spsbe2013 free tools presentation
DESCRIPTION
Slides for SharePoint Saturday Belgium SharePoint leans heavily on partner opportunities, we all know that. But that doesn’t mean you have to cough up a lot of dough to get it working properly. In the light of the economical situation and the given metric that IT departments are receiving less money but are required to give more service, this is something that is growing in importance. In this session we are looking at real-life situations and how free tools and add-ons can make a huge difference in how you work with SharePoint with minimal effort. This is not a sales session, but a real-life case based session on how to score quick wins in your company.TRANSCRIPT
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
