The SharePoint presentation you should send your mom to... :) First presentation in the 101 track of SharePoint Saturday Chicago - Suburbs edition.

1. Wes Preston - TrecStone http://www.idubbs.com/blog @idubbs 101 – The Basics:What is this thing called ‘SharePoint’?

2. Abstract SharePoint has too many capabilities, features and use-cases to explain as an elevator pitch, so we’ll take a little more time and give you an overview of SharePoint: the product, the platform, the tool for users. If you’re new to SharePoint, this session will prepare you for the rest of the day by describing what it can do and several ways that it can be implemented as part of your web strategy.

3. Outline & Agenda Overview Introductions Business Use-Cases Platform Features Products / Versions Wrap-up Q & A

4. Wes Preston Owner / Principal - TrecStone Based in Minneapolis, MN MVP – SharePoint Server MCITP – SharePoint Administrator 2010 MCTS - SharePoint 2010, Configuration MCTS - WSS 3.0 and MOSS Configuration Author: SharePoint 2010 Six-in-One Blog: http://www.idubbs.com/blog Twitter: @idubbs

5. Overview

6. TheBusiness Collaboration Platformfor the Enterprise and the Web Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Sites Connect and Empower People Communities Composites Cut Costs with a Unified Infrastructure Content Insights Rapidly Respond to Business Needs Search

7. SharePoint Key Concepts Modular system Acts a repository Storing and managing content (documents, web) Accessing content from other systems (data, web services) Provides a secure environment for users and content Can be customized / configured (layout, look and feel, functionality) to meet many different scenarios All accessed via a browser

8. ‘SharePoint’ Actually refers to a number of products or technologies: SharePoint Foundation 2010 SharePoint Server 2010 SharePoint Online SharePoint Designer 2010 SharePoint Workspace

9. Other topics… Integration points SharePoint as a development platform 3rdParty Offerings Governance SharePoint is NOT a ‘turn-key’ application

10. Business Use-Cases

11. Intranet/Portal SolutionsContent Management Corporate intranet/portal Divisional portals Topical portals Document and Records Management Repositories Communication Platform for enterprise content and functionality Extranets

12. Collaboration Hierarchical teams Cross-functional teams Projects

13. Index and search SharePoint content Index and search file share and external system content People and profile searching Search

14. Business Process, Workflow, Digital Forms Replace paper forms with digital forms Replace manual business processes or steps with automated steps and flows

15. Business Intelligence, Composite Applications, Dashboards BI Dashboards Excel Services Ad hoc Reporting SharePoint Designer

16. Social Networking My Sites as personal dashboard Profile pages and people search Blogs, Wikis, Forums, Notes, Ratings and Tagging

17. Public-facing Internet sites for corporate marketing Blog / Wiki / informational site Internet Solutions

18. Platform Features

19. Sites Office like ribbon Office web apps Office integration Workspace Mobile Standards

20. Communities Social MySite Blog Wiki Tags Rating

21. Content Metadata Document sets Document ID’s Rich media Content organizer

22. Search Content Documents Data People Facets Wildcard*

23. Insights BI in SharePoint Excel Services PerformancePoint KPI’s

24. Composites Business Data (BCS) External Lists InfoPath Workflow

25. Products / Versions

26. Products (2010) SharePoint Foundation SharePoint Server 2010 Search Server 2010 Express Search Server FAST SharePoint Online (Office365)

27. Deployment Options On-premise Internal / External facing Hosted Dedicated Multi-tenant Cloud

28. Wrap-up

29. ‘Crawl, Walk, Run’ Approach The quickest way to failure with SharePoint as a platform is to try to do too much, too quickly. Understand the platform and effectively utilize out of the box capabilities Add more solutions, capabilities, users, etc. with a measured approach

30. The 101 Track: Future Proofing your SharePoint Success Richard Harbridge Effective Requirements Gathering Workshop – How to organize and run them Ruven Goetz Ready, Set ROI: A Survey in SharePoint use-cases and ROI Calculations Sarah Haase

31. References http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-foundation-help/what-is-sharepoint-HA010378184.aspx Minnesota SharePoint User Group (MNSPUG)http://www.sharepointmn.com Other presentation content: When to Crawl, Walk, or Run Longer SharePoint 101 presentation

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