OFC207
Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server 2007:
Overview and What’s New
Mike Fitzmaurice
Senior Product Manager
Microsoft Corporation
Goals and Agenda
Learn In This Session
What’s New for Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003
and Microsoft Content Management Server 2002?
How will Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 complete
the Microsoft Office 2007 system?
How will Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 servers
address feedback on previous products?
Agenda
Customer challenges addressed by SharePoint technology
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Vision
Pain Points for current versions and how we’re addressing them
Overviews and demos for each major feature area
Customer Challenges
Today’s IT Challenges
Sales
Division
Portal
Employee
Self Service
Portal
Team “ABC”
Site
B2B
Supply Chain
News/Alerts
Regulatory
Compliance
Repository
Extranet
Collaboration
Site
Corporate
Web
Presence
R&D
Community
Knowledge
Management
Portal
Customer
Service
Site
Geneva
Office
Site
Project “X”
Site
Business
Intelligence
Dashboard
Custom
SAP
Front-End
Weekly
Issue Tracking
Meeting
Pain Points around Pre-2007
SharePoint Products and Technologies
Multi-Lingual
Multi Datacenter Replication
Authentication
Site Design and Customization
Extranet
Offline
Fine-Grained Access Control
CMS confusion
WSRP / JSR 168
Search
Workflow
Metadata Management
Backup / Restore
Usage Reporting
Aggregation
AD/AM Support
Navigation
Tasks, Calendar
Synchronization
Listings Usability
Superset Doc Library Features
vs. SharePoint Portal Server
2001
SharePoint Products and
Technologies Vision
Technology Convergence
Office SharePoint Server 2007
Portal, Web Content Management, and More
Windows SharePoint Services “v3”
SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Windows SharePoint Services
“v2”
SharePoint Team Services
“v1”
Content
Management
Server 2002
SharePoint Portal Server
2001
SharePoint Technology Vision
Customers
Internet Presence
Partners
Employees
Enterprise Portal
HR, Finance, etc.
Team Collaboration
XML Web Services
Business Applications
(SAP, data warehouse, custom . . .)
Personal
Unified, enterprise-ready solution boosting organizational effectiveness
Information
sharing
Controlling
content
Decision
making
SharePoint Products and Technologies:
Windows SharePoint Services only
Docs/tasks/calendars, blogs,
wikis, e-mail integration,
project management “lite”,
Outlook integration,
offline docs/lists
Collaboration
Platform
Services
Workspaces, Mgmt,
Security, Storage,
Topology, Site Model
SharePoint Products and Technologies
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Server-based Excel
spreadsheets and data
visualization, Report
Center, BI Web Parts,
KPIs/Dashboards
Docs/tasks/calendars, blogs,
wikis, e-mail integration,
project management “lite”,
Outlook integration,
offline docs/lists
Business
Intelligence
Rich and Web
forms based frontends, LOB
actions, enterprise
SSO
Business
Forms
Platform
Services
Workspaces, Mgmt,
Security, Storage,
Topology, Site Model
Content
Management
Integrated document
management, records
management, and Web
content management with
policies and workflow
Collaboration
Portal
Enterprise Portal
template, Site
Directory, My
Sites, social
networking,
privacy control
Search
Enterprise scalability,
contextual relevance, rich
people and business
data search
Platform Services
Platform Services
See OFC202 for more detail on this subject
User Experience
Improvements to usability, navigation, trimming, customization
Platform Improvements
ASP.NET 2.0 - Web Parts, master pages, pluggable authentication
Customization enhancements – templates, feature extensibility
Windows Workflow Foundation embedded
List enhancements – scale, content types, versioning
Manageability
Improved backup/restore including recycle bin and VSS support
Extranet deployment with ADFS, reverse proxy support
Full and side-by-side upgrade
Seamless integratability with Microsoft Office technology
Provisioning, security, navigation, search
Pain Points Addressed
Multi-Lingual
Multi Datacenter Replication
Authentication
Site Customization
Extranet
Offline
Fine-Grained Access Control
CMS confusion
WSRP / JSR 168
Search
Workflow
Metadata Management
Backup / Restore
Usage Reporting
Aggregation
AD/AM Support
Navigation
Listings Usability
Tasks & Calendar Sync
Superset Doc Library Features
vs. SPS 2001
Collaboration
Collaboration
See OFC202 for more information
Core improvements
Tracking and project management
Document library improvements
Navigation improvements
Anywhere access
Outlook integration
Keeping informed with alerts and RSS
Mobility
Community and communication
Wikis & blogs
Email and discussions
People and groups, directory integratability
Outlook Integration
Simplified open/check-out experience
Check-out documents locally
Outlook can act as a smart client to site content
Read/Write access to SharePoint datatypes
Calendar, tasks, contacts, discussions, and documents
Synchronization for offline support
Users can ‘check out and edit’ documents when
offline.
