Cloud Integration Part 1Bringing Windows Azure & Office 365

Together at Runtime

2012 : The Year of the Programmer Classifying the Different Clouds A Brief History of SharePoint An Overview of SharePoint Features Office 365 Public Facing Website : Don’t Do It SharePoint as a CMS Engine SharePoint Online Authentication Windows Azure as a Content Delivery Network Cloud Integration Part 2 Agenda Cloud Integration Part 3 Agenda

Agenda

2012 : The Year of the Programmer

Infrastructure as a Service Most flexible Highest maintenance plan Can be difficult to configure and scale

Platform as a Service Very flexible Little to no maintenance Easiest to configure and scale

Software/Application as a Service Least flexible Least maintenance Least scalable

Classifying the Different Clouds

SharePoint was first released in 2001 It has since evolved from a glorified file server to

enterprise application platform and data collaboration engine

A Brief History of SharePoint

Sites: The SharePoint platform fundamentally enables users to provision 'sites' (public or private) without a requirement for specialized knowledge. SharePoint is designed to become the central location for management of sites in an organization.

An Overview of SharePoint Features

Communities: SharePoint aims to support the formation of communities within an organization - these communities may form around teams, projects, clients, geographic locations, etc. SharePoint also provides social features and social integration.

An Overview of SharePoint Features

Content: SharePoint provides a central location to put content such as files, documents, or general information. This can be accessed and modified within a web browser or using a client application (typically Microsoft Office) via desktop, smartphone or smart device. SharePoint 2010 also provides a concurrent edit ability with Office 2010.

An Overview of SharePoint Features

Search: SharePoint provides a range of search abilities, including in documents, in external content (such as network shares or public websites), and in user profiles

An Overview of SharePoint Features

Search: SharePoint provides a range of search abilities, including searching content within documents, in external content such as network shares or public websites, and in user profiles and externally managed systems using Business Connectivity Services

An Overview of SharePoint Features

Insights: SharePoint provides data integration, data crawling, and report design to enable business decision making. SharePoint can integrate with SQL Server Reporting Services to surface business intelligence

An Overview of SharePoint Features

Composites: SharePoint provides an application platform based on ASP.NET allowing no-code solutions to complex business problems using SharePoint Designer. SharePoint also allows custom code solutions to be deployed using Visual Studio.

An Overview of SharePoint Features

Microsoft does not offer alternate DNS mappings and the root domain is reserved for Lync and Exchange. Public facing URLs require the “www.” prefix.

Microsoft does not offer custom SharePoint config file changes, and the default installation does not recognize mobile browsers. Mobile users get redirected to a login page.

The public facing site cannot access any information on the private site collection. Data is intended to be transferred via Microsoft Access Services and/or the SharePoint Workspace.

Windows Azure Exists and You’ve Seen this Presentation

Office 365 Public Facing Site : Don’t Do It

SharePoint Online Authentication

Exit to http://gearboom.sharepoint.com for a look at the Gearboom library

SharePoint as a CMS Engine

Exit to http://gearboom.sharepoint.com for a look at the Gearboom Rental Inventory and Categories

Windows Azure as a Content Delivery Network

Managing Content Navigation with Friendly URLs and URL Routing

Searching SharePoint from Windows Azure

Managing SharePoint Content Versions and Publishing with Azure Services

Updating Windows Azure Content with SharePoint Workflows

Cloud Integration Part 2 Agenda

Managing SharePoint Calendars and E-Commerce with Windows Azure

Building a Community with Windows Azure, SharePoint, CRM Online and Wordpress

Building Social Networks by Integrating SharePoint and Dynamics CRM with Facebook and Twitter

Build and Maintain Customer Relationships with Windows Azure, Dynamics CRM and Exchange Online

Answering the Call with Lync

Cloud Integration Part 3 Agenda