1. SharePoint Conference 2014 Insights

2. Some Facts… Held at the Venetian, Las Vegas, NV 3/2 – 3/6 10,000+ Attendees ~230 Sessions over 4 audiences Developer (60) Executive (34) IT Pro (105) Power User (37) SharePoint TV…

3. Keynote

4. Keynote - President Bill Clinton??? Centered around the Clinton Foundation Role of technology in the betterment of society/the world A bit of a misconception…

5. Keynote – The big unveiling The Office Graph - The Office Graph uses sophisticated machine learning techniques to connect you to the relevant documents, conversations, and people around you. http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint- Conference/2014/SPC2015 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint- Conference/2014/SPC2015

7. IT Pro Keynote Office 365 is the focus (surprise) The release model has changed (cloud vs. on-prem) 1 terabyte site collections Security was a selling point (Fort Knox) Next on-prem release: Mid-2015 (Beyond that?) SP1 Cloud redirection (OneDrive) Yammer integration – One click, on/off. Replaces Newsfeed http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint-Conference/2014/SPC244

8. My focus… Power User / IT Pro Tracks Search, search, search Display Templates, Result Types, Query Rules http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint-Conference/2014/SPC322 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint-Conference/2014/SPC3000

9. Attendee Insights… What track were you in? What excited/impressed you? Anything that will affect your strategy going forward?

10. YOU can see it all… Starting this year, ALL presentations are open to EVERYONE http://channel9.msdn.com http://channel9.msdn.com

11. Nationwide: Building a World-Renowned Intranet with SharePoint 2013 and Yammer http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/SharePoint- Conference/2014/SPC311