Aggregate views of calendars and tasks across sites
Improved calendar
SharePoint’s calendar module with richer calendar
views, recurrence support, all-day events, and more
Collaboration
(what happens when you add Office technology to
Windows SharePoint Services)
Collaboration Pain Points Addressed
Multi-Lingual
Multi Datacenter Replication
Authentication
Site Customization
Extranet
Offline
Fine-Grained Access Control
CMS confusion
WSRP / JSR 168
Search
Workflow
Metadata Management
Backup / Restore
Usage Reporting
Aggregation
AD/AM Support
Navigation
Listings Usability
Tasks & Calendar Sync
Superset Doc Library Features
vs. SPS 2001
Personalized, People-Centric
Portal Services
People and Personalization
Investment Areas
Portal Site
Integration with Windows SharePoint Services
Intranet Portal Template – Topics, Site Directory
People and Expertise Search
People specific search “tab”
Social network support
My Site
Improved Public Page, Personal homepage
Privacy control
Targeting and personalization
Easier targeting – Distribution lists and Security Groups
Profile store improvements
Scalability, flexible schema, LDAP synchronization
People and Personalization
User Profiles
People
Search
Other
Sites
My Site
Custom
Solutions
User Profile Object Model
Windows
SharePoint
Services Sites
Sync
Membershi
p info
User Profiles
Store
Import
Active
Directory
LDAP
Server
Business
Data
Catalog
People and Personalization
Development Opportunity
Components (Web Parts, event receivers, etc.)
that understand
Privacy policies
Audience targeting
User profile store: reading/writing:
Users
Profiles
Memberships
Colleagues
Audiences
People and Personalization
Multi-Lingual
Multi Datacenter Replication
Authentication
Site Customization
Extranet
Offline
Fine-Grained Access Control
CMS confusion
WSRP / JSR 168
Search
Workflow
Metadata Management
Backup / Restore
Usage Reporting
Aggregation
AD/AM Support
Navigation
Listings Usability
Tasks & Calendar Sync
Superset Doc Library Features
vs. SPS 2001
Search
Relevance, Relevance, Relevance
Top results on first page, every time
Enterprise Search different from Internet Search
Less cross-linking being done
Lots of non-Web content – Office docs,
line-of-business data, etc.
