Learn how to use SharePoint Designer in the 'Real World'. What to do and what not to do.. who is this software application for anyway? All SharePoint users or just a select few. Watch SharePoint and InfoPath videos at http://www.sharepoint-videos.com

3. SharePoint-Videos.com Facts
 Each video is fully narrated by
SharePoint experts
 Video length – average of 10 - 15 mins
Topics Covered
each
End User SharePoint Site Owner and Site
 Full of demonstration, minimal or no
functionality Collection Administration
PowerPoint
InfoPath SharePoint Designer
Business Connectivity Reporting Services
Services
Workflows Branding
Access and Access Project Management

4. Using SharePoint Designer in the
Real World
Twitter:: asifrehmani
Presented by:
Asif Rehmani, SharePoint Server
MVP
Trainer/Solution Architect
asif@sharepointelearning.com

5. Who am I?
Current
Video
 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MVP, MCT Count:
279
and
 Principal contributor at SharePoint-Videos.com
growing
 Videos on SharePoint, SharePoint Designer and
InfoPath
 SharePoint 2010 Training
 Co-Author of the books Professional SharePoint
Designer 2007, SharePoint Designer 2010 and more.
 Speaker at various conferences
 TechEd, MS SharePoint Conference, SharePoint
Connections, Best Practices Conference etc.

6. What to Expect during this presentation?
 200 (or more like 249…) level presentation
 Different than our other presentations.
Hopefully, more interaction and discussion
is expected
 Demos will still be done, but might be limited
 Go ahead and place your questions in
Q&A. I’ll address them both during and at
the end of the presentation

7. Assumption of the audience today
 Folks who want to learn more about SharePoint
Designer (SPD)
 Developers and IT Professionals who are wondering if
they should be using SPD themselves
 IT Administrators who have allowed some form of SPD
usage in their organization and are wondering what kind
of problems can possibly occur
 IT Administrators who are not fans of SPD and would
rather eat mud than let their users use SPD in their
pristine environment

8. Options for Customizing SharePoint 2010
 Contributors
 Designers
 Site Admins
 IT Professionals
Browse
 Designers
r
 Site Admins
 Developers
 IT Professionals
 Developers

9. What is SharePoint Designer?
In Experienced
Hands

10. Evolution of SharePoint Designer
Note:

11. Capabilities of SharePoint Designer 2010
Sites
Lists and Libraries
Pages
Workflows
Site Columns and Content Types
External Content Types
Master Pages and Style Sheets
Page Layouts
External Data (Databases, Web Services, XML Files)

12. The drawbacks of not using
SharePoint Designer
 Simple maintenance of objects (page content
modification, lists, libraries, metadata, security etc) take
much longer than they should
 Non-developers are limited to browser based
modifications OR getting a third party product
 Solutions have to be built the hard way (code-based).
For example: Workflows, External Content Types, Data
View Web Parts
Bottom line: The total Return on Investment
(ROI) for SharePoint is not being realized!

13. X
Who should be able to use
SharePoint Designer?

14. Should you give it to the End Users?
Readers and
Members have no
need for SPD
 Readers
 Members

15. Restricting SharePoint Designer
Revoke permissions as needed from Site Owners and
Designers

16. Organizational Structure
The birth of Citizen
Where we are now Developers
Where we are headed
Developer Developer
s and IT s and IT
Professio Professio
nals nals
End Users Citizen
Developer
s
End Users

17. Activities your users currently perform
directly in Production
As a Subsite Owner
 Create Lists and Libraries?
 Manage Metadata? Create new Views?
 Manage subsite security?
 Manage Site Columns and Content Types?
 Create Workflows?

18. It is OK to use SharePoint
Designer directly in Production*

19. Some components can be made on
test sites and then brought over
 Reusable Workflows
 Data View web parts

20. Demos

21. Call to Action
 Watch the SharePoint 2010 videos on
SharePoint-Videos.com
 Get access to my completely pre-built SharePoint
environment with the Demos -
http://tinyurl.com/asifcloudshare
 Connect with me:
 Sign up for bi-monthly newsletter, with tips and
tricks, at the SharePoint-Videos.com website
 My Twitter ID: asifrehmani
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