Arpan Shah http://blogs.msdn.com/arpans/ was the key note presenter at the SharePoint Best Practices Conference in DC. I think he did a great job, but I have never seen him in action before. Very clear and easy to understand.
Anyway, he went over a number of things. Past and future versions was one part. It was interesting to hear the history. I knew most of it up to SharePoint 2003, but before that was all unknown.
The most meat and potatoes are the SharePoint 2010 stuff!!! **(new punch line) The Business Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise and the Web
· BDC (business data catalog) now called BCS (business continuity services)
o Giving the ability to Read and now Write!!
· Use SharePoint designer to added external data sources
o This allows for external lists or data sources to be edited with all the normal functions of a custom list within SharePoint, and its live!!
· Groove server is now called SP Workspaces
o Looks like this had come a long way, he didn’t go into too much detail, but I would actually recommend this now.
· There are new services like Excel services in SharePoint 2007.
o Access services
o Visio Services
o I think even a PowerPoint services
· Direct Uploading of content to pages.
o EX: upload pictures directly from the desktop to a content page. There are third party web parts and features out there to do this in SP 2007, but now it’s built in!!
· Intellisense comes to SharePoint for linking to content within your sharepoint site.
· Multiple selecting in document library’s
o EX: multiple checkout and check in
· Some really fancy built in developer tools
o In application / browser “dashboard” debug information
o Direct access to data without having to call the SharePoint web services
o WSP – standards
· Some really fancy built in infrastructure
o Personally I wish he spent more time, but it seems like more reporting and logging, that was very much lacking in out of box SP.
· Oh and the pie chart changed: Composites and insights, game changers!
Other observations
I attended half and half of talks Welcome to PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint – IW105 and Users, Profiles, and MySites: Best Practices for Managing a Changing SharePoint User population – ITP206
They seemed a bit basic, but each presenter mentioned proceeding meetings going a bit more in depth. I have to say very good speakers, and presentation. Most of you who know me are thinking, oh he’s going to give up on these people, but I actually liked both presenters, and would go seem more from them later this week and will!!!
Still feeling excited and very excited about this presentation at 3pm Building SharePoint CmdLets, – Tips and Best Practices – ITP313.
More to come…..
