Despite the hype, there is still a lot of confusion and misunderstanding surrounding metadata in SharePoint Server 2010. We cover Managed Metadata starting with the planning phase through implementation, and provide tips on how to make it successful in your organization. We will also discuss the direction of managed metadata in the near future.
•Planning – where to start, who to talk to, planning guides
•Creating Metadata/how-to
•Explanation of the parts; Defining and comparing keywords, content types, tagging, and metadata and when to use each
•Different ways to use Metadata in your site
•How it drives search results
•How metadata is utilized in User Profiles
•Tips and Tricks
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Managed Metadata Austin SPS
1. PowerPoint, Slides, Metadata, Planning
Managed Metadata A to Z
Plan, Implement, Make it a Success!
Stacy Deere-Strole & Stephanie Donahue
Focal Point Solutions, LLC
2. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF SHAREPOINT
SATURDAY AUSTIN!
• Please turn off all electronic devices or set them to vibrate
• If you must take a phone call, please do so in the hall
• Wi-Fi is available, you will need your Guest ID/password
(at registration desk)
• Feel free to tweet and blog during sessions. Remember to follow @SPSATX
and tag #SPSATX in your tweets!
SharePoint Saturday Austin is hosted by
the Austin SharePoint User Group
(@AustinSPUG)
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4. My Site My Newsfeed My Content My Profile Find People Stacy Deere-Strole
Speaking about Managed Metadata at SPSATX…W00T
Stacy Deere-Strole
CEO
Information Technology
@sldeere
sdeere@focalpointsolutions.co
About Me My Organization Chart
Owner, Focal Point Solutions in Cincinnati, Ohio Current projects include upgrades, deployments
Consultant with 17 years of IT experience Works with 3rd party partners to deliver end to end
MCITP solutions to clients.
SharePoint & Solution Sales Posts her knowledge to
SharePoint 2007, 2010 & 2013 Administration http://www.notjustsharepoint.com
Lotus DominoNotes Administrator for 12 years Enjoys speaking at user groups and events!!
Co-host on SPTV http://mysp.tv
Author, speaker, consultant, MCITP,
5. My Site My Newsfeed My Content My Profile Find People Stephanie Donahue
Managed Metadata Rocks!
Stephanie Donahue
SharePoint Solutions Architect
Information Technology
@stephkdonahue
sdonahue@focalpointsolutions.com
About Me My Organization Chart
SharePoint Solution Architect, Focal Point Co-Author on upcoming Managed Metadata book
Solutions in Cincinnati, Ohio Co-Authors the blog
In consulting for 7 years total of 13 years IT http://www.notjustsharepoint.com
experience Enjoys speaking at user groups and events!!
MCITP Co-host on SPTV http://mysp.tv
Focus on SharePoint – Information
Architecture, ECM, Business Process
Automation
Current projects include
upgrades, deployments
Author, co-host, blogger, consultant
6. AGENDA
• What is Metadata?
• What‟s missing in SharePoint 2007?
• What does that mean?….Definition Review
• Planning
• Implementation
• Making it a Success
• Tips & Tricks
• SummaryWrap-Up
• Housekeeping Items
Overview, about
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7. YOU’RE WORKING FOR YOUR DATA.
SHOULDN’T YOUR DATA BE WORKING FOR
YOU? (THE ANSWER IS YES)
ONE OF THE KEYS IS METADATA
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8. WHAT IS METADATA?
• Literally, “after data”
• In practical usage, it means data about data
• For SharePoint, it usually means data that describes or classifies other data
(lists) or documents (libraries)
definition
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9. Definition, terms
TERMINOLOGY
• Taxonomy – A formal hierarchy of terms and tags, usually centrally administered and
defined.
• Folksonomy - Informal list of ad-hoc tags or terms, usually built up over time
through user defined keywords.
• Term Store – A database that houses taxonomies
• Term Set – The “second level” of a taxonomy
• Term – (a/k/a “tag”) An element of the defined taxonomy
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10. SHAREPOINT CONTENT TERMINOLOGY
• Content Type – A reusable collection of settings and rules applied to a certain
category of content in SharePoint.
