Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group

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 User Group Goal / Objectives

Quick Intro Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) Celebration / Free Stuff / Networking / Labs / Q&A Agenda

Inetium ( Twin Cites based Microsoft consulting company Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Practice Area focused on Information Worker Technologies New Horizons – Minnesota ( Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Training on many technologies Microsoft ( I’m guessing you’ve heard of them Introductions – MNSPUG Sponsors

Website for user group SharePoint resource documents SharePoint resource websites links RSS Feeds Meeting Schedule Past User Group Presentations Watch for changes soon!

Tech Ed June 11th-16th: Boston, MA Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2006 (invitation only) May 15-18: Bellevue, WA A Conference for Architects & IT Professionals Technical Breakout sessions covering subjects such as architecture, deployment, migration, management and scalability with the latest version of Office platform. Conference Reminder

Next Meeting June 14 th 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Microsoft’s Bloomington Office Topics: Possible Case Studies More SharePoint 2007 Ongoing Schedule 2 nd Wednesday of every month 9:00 to 11:00 am Microsoft’s Bloomington Office Upcoming Schedule

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) and introducing “The Wheel”

Business Intelligence Collaboration Search Business Forms / Processes Portals Content Management SharePoint 2007 – Key Microsoft Investment Areas

Portal Site Templates – Intranets, Internet sites and more Site Manager – Drag and drop tool for managing SharePoint navigation, look and feel and security Social Networking – Web parts that connecting individuals via shared SharePoint sites, distribution lists and others SharePoint Sites and Document Rollup Web Part – Lists all sites you are a member of and documents you have published. Mobile Device Support – Text only format displays on mobile phones More … Portals

Document Management Document Workflow – Approval, routing, others, and custom Integration with Office – Document information panel, document action bar Records Management Policy and Auditing – Retention schedules and policies Records Repository site template – Records vault records as records – Mail Management Policies, Managed Mail Folders Web Content Management Corporate Internet Site Template – Public facing Authoring and Approval – Publishing schedules, routing, approval Content Management

Consistent Search Experience – Same in WSS as in SharePoint Business Data Search – Allows indexing of data in a relational database Content Scopes – Allow creation of scopes based on rules, easily managed People Searching – Dedicated search tab for people, Results are based on social distance from you. Relevance – Revamped ranking engine developed in collaboration with Microsoft Research and MSN Internet Search More … Search

Browser Based Forms – Web capable InfoPath 2007 forms Form Import – Import forms from Word and Excel into InfoPath Compatibility Checker – Ensure forms will work with various users and tools (web, InfoPath client etc.) Administrating Forms -- Centralized Management / Deployment of browser based forms including managed code Workflow – Libraries and lists can be workflow enabled. Some workflows are provided out of the box More … Business Process / Forms

Business Data Catalog – Connects to data in LOB applications, can be viewed in lists, web parts, page and search results Business Data Lists and Web Parts – Display and analyze data from Business Data Catalog Dashboards – Site template for dashboard sites KPI Lists – Built in list type to display Key Performance Indicators Report Center Websites – Centralized location for reporting Excel Publishing – Publish Excel spreadsheets to SharePoint for viewing More … Business Intelligence

Document Collaboration – Enhanced workflow and document information bar Wiki and Blogs – Site templates for these Project Management Lite – Includes Gantt view of lists Integration – enabled sites Contacts / Calendars / Tasks – Two way synchronization Offline Lists / Docs – Ability to take content offline in Outlook More … Collaboration

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Collaboration Portal

Collaboration

Document Collaboration Wikis Blogs Discussions Contacts/Calendars/Tasks Integration Outlook Integration Project Management ‘Lite’ Offline Lists/Docs Collaboration topics More integration with Office tools. New site templates. Enhanced functionality

New Site Templates: Document Libraries Integrated Workflow capabilities Document Information Panel Document Collaboration

Document Collaboration – Information Bar InfoPath Form – Embedded into Word 2007 Metadata – Pulls metadata properties from document library

Wikis

Blogs

Discussion Boards enabled RSS View Enhanced user experience

Outlook Integration – RSS Feeds

Outlook Integration – Documents Offline

Project Tasks List

Portal

Intranet Template News Site Manager Site Directory MySites People Finding Notification Targeting Mobile support Lots of enhancements! Portal Portal Continues its role of bringing everything together and providing a platform for content publication – while extending current functionality and adding new features.

Can force all new sites to be listed Site Map displays sub sites Will check for broken links Updates site titles and descriptions Site Directory

List the sites you have access to List the documents you authored across a collection of sites Privacy controls Social Networking Colleagues and Memberships MySites

Mobile Support /m after site Mobile device support Text based interface

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Collaboration Portal

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Windows SharePoint Services “V3” Core functionality Lists / Libraries Common Site Model Security Trimmed Views Administration

Lists / Libraries Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model

Common Site Model Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model No more “Areas” vs. Webs Navigation elements added to WSS

Security Trimmed Views Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Users only see what the have access to

Common Administration Interface Administration Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Office SharePoint Server Windows SharePoint Services

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Search

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Search Social Networking creates more relevant search results Support for searching LOB Applications (with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) Consistent search UI/results Enhanced search relevance People search

Consistent search UI/results Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Search

People search Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Search

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Search

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model ContentManagement

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model ContentManagement Document Management Records Management Web Content Management

Document Management Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model ContentManagement Built-in Workflows Document Review Document Approval Document Management Site Templates

Records Management Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model ContentManagement Policies & Auditing

Web Content Management Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model ContentManagement Site Templates Enterprise Portal Corporate Internet Presence Site Page Check-in/Check-out Publishing Schedules and Workflow Dev  Stage  Production

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model ContentManagement

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Business Forms

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Business Forms InfoPath 2007` SharePoint Designer Workflow

Can be hosted by SharePoint! Better data connection support Full Outlook Form Support Can be used in Workflow enabled applications InfoPath 2007

FrontPage is being retired Some functionality will go into Expressions Web Designer Additional functionality will go into SharePoint Designer Can skin/theme SharePoint Supports Master Pages Ghosting is less of an issue Simple Workflow Designer SharePoint Designer

Built on Windows Workflow Engine Supported for pages, document libraries, lists, … Can be extended with custom code Workflow

SharePoint Designer and Workflow Demo

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model Business Forms

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model BusinessIntelligence

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model BusinessIntelligence Data Connection Libraries Excel Services Business Data Catalog Dashboards

Data Connection Libraries

–Web Access Read only access to Excel No client required Graphing Support – Web Service Access Programmatic Access Store Business Logic Excel Services

– Expose Data to Sharepoint Custom Line of Business Data Database or Web Services Can be used as a column in lists – Automatically provides lookup functions Full compliment of OOB Parts Business Data Catalog (BDC)

Dashboards – KPI List Data Sources – Sharepoint List – Excel Workbook – SQL Server Analysis Services – Manually Entered – Combines All other Pieces One stop to view business health

Business Intelligence Demo

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model BusinessIntelligence

Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Business Forms Search ContentManagement PlatformServices Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model

2007 Microsoft Office System Preview: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Evaluation Guide 62C000648A15/SharePointGuide.doc The Beta Experience (Office and Vista Beta Registration): Go register – the public Beta will be soon Inetium Blogs Resources

Free Stuff!

Let the Celebration Begin!

Celebrate Cake Meet the sponsors Learn SharePoint 2007 Lab Computers Windows Vista Lab machine (in the lobby area) Q&A / networking