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SharePoint Server 2007 Architecture

SharePoint Server 2007 Architecture. Bill English, MVP, MCSE, MCT. American Corporations Today. “Information overload” is a real problem today: 10 times as much email today as in 1997 56% of workers are overwhelmed by multiple, simultaneous projects

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SharePoint Server 2007 Architecture

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  1. SharePoint Server 2007 Architecture Bill English, MVP, MCSE, MCT

  2. American Corporations Today • “Information overload” is a real problem today: • 10 times as much email today as in 1997 • 56% of workers are overwhelmed by multiple, simultaneous projects • Majority of workers report being interrupted too often • Distractions keep workers from focusing on process

  3. American Corporations Today • Estimated that 30% of your work day is spent finding information you need to do your job • Workers labor under an increasing “email fatigue” and “information overload” • Workers have very little time to reflect on their information before making decisions

  4. Wouldn’t it be nice……? • Instead of…… • Finding information • Tracking information • Managing information • Organizing information • Ensuring workers have the right information • “email fatigue” • “information overload” • We could be….. • Analyzing information • Collaborating on information • Reflecting on information • Using information to make decisions • Producing better information

  5. What Information Workers Need • Better information  Better decisions • Focus on the highest value activities for their job • Transform new ideas into real value • Develop methods to innovate and create strategic insights • Achieve better relations with customers, partners and vendors

  6. How Does the SharePoint Architecture Meet these and other Needs? A Functional Architecture

  7. What SharePoint Does • Provides technologies that support business decisions: • Collaboration • Aggregation • Organization • Presentation • Publishing

  8. Collaboration • Team sites • Workspaces • Discussion lists • My Sites • Document Management • Social Networking/Colleagues • Workflow – route documents • Mail-Enabled lists

  9. Aggregation • RSS Feeds • Sites Directory • Business Data Catalog • Search & Indexing • Data Form web part • User Profiles • Records Repository

  10. Organization • Sites Directory • Summary Links web part • Content Editor web part • TOC web part • Managed Paths/URLs • Records & Document Management • User Profiles • Content Types • Features

  11. Presentation • SharePoint Designer • Audiences/Targeted Content • Personalization Sites • Personal Views • Feature and solution deployments • Custom site definitions • Improved navigation choices • Security trimmed UI

  12. Publishing • Extranets & Security • AAMs, zones, policies, authentication providers • Web Content Management • Variations and languages • Document major/minor versioning

  13. Other SharePoint Notes • $800M in MOSS sales for FY07 • SPS 2003: < 10 books • MOSS 2007: nearly 40 books • CMS and SPS merged in MOSS 2007 • Certification Exams for WSS and SharePoint Server 2007 • Fastest growing software product Microsoft has ever produced

  14. Good SharePoint Architecture Depends on…… • Good Governance • Clear goals that SharePoint is supposed to resolve • Complete education package that gets everyone in the company “on the same page” • Clear file plans: official vs. unofficial

  15. Questions

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