• Content Type Hub – A site collection which operates as a central source to share
content types across the enterprise.
• Content Type Syndication – Publishing content types across multiple sites, site
collections, web application and/or farms.
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11. WHAT WAS MISSING IN MOSS 2007?
LOCAL CONTENT ONLY (OOTB)
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION WAS PAINFUL
SharePoint 2007, Moss, OOTB
12. WHAT‟S IN SHAREPOINT 2010?
- A LOT! METADATA HAS BEEN COMPLETELY RE-DONE; TERM STORE MANAGEMENT, DELEGATED
RIGHTS, CONTENT TYPE HUB…
- THE MANAGED METADATA SERVICE APPLICATION IS A MAJOR FOCUS FOR SHAREPOINT 2010
DEPLOYMENTS
SharePoint 2010, functionality
13. WHAT ABOUT SHAREPOINT 2013?
• Not *that* much different
• Metadata Driven Navigation, catalog, etc
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14. VERSIONS… ALL OR NOTHING!
• Foundation: No metadata service
• Standard: Metadata Service Application, full functionality
• Enterprise: Metadata Service Application, full functionality
• Office 365: Depends on the plan
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15. WHY DO YOU USE METADATA?
• Fast Retrieval
• Process Automation
• Alerts
• File Management
• Records Management
• Search
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16. WHERE TO BEGIN…
• Identify your “Site Champions”
• Meeting with your “Site Champions”
• Explain the importance and how it can help them
• Locate your Metadata
Planning, discovery, process
• Plan out your Term Sets
• Use the Planning Worksheets
• Start answering the Burning Questions!!!
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17. THE BURNING QUESTIONS?
• How much content do you have?
• How much belongs in SharePoint as opposed to archiving?
• Who owns the content?
• Information seeking behaviors, how do your employees look for data?
• Understand business needs, what is most important to your users?
• How are you grouping information by type, subject, process, etc.?
• How does the metadata relate to your archiving solution?
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18. WHERE TO LOOK FOR METADATA IN YOUR
ENVIRONMENT:
• Searches
• Applications
• Long Document Names
• Folder Structure
• Services
• Profiles (Active Directory)
• Existing Metadata Sources (ex. Scanning or ERP Solutions)
• DepartmentsDivisionsGroups
• Forms (Work Orders, Vacation, etc.)
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20. PLANNING WORKSHEETS
• Term sets planning worksheet
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=163486)
• Detailed term set planning worksheet
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=163487)
• Managed metadata services planning worksheet
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=164578)
Worksheets can also be found on our blog at http://www.notjustsharepoint.com...
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21. PLAN YOUR USER ATTRIBUTES
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22. IMPLEMENTATION
DEMO
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25. FEDERATED SERVICE APPLICATIONS (CROSS
FARM)
• Much like search, MMS can be shared between farms
• Helpful in hybrid farms and supporting multiple versions
• 2013 managed metadata can be shared with 2010 but not the other way
around
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26. MIGRATION
• Restore database to
new instance
• Create Managed Metadata
Service App and use the
existing database name
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27. KEYWORDS
• What about Enterprise keywords and social tagging?
• Can I migrate my keywords from MOSS 2007?
• Why do I have so many keywords that I didn’t enter?
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28. MAKING IT A SUCCESS!
• Plan it Out!
• Meet with the right people
• Business Users (Not IT we don‟t know!)
• User Acceptance Testing
• Listen to your Users!!! Success, overview, winning!!
• Train your site champions and users
• Otherwise You‟re the default!
• Delegate Administration of Metadata
• Set Permissions and Restrictions
• Garbage in garbage out!
• Test! Test! Test!
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29. TIPS & TRICKS
• Metadata cannot be used in InfoPath
• Metadata can be used in SPD Workflows, but can be difficult (GUID needed)
• Document sets cannot use Metadata navigation
• Taxonomy feature must be manually enabled on site collections created with
the „blank site‟ template
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