Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group Agenda • Introductions / Overview • SharePoint 101 • High level overview of SharePoint • Differences between • SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) • Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) • Q&A Introductions – MNSPUG Sponsors • Inetium (www.inetium.com) • Twin Cites based Microsoft consulting company • Microsoft Gold Certified Partner • Practice Area focused on Information Worker Technologies • New Horizons – Minnesota (www.newhorizonsmn.com) • Microsoft Gold Certified Partner • Training on many technologies • Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) • I’m guessing you’ve heard of them User Group Goal / Objectives Build 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 www.sharepointmn.com • Website for user group • SharePoint resource documents • SharePoint resource websites links • RSS Feeds • Meeting Schedule • Past User Group Presentations www.sharepointmn.com SharePoint 101 Connected Collaboration Islands of Productivity Teams Individual Division Enterprise Connected Collaboration Islands of Productivity Enterprise Division Teams Individual Team Assets are Enterprise Assets SharePoint and Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Windows SharePoint Services 2003 Understanding the Architecture Centralized Services Corporate Portal Communities of Practice ‘Open’ Membership SharePoint Portal Server ’Closed’ Membership Teams Windows SharePoint Services & Others SPS vs. WSS • WSS is a subset of SPS • SPS aims more at broad communication • WSS aims more at team collaboration SPS Configuration • Administrator can configure structure of portal via interface in tool • Easily design navigation • Can be updated easily Managing Content • Similar in SPS and WSS • Create • Document Libraries • Picture Libraries • Lists • Discussion Boards • Surveys • Web pages • Easy to manage Designing a Page / Site • Similar in SPS and WSS • Utilizes Web Parts • Web parts are web modules that content data / functionality • Drag and drop • Can be custom developed to perform functionality that isn’t out of the box Document Libraries • Store documents online • Versioning • Check in / out • Alerts • Metadata (additional columns) Lists • Many basic lists out of the box • Links • Events • Tasks • Can create custom lists • Spreadsheet view • Alerts • Multiple views • Grouping • Filtering • Sorting Resources • SharePoint at Microsoft.com http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/ Q&A