The document discusses external sharing capabilities in SharePoint 2013 and Office 365. It describes the challenges with the traditional approach of sharing via email and the complex process of adding external users to an on-premise SharePoint farm. It introduces the benefits of external sharing features in SharePoint 2013 and Office 365, which allow for a simpler and more secure way to collaborate with users outside the organization.

1. SharePoint 2013 and Office 365 External Sharing –
“Share outside the lines!”

2. Collaboration often
involves working
with people
outside the
company. Many
users resort to the
trusty standby of
email.
The current state of external sharing with an onpremise SharePoint farm
External sharing with Office 365
No SharePoint
admin is going to
let that stand.
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3. External
Collaboration
On-premise
Some Key
Considerations
Security
Multiple domains
Networking
Auditing
Active Directory Federation
Data partitioning
User account management
Database hardening
Claims based authentication
Multiple domains
Reverse proxy
…
Sharepoint topology
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4. Typical
Process to
Add User
Contact domain
admin to request
external user
account
Re-submit request
to add external
user account with
completed
business
justification
Wait 1-2 weeks for
approval and
processing
Grant permissions
in SharePoint site
Email username
and password to
external user
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5. External
Sharing
There has to be a better way,
right?
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6. External
Sharing
There has to be a better way,
right?
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7. SharePoint Tokens

8. • Url Start Tokens
Tokens are
important in
SharePoint
development…even
more so in
SharePoint 2013
• Url Internal Tokens
• App Tokens
• Visual Studio Tokens
• Resource Files
Let SharePoint &
Visual Studio work
for you!
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9. Url Start
Tokens
~sitecollection
~site
~controlTemplates
~layouts
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10. Url Internal
Tokens
•
{ControlTemplates}
•
{ItemId}
•
{ItemUrl}
•
{Layouts}
•
{ListId}
•
{RecurrenceId}
•
{Site}
•
{SiteCollection}
•
{SiteUrl}
•
{Source}
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11. App Tokens
~appWebUrl
~hostUrl
~hostLogoUrl
~remoteAppUrl
{StandardTokens}:
{HostUrl},{AppWebUrl},{Language},{ClientTag},{ProductNumb
er}
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12. Visual Studio
Tokens
•
$SharePoint.Project.FileName$
•
$SharePoint.Project.FileNameWithoutExtension$
•
$SharePoint.Project.AssemblyFullName$
•
$SharePoint.Project.AssemblyFileName$
•
$SharePoint.Project.AssemblyFileNameWithoutExtension$
•
$SharePoint.Project.AssemblyPublicKeyToken$
•
$SharePoint.Package.Name$
•
$SharePoint.Package.FileName$
•
$SharePoint.Package.FileNameWithoutExtension$
•
$SharePoint.Package.Id$
•
$SharePoint.Feature.FileName$
•
$SharePoint.Feature.FileNameWithoutExtension$
•
$SharePoint.Feature.DeploymentPath$
•
$SharePoint.Feature.Id$
•
$SharePoint.ProjectItem.Name$
•
$SharePoint.Type.<GUID>.AssemblyQualifiedName$
•
$SharePoint.Type.<GUID>.FullName$
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13. Resource
Files –
Honorable
Mention
• SharePoint Out-of-the-Box
• Custom
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