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Windows SharePoint Services “v3”: Developing Collaboration And Tracking Applications. Mike Morton OFF310 Lead Program Manager Microsoft Corporation. Business Intelligence. Collaboration. Business Processes. Portal. Content Management. Search.
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Windows SharePoint Services “v3”: Developing Collaboration And Tracking Applications Mike Morton OFF310 Lead Program Manager Microsoft Corporation
Business Intelligence Collaboration BusinessProcesses Portal Content Management Search Office “12” : Server InvestmentsBetter empowerment, TCO and developer productivity Server-based spreadsheets plus BI portals built on SQL Server Analysis Services Next generation e-mail, project management, workflow, blog and wiki support Windows SharePoint Services Server-based forms and workflow with smart client and browser interfaces Enhanced SharePoint Portal aggregation and personalization Site Provisioning, Storage, Security, Management, APIs Integrated document, records and Web content management Great relevance with rich people and business data search Unified ASP.NET 2.0 workspace foundation for scalability and extensibility
SharePoint lists are frequently used for ‘tracking’. This can include tracking issues, tasks, contacts, documents, etc. SharePoint Services “V3” adds many core ‘list’ features to enabled users/developers to build great ‘tracking’ applications Feature areas List history and versioning Project Tasks list Email support Distribution list support Sync APIs and Outlook synchronization UI extensibility Alerts and RSS Collaboration And Tracking Features Overview
List History And Versioning • Core improvements to ‘list’ architecture to support tracking • Version history for all SharePoint items • Shows changes to the item for each version • “Append-only” comment fields • Multi-valued lookup fields • Large list indexing support • Applications built on SharePoint lists get functionality for ‘free’. • Updated ‘Issue tracking’ template • Integration with Windows Workflow Foundation for approval or custom workflows
Project Tasks List • Lightweight project management functionality • Gantt charts for visualization of project plan • Gantt view generic functionality available for any list type with date fields
Example Versions OM SPSite site = new SPSite("http://os.litwareinc.com/research/"); SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb(); SPList list = web.Lists["Issues"]; SPListItemCollection items = list.Items; foreach (SPListItem item in items) { foreach (SPListItemVersion version in item.Versions) { if (version["Priority"].ToString() == "(1) High") label1.Text += "Version " + version.VersionLabel + " - " + item["Title"].ToString() + ": " + version["AssignedTo"].ToString() + "\n"; } }
Email Integration • SharePoint Lists can now receive e-mail • Discussion Boards, Calendars, Document Libraries, Announcements accept incoming email • Discussion boards maintain email threading and full HTML messages • Calendars process incoming iCals • Document libraries map attachments to documents • Extensible support for custom ‘e-mail handlers’ • Custom lists can support email by writing a ‘handler • SharePoint handles routing of email, your code can map email data to list data
Example Email Handler namespace TaskHandler { public class SimpleHandler:SPEmailEventReceiver { public override void EmailReceived(SPList list, Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPEmailMessage emailMessage, string receiverData) { SPListItem item = list.Items.Add(); item["Title"] = emailMessage.Headers["Subject"]; item["DueDate"] = System.DateTime.Parse(emailMessage.Headers["Date"]).AddDays(21); item["Description"] = emailMessage.HtmlBody; item.Update(); } } }
Distribution List Support • SharePoint site groups can have an associated ‘distribution list’ • Create a distribution list for members upon site creation • SharePoint sites will talk with directory services to create / manage distribution lists • Interface with directory service is pluggable through SharePoint directory management Web service interface • AD directory management Web service provided in SharePoint • Example: Plug into existing directory management tools – apply policy on allowed naming for distribution lists
Outlook And Synchronization APIs • Outlook allows user to work with personal and team data in one place • Read/Write access to SharePoint datatypes • Calendar, tasks, contacts, discussions, and documents • Synchronization for offline support • Change Log APIs optimized for synchronization • GetListItemChangesSinceToken – Web service method that returns list of items that changed (adds, updates, deletes, etc)
GetListItemChangesSinceToken Example <Changes LastChangeToken="1;3;f3141dd8-b7ae-47ab-9fcf-e5583242a625;632599270189500000;696"> <Id ChangeType="Delete">9</Id> <Id ChangeType="Delete">11</Id> </Changes> <rs:data ItemCount="1"> <z:row ows_Attachments=';#http://server/Lists/Announcements/Attachments/13/News.txt;#' ows_LinkTitle='Announcement 5' ows_Modified='2005-08-18T01:55:42Z' ows_MetaInfo='13;#' ows__ModerationStatus='0' ows_Title='Announcement 5' ows_ID='13' ows_owshiddenversion='3' ows_UniqueId='13;#{A458968C-052A-42C5-B8CB-D90564D8430F}' ows_FSObjType='13;#0' ows_Created_x0020_Date='13;#2005-08-18T01:54:02Z' ows_Created='2005-08-18T01:54:02Z' ows_FileLeafRef='13;#13_.000' ows_FileRef='13;#Lists/Announcements/13_.000' ows_ScopeId='{A3588C7A-5389-43A0-8354-D1677D6A7968}' EffectivePermMask='FullMask'/> </rs:data>
Keeping Informed • Alerts • Filters for more relevant alerts • Richer information about item that has changed in the alert • Platform for custom formatting, events, and alerts • RSS • All SharePoint lists provide RSS feeds
Alert Template Snippets <FilterDefinition> <FriendlyName>Sample Alert<FriendlyName> <ShortName>$Resources:Alerts_2_filter_shortname;</ShortName> <Query> <And> <Eq> <Value type="integer"><UserID /></Value><FieldRef name="Editor/Old"/> </Eq> <Neq> <Value type="integer"><UserID /></Value><FieldRef name="Editor/New"/> </Neq> </And> </Query> </FilterDefinition> …
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