How to build SharePoint applications that everybody loves. My presentation for the Dutch Information Worker User Group (DIWUG) 23 february 2012. It also has a slide on our new to announce apps for SharePoint, Windows phone 7 and Windows 8.

1. How to build SharePoint
applications that everybody
loves
Maarten Visser

2. WTFAMI?
ondertitel
Internet websites since 1994
Intranet portals since 1998
SharePoint since 2000 @mvisser
mvisser@meetroo.com
MaartenVisser.com
Consultant / Architect
Information Management
Cloud / Collaboration
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3. DIWUG
7 maart 2012 beta.meetroo.com ‹#›

4. Who are You?
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END USER POWER USER CASUAL HARDCORE
DEVELOPER DEVELOPER
P1 P2 P3 P4
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5. Agenda
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• What are great SharePoint
Apps?
• What are killer apps?
• Apps vs Content
• Who must like it?
• How to build such apps?
• Q&A
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6. What are great SharePoint
Apps?
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Killer Apps?
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7. What are SP Killer Apps?
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• Create Traffic to the intranet (portal)
• Make people more productive
• Makes your organization more
successful
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8. What are SP Killer Apps?
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SharePoint solutions which keep users
Enthusiastic!
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9. What are great SharePoint Apps?
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Apps vs
Content?
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11. Apps vs Content
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• A great app without great content is worthless
• A bad app with great content is valuable!
• A great app with great content is a killer app!
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12. OOTB SP Killer Apps
• Search
• Document Center
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13. Document Center
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14. OOTB SP Killer Apps
• Search
• Document Center
• SharePoint Workspace Manager
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15. Who must like it?
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• Project sponsor
• Secretaries
• Collaboration Junkies
• (Project) Managers
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16. What do secretaries like?
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• Secretaries
• Social Stuff
• Time savers!
• Easy Sharing
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17. Examples
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• Clipboards & Collaboration
• Pictures of events
• Company Phonebook / Facebook
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18. What do Collab Junkies like?
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• Collaboration Junkies
• Reduce E-mail
• Data aggregation
• Destroy the fileserver!
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19. Examples
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• Document Center & TermStore
• Project (Collaboration) sites
• Workspace manager!
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20. What do managers like?
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• Organize Stuff
• Dashboards
• Control (Lists/Workflow)
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21. Examples
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• Meeting sites
• Workflows
• BI Sites
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22. DIWUG
How to build Killer Apps?
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23. Secretary Examples
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• Clipboards / HomePage
• Pictures of events / Script
• Company Phonebook / Facebook
(use the demo site)
Temporary: Until the end of March 2012 use:
Username: demo@o365apps.com
Password: Contoso!
‘Unlimited access’ by:
Send a mail with your LiveID to demo@meetroo.com
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25. SOCIAL
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• Build a fresh looking dynamic homepage
• jQuerySliders
• Twitter webpart
• Build a small Youtube, Facebook or ….
• Get third party software (like Attini)
• or wait for SharePoint v15….
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26. Collab Junkie Examples
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• Easy Forms
• Usefull Lists
• Web Databases
(use credentials from page 23)
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27. Management Examples
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• Meeting sites
• Visio Services
• BI Sites
(use credentials from page 23)
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28. Final Tips
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• Think about the content that employees love!
• Create apps that stimulate Input &
Collaboration
• Build sexy and simple Interfaces
• All SharePoint Intranets need al least 3 Killer
Apps
(for the 3 most important organizational
personas)
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29. Q&A
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