spsbe2013 free tools presentation

Quick wins for your SharePoint platform with free add-ons and tools

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Marijn somers@marijnsomers

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About me • @marijnsomers

• Balestra (www.balestra.be)

• Business oriented - Focus on Governance

• VP SPEDUC

• Fencing - Golf

• 4HB – Quantified self

Trends • IT budget going down

• Long approval for software

• Education / Government

Contents Developer

End-user Infrastructure

Business & Governance

ViewRescue

• Lists / libraries

• Add a webpart

• Lose the view / ribbon tabs

• www.pentalogic.net/sharepoint-products/free-stuff

Html Calculated column

• add your own html to a list

• Kpi’s

• Bar charts

• Custom links

• www.pentalogic.net/sharepoint-products/free-stuff

SPRello

www.pentalogic.net/sharepoint-products/free-stuff

Codeplexfiltered lookup

Cross-site lookup (all sites within same site collection)

Filter retrieved data using list views or dynamic/ad-hoc CAML queries

Supports MultiLookup with filtered data

Same look and feel as default SharePoint Lookup and MultiLookup (i.e. in list forms)

filteredlookup.codeplex.com

Batch edit • Ribbon button

• Allows you to edit # items

• Vase demo

• Orbit One & TamTam

• sp2010batchedit.codeplex.com

Charts • All kinds of charts

• Sum / count / avg

• Background color

• Chart color

www.amrein.com/sharepoint

ULS Viewer • Log viewer

• A lot of versions

• archive.msdn.microsoft.com/ULSViewer

Other CamlDesigner

Web Essentials 2012 (VS Extension)

SPFastDeploy (VS Extension)

Developer Dashboard Visualizer

SPS Solution deployer

jQuery • Javascript library

• Code that runs on your pc (not on server)

• Used for creating dynamic/interactive websites

• Write less, do more

• Cross-browser

• Open source

• First release: 2006

• 117 000 000 google results

jQueryadvantages

• EASY• Minimum development skills

• FAST• “No” Test / Acceptance /

Production stage• Don’t have to deploy

solutions in visual studio

• VERSION INDEPENDEND

jQuery examples

Hide fields

Modify values and attributes

Translations

Set – get values

Querystring

Events

Validation

http://www.balestra.be/start-to-jquery

SPServices • jQuery library

• Abstracts SharePoint web services -> easier to use

• Cascaded dropdowns• GetCurrentUser• Filter dropdown• Add item to lookup value• Arrange choices

SpServer Name

Shirin Parseecodeplex

• > 1 front end server ?

• What front end are you using?1.  custom headers configured in IIS, and then use Fiddler to get info

out

2. wrap “System.Environment.MachineName” in the masterpage

3. turn off the front end server one by one and see if the user can still see the site

4. develop a webpart that shows the information

5. use the codeplex solution SPServerName

for admins

Users: ?showserver=1

Fiddler Web debugger

Allows you to see all http traffic & requests

http headers

Warning: you get to see a lot of information !!!

Project site

www.brightwork.com

User adoption & intranet ideas

Intranet launch videos and teasers

Not all are SharePoint

Gives great insight on end user communication

Can give you new ideas on building an intranet

http://www.scoop.it/t/intranet-launch-videos-and-teasers

www.scoop.it/t/intranet-launch-videos-and-teasers

Governance:Axceler PinPoint

info.axceler.com/axceler-pinpoint-download/download-pinpoint-here/

Harmon.ie

harmon.ie/integrate-sharepoint-outlook

What your users will think of you

What your manager will say

Resources for free tools

Biwug downloads page

Codeplex

Amrein

Pentalogic

List.ly developer tools

THANK YOU

Marijn SomersMarijn.somers@balestra.bewww.balestra.be@marijnsomers