Today I spoke about Introduction & What’s New in SharePoint 2013 at SharePoint Developer’s Conference 2013. I am writing the summary of my session to share the information who were unable to attend my session Today.
According to TNW (The Next Web) Report, SharePoint now brings in $2 billion annually for Microsoft
About SharePoint?
I was tried to explain what is SharePoint? when you should use or why we use and types of SharePoint Edition?
SharePoint: SharePoint Portal is a Web Site similar to you access others site in a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Chrome, or Firefox. You can use it as a secure place to store, organize, share, and access information from almost any device. Read more
Why SharePoint: SharePoint can be used to provide intranet portals, document & file management, collaboration, social networks, extranets, websites, enterprise search, and business intelligence.
Edition: Office 365 (SharePoint Online), SharePoint Foundation (free) & SharePoint Server
SharePoint 2013 Overview
SharePoint 2013 introduces new ways to share your work with others, organize your projects and teams, and discover people and information
According to Microsoft, SharePoint is the place to share ideas, content and the vision of your company. It’s scalable enough to organize and manage all your information assets but it’s also designed to organize and store documents to enable personal productivity, keep teams’ in sync, and projects on track. It’s where you go to discover experts, share knowledge and uncover connections to information and people. It’s a hub for developers to build and deploy modern apps and for designers to build eye-catching websites. And because it’s built in the cloud in mind, IT Pros can manage cost, and meet the demands of compliance to manage risk. Finally, SharePoint 2013 has been built to handle almost anything our customers can throw at it so IT Pros can spend more time managing information, delivering innovation and manage their time effectively.
A Team Site Preview in SharePoint 2013
What IT Pro & End-user think about new version?
End-user can get the follow benefits
User Interface: It's easy on the eyes, easy to navigate and easy to accomplish common tasks.
Drag and drop: Dragging and dropping a file from the desktop straight into a document library in the browser.
On-hover: On-hover from a document library showing a preview into a Word document using the embedded Word Web App. Note the ability to Share and Follow from the same on-hover card.
Touch:A Key feature is large touch targets make it easy for you to filter, navigate, and work with documents
Hardware configuration for IT Professional
And a 3-Tier farm configuration required the following things
Find a guideline to Install and Configure SharePoint Server 2013 step by step http://www.anuragg.com/2012/12/install-and-configure-sharepoint-server_25.html
Then I described about Capabilities and Features in SharePoint 2013. Find more in my PPT
Please find my presentation here.
Finally, Common Questions by Developers and IT Professional
Developers:
Q1: How to Start Work with SharePoint Development?
Start SharePoint Installation in VM or your local machine Trail or free version (Foundation). Learn how to create Web application and Site Collection and apply it. Then, do the following:
Learn how to create List, Libaray, Web part & Apps etc and Appy in your site. Learn about Workflow and create small workflow for a list or library. I think you will able move alone after that.
Q2: Is there Job Opportunity?
Companies are looking for SharePoint Administrator, Developer, Architect, SharePoint End-User (Advance Level) who can maintain the portal
Q3: What are the job role available in SharePoint?
As said in Q3.
IT Pros:
How to Implement SharePoint in your Organization?
You can start with SharePoint foundation as free and do some customization to understand the power of it and Plan accordingly. Let’s say you can start
Or all any local Expert or company to do feasibility study on your Organization Process and advice you.
How much is the cost for SharePoint Customization and License?
Depends on Version. Contact with Local Microsoft or Microsoft authorized local re-seller or you can purchase online.
How to Maintenance SharePoint Portal and Server?
Train-up your system admin for SharePoint Server Administration. It is some thing like maintaining another Server.
Thanks everyone who joined in the session. Hope you enjoyed all.