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Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint

User GroupNovember 12th, 2008

SharePoint and Social Networking

Wes PrestonRaymond Mitchell

Tim Bakke

Meeting # 49

Agenda

• Introductions• Social Networking• Break• Unified Communications• Customization & Development• 3rd Party Offerings• Governance• Drawings !!


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


Introductions – MNSPUG Sponsors

Inetium (www.inetium.com)• Technology consulting company• NSI Partner Status (National Systems Integrator)• Practice area focused on SharePoint

New Horizons – Minnesota (www.newhorizonsmn.com)• Microsoft Gold Certified Partner• Training on many technologies

Microsoft (www.microsoft.com)


http://www.inetium.com/

http://www.newhorizonsmn.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/

www.sharepointmn.com

• Website for user group• SharePoint resource documents• SharePoint resource links• RSS Feeds • Meeting Schedule• Past User Group Presentations

www.sharepointmn.com


http://www.sharepointmn.com/


Upcoming Schedule

• Next Meeting • December 10th 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM • Topic: Panel Discussion

• Check www.sharepointmn.com for updates!

• Ongoing Schedule• 2nd Wednesday of every month• 9:00 to 11:30 am• Microsoft’s Bloomington Office



Other Events• Minneapolis Office Developer Interest Group (MODIG)

No meetings in November and December – check back for January!More information at: http://www.sharepointmn.com/modig/default.aspx

• SharePoint Server 2007: ECM (Enterprise Content Management)Tues, December 2, 2008 – New Horizons – Edina http://www.nhmn.com

• SharePoint Server 2007: Connecting People, Process and InformationTues, December 16, 2008 – New Horizons – Edina http://www.nhmn.com


Conferences• Best Practices SharePoint Conference – February 2-4, 2009

http://www.sharepointbestpractices.com/ San Diego, CA

http://www.sharepointmn.com/modig/default.aspx

http://www.nhmn.com/

http://www.nhmn.com/

http://www.sharepointbestpractices.com/


Mindsharp Training in Minneapolis

• Office SharePoint 2007 Power End User – December 8-11, 2008

• Office SharePoint 2007 Power End User – January 12-15, 2009O

• Customize SharePoint Sites without Writing Code Using SharePoint Designer

2007 – January 12-16, 2009

• Core Technologies in Office SharePoint Server 2007 – January 19-23, 2009

• Developer’s Guide to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – January 19-23, 2009

• www.mindsharp.com for more information.

http://www.mindsharp.com/


*Breaking News* Conference• Twin Cities SharePoint Camp – Saturday, January 24, 2009

More information to come… stay tuned…

The Minnesota Microsoft Unified Communications User Group is meeting January 22nd with an overview of “Microsoft UC Use and Overview of OCS 2007 R2.”

Send an email to [email protected] for more information!

mailto:[email protected]

Posts & News• Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog

Introducing the Microsoft Certified Master and Certified Architect for SharePoint http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/11/10/introducing-the-microsoft-certified-master-and-certified-architect-for-sharepoint.aspx

• The Great Debate on SharePoint Site DefinitionsSharePoint Joel: http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=122Raymond’s Perspective: http://www.iwkid.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=53

• First Look: Office 14 for the WebAnnounced at PDC 2008 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PDCNews/First-Look-Office-14-for-Web/


http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/11/10/introducing-the-microsoft-certified-master-and-certified-architect-for-sharepoint.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/11/10/introducing-the-microsoft-certified-master-and-certified-architect-for-sharepoint.aspx

http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=122

http://www.iwkid.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=53

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PDCNews/First-Look-Office-14-for-Web/

Social Networking

Social Networking

What is Social Networking?

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What is Social Networking?

• A virtual gathering place• A web of contacts• A bulletin board

• A scrapbook• A knowledgebase

Social Networking

Examples• Linked In• Facebook• MySpace• Twitter• Classmates.com• Reunion.com

• Forums• Distribution Lists• Blogs, RSS feeds• Many more…

One user example…

• Participate in LinkedIn as a career networking tool– Keep track of previous co-workers, networking contacts, etc

• Participate on facebook with friends, family and some work and community contacts

– Get a little more personal by sharing photos and comments with friends– Control access to different groups– Follow statuses and updates

• Forums– Keep track of a few hobby-related lists to keep up on the latest news and info. – Contribute from time to time

• Blogs– Family blog – Technical or work topical blog– Read a list of blogs using Google Reader or some other RSS aggregator

Social Networking

What is Enterprise Social Networking?

• Employing the same concepts used in other social networking solutions, but done while asking: “Is this good for the company?”

• Realize the potential of social networking concepts in your workplace, with your partners and with your clients.

• The same standard business questions apply:– What is the return on investment?– Where are the efficiencies?

• But in one slide… WHY?

Social Networking

Why Enterprise Social Networking?

Social Networking

Drive collaboration &

social interactionCapture & share tacit knowledge

Discover content in new ways

Capture the “wisdom of the

masses” via social feedback

Build a sense of connection to the company

SharePoint Social Networking – Key Features

1. Profile Database – The database containing information about SharePoint users, imported from Active Directory and other potential sources.

2. People Search – A search scope and result page configured specifically for finding people, based on data crawled from the Profile database.

