Meeting # 79 Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group June 8 th, 2011 Office 365 & Hosted Solutions - SharePoint in the Cloud Raymond Mitchell, Don Donais

Meeting # 79 Agenda Introductions Hosted SharePoint Overview Microsoft Options Break 3 rd Party Options Hybrid Models Technologies Q & A Wrap-up and Giveaways

Meeting # 79 User Group Goal / Objectives Develop and support a local community focused on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies Educate user group members about SharePoint Technologies Transfer knowledge within the community Communicate best practices Introduce new products / solutions

Meeting # 79 Introductions – MNSPUG Sponsors Avtex ( Technology consulting company Practice area focused on SharePoint Benchmark Learning ( Training on many technologies Microsoft ( Wrox Press ( O’Reilly (

Meeting # 79 Website for user group SharePoint resource documents SharePoint resource links RSS Feeds Meeting Schedule Past User Group Presentations

Meeting # 79 Social Networking Linked In group – The most interactive… includes job postings… Facebook group Twitter tags and #MNSPUG

Meeting # 79 Upcoming Schedule Next Meeting July 13 h 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM Microsoft’s Bloomington Office Topic: TBD Check for updates! Ongoing Schedule 2 nd Wednesday of every month 9:00 to 11:30 am Microsoft’s Bloomington Office

Meeting # 79 Local and Online Events ScarePoint Saturday – October 29 th (tentative) Normandale College– Bloomington, MN Microsoft Webcast Calendar of Events SharePoint ShopTalk (Online) – Every 11:30 AM

Meeting # 79 Conferences SharePoint Saturday Chicago – June 8 th, SharePoint Saturday – The Conference – Aug 11-13th, Washington, DC

Meeting # 79

Giveaways!

Meeting # 79 Presenters

Meeting # 79 Quick Intro Raymond Mitchell Senior SharePoint Consultant

Meeting # 79 Quick Intro Don Donais SharePoint Consultant talesfromitside.wordpress.com

Meeting # 79 Hosted SharePoint Overview

Meeting # 79 Hosted SharePoint – What is it? SharePoint as a service SharePoint hosted somewhere else In many cases – more than just SharePoint

Meeting # 79 Hosted SharePoint – Why? Lower costs Specific scenarios Extranet Secure Collaboration (acquisitions) On-demand environments Reliability / scalability

Meeting # 79 Hosted SharePoint – Challenges? User Management & Authentication Regulatory restrictions Feature Limitations (approaching parity with on-premise) Migration

Meeting # 79 Microsoft Options

Meeting # 79 Microsoft Options SharePoint Online (SPO) Hosted SharePoint offering from Microsoft Subset of SharePoint Server functionality Sibling service to other online offerings 2007 = Business Productivity Online Suite 2010 = Office 365 SharePoint Online

Meeting # 79 Microsoft Options SharePoint Online

Meeting # 79 Microsoft Options SharePoint Online

Meeting # 79 Evolution of BPOS Introduced 2007 Standard or Dedicated version Included: Exchange Online Live Meeting SharePoint Online Standard (2007) Office Communication Online Standard Exchange Online Deskless Worker Deskless worker Suite Dynamics CRM Online Professional Sign-On Application for Client Active Directory Synchronization BPOS

Meeting # 79 BPOS User Consoles BPOS

Meeting # 79 BPOS Options Standard Multi-tenancy platform Managed by Microsoft Web Administration Console Features do not compete with On Premise version Dedicated Virtual server in Cloud Managed by customer Migrating from on-premise data center to Microsoft data center BPOS

Meeting # 79 Standard vs. Dedicated SharePoint Online ServiceFeatureStandardDedicated SharePoint OnlineBusiness process forms X Excel Services X Enterprise data search X Site searchXX My sites X Enterprise/Web contentXX People and personalization X Blogs, wikis, intranet sitesXX Templates and Web partsXX BPOS

Meeting # 79 BPOS – SharePoint Online (Standard) WSS 3.0 Site Collection Up to 100 Site Collections Works with Hybrid Model (On-Premise and Cloud) Can Not Do: Anonymous Users UI Enhancements Server Control Customization or Code Deployment Vendor web parts Custom domain names BPOS

Meeting # 79 Directory Sync Connect On-Premise AD with BPOS Creates and AD account with Replicate Directory Changes Can take 500 objects up to 5 minutes to replicate OR objects up to 2.5 hours to replicate Scheduled to run every 3 hours No 64 bit client! BPOS

Meeting # 79 Microsoft Options BPOS Office 365 New features and offerings + SERVICE SharePoint Online

Meeting # 79 Microsoft Options SharePoint Online

Meeting # 79 Evolution of Office 365 Beta in 2010 Launch expected June 28 th Small Business, Kiosk, Enterprise, and Education plans Included: Exchange Online Lync Online SharePoint Online (2010) Office Professional Plus Active Directory Synchronization & support for federation (SSO) Office 365

Meeting # 79 Small Business (P) Plan Office 365 for Small Businesses and Professionals < 25 users $6 / user / month No minimum number of users Office 365

Meeting # 79 Small Business (P) Plan Exchange ( and calendaring) SharePoint Team Site Office Web Applications “Simple Public Website” Online Access Databases Lync (IM & PC-to-PC calling) Office 365

