Office SharePoint 2007 Pau Larsen Senior Technology Specialist Microsoft

Team Division Extranet Internet Individ Organisation Single Portal Infrastructure

BusinessIntelligence SharePoint Products and Technologies Collaboration Search Portal Business Process and Forms Platform Services Workspaces, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model ContentManagement Server-based Excel spreadsheets and data visualization, Report Center, BI Web Parts, KPIs/Dashboards Integrated document management, records management, and Web content management with policies and workflow Rich and Web forms based front- ends, LOB actions, enterprise SSO Docs/tasks/calendars, blogs, wikis, integration, project management “lite”, Outlook integration, offline docs/lists Enterprise scalability, contextual relevance, rich people and business data search Enterprise Portal template, Site Directory, My Sites, social networking, privacy control

Platform Services

User Experience Improvements to usability, navigation, trimming, customization Platform Improvements ASP.NET Web Parts, master pages, pluggable authentication Customization enhancements – templates, feature extensibility Windows Workflow Foundation List enhancements – scale, content types, versioning Manageability Improved backup \ restore including wastebasket and VSS support Extranet deployment with ADFS and reverse proxy support Full and side-by-side upgrade

Collaboration

Collaboration Core improvements Tracking and project management Document library improvements Anywhere access Outlook integration Keeping informed with Alerts and RSS Mobility Community and communication Wikis & blogs and discussions

Collaboration Ad-hoc project management in team workspaces

Application Templates For WSS V3 The new upcoming “Fantastic 40” Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Basic Survey Site Board of Directors Call Center Change Request Management Classroom Management Competitive Intelligence Dashboards Compliance Process Support Site Contacts Management Document Review Employee Activities Site Employee Self Service Benefits Employee Training Materials Event Planning Expense and Reimbursement Approval Sites Help Desk Inventory Tracking Job Requisitions and Interview Management Knowledge Base and Document Management Lending Library New Product Development Team Work Site Performance Review Site Physical Asset Tracking and Management Project Tracking Site (Multiple Projects) Project Tracking Site (Single Project) Publication Review Room and Equipment Reservations Sports League Team Site – HR Team Site – IT Team Site – Marketing Team Site – Sales Timecard Management Timesheet and Billing Vertical – Financial Services Vertical – Government Vertical – Manufacturing Vertical – Professional Services

Portal Personalization and People-Centric Services

Portal Investment Areas Portal Site Integration with Windows SharePoint Services Intranet Portal Template – Topics, Site Directory Multi-language Support Create areas and team sites in different languages on the same Portal My Site Improved Public Page, Personal homepage Targeting and personalization Easier targeting – Distribution lists and Security Groups Profile store improvements Scalability, flexible schema, LDAP synchronization

Content Management

Document Lifecycle Content created in Office 2007 Collaboration through SharePoint Document Workspace Document Review Process Document Approval Save to Records Repository Publish to Web Finding Information & People

Web Content Management Designed for Internet and Publishing Sites Standard site templates with flexible site navigation Web based site manager tool for structure & content management New Web and Word Authoring capabilities New web author HTML editor enables in context editing Server–side Word to HTML conversion Image asset browser for rich web page development Easy reuse of content and publishing in more formats Support for building Multi-lingual solutions Publishing to Mobile devices New Content Deployment and Publishing tools Automated content deployment console with “quick deploy” Page scheduling and page expiry notifications

Web Content Management Easy creation, approval and publishing of web content

Word as Web Editor Server Side HTML Conversion

Freedom with Master pages No limitations on site layout

Document Management Scalable Document Libraries and Repositories Large document repositories Required Check-in/ check-out Comprehensive versioning - major/ minor Rich globally maintained metadata Workflow and Approval Customizable workflows built on the Windows Workflow Foundation Out of the box, serial and parallel workflows e.g.“Document review/approval” and “Signature collection” Records Management Records Repository Template Tracking and Audit log Per item security and access control Deep integration with Information Rights Management (IRM)

Content Management

Search

Relevance Enterprise Search different from Internet Search Less cross-linking being done Lots of non-Web content – Office docs, line-of-business data, etc. Security is paramount Revamped ranking engine Extensive collaboration with Microsoft Research and MSN New ingredients tuned for the enterprise Top results on first page, every time

End User Experience Search center Standard tabbed interface Search basics Query hit highlighting Search syntax matching de facto standards Duplicate collapsing “Did you mean” query correction Editorial results (Best Bets) and definitions AlertsMore…

Business Process

Automate Business Processes Extending the reach of forms & processes Integrated Forms Solution InfoPath as End-user Form design tool Automatic Form publishing Smart client WebMobileOutlook Integrated workflow engine Windows Workflow Foundation

Cross-browser and cross-platform support! InfoPath client IE 6+, Safari, Netscape, Firefox Mobile devices via HTML-compatible browsers Browser enabled Forms

WSS WSS Publishing, Opening, And Filling In Forms RenderingValidation Execute calculations Execute rules Editing actions Validation Execute calculations Execute rules Editing actions (All using script) Download XSN, XML Publish XSN Download script and data array Office 2007 servers XSN ASPX Replay event log XSN, XML loaded Business logic execution XSN, XML loaded Business logic execution Forms Capabilities Generate and render HTML (using script) Return updated data array Generate InfoPath Client Browser Postback event log via XMLHTTP InfoPath Designer Take offline as needed

InfoPath Form Services

Workflow Foundation

Workflow Foundation.NET Consolidating workflow investments and providing a unified framework for internal products, partners and customers Windows Workflow Foundation Information Worker document life cycle collaboration Office 12 ISV / SI solutions IT Management hire/fire resource provisioning MIIS ISV / SI solutions LOB Apps sales automation quote to cash MBS applications ISV / SI Solutions.NET Developer pageflow mainstream dev ASP, WinFX ISV / SI Solutions BPI integration, B2B BizTalk ISV / SI Solutions

OOB activities, workflow types, base types General-purpose Activity libraries define workflow constructs Create/Extend/ Compose activities App-specific building blocks First-class citizens Base Activity Library Custom Activity Libraries Author new activity Out-of-Box Activities Extend activity Compose activities Vertical-specific activities & workflows Best-practice IP & Knowledge Domain-Specific Workflow Packages Compliance Doc Approve CRM IT Mgmt Activities: An Extensible Approach

Workflow in Office 2007

Business Intelligence

Improving organizations by providing business insights to all employees leading to better, faster, more relevant decisions Complete and integrated BI offering Widespread delivery of intelligence through Microsoft Office Enterprise grade and affordable Microsoft Business Intelligence Vision and strategy

Excel On Servers Customer needs and challenges Many versions of the truth No live thin solution for sharing spreadsheets Difficult to protect proprietary information Excel logic in applications often requires re- coding Excel was designed as a client program

Excel 2007 Design and author Save to SharePoint Browser High quality web rending Zero-footprint Interactive: Set parameters, sort, filter, explore View and Interact Custom applications Set values, perform calculations, get updated values via web services Retrieve full workbook file Programmatic Access Open in Excel for rich exploration and analysis Open snapshots Excel 2007 Export/Snapshot into Excel Spreadsheets stored in document libraries Spreadsheet calculation and rendering External data retrieval and caching 100% calculation fidelity Office SharePoint Server 2007 Save Spreadsheets Excel Services Overview

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