1. MARCH 2012 SHAREPOINT PAKISTAN USER GROUP THE #1 SHAREPOINT COMMUNITY IN PAKISTAN ACTIVE SINCE 2006 Automating SharePoint

2. Journey to the Past Beginnings of SharePoint Evolution of SharePoint How and why SharePoint became so popular How SharePoint helps organizations What is Automation Do we need Automation in SharePoint Can we automate processes in SharePoint

3. Out of the Box What do we need to automate processes What are the out of the box features that help in automating processes Are out of the box features customizable? To what extent? What kind of processes can be automated? What if out of the box features are not enough?

4. Custom Automation Easy or Difficult? What kind of skills are needed to develop custom automation solutions? Do you need.NET programmers for custom solution development? Can we use SharePoint Designer? Difference between SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio Third party solutions

5. The Cost Factor Out of the box VS Custom VS Third Party Solutions Pros and Cons of each solution Time VS Cost Is Time Money? How to leverage existing infrastructure to reduce costs?

6. Examples Custom parallel workflows Custom OCR solutions Automating scanning of paper documents Storing artifacts in SharePoint Distributing artifacts using SharePoint sites Integrating proprietary business processes Large document management solutions for enterprises Collaboration solutions

7. Case Study Complete Document Management Solutions  Scan documents using Multi-Function Devices  Enter metadata at the MFPs  Scanned documents automatically route to different folders in SharePoint based on the metadata information  Automatically send out emails to users based on metadata information  Convert scanned documents to readable formats  Allow saving documents in multiple formats

9. Demo Demo (30 mins)

10. Questions Q&A Session (10-15 mins)

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