Meeting # 79 Small Business (P) Plans DEMO / SCREENSHOTS

Meeting # 79 Administration Screen

Meeting # 79 User Management

Meeting # 79 Domain Management

Meeting # 79 Home

Meeting # 79 Outlook (OWA)

Meeting # 79 Mail Options

Meeting # 79 Team Site

Meeting # 79 Team Site – Create Lists

Meeting # 79 Team Site – Create Sites

Meeting # 79 Team Site – Site Settings

Meeting # 79 Simple Public Site – Web Pages Library

Meeting # 79 Simple Public Site – Create Web Page

Meeting # 79 Simple Public Site – Editor

Meeting # 79 Simple Public Site – Layout

Meeting # 79 Simple Public Site – Theme

Meeting # 79 Simple Public Site – Insert

Meeting # 79 Enterprise (K) Plans Office 365 for Enterprise Kiosk Workers Messaging via OWA K1 - View Office documents K2 – Full Office Web Apps $4 - $10 / user / month Office 365

Meeting # 79 Enterprise (E) Plans Office 365 for Enterprise Information Workers Office 365

Meeting # 79 Enterprise (E) Plans DEMO / SCREENSHOTS

Meeting # 79 Administration Screen

Meeting # 79 User Management

Meeting # 79 Security Groups

Meeting # 79 Team Site

Meeting # 79 Share Site

Meeting # 79 Share Site

Meeting # 79 My Sites!

Meeting # 79 SharePoint Online Administration

Meeting # 79 Administration Center

Meeting # 79 New Site Collection

Meeting # 79 Create New Public Site

Meeting # 79 User Profile Management

Meeting # 79 Directory Synchronization Directory used by Lync, Exchange, and SharePoint 1.No sync – manually mange users 2.Sync from AD 3.Federation (single sign on) SharePoint Online

Meeting # 79 Directory Synchronization Sync from AD 54mb agent download Install, config wizard Full Sync, then Delta Syncs (default every 3 hours) SharePoint Online

Meeting # 79 Break

Meeting # rd Party Options

Meeting # 79 3 rd Party Options Lots of 3 rd parties offering SharePoint Hosting Fpweb - Rackspace rd Party

Meeting # 79 3 rd Party Options – CEO of Fpweb.net “The 3 Layers of SharePoint in the Cloud: #office365 (easy) #fpweb (flexible) #rackspace (enterprise)” 3 rd Party

Meeting # 79 3 rd Party Considerations How long have they been hosting? What kind of service levels are offered (and do you need?) How well do they know SharePoint and how much will they support you? What level of access do they offer (and do you need?) What level of customization do they allow (and do you need?) What other services do they offer (think Office 365) 3 rd Party

Meeting # 79 Webinar The Business Value of Going to the Cloud Jun 28, :00 AM - 11:30 AM (ET) In this session, you will learn how to: Quantify the business benefits of SharePoint in the cloud Compare and contrast SharePoint cloud offerings from Microsoft Office 365 and providers such as Fpweb.net Formulate a cloud implementation strategy that minimizes the risk for your organization Justify the cost and resources for investing in the cloud 3 rd Party

Meeting # 79 Hybrid Models

Meeting # 79 Hybrid Models Mix cloud and on-premise hardware and services Select best location for each component of a solution Security Compliance Flexibility Availability Performance Cost Hybrid

Meeting # 79 Hybrid Models Cloud Archive / Disaster Recovery Scalable – only pay for what you need = cost effective Automatic backup to prevent data loss Data Warehouse Temporary scalability – don’t want excess capacity after initial need is filled (seasonal work, migrations, etc) Hybrid

Meeting # 79 Hybrid Models Data that must be stored on-premise Cloud processes locally stored data Existing applications Hybrid

Meeting # 79 Hybrid Models Hybrid

Meeting # 79 Hybrid Models SharePoint and Windows Azure Development Kit “Training course to help developers integrate SharePoint and Windows Azure” 484f-8f52-f641967b42ea Hybrid

Meeting # 79 Technologies

Meeting # 79 Technologies SharePoint Designer – for simple customizations Sandbox Solutions – for managed code and declarative solutions Remote APIs – for Rich Internet Applications Technologies

Meeting # 79 SharePoint Designer Declarative Workflows Customize site (forms, masterpages, etc) NOT able to customize Simple Public Sites Technologies

Meeting # 79 Sandbox Solutions Subset of commands / abilities available Can only work within the site collection Cannot work with remote data Solution Gallery managed by site owner Resource Points CAN: Web Parts (Visual Web Parts with Visual Studio update) Lots of stuff Technologies

Meeting # 79 Remote APIs Silverlight JavaScript / JQuery Web Services / RPC Client Object Model Technologies

Meeting # 79 Office 365 Beta SharePoint and Windows Azure Development Kit ID=6d2dc a-484f-8f52-f641967b42ea ID=6d2dc a-484f-8f52-f641967b42ea Office 365 Feature Comparison feature-list/ feature-list/ References

Meeting # 79 The Business Value of Going to the Cloud Jun 28, :00 AM - 11:30 AM (ET) SharePoint Online for Office 365 Developer Guide Awesome TechEd 11 Content References

Meeting # 79 Meeting # 79 Q & A

Meeting # 79 Meeting # 79 Thanks for coming!