becoming a sharepoint chef: a non-culinary calling
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Becoming a SharePoint Chef(a non-culinary calling)
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Phil Greer12+ years SharePoint experience: 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, o365 Architecture Governance Development Infrastructure / Administration Project Management Business Analysis End-User Training
TOGAF, MCTS & MCITP certified Pursuing MCSA/MCSE Saskatchewan SharePoint User Group (SKSPUG)
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Our Agenda
The Cook & The Chef
How To Learn
What To Learn
Where Next?
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1. The Cook & The ChefMusk’s Secret Sauce
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What does it mean to be a
chefvs.
cook?
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A Cook…• Follows recipes
• Improvises only when ingredients are missing
• Shifts recipes slightly to suit tastes
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A Chef is…
• Innovator (ew)• Inventor
But what does that mean?
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A Chef…
• Works from 1st principles
• Takes into account all that is known, all possible ingredients, all of their experiences (what works/doesn't)
• Knows the art and can choose the possibilities (ingredients) & a path (creation/recipe)
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With SharePointeveryone is called to be a chef
Anyone who creates sites, lists, libraries and maps a business process to SharePoint.
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not everyone is ready to be a chef from
Day 1 > Year 1 > Project 1
Problem
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WE CAN’T CHOOSE OUR
CALLINGIt chooses us.
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You have been selected to be a SP chef…
what to do?
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SP First Principles
• Architecture• Physical• Logical• Functional
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SP First Principles
• Collaboration• Managed Metadata• Content Types• Containers (Sites / Lists / Libraries)• Workflow
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Chef:It’s all about the
presentation
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SharePoint Chef:
It’s all about the UX
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2. How to Learn
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Chefs don’t become chefs
just by reading books.
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Buy a book, take a course, read a blog (or several)write the test
Talk to meor another leaderto help choose the right one for you.
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Pop Quiz:Are Microsoft Certifications
worth your time?
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Trick Question
It DependsWho wants you to become certified?
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Trick Question
• Multiple choice exams that zoom in & out
• Tough to pass without real world experience• Exams designed to demonstrate your ability to
Think from (SP) 1st Principles
• wide breadth• deep depth
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Learning Resources
• Seek out SharePoint MVPs• Training, Conferences, Books, Blogs
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Learning Resources
Find blogs that resonate with you:
• Marc Anderson• Vesa Juvonen• Chris Johnson• Andrew Connell
• Mark Rackley• Eric Shupps • Gary Lapointe• Todd Klindt
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Learning Resources
Apply your real world knowledge:• Use it or Lose it
Build SP Dev environment https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/fp179924.aspx
Build Azure environment https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/
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Poll:How many years have you been working
with SharePoint?
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People Resources
• Find a mentor• Find a study buddy
• Beware:Veterans might send you down a rabbit hole
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What happens if you
get stuck?
“Sorry something went wrong" (great, thanks SP)
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When You’re Stuck
• What am I doing right now that could be causing the problem?
• Reason from 1st principles
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When You’re Stuck
Forums:• SharePoint Stack Exchange• TechNet
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When You’re Stuck
• Google (No !)
• Books, Blogs
• Videos: Pluralsight, MVA, Channel9, SP Videos
• People resources (SKSPUG)
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Before You Search
• We all do it first
• Think about it: Why am I getting this error and What can I do about it?
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Troubleshooting
• The art of troubleshooting
• Your troubleshooting muscle
• Nothing is telling you to slow downNo traffic signs here
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You see a boat full of people, but SP tells you there isn't a single person
on the boat. How can this be?
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Troubleshooting
• Correlation IDs & ULS• Application event logs• IIS logs• Service Applications & how it all fits together
• Learn about SP troubleshooting by doing
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3. What to Learn
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There is so much to learn.
You can't learn everything by reading all of the books/blogs.
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You need to practice your art
(being a chef)
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How to Practice
• Build something for you
• Build something for your business
• How does the business get started with SP? Start with a Plan
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How to Practice
• Talk to a professional• Attend SPUGs• Hire a consultant
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How to Practice
• Just start! • Fire up some servers in Azure or a tenant in
o365 & start working
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Make a Plan
• Plan first (to prioritize your objectives)• Mistakes happen without a plan• Problem exists when we aren't SP chefs yet
POC TESTLEARN FROM
MISTAKES
PLAN FOR PROD
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Can you just build an Intranet?
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Does Intranet building require common know how,
or can you just build it?Nope.
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Make a Plan
• You can't expect the business to know what to give you
• Start with a workshop, dialogue mapping, drawing/diagraming
• Map results of the workshop to SP • What are the necessary ingredients: sites, lists,
solutions, & integration
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Make a Plan
• Build Information Architecture describing business objects (metadata, content types)
• If you don't plan IA, you will get a mess
• Plan for re-usability, knowing you might not get it exactly right out of the gate
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Make a Plan
• What is your enterprise plan for SP?
• Seek input from stakeholders
• Frequent problem for the SP chef is responsibility without authority
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Responsibilitywithout
Authority
Problem
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Mistakes• Prepare to accept that you will make mistakes• Learn through making mistakes
• There is no ultimate resource that lists all possible SP mistakes
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Customization
L1 - As soon as you open a site & start building you are customizing L2 - Augment the experienceL3 - Change the behaviour
L2EXPERIENCE
L3BEHAVIOUR
L1 OOTB
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Don’t customize without a plan.
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What are you doing?Where are you going?
What’s the goal or end state?How do you get there?What are the options?
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Solutions
• Many solutions are possible
• Fall back on your knowledge of 1st Principles
• Add-in (App)• CSOM/JSOM• Workflow• Full Trust
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4. What Next
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Poll: Are you a SP newbie, cook, chef?
Highest level you have achieved to date?
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Benefits of SPUGs
• Networking with a community of peers• Co-learning opportunities• Learn by presenting on SP• Access to veterans• Venue to have your questions answered
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SKSPUG
• All SP all the time• Unifies our local SP community• Have your say on events and topics• All roads lead to a SharePoint Saturday in SK
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Thank you!
Twitter:@getSPphil
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