Security is paramount
Revamped ranking engine
Extensive collaboration with Microsoft Research
and MSN
New ingredients tuned for the enterprise
End User Experience
Search center
Standard tabbed interface
Search basics
Query hit highlighting
Search syntax matching de facto standards
Duplicate collapsing
“Did you mean” query correction
Editorial results (Best Bets) and definitions
Alerts
More…
Search
Improved Manageability
Consistent search system
across WSS and SPS
Revamped indexing
management
Simpler UI
Better indexing log
Flexible scoping
Scopes decoupled from
index definitions
Simple and compound scopes
Schema
Map foreign schema into
search system
Cleaner UI
Simple query reports
Get visibility into user
search behavior
Logging for more
detailed custom reports
Best Bets
Editorial results for
specific queries
Streamlined UI
Continuous propagation
Indexed content is
immediately searchable
Updated object model across
all management areas
Useful for custom tools
Search
Development Opportunity
Customize/extend Search Center
Modifying query parameters
Add tabs
Modify XSLT, CSS on results
Custom search Web Parts
Customize alerts
Custom search Web service clients
Index custom data
Protocol handlers and IFilters
Business Data Catalog
People and Personalization
Multi-Lingual
Multi Datacenter Replication
Authentication
Site Customization
Extranet
Offline
Fine-Grained Access Control
CMS confusion
WSRP / JSR 168
Search
Workflow
Metadata Management
Backup / Restore
Usage Reporting
Aggregation
AD/AM Support
Navigation
Listings Usability
Tasks & Calendar Sync
Superset Doc Library Features
vs. SPS 2001
Content Management
Enterprise Content Management
Document Management
Workflow
Policies & Compliance
Records Management
Web Content Management
Enterprise Content Management
Investments
Document management
Scalable document libraries and repositories
Security and tracking
Workflow and approval
Out of box multi-stage serial and parallel document
workflows
Integrated with email and 2007 Office system
desktop applications
SharePoint Designer authoring
InfoPath forms for workflow association,
initialization, tasks
Enterprise Content Management
Investments
Policy and compliance
Centrally controlled auditing, expiration
& retention policies
Archival, retention and regulatory compliance
E-mail content as records
Web content management
Designed for Internet and published sites
New Web and Word authoring capabilities
New content deployment and publishing tools
Content Management
Multi-language Support
Create
Workflow
Go live!
Flemish
…/be/casestudies/
After Approval
Translation
Workflow
Translation
Workflow
“I need this
available in
French
and
English”
French
Copied to French site
…/fr/etudesdecas/in an unpublished state
English
Copied to English site
…/en/casestudies/in an unpublished state
Enterprise Content Management
Development Opportunity
Policies
Document converters
Workflows
Records repositories
Search and Process
Items
Document Information
Panels
Reporting solutions
Master page, page
layouts
Portal site provisioning
assemblies
Long-running operations
Multi-language
enhancements
Navigation providers
Field controls
Deployment jobs
Content Management
Multi-Lingual
Multi Datacenter Replication
Authentication
Site Customization
Extranet
Offline
Fine-Grained Access Control
CMS confusion
WSRP / JSR 168
Search
Workflow
Metadata Management
Backup / Restore
Usage Reporting
Aggregation
AD/AM Support
Navigation
Listings Usability
Tasks & Calendar Sync
Superset Doc Library Features
vs. SPS 2001
Business Process Integration
InfoPath Form Services
Investments
Reach more users with better forms
Browser enabled InfoPath forms
Offline data connections, New controls, Better printing
Intranet, Extranet, Internet
Automate form-driven business processes
Forms in Outlook, including Property Promotion
Workflow, Archiving, Information Rights Management
Integration with Workflow Tasks
Rapidly develop and deploy form solutions
in the enterprise
Common development platform (OM, data connectivity)
ActiveX, Windows Form and ASPX control
Importer/Exporter Framework
InfoPath Form Services
InfoPath Form Services
Development Opportunity
Develop forms (client and server)
Within InfoPath IDE
Logic inspector
Template parts (“formlets”)
Migration from Word, Excel forms
Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA)
Within Visual Studio via VSTO
System.XML (no more MSXML)
Auto FXCop
Forms become content type on publish
Content type is responsible for extra UI
Business Data Catalog
Features and applications
Features and
components
Shared service
Business
Data
WebPart
s
SharePoin
t Lists
Search
User
Profile
Importer
Custom
Solutions
Business Data Catalog
Metadata
Database
ADO.Net
Data
Database
Source
Web Service
Proxy
Web
Service
Business Data Catalog
Creating custom entity Web services
For display
For indexing
Creating custom consumers of BDC metadata
Custom Web Parts
Custom synchronization methods
Creating custom actions for write-back
