SharePoint 2007 Overview and Solution Examples Inetium

Agenda Introductions What is SharePoint? –Portals –Business Intelligence –Content Management –Search –Collaboration –Business Process Automation Solutions on SharePoint Q&A

Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Systems Integrator (SI) Locations –Headquarters in Minneapolis, MN –New location in Omaha, NE Started in 1998 ~100 Employees Run several SharePoint User Groups –Minnesota SharePoint User GroupMinnesota SharePoint User Group –Iowa SharePoint User GroupIowa SharePoint User Group –Nebraska SharePoint User GroupNebraska SharePoint User Group Practice Areas –Information Worker –Networking / Infrastructure –Application Development –CRM –IT Strategy –Real Estate Vertical Inetium

What is SharePoint? Major component of Office 2007 Web platform Clients talk to Servers –Portals –Business Intelligence –Content Management –Search –Collaboration –Business Process Automation Platform for Solutions

Intranet PortalsExtranet Portals Public Internet Sites Business ProcessBusiness Intelligence Composite Applications Platform for Solutions How is SharePoint Used?

SharePoint Eye Chart Core Services Collaboration Discussions Calendars Presence Project Mgt Offline Operating System Services Web Parts | Personalization | Master Pages | Provider Framework (Navigation, Security…) Database servicesWorkflow servicesSearch 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

Survey: MNSPUG Minnesota SharePoint Users Group (MNSPUG) What types of projects are you planning for SharePoint? What features of SharePoint are of most interest to your organization?

Building Blocks of SharePoint Sites –Web site framework –Multiple templates Pages –Individual web pages –Added to sites –Multiple templates

Building Blocks of SharePoint (cont.) Libraries –Content repository for documents –Library templates –Metadata –Item level security Lists –Content repository for list items –Item level security

Building Blocks of SharePoint (cont.) Web Parts –Modular components that expose functionality / data –Configurable –Many out of the box web parts Content editor Page viewer more –Core component of extensible framework Custom web parts

Core Platform Features Navigation Modular web parts Item level security Security trimmed UI Recycle Bin Offline RSS Much more

Content Management

Document Management SharePoint is the backend –Metadata –Security –Workflows Office 2007 Integration –Metadata visibility –Workflow visibility –Document publishing

Records Management Managing records in SharePoint –Customized retention policies –Holds –Audits –Workflows –Expiration dates

Web Content Management Managing web site content in SharePoint –End user driven –Rich text editor –Publication date –Approval workflow –Page layout templates –Control branding

Business Intelligence

SharePoint Business Intelligence Excel Services –Integration with data –Web based –Pivot tables / charts online Report Center –SQL Reporting Services Integration –Filtering –Dashboards –Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) Business Data Catalog (BDC) –Integration to back end databases or web services

Business Processes

SharePoint Digital Forms InfoPath 2007 –Client application for designing and filling out forms –Data access –Workflow integration –XML based Forms Server –Web based forms in SharePoint –Mobile

SharePoint Workflow Workflow templates –Approval –Collect feedback –More SharePoint content –Doc. Libraries –Lists –Web content Different Design options –SharePoint Designer –Visual Studio.NET

Portal

SharePoint Portal Portal site templates –Multiple templates –Content / structure Site Manager –Manage taxonomy My Sites –Personalized portal –Organizational info –Private / public view Social networking –Find peers / experts

Collaboration

SharePoint Collaboration Collaboration templates –Documents –Teams –Meetings –Wiki’s –Blogs –Integration with Office Collaboration tools –Project Tasks (Gantt view) –Discussion boards –RSS feeds – enabled collaboration sites

Groove and SharePoint Peer to peer Encryption Offline SharePoint integration –Documents –InfoPath forms

Search

SharePoint Search Content Search –Documents –Lists –Web –Metadata People Searching –Search people –Find experts Business Data Search –Search data Search within Office

SharePoint Platform Deployments Platform strategy –Aligned to multiple IT strategies Implement platform / Iterate through projects –Intranet –Extranet –Collaboration –Internet –Business Intelligence –Etc.

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