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Accelerating Content Management Server solutions with

MCMS.RAPID

Mark Harrison – Microsofthttp://markharrison.co.uk/blog

Tony Sloggett – ArtemisCorphttp://www.artemiscorp.com

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Agenda

• 6:30 to 7:30

– Portal strategy and why MCMS.Rapid – MCMS.Rapid overview and demo

• 7:30 to 7:50

– Break – beer and pizza

• 7:50 to 8:50

– MCMS.Rapid Developer drilldown

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Deliver a unified portal offering Deliver a unified portal offering that delivers best of breed that delivers best of breed Portal, Collaboration and Portal, Collaboration and

Content Management servicesContent Management services

Collaboration ContentManagement

Portal

Microsoft Portal Solution

Strategy

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Collaboration ContentManagement

Portal

Unified Portal Offering

CMS ConnectorCMS Connectorfor SharePointfor SharePoint

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Breath and scalability of services across Individual, Team, Division and Enterprise Sites

Moving towards a unified architecture

Enterprise

For Employee, Partner and Customer Sites

Division

Team

Individual

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CMS 2002

Content creation Content approval Scheduling Revisions Publishing

Business Users / Content Creators

Business Managers

WorkflowInternet

Sites

Intranet Sites

Extranet Sites

Site Designers

Site structure Site design Templates Permissions

Web Developers

• .NET support / Visual Studio Integration / XML• Very flexible / extensible• Lots of community and ISV addons

http://www.gotdotnet.com http://www.mcmsplus.com http://www.mcmsfaq.com

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But …

• Why do we need to keep developing core site functionality

• Some things are not so easy, for example:– Accessibility– Rich Metadata– Multi-language

• Some frequently required functionality is missing from CMS– Auditing– A to Z– Taxonomies

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Wouldn't it be great if …

• There was a proven / production quality / rich functionality solution site:– that addressed the vast majority of peoples requirements

out of the box – provided a framework that enabled extensibility

- Free of charge- Source code available under a licence agreement

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Momentum / Community

Over 250 beta registrations Over 75 customer organisations across the world Over 100 partner organisations across the worldWe know of at least 5 projects underway using beta code, going live soonUK Vertical solutions e.g. Local Authority, Health Authority, Emergency Services, others

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MCMS.Rapid overview and demo

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