Using free tools from SharePoint

for collaboration and productivity

Patrick Yong

MVP, SharePoint Server

http://patrickyong.net

2

Agenda

• What is SharePoint?

• Windows SharePoint Services

• Windows SharePoint Designer

3

SharePoint’s Vision

HR, Finance, etc.

Team Collaboration

Personal

Enterprise Portal

Internet Presence

Employees

Customers

Partners

Business Applications(SAP, data warehouse, custom . . .)

XML Web Services

A unified, enterprise-ready solution that boosts organizational

effectiveness by:

• making information and knowledge sharing intuitive and easy

• controlling and reusing content while reducing information

management risk

• enabling faster and more insightful decision making

4

SharePoint Feature AreasDocs/tasks/calendars, blogs,

wikis, e-mail integration, project

management “lite”, Outlook

integration,

offline docs/lists

CollaborationBusiness

Intelligence

Portal

Enterprise Portal

template, Site

Directory, My Sites,

social networking,

privacy control

Enterprise scalability,

contextual relevance, rich

people and business data search

Rich and Web forms

based front-ends,

LOB actions,

pluggable SSO

Server-based Excel

spreadsheets and data

visualization, Report

Center, BI Web Parts,

KPIs/Dashboards

Integrated document

management, records

management, and Web

content management with

policies and workflow

Business

Processes

SearchContent

Management

Platform

ServicesWorkspaces, Mgmt,

Security, Storage,

Topology, Site Model

5

Microsoft Collaboration Architecture

(Rich client)

SmartPhone

(Real time web conference client)(Mobile client)

Enterprise Data(SQL Server or other

Database)

XML Web Services(Visual Studio)

Line-of-Business Applications

Active Directory (Identity Management)

Windows Server (Platform, Security)

SQL Server (Enterprise collaboration data repository)

Windows SharePoint Services (collaboration services)

Exchange Server (Messaging, calendar, scheduling)

Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)Portal, e-form, content management and search)

LCS (Presence)

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Mobile (client OS)

Microsoft OfficeProfessional

Live MeetingOffice

Communicator(Workspace team client)

Groove

(Integrated communications client)

Sh

are

Po

int

Des

ign

er

VS

.N

ET

Info

Pa

th

Demo

7

SharePoint Designer 2007

• Customize look & feel of SharePoint

• HTML, CSS & ASP.NET Editor for SharePoint

• Integrate business data to SharePoint

• Can be used for both WSS and MOSS

• Automate workflows processes in SharePoint

• Free of charge since April 2009 for SharePoint users

Demo

Q & A

Thank you

http://patrickyong.net