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Session I presented at the SharePoint User Group in London in January 2010
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Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2010
Ben RobbMVP, SharePoint Server
CTO, cScape Ltd
Quiz• How many of you love using SharePoint
Designer 2007 to build their applications?• What are the pain points you have seen using
SPD 2007?– Unstable– Difficult to package and deploy applications built in SPD– Doesn’t fit into an ALM process– Gives too much power to the users– Too many actions can only be done in the browser– Messes with your HTML– Slow– Unstable
Evolution of SharePoint Designer
Note:SharePoint Designer 2010 is not compatible with SharePoint 2007
How do you get SharePoint Designer 2010?
• You will be able to get it for FREE (like the current version)– www.microsoft.com/spd
• Public beta out now
Why use SharePoint Designer 2010?
Why? SPD is THE Tool for building powerful applications on top of SharePoint No Code is required to make rich reusable solutions
Who?• Power Users and Site Admins• IT Devs and Pros to prototype solutions quickly• Definitely NOT everyone in the company!
10. Restrict SharePoint DesignerWeb Application level restrictionsCentral Admin -> General Application Settings -> SharePoint Designer Settings
Site Collection level restrictionsSite Collection Site Settings -> SharePoint Designer Settings
9. New User Experience with Summary Pages, Ribbon and quick launch navigation
8. Create SharePoint Content
• Lists, Pages, Subsites etc
7. Configure Site Security
SITE METADATA CUSTOMIZATIONSSECURITY
Demo
6. Create New Content Types and attach to Lists directly
5. Create Site Assets to store files needed for the site
4. XSLT List View Web Parts… Everywhere!
• Easily manipulated in SPD and through the browser
MANAGING DATA
Demo
3. Connect to Data Sources outside of SharePoint
Databases
XML files
Server side scripts
Web Services
2. Create Business Connectivity Services External Content Types
CONNECTING TO EXTERNAL DATA
Demo
1. Create Powerful Reusable Workflows
• List Workflows• Reusable Workflows• Site Workflows
WORKFLOWS
Demo
0. Not really SPD
Connect with me in the pub
Questions?
Thank You!