SHAREPOINT
PRESENT AND FUTURE
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT
SharePoint 2010
5 server farm
Enterprise features for all users
Excel Services
InfoPath forms
Access Services
Etc.
110 Site Collections
oiti.byu.edu
politicalscience.byu.edu
cpmsrankandstatus.byu.edu
budget.byu.edu
digitaltransformation.byu.edu
history.byu.edu
CURRENT ORIENTATION
CURRENT LIMITATIONS
Theming is hard
Web services
Hard to consume from server-side
Only support for basic auth
SOAP
Not compatible with our SOA Registry
Business Intelligence functions not fully-enabled
Interference with HTML by SharePoint
Browser Compatibility
SSO with CAS
Document Storage capacity and large files
Time for training and material for training
Developer Sandbox is not very powerful
UNTAPPED POTENTIAL
BYU Template
YouTube web part and media
Streaming media integration
Business Intelligence and Microsoft Reporting Stack
Search federation
Automate more system functions with PowerShell
Workflow tools
ROADMAP
On-Premises
Hosted
RADICAL EMPOWERMENT WITH WORKFLOW
We need workflow tools for every department secretary and every ambitiousstudent employee
Automate and regularize every cumbersome paper process
SHAREPOINT 2013 BENEFITS
More social features
Yammer will eventually become central to the platform
People search, skills search, user profiles, My Sites
Tagging and rating content
New App model for 3rd party apps
Apps aren’t installed on the SharePoint farm, but only authorized there
Microsoft provides a new app store
Servers will be cheap, so we can build out custom farms for special purposes