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I’ve got SaaSGrid: Now What?

Introductory Developer Training (1 of 2)for the SaaSGrid platform

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• http://community.saasgrid.com/– Forums– Blogs– Release notes– Tutorials! Samples!

• Andy Badera– Senior Client Services Engineer &

Your Customer Champion

contact & information

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• Platform & UI overview (15-30 minutes)• Component tiers (45-60 minutes)• Your first SaaSGrid app (45-60 minutes)• Pricebooks, plans, price models (30 minutes)• Features & securables (30 minutes)• Review Taskr sample app (60-90 minutes)• Q&A

agenda

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• Onboard new tenant/provider• Package & deploy a SaaSGrid app• Define pricebooks, plans, price models,

features• Debug/troubleshoot a SaaSGrid app

today’s goals

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SaaSGrid?

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SaaSGrid?

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• Not a hosted ecommerce solution• Can be used to build multitenant ecomm host• Not a CRM platform• Can be used to build scalable CRM platform• Not a virtual machine• Can be hosted on virtual machines

!SaaSGrid

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• Root url– “saasgrid.dev”– “saasgrid.-------.com”– “cloud.yourdomain.net”

• Application and portal URLs– http://soc.saasgrid.dev/– http://provider.saasgrid.dev/– http://appalias.tenant.saasgrid.dev/

accessing SaaSGrid

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• SaaSGrid relies on a wildcard subdomain• Web access requires access to same domain

server as SaaSGrid, or the addition of hosts file entries

accessing SaaSGrid

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where does SaaSGrid live?

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• Web tier (optional)• Service tier (optional)• Database tier• SaaSGrid API• Remote API• Silverlight API• On-premises API

where does SaaSGrid live?

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• Write app• Package app• Define product & upload app• Define & publish pricebook• Promote app to test• Launch app!

writing an app for SaaSGrid

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• Metering functionality• Toggles• Boundaries• Limiters• Block

features

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• Multiple price models• Features/options• Duplication• Once published, fairly static/final

pricebook

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• Role-based access• Roles assigned by tenant admin

securables

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• Visual Studio Remote Debugger == your friend

debugging

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Questions?

Q&A

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• http://community.saasgrid.com/– Forums– Blogs– Release notes– Tutorials! Samples!

• Andy Badera– Senior Client Services Engineer &

Your Customer Champion

contact & information