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Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group. January 13 th , 2010 SharePoint 2010 – Composites. Wes Preston Raymond Mitchell Eray Chou - Microsoft. Meeting #62. http://www.sharepointmn.com. Session Agenda. Introductions Composites SharePoint 2007 Composites
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Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group January 13th, 2010 SharePoint 2010 – Composites Wes Preston Raymond Mitchell Eray Chou - Microsoft • Meeting #62 http://www.sharepointmn.com
Session Agenda • Introductions • Composites • SharePoint 2007 Composites • SharePoint 2010 Composites • Break • Development • Business Connectivity Services • Raymond’s Favorites • Q&A http://www.sharepointmn.com
Quick Intro • Raymond Mitchell http://www.iwkid.com/blog • SharePoint Consultant at Inetium • MCTS • WSS and MOSS Configuration • WSS and MOSS Development • Author:
Quick Intro • Eray Chou • Senior Lead Program ManagerSharePoint Designer Team • Focused on data integration and no-code application building scenarios • Data View / Data Form Web Part and External Lists
User Group Goal / Objectives 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 http://www.sharepointmn.com
Introductions – MNSPUG Sponsors Inetium (www.inetium.com) Technology consulting company Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Practice area focused on SharePoint Benchmark Learning (www.benchmarklearning.com) Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Training on many technologies Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) http://www.sharepointmn.com
www.sharepointmn.com Website for user group SharePoint resource documents SharePoint resource links RSS Feeds Meeting Schedule Past User Group Presentations info@sharepointmn.com www.sharepointmn.com http://www.sharepointmn.com
Social Networking Linked In group – The most interactive… includes job postings… http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1878792 Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=27333305456 Twitter tag - @MNSPUG http://www.sharepointmn.com
Upcoming Schedule Next Meeting February 10th 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM Microsoft’s Bloomington Office Topic: TBD Check www.sharepointmn.com for updates! Ongoing Schedule 2nd Wednesday of every month 9:00 to 11:30 am Microsoft’s Bloomington Office http://www.sharepointmn.com
Local Events • Minneapolis Office Developer Interest Group – January 26th, 2009 5:30 PMSharePoint 2010 – Business Connectivity Services • http://www.sharepointmn.com/MODIG • Migrating to SharePoint 2010 – January 20, 2010http://www.benchmarklearning.comEdina, MN http://www.sharepointmn.com
Conferences • SPTechCon – February 10-12, 2010http://www.sptechcon.comSan Francisco, CA • MNSPUG members and newsletter subscribers receive a $100 discount off the Full Event Passport and/or gain free admission to the exhibits (first time registrants only - cannot be combined with other offers) by inserting the code MEDIASPONSOR when prompted on the eRegistration page linked from www.sptechcon.com. http://www.sharepointmn.com
Conferences • SharePointPro 2010 Summit & Expo– March 16-19, 2010http://www.sharepointprosummit.comLas Vegas, NV • The SharePointPro 2010 Summit & Expo is THE essential conference for details on the release of SharePoint 2010 and includes in-depth technical training on solution development and customization of Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010. http://www.sharepointmn.com
Conferences • SharePointPro 2010 Summit & Expo– March 16-19, 2010http://www.sharepointprosummit.comLas Vegas, NV • Related Pre-Conference Workshop: • Building Composite Applications using SharePoint Designer 2010 and the BCS http://www.sharepointmn.com
Announcements Public Beta 2 available now! Register for it here: http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/try-it/Pages/Trial.aspx Lots of information from Microsoft and on the forums about installation, etc… Update Center is now live http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ee748587.aspx SharePoint 2007 News: MOSS WITH SP2 slipstream now available for download! http://www.sharepointmn.com
Microsoft SharePoint 2010TheBusiness Collaboration Platformfor the Enterprise and the Web Sites Connect and Empower People Composites Communities Cut Costs with a Unified Infrastructure Insights Content Rapidly Respond to Business Needs Search http://www.sharepointmn.com
Composites Composites
What are Composites? • Business users of all roles need the ability to quickly create customized solutions without involving corporate IT in each request. At the same time, the IT staff needs the capability to empower business users to create these applications while ensuring the environment’s stability and availability. • On the old wheel: Portals Composites
