Variety Of Opportunities Target growth, expansion, and partnering

What’s New For Developers ASP.Net 2.0 compatibility Enables increased developer productivity via Visual Studio tools Leverage the ASP.Net ecosystem SharePoint Designer 2007 for customization Community ecosystem

What’s New In WSS 3.0 New collaboration tools Core Collaboration and Document Life Cycle Tracking and project management tasks in charts Detailed major/minor versions Required check out for edits Document library improvements Anywhere access Outlook integration: to and from sites, folder views, and calendar Keeping informed: Search, alerts, RSS and task notifications Mobility: Some types of lists can sync to mobile Community and Communication Wikis and blogs Improved surveys, and discussions People and Groups: Distribution lists generated at site creation

Application Templates Beyond Team Workspaces Basic configuration for common processes and workgroup tasks Facilitate end user adoption Showcase platform capabilities for targeted deployments Starting point for deeper solutions and business impact Richer ‘fit and value’ in Office SharePoint Server’s, design tools, community kits Partner solutions: deploy, customize, ‘verticalize’, integrate 1.1 Million Downloads

Application Templates For WSS V3 Highlighting new platform capabilities Core collaboration Gantt chart view for tracking project tasks Wikis and blogs Anywhere access Outlook integration: to and from sites, folder views, and calendar Staying informed: Alerts, RSS, task notifications Platform improvements ASP.NET 2 – web parts, master pages, pluggable authentication Customization enhancements – templates, feature extensibility Windows Workflow Foundation Content types

SharePoint Development Process 1. Web site construction Page layout and design Master Page creation CSS stylesheet edit/apply List/Content Type design Creation of sample data Web part page creation Web part hookup No-code data view/forms No-code workflows TOOL: SharePoint Designer + Browser 1. Web site construction Page layout and design Master Page creation CSS stylesheet edit/apply List/Content Type design Creation of sample data Web part page creation Web part hookup No-code data view/forms No-code workflows TOOL: SharePoint Designer + Browser 2. Custom Coding (if necessary) Web Controls Web Parts ASP.NET page coding: in page code behind Workflow actions Event handlers TOOL: Visual Studio 2. Custom Coding (if necessary) Web Controls Web Parts ASP.NET page coding: in page code behind Workflow actions Event handlers TOOL: Visual Studio 3. Finalization Create site definition (WSP) from working site Highlight….. Folks in IT quarantine area TOOL: future VS add-in 3. Finalization Create site definition (WSP) from working site Highlight….. Folks in IT quarantine area TOOL: future VS add-in 4. Deployment Box admin installs new app template using WSP on production server 4. Deployment Box admin installs new app template using WSP on production server

Application Templates For WSS 3.0 The New Upcoming “Fantastic 40” = Absence and Vacation Schedule Mgmt. Budgeting and Tracking Multiple Projects Bug Database Call Center Change Request Management Compliance Process Support Site Contacts Management Document Library and Review Event Planning Expense and Reimburse Approval Help Desk Inventory Tracking IT Team Workspace Job Requisitions and Interview Mgmt. Knowledge Base Lending Library Physical Asset Tracking and Mgmt. Project Tracking Workspace Room and Equipment Reservations Sales Lead Pipeline Basic Survey Site Board of Directors Classroom Management Competitive Intelligence Dashboards Employee Activities Site Employee Self Service Benefits Employee Training Materials New Product Development Notes Compete – Team Work Site Publication Review Sports League Team Site – HR Team Site – Marketing Timecard Management Timesheet and Billing Vertical – Financial Services Vertical – Government Vertical – Manufacturing Vertical – Professional Services Vertical – Professional Services 2 Multi-language and extra functionality English Only and user-ready server scenarios for central admins: provision ‘user’ scenarios for site owners

Customization, Design And Development Tools

WSS 3.0 Deployment Considerations Flexible Authentication Models Web Application Isolation Host Header and Corporate Mode Consolidation Scalable Database Architecture built on SQL Server with support for TBs of data Cluster Support Virtual Server support

WSS 3.0 Architecture Single Server configuration Strengths Fast and easy Network considerations Limitations Limited data and user load capability Availability and reliability One Server which contains Web front end Application Database

WSS 3.0 Architecture Server Farm configuration Strengths Data and user load capability Availability and reliability Exercise feature deployment Performance Limitations Setup/configuration Network considerations Load balanced servers Web frontends (2..N) Applications Dedicated SQL server/ Clustered SQL Server Site density per server can be sites depending on the implementation design and usage

Windows-based Hosting 4.5 Architecture

Site Provisioning Done thru Control Panel Scalable Hosting mode: 1 DNS entry maps to 1 site collection Optionally disable provisioning capabilities from site actions Configuration options to consider: Site templates: What functionality to offer Number of users: Hosters with AD are more worried Space: Site Quota Bandwidth: No tools to enforce! OOB Admin Web Services are broken Developed custom web service to provision sites in host header mode

User Provisioning & Management Admin utility to create initial user & site Provisioning of users Web Part Manage User web part Site Settings Available to Admins Features Available to All users

Summary And Takeaways Growing trend of SMB’s evaluating SaaS: business solutions, while optimizing IT investments SharePoint products and technologies provide platform for Web-based applications WSS 3.0 and it’s Application Templates to meet SMB business needs and help hosts differentiate with value

Resources And Next Steps Windows SharePoint Services TechCenter sharepoint Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services SharePoint Products and Technologies Community Web Site SharePoint Team Blog Windows-based Hosting for provisioning Servers

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