Introduction to SharePoint and Project Siena

Knut Relbe-Moe (Avega Group)

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Knut Relbe-MoeLead Solution ArchitectTechnical Lead SharePointAvega Group AS, Oslo, NorwayMicrosoft Certified TrainerFounder of NIWUG

Twitter: @sharePTkarmEmail: knutrelbemoe@outlook.comBlog: www.sharepointblog.noSkype: shareptkarmMobile: 0047-98224609

My Experience: SharePoint evangelist, mentor, speaker Old developer, turned Architect / ITPro Have worked with SharePoint since the 2003 version. Worked with several clients upgrading their solution from 2007/2010 to 2013. Works as a Lead Architect and advisor creating SharePoint Farm architecture/infrastructure on many

projects. With up to 25.000 users. Worked with automating the installation and configuration of SharePoint.

I’m proud to work for:

What is Project Siena

What is Project Siena

What is Project Siena

What is Project Siena

What is Project Siena

• Microsoft’s ‘Project Siena’ lets anyone create Windows 8.1 apps

• A tool for the information worker / business users to create nice looking apps without any coding required.

What is Project Siena

• Microsoft’s ‘Project Siena’ lets anyone create Windows 8.1 apps

• A tool for the information worker / business users to create nice looking apps without any coding required.

Project Siena principles

• PowerPoint like simple editing experience• Excel-expression-like syntax for business logic• Easily connects to multiple Data Sources • Creates a regular Windows 8 app (HTML5/JS/CSS)

Overview of Siena Components

Building Blocks

• Screens

• Visuals (Controls)

• Functions

• Data Sources

• Collections

Screens

Visuals (Controls)

Functions Categories

• Text

• Logical

• Table

• Behavior

• Date & Time

fx

Data sources include…

Azure Mobile Services Bing Search

Excel Bing Translator

REST Facebook

SharePoint Yammer

RSS

Demo - Getting started with Project Siena

All demos will later be available on my website: http://www.sharepointblog.no

What Project Siena is not

A developer tool (replacement for Visual Studio) A means creating mission-critical transactional

applications A silver-bullet solution for all business scenarios

Demo: Connecting to SharePoint

All demos will later be available on my blog: http://www.sharepointblog.no

So what can Project Siena be used for

Create demo / sketch ups to visualize how an app could look like for the business

Create easy input forms for SharePoint Create BI app to show data from SharePoint with

Charts, and databars

• Click on File > Publish to publish

• Provide a Display Name, Tile fill color, Tile icon

• Select “Download and include images” if you want to embed the images, video and other media along with your application

• Click Publish and select a folder where the published package would be saved.

• More information on Technet:

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn497702(v=vs.111).aspx

Publishing a Siena App

Next?

Get a Developer license:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh974578.aspx

Channel 9:

http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Microsoft-Project-Siena

Technet:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn497701(v=vs.111).aspx

Blogs:

http://blog.mastykarz.nl/illustrating-app-idea-microsoft-project-siena-spc14/

http://akuokoasante.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/microsoft-project-sienabeta-walkthrough/

Thanks to our sponsors!

Questions?

• Knut Relbe-Moe

• knutrelbemoe@outlook.com

• Twitter: @shareptkarm

• LinkedIn: http://no.linkedin.com/pub/knut-relbe-moe/2/70b/6a

• Blog: http://www.sharepointblog.no

Thank you! Tusen tack.