SharePoint in the Cloud

November 7, 2013

SharePoint in the CloudA Critical Assessment

Agenda

• Industry Trends• SharePoint Cloud Considerations• The Debate• Closing Arguments

Industry Trends

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Software as a Service (SaaS)

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Push to the Cloud4

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Cloud enables on-demand

computing resources to be

rapidly provisioned with

minimal management

effort

Microsoft shift to service-based organization -Cloud First -Yammer Purchase

SharePoint Deployment Options

Hosted

On-Premise

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Jill Says - Feature ComparisonOn-Premise Hosted Cloud Office 365

Enterprise Content Management

Collaboration

Business Intelligence

Business Process Management/Workflow

Social Computing

People Search

Search

Records Management

Federated Authentication

Administration

Security and Privacy

Application Integration Full Control

Partial ControlLack of Control

Adam Says – Staffing Model

Suggested Roles On-Premise Cloud Hosted

Office 365

Business Analyst/ Advocate

X X XBusiness Analyst/ Workflow OOTB Configuration Specialist

X X X

SharePoint Site Collection Administrator

X X

Developer X XSharePoint Server Administrator

X XNetwork Engineer (AD/ADFS)

X X

Server Administrator X

Who Are We?

• Adam Levithan • Jill Hannemann

Director of Advisory Services at Portal Solutions

SharePoint Areas of Interest: Term Store, Product Catalog, Records Center, Metadata Navigation, and e-Discovery with Exchange

Favorite Vacation Destination: Italy

Senior Consultant at Portal Solutions

SharePoint Areas of Interest: OOTB Site Templates, Project Timeline, List Forms, Communities and Social Engagement

Most Watched TV Show: Peppa Pig

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Business Intelligence

Document Managemen

t

WorkflowSocial

Platform Selection: What’s a good fit?

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Customization

Look and Feel

Migration

Deployment

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Compliance

Authentication

Data Encryptio

n

Security

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Enterprise Applications

Staffing

Deployment Time

Total Cost of Ownership

Jill Says - Total Cost of Ownership

Evaluate where total cost of ownership and feature sets/business value present the greatest return

Cost Summary

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True “Portal”

Authentication

Infrastructure

Integration Options

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Continuous Innovation

Feature Availabili

ty

Controlled Change

Ease of support

Service and Management

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Rapid start up

Streamlined support

Reduction of options

Lack of control

Planning for the Cloud: Pros vs. Cons

Jill Says – Strengths of O365

• It’s SharePoint 2013, but Online• Microsoft Integration, and then some• “Free” – Public Site, Intranet,

Collaboration Sites• Instant external sharing (through live

accounts)• Availability, Redundancy, and Service

Levels• First to receive software upgrades from

MicrosoftClosing Arguments

Adam Says – Strengths of On-Premise

• Control of upgrades• Business Intelligence• Leverage SharePoint as an

application• Privacy and security• Can be a true “Portal” (Adoption

Dream )

Closing Arguments

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Questions?

• Contact Us Jill Hannemann

jhannemann@portalsolutions.net @JHCherryBlossom

Adam Levithan alevithan@portalsolutions.net @collabadam

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