Windows SharePoint Services V3 Deep Dive

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Welcome to the Nebraska SharePoint User Group
April 4th, 2007 Windows SharePoint Services V3
Deep Dive
Raymond Mitchell
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Agenda

• Quick Intro
• Administration
• Configuration
• QA and Giveaway

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User Group Goal / Objectives

• Develop and support a local community focused on
  Microsoft SharePoint Technologies
• Educate user group members about SharePoint
  Technologies
• Transfer knowledge within the community
• Communicate best practices
• Introduce new products / solutions

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Introductions NESPUG Sponsors

• Inetium (www.inetium.com)
• Technology consulting company
• Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
• Practice area focused on SharePoint
• Host of Minnesota SharePoint Users Group
• Microsoft (www.microsoft.com)
• Im guessing youve heard of them

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www.sharepointne.com

• Website for user group
• SharePoint resource documents
• SharePoint resource websites links
• RSS Feeds
• Meeting Schedule
• Past User Group Presentations

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Upcoming Schedule

• Next Meeting
• May 2nd 830 AM to 1130 AM
• Microsofts Omaha Office
• Ongoing Schedule
• 1nd Wednesday of every month
• 830 to AM 1130 am
• Microsofts Omaha Office

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Conferences

• SharePoint Connections March 25-28 Orlando,
  FLhttp//www.devconnections.com/shows/SP2007SP/de
  fault.asp?s91
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• Advisor Summit May 6-10  Anaheim, CA 
  http//advisorevents.com/cte0705p.nsf/w/cmsMain
• Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference - May
  9-11 Seattle, WA  http//www.microsoftbiconfere
  nce.com/
• Tech Ed June 4-8  - Orlando, FL  
  http//www.microsoft.com/events/teched2007/defaul
  t.mspx 
• PDC October 2-5  - Los Angeles, CA 
  http//msdn.microsoft.com/events/pdc/
• SharePoint Connections Fall Las Vegas, NV

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Administration
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Administration

• Checking the current version
• Usage Analysis
• Security
• Managed Paths

Administration
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Current Version
Administration
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Usage Analysis

• Not enabled by default
• Must be enabled in Central Administration

Administration
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Administration
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Security Anonymous Access

• Anonymous access not enabled by default
• Must be enabled in Central Administration before
  enabling at site

Administration
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Back in the Site Collection
Administration
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Anonymous Access List Settings

• When not inheriting permissions from the site

Administration
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Managed Paths

• Reserved URL namespaces
• Managed in Central Administration per Web
  Application
• Explicit Inclusion Single, Specific site
• URL will be extended when sub sites are created
• Wildcard Inclusion Site collections under the
  same path
• Effective method of grouping sites by genre
  (/projects/, etc)
• Excluded Paths (v2) No longer necessary

Administration
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Managed Paths
Administration
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Demo
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Configuration
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Configuration

• Site Columns
• Content Types
• Navigation
• Tree view
• Quick launch
• Top Links
• Lists (calculated fields, lookups)
• Surveys new features
• Web Parts
• Views (Gant, calendar views, Data Views)

Configuration
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Site Columns

• Reusable metadata column for lists and libraries
• Centrally managed at the site collection
• Can be the same types as normal columns
• Examples
• Divisions
• Locations

Configuration
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Site Columns
Configuration
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Site Columns
Configuration
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Site Columns
Configuration
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Site Columns
Configuration
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Site Columns
Configuration
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Site Columns
Configuration
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Site Columns
Configuration
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Content Types

• Reusable pieces of content (list items /
  documents)
• Centrally managed at the site collection
• Can be associated with a list/library
• New dropdown on a list/library
• Can have custom metadata (site columns)
• Examples
• Proposal
• Memo

Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Content Types
Configuration
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Navigation

• Huge improvements over V2
• Quick launch
• Manageable
• Can turn off!
• Tree view
• Quick and easy navigation
• Top Links

Configuration
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Navigation
Configuration
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Navigation
Configuration
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Navigation
Configuration
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Navigation
Configuration
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Navigation
Configuration
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Navigation
Configuration
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Navigation

• Tree View
• Shows all lists and libraries you have access to
• Shows Sub Sites
• You can not manage what shows up here!

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Navigation
Configuration
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Navigation
Configuration
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Navigation
Configuration
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Navigation
Configuration
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Break
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Lists

• Lookups
• Calculated Columns
• Dont support referencing all columns/data types

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Surveys

• Branching
• Create questions
• Add branching logic after questions are completed
• Page Separator
• Add page separator questions to the list and
  change the order of questions to place as needed
• Helps to prevent timeouts when responding to long
  surveys

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Web Parts

• Import/export
• Form web part
• List view web part (customize view)

Configuration
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Views

• Fields
• Sorting
• Filtering
• Grouping
• Custom Data Views

Configuration
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Resources

• Microsofts SharePoint Products and Technologies
  site
• http//www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/default.mspx
• Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies
  Team Blog
• http//blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint
• Joel Olesons SharePoint Land -
  http//blogs.msdn.com/joelo/default.aspx
• The Inetium Blog Server
• http//blogs.inetium.com
• SharePoint blogs listed under IW

Meeting Resources
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Resources

• Fab 40 WSS 3.0 Application Templates
• http//www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?fa
  milyid5807B5EF-57A1-47CB-8666-78C1363F127Ddispla
  ylangen
• Best Practices Analyzer
• http//www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?fa
  milyidcb944b27-9d6b-4a1f-b3e1-778efda07df8displa
  ylangen

Meeting Resources
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Q A
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Give Away
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Thanks for coming!
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