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1. DEV202: OBA, Office Business Applications Explained

   Patrick Tisseghem patrick@u2u.net http://www.u2u.info/Blogs/Patrick/
2. Sponsors Sponsors
3. Agenda What is OBA all about? DEMO: Sales Forecast OBA Solution Client Platform Investments DEMO: Building Client Extensibility Solutions Server Platform Investments DEMO: Connecting Clients with Business Data
4. Solving Real-World Problems ?% 55% CRM projects failed to meet users’ expectations ?% 20% of work time is spent on email per day ?% 50-75% info from other people The Reality of Office Work ?% >40% of ERP implementations haveuser adoption issues ?% >80% info in individual hard drives The average $1 billion company maintains 48 disparate financial systems and uses 2.7 ERP systems (Hackett Group) “Individuals hold the key to the knowledge economy and most of it is lost when they leave the enterprise – Gartner”
5. The Results Gap LOB Apps
6. Real world Information Work Estimate custom design Unstructured Get specs from customer Validate specs with Tech Sales Cost out the solution Assemble proposed response Approve proposed response Decide discount strategy Create Opportunity Create Quote Create Lead Complete Sale Create Invoice Qualified? Closed? Retire Lead CRM ERP
7. A New Breed of Application Office Business Applications LOB Apps
8. Office Business Applications (OBA) A new breed of application that bring together the front-office and back-office Unlock value from existing Line-of-Business (LOB) systems makes these systems more accessible Makes information actionable by information workers through the familiar, powerful and ubiquitous Microsoft Office System. Built on the Office Business Application Platform Microsoft Office System Line-of-business Applications OBAs
9. “Real World” Applications Office Business Applications Word Excel Outlook InfoPath Estimate custom design Estimate custom design Unstructured Unstructured Get specs from customer Validate specs with Tech Sales Office SharePoint Server Cost out the solution Decide discount strategy Assemble proposed response Approve proposed response “Classic” Enterprise Applications Create Lead Create Oppt’y Create Quote Complete Sale Create Invoice Qualified? Closed? Retire Lead Structured
10. Common OBA Patterns Customers and ISVs Real-World Cases
11. Server Platform Investments Office SharePoint Server 2007 Excel Services InfoPath Forms Services Business Data catalog Extensible Enterprise Search LOB single sign-on Content management Windows SharePoint Services ASP.NET 2.0 integration Workflow support Content types and meta data Auditing Feature & solution deployment Office SharePoint Server Windows SharePoint Services ASP.NET SQL
12. WSS 3.0 = Solutions Platform Demo
13. Platform Investments Client Platform Investments Server Platform Investments Together they are Powerful Solutions Platform Demonstration
14. Client Platform Investments Ribbon Open XML File Format Enhanced add-in model Customizable User Interface Custom ribbon & task panes Word Custom XML and XML binding Excel BI functions, server support Outlook Unified object model InfoPath Server support, managed object model Core Features Task Pane Application add-in Storage Web Services
15. Some Examples
16. Client Programmability Options with Office 2007 Demo
17. Client + Server = Powerful Solutions Platform Dynamics Duet ISV OBAs Custom OBAs Office Business Applications Unified Communication & Collaboration Business Intelligence Content Management 2007 Office system clients Open XML File Formats & Extensible Fluent Interface Tools Visual Studio Tools for Office … Microsoft Office System Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search Workflow Business Data Catalog Website & Security Framework Excel Services Office Communications Server 2007 Exchange Server 2007 LOB Apps, data warehouse, trading partners, etc LOB Siebel SAP Dynamics
18. Customer Case Studies “Developers, Get Ready: 2007 Microsoft Office is A Serious Application Platform”
19. “We thought people would use our portal, but now we realize they want to use SAP in their own interface. People will prefer to retain their current user experience. People love Office. You can connect SAP [to Office] so they don't need to leave their comfort zone.“ – Shai Agassi, President, SAP Product & Technology Group “It is important to simplify and improve the user experience associated with enterprise applications interaction. Specifically, today most enterprise applications have Web-based user interfaces, but knowledge workers often find that these user interaction models are less intuitive to use and interfere with their daily work in Microsoft Office.“ Industry Consensus
20. Analyst Comments Application Development Trends “From a competitive perspective... OBAs should enable Microsoft to further differentiate from Office productivity alternatives — Open Office, IBM's Workplace and the growing number of online productivity suites being offered by companies such as Google and Zoho.” 2007 Office system as a business platform SharePoint: everyman’s enterprise everything? Developers, Get Ready: 2007 Microsoft Office is A Serious Application Platform

21. Grazie!

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