IUSPUG July Meeting Overview 1.What’s been happening with IU’s SharePoint environment? Formation of Administration Teams Creating a Governance Plan Developing a support process 2.SharePoint 2013 Demo 3.IU’s Plans for SharePoint 2013 Architecture Migration timelines & plans Test farm & testing Production farm & testing 4.SharePoint training 5.Q & A

SharePoint Administration Teams SharePoint Board (Chair: John Weakley) Advisory Team (Chair: Todd Herring) Policy & Standards Team (Chair: Denise Craig) Implementation Team (Coordinator: Denise Craig) Executive Sponsors (Dennis Cromwell & Sue Workman)

SharePoint Governance Plan  Developing a Governance Plan Defining responsibility and appropriate usage Security Critical Data Much much more.  Support Model Restructuring and adding staff to all support tiers Working on ticket process and escalation procedure within the tiers Support Center is front door for all requests

SharePoint 2010 Getting Help 1.Contact your local LSP 2.Contact your SharePoint site owner 3.Contact Support Center or both are available See 4.SharePoint Wiki ( Click Users’ Guide off of the SharePoint home page

SharePoint 2013 Demo

SharePoint 2013 New Architecture Production EnvironmentTest Environment Prod1 Farm Prod2 Farm Resource Farm Test Farm Resource Farm

SharePoint 2013 Migration Timelines (tentative and subject to change) Test Environment Available to user population on Monday, July 22 Production Environment Standard Farm (My Sites & Standard Sites) – Sunday, October 10 Advanced Farm (Knowledge Lake users) – Sunday, November 13  NOTE: The production dates are subject to change based upon testing and user impact.

SharePoint 2013 Migration  Will the migration from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint affect existing sites and users? YES, the move WILL NOT be seamless!  How can I get ready for the migration to minimize the affect? Clean up any old data you don’t need Get rid of site collections or subsites you don’t need Request a test site in the SharePoint 2013 farm and get familiar and test some functionality.

SharePoint 2013 Post Migration  Post migration your sites will still be running as a 2010 SharePoint site.  Independently, each site will need to be committed to SharePoint 2013  Commit to SP2013 does cause site outage  There will be a date (TBD) which all sites will need to be committed to SP2013  My Sites will be committed automatically at time of migration  There is an option to test upgrade before committing to SP2013, however, this may not be an option for all sites

SharePoint 2013 Test Farm Pre Production Purpose To allow users to see and familiarize themselves with SP13 using BLANK sites. Will be available to users on Monday, July 22. To request test farm site use the sites request farm and in the comments field request a 2013 test site. Post Production Purpose Provide a preproduction environment for system administrators, site collection owners and site owners To test new site setups and functionality prior to implementing changes into production To test security patching and software upgrades prior to implementing changes into production To test and configure new SP environment features and functionality prior to implementation into production.

SharePoint 2013 Production Farm Testing Pre Production Purpose To allow site collection owners and site owners the ability to test their existing SharePoint 2010 in SharePoint Ability to commit their site from SP2010 to SP2013 Tentative availability, Monday, August 12 If you want a test site before Code Freeze (Aug 16), send to prior to Friday, August 10. After code freeze (Sept 2), we will be doing weekly migrations. Send to by Noon each Friday and the requested site will be available the following Monday. Prod1 farm (currently 2010 Standard Farm) testing will be available from August 12 to September 30. Prod2 farm (currently 2010 Advance Farm) testing will be available from August 12 to October 30.  Document changes!!!  Nothing will be kept in final migration and changes will need to be reapplied.

SharePoint 2013 Testing Assistance & Problem Resolution  Send to and be as specific as you can about your  Note: This account will be monitored on a daily basis and issues will be assigned to support staff to aid you. Do not expect immediate response or immediate resolution of problem.

SharePoint Training Opportunities IT Training (Free or nominal charge) SharePoint 2010: The Basics SharePoint for Managers SharePoint 2010: Site Administration: The Basics SharePoint 2010: Workflows with Nintex Coaching Sessions Lynda.com (Free) 3 SharePoint 2013 Courses SharePoint Server 2013 Essential Training SharePoint 2013 New Features SharePoint Foundation 2013 Essential Training 8 SharePoint 2010 Courses Free to IU staff Skillsoft.com (Nominal charge) Over 70 SharePoint 2010 online courses Nominal cost to IU staff.

SharePoint Training Needs Looking to increase the types of SharePoint Training IU offers. Interested in knowing 1.What have you like or dislike about IT Trainings current SharePoint offerings. 2.What particular SharePoint Training topics you would find beneficial that aren’t currently being offered? 3.Would you prefer online, webcast or face to face training? 4.Would you find lunch and learns, tip sheets, or webcasts useful? Please send to with Training in the subject

Q & A