Metadata management tools
Business Data Catalog
Multi-Lingual
Multi Datacenter Replication
Authentication
Site Customization
Extranet
Offline
Fine-Grained Access Control
CMS confusion
WSRP / JSR 168
Search
Workflow
Metadata Management
Backup / Restore
Usage Reporting
Aggregation
AD/AM Support
Navigation
Listings Usability
Tasks & Calendar Sync
Superset Doc Library Features
vs. SPS 2001
Business Intelligence
Microsoft Business Intelligence
Vision and strategy
Improving organizations
by providing business insights
to all employees leading
to better, faster,
more relevant decisions
Complete and integrated BI offering
Widespread delivery of intelligence
through Microsoft Office
Enterprise grade and affordable
Business Intelligence
An Integrated Offering
Business Scorecarding
(BSM)
Analytic
Applications
Portal
(Office “12” SharePoint
Servers)
End-user
Tools
BI Platform
SQL Server 2005
End-user Analysis
(Excel)
Integration
Services
(SSIS)
Analysis Services
(SSAS)
RDBMS
Reporting
Services
(SSRS)
Business Intelligence
Investments
Excel Services
Share spreadsheets via zero-footprint browser
experience
Live, interactive Excel 2007 spreadsheets
in SharePoint sites
Only publish what you want, control versions
Use Excel models in custom applications
programmatically
Excel Services Architecture
Excel Web Access
Web Part
Excel Web Services
ASMX
Excel Calculation Services
Loads workbooks
Calculates them
Refreshes external data
Maintains session state
Excel Services
Development Opportunity
Develop spreadsheet models
for Web services
for interactive display
Create User-Defined Functions (UDFs)
Manipulate Excel Web Access Web Part
See Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.WebUI
CSS and themes
Business Intelligence
More Investments
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is the “BI Portal and
Report Center” for end users
Dashboards & Web components
Common filtering (“slicing”) across web parts
KPIs, Excel workbooks, and SQL 2005 Reporting Services
reports
Report Center Websites
Out of the box website optimized for report access
and management
Consistent management of reports, spreadsheets,
and data connection
Integrated with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Data Connection Libraries & Business Data Catalog
Centralize storage of important data connections
Business Intelligence
Pain Points - Redux
Multi-Lingual
Multi Datacenter Replication
Authentication
Site Customization
Extranet
Offline
Fine-Grained Access Control
CMS confusion
WSRP / JSR 168
Search
Workflow
Metadata Management
Backup / Restore
Usage Reporting
Aggregation
AD/AM Support
Navigation
Listings Usability
Tasks & Calendar Sync
Superset Doc Library Features
vs. SPS 2001
Managing Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server
Office’s shared services surface within the
standard SharePoint Central Administration site
provided by Windows SharePoint Services
Extra shared services to administer
Extra features to activate
Extra site definitions that become available
Site build/test/deployment of content
to be managed
The 2007 Microsoft Office System
Clients. Servers. Solutions.
Install Beta 2 today!
It’s in your attendee bag
Talk
Lab
Learn more at the Office System TLC
Demo Stations / Hands-on-Labs / Chalk-talks
Demo
Get more information
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/
Resources
OFC00
1
Building InfoPath Forms That Run as Both Rich Client and Browser Applications
OFC00
2
Designing Content Driven Web Sites with Office SharePoint Server 2007
OFC00
3
What's New in The 2007 Microsoft Office Clients Feature Walkthrough
OFC00
4
What's New in Windows SharePoint Services (version 3): Feature Walkthrough
OFC00
5
People and Permissions in Office SharePoint Server 2007
OFC00
6
Introducing Content Types for Windows SharePoint Services (version 3)
OFC00
7
Using Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Spreadsheets for Web Service-Based Calculations
and Browser Rendering
OFC00
8
Connecting Groove Workspaces to Enterprise Systems
OFC00
9
Understanding The 2007 Microsoft Office System User Experience and Interface Design
OFC01
0
Creating Workflows for Windows SharePoint Services (version 3)
Resources
Technical Chats and Webcasts
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/chats/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/default.asp
Microsoft Learning and Certification
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/default.mspx
MSDN & TechNet
http://microsoft.com/msdn
http://microsoft.com/technet
Virtual Labs
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/traincert/virtuallab/rms.mspx
Newsgroups
http://communities2.microsoft.com/
communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
Technical Community Sites
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/default.mspx
User Groups
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/usergroups/default.mspx
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