SharePoint 2013 No-Code Solutions Story

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Slide deck presented at SharePoint Saturday Chicago Suburbs. There is a great developer story with the introduction of Apps now in SharePoint 2013. However, what if you are not a code developer? What options do you have to 'develop solutions' in SharePoint 2013? This session will explore the different no-code development opportunities in SharePoint 2013.

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1SharePoint Saturday Chicago Suburbs

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The no-code development story for Power Users in

SharePoint 2013

Asif RehmaniSharePoint MVP and MCT

SharePoint-Videos.com

Asif RehmaniTrainer / Solution ArchitectSharePoint-Videos.comChicagoUSA

Contact

@asifrehmaniasif@sharepointElearning.comwww.sharepoint-videos.com

Author

Trainer and ConsultantSharePoint MVP, MCTConference Speaker

SPCTechEdSPTechConSP ConnectionsSP FestDev IntersectionAnd many more…

Target audience for this session:

Intranet/Web Content ManagerPortal Solutions ManagerSharePoint Guy/Gal

Session level:

250 - Intermediate

Session focus

Creating Powerful and Awesome no-code solutions

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Session Giveaways

1 Year access to

Poll: What SharePoint version are you on? (or navigating towards)

2013

2010

2007

Earlier

Let’s talk about the power user

Has technical expertise

Understands business needs

Does not code for a living

AKA Citizen developer

“Let’s not write code until we have to write code.”

Power User’s motto:

Creating Solutions

Recommended sequence when creating Your solutions:

1. Browser based only2. Use no-code tools3. Use code tools

OR3rd party products

Demo: Geolocation

Use Geolocation column for live mappingShow maps directly within lists and libraries

Implement Quick Wins

Identify pain points and focus in on them

Typical no-code solutions

Tracking goods, services, orders, and customers

Human Resource portals

Self-service reporting, financial dashboards

Expense reporting

Typical no-code solutions

Review and approve document workflows

New-hire orientation sites

Ideation, feedback, & “suggestion boxes”

Structured documents: contracts, RFPs, & invoices

Demo: Search Web Parts

Show pre-configured data on pages using Search web partsLive pre-defined search results on web pages

“Citizen Developers will create 25% of New Business Applications by 2014”

Gartner, July 14, 2011

Demo: Access Web App

Create web applications using AccessBuild Access web apps and launch to SharePoint Online

The no-code workflows story

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Workflow tools

BrowserSharePoint Designer 2013Visio 2013Visual Studio 2012/2013

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Workflow Manager 1.0

SharePoint 2013 workflow processing moved to Workflow Manager (WM)

Workflow no longer runs in the SharePoint content farm / servers

SharePoint farm & Workflow Manager farm can be on same / different servers

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2010 and 2013 style workflowsSharePoint Designer

2010

2013

New Workflow Activities & ActionsNew Actions & Activities Microsoft Project Specific

ActionsAssign a Task Get Property from

[Dictionary/DynamicValue]Create a Project from Current Item

Start a Task Process Count Items in [Dictionary/DynamicValue]

Set the current project stage status to this value

Go to This Stage Trim String Set the status field in the idea list item to this value

Call HTTP Web Service Find Substring in String Wait for Project Event

Start a List Workflow Replace Substring in String Set this field in the project to this value

Start a Site Workflow Translate Document

Build [Dictionary/DynamicValue] Set Workflow Status

SharePoint Designer Workflow Types

Attached directly to List

Associated to Lists/Content

Types

Site based – not associated to List or Content Type

The ‘New Stuff’Stages• New base level concept of

stages

Visual Designer• Direct Visio incorporation• Stage-Level Diagrams

New Task Actions• Quick and easy to create

tasks and approval processes

Web Services• Able to call into Rest/HTTP

web services

Loops!• Able now to loop indirectly

with stages or directly with the new Loop actions

Copy/Cut and Paste• Core copy/cut and paste

abilities now introduced

Demo: SharePoint Designer 2013 Workflows

And now.. The story of InfoPath

Library form Custom SharePoint list form

InfoPath 2010 & 2013

Forms update (from Microsoft)FORM TYPES USER SCENARIOS TIMEFRAME

Excel Surveys DesignExcel Online—Excel Surveys

CompletionWeb

OnlineContinuouslyshipping

On-premisesIncluded with Office 2013

List Forms Design“FoSL”—Forms on SharePoint Lists

CompletionSharePoint

OnlineSummer 2014– October 2015

On-premisesSharePoint vNext

Structured Documents Word Plans at the end of 2014

App Forms DesignAccess

CompletionSharePoint

OnlineContinuouslyshipping

On-premisesIncluded with Office 2013

SharePoint Composites Showcasecreated by Mark Gillis from Microsoft

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dn594430

What can SharePoint do?CollaborationDocument managementInternal Social NetworkFormsProcess Automation (Workflows)Business IntelligenceReportingSearchMetadata Management…

Super secretThe next version will even make coffee!

NDA

How do I practice my ideas and concepts?

Watch free videos at:http://sharepoint-videos.com/video-categories/all-free-videos/

Create your solutions in a free 30 day account on SharePoint Online:http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/

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Giveaways Time! (almost)

Call to Action

Watch videos at: SharePoint-Videos.com

Check out: No-code solutions using SharePoint 2013 Composites

Thank You!

@asifrehmaniasif@sharepointElearning.comwww.sharepoint-videos.com

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