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Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group

Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group. December 8 th , 2010 SharePoint and Mobile. Neil Iversen. Agenda. Introductions Mobile Devices Topology Break Mobile with SharePoint Extensibility Q & A Free stuff!  online too!. http://www.sharepointmn.com.

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Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group

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  1. Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group December 8th, 2010 SharePoint and Mobile Neil Iversen

  2. Agenda • Introductions • Mobile Devices • Topology • Break • Mobile with SharePoint • Extensibility • Q & A • Free stuff!  online too! http://www.sharepointmn.com

  3. 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

  4. Introductions – MNSPUG Sponsors Inetium (www.inetium.com) Technology consulting company Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Practice area focused on SharePoint Benchmark Learning (www.benchmarklearning.com) Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Training on many technologies Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) http://www.sharepointmn.com

  5. www.sharepointmn.com Website for user group SharePoint resource documents SharePoint resource links RSS Feeds Meeting Schedule Past User Group Presentations info@sharepointmn.com New year = new site? We hope so! www.sharepointmn.com http://www.sharepointmn.com

  6. Social Networking Linked In group – The most interactive… includes job postings… http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1878792 Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=27333305456 Twitter: @MNSPUG and #MNSPUG http://www.sharepointmn.com

  7. Upcoming Schedule Next Meeting January 12th 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM Microsoft’s Bloomington Office Topic: [TBD] Check www.sharepointmn.com for updates! Ongoing Schedule 2nd Wednesday of every month 9:00 to 11:30 am Microsoft’s Bloomington Office http://www.sharepointmn.com

  8. Local Events SharePoint Saturday – April 9, 2011Normandale Community College http://www.sharepointsaturdaymn.comhttp://www.sharepointsaturday.org/twincities/default.aspx

  9. Conferences Best Practices Conference – Week of March 7th, 2011http://www.bestpracticesconference.com/La Jolla, CA SharePoint Connections – March 27-30th, 2011 http://www.devconnections.com/conf/default.aspx?s=162 Orlando, FL Next Microsoft SharePoint Conference … October 3-6, 2011http://www.mssharepointconference.comAnaheim, CA

  10. Announcements http://www.NothingButSharePoint.com Launched this week Combines content from: • SharePoint Dev Wiki • EndUserSharePoint.com • SharePointJoel.com

  11. Agenda • Mobile Device Overview • Topology • SharePoint and Mobile • 3rd Party • Extensibility

  12. Mobile Devices http://www.sharepointmn.com

  13. Phones http://www.sharepointmn.com

  14. Old Phones • Run!

  15. Feature Phones • Small distribution OS • May have 3rd party applications • Browsers vary widely

  16. Smartphones • Standardized OS • 3rd Party Applications • Advanced Web Browsers

  17. Mobile Browsing • WAP/WML/cHTML • Limited subset of functionality • Wide variations between devices • Full HTML Browsers • Similar to Desktop browsers (CSS,Javascript) • Differ mainly by Rendering Engine • Webkit– Android/iPhone/Chrome/Safari • Trident – Internet Explorer/Windows Phone 7 • Some phone specific abilities • Orientation, Location

  18. Tablets http://www.sharepointmn.com

  19. Cool Kids

  20. The original Web Tablet

  21. Much more like regular browser • Sometimes it even is • Touch/Stylus input • More screen real estate • Similar, but still can benefit from a separate UI

  22. Browsing vs Apps Browsers Native Apps Specific to OS Flexible access to native features • Write once, run multiple • Less support for native device features

  23. Topology http://www.sharepointmn.com

  24. VPN

  25. Mobile scenarios have more variables • Onsite • Offsite • VPNs are Limited • Intermittent Connectivity • No Active Directory ‘auto login’

  26. Internal Wifi with AD

  27. Internal Wifi with Forms

  28. Extranet with Forms

  29. Extranet with ISA

  30. Extranet with UAG

  31. Break http://www.sharepointmn.com

  32. SharePoint and Mobile http://www.sharepointmn.com

  33. The Easy Stuff • Hey, I can see SharePoint on my phone! • Viewing a Mobile Site • http://somesite/sitea/m • Mobile Representation of SiteA • Not all site templates are supported • Notably Central Admin and Meeting Sites

  34. How it Works • The Magic of /m • Redirects mobile users to the mobile friendly pages • Contains a subset of SharePoint’s functionality • Based on ASP.Net mobility controls • Caused by the ‘MobilityRedirect’ feature • Uses SPMobileUtility.GetApplicationPath to redirect to URL + /_layouts/mobile/ • (semi)Graceful Downgrade • Browser Capability File • \Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\App_Browsers\compat.browser • Controls – Some behave differently • Examples: • Date Picker turns into TextBox • Attachments are limited to 3

  35. How it Works (2007) • What Happens For a Request?

  36. Demo: Viewing a site http://www.sharepointmn.com

  37. Mobile Views • Custom Views can be created that are viewable for mobile clients • Simple, checkbox driven • Use to create scenarios for mobile users • Ex: My Urgent Tasks

  38. Demo: Creating Mobile Views http://www.sharepointmn.com

  39. Mobile Site Properties • Control Majority of Mobile Display Features • Used to make mobile display more friendly • Sections (See SDK) • Base Rendering Limits • System Rendering Limits • mobile_itemtitlelimit (20) • Field Related Rendering Limits • mobile_choicefieldoptionnumberlimit (10) • Changing the Defaults • Saved in the Web’s Property Bag

  40. Customizing the Display • Customizations stored \12\TEMPLATE\CONROLTEMPLATE\ • Pages can be customized by the template and section 2007 2010 Title Mobile_STS_HomePage_Title.ascx Mobile_STS_HomePage_Contents.ascx Contents Mobile_STS_HomePage_Navigation.ascx Navigation

  41. Using InfoPath http://www.sharepointmn.com

  42. Creating Mobile Solutions- InfoPath • Supports Mobile Rendering

  43. Creating Mobile Solutions Mobile can be a gateway to a process Workflow and Events can carry the solution

  44. Full InfoPath Solution

  45. Extensibility http://www.sharepointmn.com

  46. Creating Mobile Custom Fields • Why? • You’ve created a Custom Field • And it needs special Mobile Support • You can target a mobile browser • Example: Target WP7/iPhone/Android and enhance the Date Picker • You already have some mobile controls • Adding existing controls to enhance mobile experience

  47. Creating Mobile Web Controls • Why? • Meet specific mobile requirements • Access to external data • Advanced UI Requirements • Custom Dashboards • Reports • Why not? • Development • Derive from System.Web.UI.MobileControls • Take advantage of ASP’s mobile abilities • Deployment • Similar process to previous customizations • Make sure assembly is installed • Add proper ASP tag

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