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 Announcements and News Presentation Break Presentation (continued) Office 12 Updates, Q & A, Give Away! 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!

Next Meetings April 12 th 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Topics: SharePoint Success Stories – Case Studies May 10 th 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM 2 yr MNSPUG Anniversary Celebration Ongoing Schedule 2 nd Wednesday of every month 9:00 to 11:00 am Microsoft’s Bloomington Office Upcoming Schedule

Conference Reminder SharePoint Connections April 2-5: Orlando, FL Advisor Summit on Microsoft SharePoint April 9-13: Las Vegas, NV Tech Ed June 11-16: Boston, MA

SharePoint Web Parts 101 (non-developer)

Definitions and Details Web Parts – Server controls that execute at the server and display to the browser Zones – Areas of a web page that are containers for Web Parts Galleries – Collections of Web Parts that can be added to a web page –Web Part Page Gallery – Any Web Parts that have been closed –Site Name Gallery – List of all available Web Parts and Lists on the site –Virtual Server Gallery – Web Parts installed on the Virtual Server –Online Gallery – Default to the Microsoft web part gallery, but can be changed or turned off

Adding Web Parts Browse – The most common method by either drag and drop or select the zone and use the Add button. Search – Searches across galleries by keyword. Import – Add a Web Part not currently in the gallery. Appearance – Title and frame state Layout – Display details Advanced Web Part Properties

Important Web Parts Image Web Part Content Editor Web Part PageViewer Web Part XML Web Part Form Web Part Members Web Part ListView Web Part DataView Web Part

Site Gallery Site Settings -> Site Administration -> Manage Web Part Gallery ‘New Web Part’ opens gallery of web parts available for importing to site Portal Web Parts vs WSS Web Parts…

STSADM and Web Parts Addwppack – Adds a Web Part to the server gallery Deletewppack – Removes a Web Part from the gallery Enumwppacks – Lists all the web parts available in the gallery Other tools: –STSADM for Windows interface –InstallAssemblies.exe

View Types and Audiences Shared View vs. Personal View –Contributors can add to Personal views –Web Designers and Admins for Shared views Portal: Audiences for Web Parts

Web Part Pages Select from a list of available zone configurations Save in a Document Library Link to page from other pages

Exporting Web Parts Saved as.dwp files Can be imported to other sites Configuration and contents

Connecting Web Parts SRS Report List with SRS Report Viewer Form Web Part with List Viewer

List Views Views Customize current view

Free Web Parts There are a LOT out there, but user beware… Microsoft Component Directory Office Web Parts Jan’s Web Parts Document TreeView (Stramit’s)

FrontPage and Web Parts Configure DataView Web Parts Customize Zones Not a basic feature

Tips and Tricks Turn off the Online Gallery Web Parts in the Web Part Page Library are loaded… if you have a lot out there that aren’t being used – delete them. ?contents=1 Using Groups in list views How to format an FAQ list The Calendar CSS

Creating a SharePoint Online Gallery 8f08-e486808ddce2 8f08-e486808ddce2 SharePoint Resource list (blog posting) Tree view Jan Tielen’s site Create Alerts - What’s New Component Directory Resources

Thanks for coming. See you next month!