3. My Profile Page – One method of displaying the Profile database information, using web parts designed for that purpose and available only on the Profile page

Social Networking

SharePoint Social Networking – People Search

Social Networking

SharePoint Social Networking – Profile Page

Social Networking

Scenarios for Enterprise Social Networking

• Finding the right resources, when you need them– People Search or advanced search can be used to find people based on many

attributes – based on the Profile Database– Immediate needs: Finding the right resource for the current issue, fast– Ongoing needs: Building a project or organizational team

Social Networking


• Accessing the organization chart– Succession planning– Finding co-workers, colleagues

and managers

Social Networking


• Communication– Using blogs and RSS feeds to internally broadcast information

• Company announcements rather than e-mail broadcasting• Strategy and quarterly updates • Promotions, staffing changes, etc…

– Use external blogs to share relevant information with clients • Press Releases for stakeholders and the public• Technical / Product information and updates for clients and

partners

Social Networking


• Communication – Blogs (out of the box)

Social Networking


• Communication – Blogs continued

• Codeplex Enhanced Blog Edition 2.0http://www.codeplex.com/CKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=5134

• Tag Cloud (SharePoint Designer)– http://www.iwkid.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=41

Social Networking

http://www.codeplex.com/CKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=5134

http://www.iwkid.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=41


• Retain and more effectively utilize intellectual property – Use knowledge bases to capture critical information and make it

available to those that need it, when they need it• Wikis can be used to capture critical information and allow it to evolve quickly as

needed by as many people as needed. • Blogs can be used as internal ‘journals’ to track research, work and progress• Discussion boards can be used as places to capture and track conversation threads

and have benefits over e-mail

– Train new employees• Use the knowledge captured in the containers listed above to identify ‘required

reading’ for new team members.

Social Networking


• ‘Communities of interest’– Aligning employees in different departments that have similar roles so they can

benefit from each others’ experiences– Internal User Groups– Cross-Department Collaboration

Social Networking

SharePoint – Version Recap

WSS – Windows SharePoint Services. The ‘no additional charge’ version of SharePoint that includes all the core functionality.

MOSS Standard – Some considerable enhancements on top of the core platform – My Sites, People search, Employee Lookup web part, etc…

MOSS Enterprise – Doesn’t offer a lot of functionality for social networking, but does include the BDC, which may allow for richer data

Social Networking

SharePoint MOSS Feature Reference

• My Sites– Special web parts– You could do the facebook status with a Discussion list – configure a web part on the

home page to only show the latest entry, have alerts, allow others to comment on it…

• People Search• Employee Search web part• Audiences

SSP• Profile Management• Search Management

Social Networking

Break

5 – 10 minutes

Unified Communications


What is presence and how does it impact collaboration and social

computing in SharePoint?

What is Presence?

• This is presence...

• Know before you attempt to reach out

• Presence is the “center ring” of Unified Communications

What is Unified Communications?

• A COLLECTION of technologies – not a silver bullet

• “Game-Changer”• “Disruptor”• “Equalizer”

THE GOAL OF UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS IS TO REDUCE THE

HUMAN LATENCY IN BUSINESS PROCESSES

The collection of communication technologies, applications and processes to enhance communication and business between you, your customers, partners and employees

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Microsoft Unified Communications Product Alignment

Unified Messaging

On-premise and Hosted Conferencing

Software-Powered VoIP

E-mail and Calendaring

IM and Presence

Collaboration,

Portals, and

Search


UC by definition is Social Computing

I’m working in the proposal…

I need to find someone

who…I found this document but have a question…

I need to talk to you

about…

I need to speak to you regarding…

I’m looking at the Dashboard and have a question about…

And Social Computing is UC

https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=132695

“Communications Enabled Business Processes”

OPPORTUNITY…

https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=132695

Plug

The Minnesota Microsoft Unified Communications User Group is meeting January 22nd with an overview of “Microsoft UC Use and Overview of OCS 2007 R2.”

Send an email to [email protected] for more information!

mailto:[email protected]

Customization & Development


Customization Opportunities

• Custom My Sites• Customizing the person.aspx page



• Configuring User Profile Imports• Adding new User Profile Properties

– Customizing Privacy Policies (who can see what properties)

• Business Data Catalog• Configuring Audiences



• Custom Search Results– Configurable XSLT to display relevant User Profile Properties

• Custom Search Properties


Development Opportunities

• Working with User Profiles– Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles– User Profile Web Service

• UserProfileManager• UserProfile



• Working with User Profiles– Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles– User Profile Web Service

• User Profile Change Web Service (_vti_bin/UserProfileChangeService.asmx)• User Profile Web Service



• Possible Customizations:– Custom Web Parts that display relevant User Profile Properties– Import additional User Profile Properties without leveraging the BDC– Create a Vista Gadget that surfaces SharePoint data:

• Person browser/phonebook?


3rd Party Offerings

3rd Party Offerings

3rd Party Offerings

• CodePlex!!– Community Kit for SharePoint

• Enhanced Blog Edition– Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

3rd Party Offerings

Governance

Governance

Thoughts on Governance

• Don’t just update SharePoint – keep Active Directory up to date– Information also available in Outlook / other tools

• Sync with other systems – PeopleSoft, etc…• Development processes for User Profile/Import Changes• Database and server topology planning is required before rolling out

company-wide My Site deployments (100s or 1000s of sites)

Governance

References• Social Computing with SharePoint

http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/capabilities/collaboration/social.mspx

• White Paper on Social Networking http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=98123&clcid=0x409

• SharePoint Server 2007 SDK: Software Development Kithttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6D94E307-67D9-41AC-B2D6-0074D6286FA9&displaylang=en


http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/capabilities/collaboration/social.mspx

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=98123&clcid=0x409

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6D94E307-67D9-41AC-B2D6-0074D6286FA9&displaylang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6D94E307-67D9-41AC-B2D6-0074D6286FA9&displaylang=en

References• Our Blogs

http://www.idubbs.com/bloghttp://www.iwkid.com/bloghttp://blogs.inetium.com/blogs

• This slideshow!http://www.sharepointmn.com


http://www.codeplex.com/SPDeploymentWizard




Q & A / Drawings


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