Wes Preston - TrecStonehttp://www.idubbs.com/blog@idubbs

101 – The Basics:What is this thing called ‘SharePoint’?

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Abstract SharePoint has too many capabilities,

features and use-cases to explain as an elevator pitch, so we’ll take a little more time and give you an overview of SharePoint: the product, the platform, the tool for users.  If you’re new to SharePoint, this session will prepare you for the rest of the day by describing what it can do and several ways that it can be implemented as part of your web strategy.    

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Outline & Agenda Overview Introductions Business Use-Cases Platform Features Products / Versions Wrap-up Q & A

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Wes Preston Owner / Principal - TrecStone

Based in Minneapolis, MN

MVP – SharePoint Server MCITP – SharePoint Administrator 2010 MCTS - SharePoint 2010, Configuration MCTS - WSS 3.0 and MOSS Configuration Author: SharePoint 2010 Six-in-One Blog: http://www.idubbs.com/blog Twitter: @idubbs

Overview

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The Business Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise and the Web

Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Connect and Empower People

Cut Costs with a Unified InfrastructureRapidly Respond to Business Needs

Communities

Search

Sites

Composites

Content

Insights

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SharePoint Key Concepts Modular system Acts a repository Storing and

managing content (documents, web)

Accessing content from other systems (data, web services)

Provides a secure environment for users and content

Can be customized / configured (layout, look and feel, functionality) to meet many different scenarios

All accessed via a browser

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‘SharePoint’ Actually refers to a number of products or

technologies: SharePoint Foundation 2010 SharePoint Server 2010 SharePoint Online SharePoint Designer 2010 SharePoint Workspace

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Other topics… Integration points SharePoint as a development platform 3rd Party Offerings Governance

SharePoint is NOT a ‘turn-key’ application

Business Use-Cases

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Intranet/Portal SolutionsContent Management

Corporate intranet/portal Divisional portals Topical portals Document and Records

Management Repositories

Communication Platform for enterprise

content and functionality

Extranets

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Collaboration Hierarchical teams Cross-functional teams Projects

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Index and search SharePoint content Index and search file share and external system content People and profile searching

Search

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Business Process, Workflow, Digital Forms Replace paper forms with digital forms Replace manual business processes or steps with

automated steps and flows

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BI Dashboards Excel Services Ad hoc Reporting SharePoint Designer

Business Intelligence, Composite Applications, Dashboards

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Social Networking My Sites as personal

dashboard Profile pages and people

search Blogs, Wikis, Forums,

Notes, Ratings and Tagging

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Public-facing Internet sites for corporate marketing Blog / Wiki / informational site

Internet Solutions

Platform Features

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Sites Office like ribbon Office web apps Office integration Workspace Mobile Standards

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Communities Social MySite Blog Wiki Tags Rating

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Content Metadata Document sets Document ID’s Rich media Content organizer

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Search Content Documents Data People Facets Wildcard*

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Insights BI in SharePoint Excel Services PerformancePoint KPI’s

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Composites Business Data (BCS) External Lists InfoPath Workflow

Products / Versions

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Products (2010) SharePoint Foundation SharePoint Server 2010 Search Server 2010 Express Search Server FAST SharePoint Online (Office365)

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Deployment Options On-premise

Internal / External facing Hosted

Dedicated Multi-tenant

Cloud

Wrap-up

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‘Crawl, Walk, Run’ Approach The quickest way to failure with SharePoint

as a platform is to try to do too much, too quickly.

Understand the platform and effectively utilize out of the box capabilities

Add more solutions, capabilities, users, etc. with a measured approach

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The 101 Track: Future Proofing your SharePoint Success

Richard Harbridge Effective Requirements Gathering

Workshop – How to organize and run them Ruven Goetz

Ready, Set ROI: A Survey in SharePoint use-cases and ROI Calculations Sarah Haase

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References http://

office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-foundation-help/what-is-sharepoint-HA010378184.aspx

Minnesota SharePoint User Group (MNSPUG)http://www.sharepointmn.com

Other presentation content: When to Crawl, Walk, or Run Longer SharePoint 101 presentation

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