SharePoint Composites Enhanced toolset for end-user solutions Process automation and data validation with Forms Visio services integration for data visualization User-Driven Solutions Data Connectivity Business Connectivity Services for LOB data exchange LOB data in Outlook, Word & Workspace without code SharePoint data exposed through web services & APIs Solution Deployment Sandboxed Solutions for self-service and fast installation Platform stability with resource quota-management Standards support for integration and accessibility Composites
Business Case for Composites Composites
Composites in SharePoint 2007 Composites in SharePoint 2007
Composites in SharePoint 2007 Out of the box Composites in SharePoint 2007
Composites in SharePoint 2007 Development Composites in SharePoint 2007
Composites in SharePoint 2007 Tools Composites in SharePoint 2007
Composite Application Examples • Mashups • Display data from multiple sources • Web Service, Database, etc • Display contacts as a map Composites in SharePoint 2010
Composite Application Examples • Mashups Composites in SharePoint 2010
Composite Application Examples • Fab 40 • Board of Directors • Timecard Management • Bug Database • Help Desk • Inventory Tracking http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/sharepoint/bb407286.aspx Composites in SharePoint 2010
Composite Application Examples • Real world example: • SPC09 Info site • Custom Web Parts • Content Editor with iFramed content from YouTube Composites in SharePoint 2010
Composites in SharePoint 2010 Composites in SharePoint 2010
Key Investments • SharePoint Designer • Custom List Forms with InfoPath • Workflow Improvements • Access Services • Visio Services • Development • BCS Composites in SharePoint 2010
SharePoint Designer • Still Free! • New UI • Ribbon • Supports managing SharePoint objects • Only works with SharePoint 2010 Composites in SharePoint 2010
SharePoint Designer • Data View / Data Form Web Part • Display data as if it was a SharePoint List • XML • Database • Web Service • Linked Data Sources • Uses XSLT, supports conditional formatting • Swiss Army Knife Composites in SharePoint 2010
SharePoint Designer • Data View / Data Form Web Part • New item forms, delete item action buttons • Single or multiple item editing forms Composites in SharePoint 2010
SharePoint Designer • New List Views • XSLT List View Web Part (XLV) • Supports browser editing as well as rich customizations in SPD (Conditional Formatting, etc.) • Uses XSLT instead of CAML http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/12/02/sharepoint-2010-list-view-blog-series-part-1-introduction-to-the-new-list-view.aspx Composites in SharePoint 2010
SharePoint Designer • Custom Forms • Can modify form layout • Create custom forms for each Content Type • Custom Actions • Add links to the ribbon or List Item Menu (LIM) • Workflows • More later… Composites in SharePoint 2010
Demo Composites in SharePoint 2010
Custom List Forms with InfoPath • Use InfoPath to design forms • InfoPath features: • Default values • Rules • External Data Connections Composites in SharePoint 2010
Demo Composites in SharePoint 2010
Workflow Improvements Composites in SharePoint 2010
Workflow Improvements • Improved design experience in SPD: Composites in SharePoint 2010
Workflow Improvements • Export/Import Visio Composites in SharePoint 2010
Workflow Improvements • Impersonation Steps • Step will run as the workflow author, not the user that started the workflow • New Actions/Conditions Composites in SharePoint 2010
Workflow Improvements • Reusable Workflows • Associate to a List or Content Type • Exported as .wsp solution file • Site Workflows • Not tied to a specific list • Customizable Approval Workflow • Not customizable in 2007 Composites in SharePoint 2010
Demo Composites in SharePoint 2010
Access Services • Publish Access Databases to SharePoint “Web Databases” • Converts Access objects into SharePoint artifacts • Users can continue to work in Access and use SharePoint Composites in SharePoint 2010
Access Services • Out of the box samples: • Assets Web Database • Charitable Contributions Web Database • Contacts Web Database • Issues Web Database • Projects Web Database Composites in SharePoint 2010
Demo Composites in SharePoint 2010
Visio Services • Advanced Data Visualization • Visualize Data from multiple data sources • SQL Server • SharePoint • Excel Workbooks • Custom data sources • Visio Services Web Part • supports refreshing Composites in SharePoint 2010
Visio Services Composites in SharePoint 2010
Development • Go beyond your no-code solutions • Lots of new improvements • Developers can build reusable components to empower Business Users • More after the break… Composites in SharePoint 2010
Business Connectivity Services • BCS – 2010 version of Business Data Catalog • Surface Line of Business data in SharePoint • More after the break… Composites in SharePoint 2010