Http:// Meeting # 68 Meeting # 73 Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group December 8 th, 2010 SharePoint.

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Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint

User Group

December 8th, 2010

SharePoint and Mobile

Neil Iversen


Agenda

• Introductions• Mobile Devices• Topology• Break• Mobile with SharePoint • Extensibility• Q & A• Free stuff! online too!

http://www.sharepointmn.com


User Group Goal / Objectives

Develop and support a local community focused on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies

• Educate user group members about SharePoint Technologies• Transfer knowledge within the community• Communicate best practices• Introduce new products / solutions


Introductions – MNSPUG Sponsors

Inetium (www.inetium.com)• Technology consulting company• Microsoft Gold Certified Partner• Practice area focused on SharePoint

Benchmark Learning (www.benchmarklearning.com)• Microsoft Gold Certified Partner• Training on many technologies

Microsoft (www.microsoft.com)


http://www.inetium.com/

http://www.newhorizonsmn.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/


www.sharepointmn.com

• Website for user group• SharePoint resource documents• SharePoint resource links• RSS Feeds • Meeting Schedule• Past User Group Presentations

• [email protected]

New year = new site? We hope so!

www.sharepointmn.com


http://www.sharepointmn.com/

mailto:[email protected]



Social Networking• Linked In group – The most interactive… includes job postings…

– http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1878792

• Facebook group– http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=27333305456

• Twitter: @MNSPUG and #MNSPUG


http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1878792

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1878792

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=27333305456

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=27333305456


Upcoming Schedule

• Next Meeting • January 12th 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM

• Microsoft’s Bloomington Office

• Topic: [TBD]

Check www.sharepointmn.com for updates!

• Ongoing Schedule• 2nd Wednesday of every month

• 9:00 to 11:30 am

• Microsoft’s Bloomington Office



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Local Events

SharePoint Saturday – April 9, 2011Normandale Community College

http://www.sharepointsaturdaymn.com http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/twincities/default.aspx

http://www.sharepointsaturdaymn.com/

http://www.sharepointsaturdaymn.com/

http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/twincities/default.aspx


Conferences

Best Practices Conference – Week of March 7th, 2011http://www.bestpracticesconference.com/La Jolla, CA

SharePoint Connections – March 27-30th, 2011http://www.devconnections.com/conf/default.aspx?s=162Orlando, FL

Next Microsoft SharePoint Conference … October 3-6, 2011http://www.mssharepointconference.comAnaheim, CA

http://www.bestpracticesconference.com/

http://www.devconnections.com/conf/default.aspx?s=162

http://www.devconnections.com/conf/default.aspx?s=162

http://www.mssharepointconference.com/


Announcements

http://www.NothingButSharePoint.com

Launched this week

Combines content from:• SharePoint Dev Wiki• EndUserSharePoint.com• SharePointJoel.com

http://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/


Agenda

• Mobile Device Overview• Topology • SharePoint and Mobile• 3rd Party• Extensibility


Mobile Devices




Phones



Old Phones

• Run!


Feature Phones

• Small distribution OS• May have 3rd party applications• Browsers vary widely


Smartphones

• Standardized OS• 3rd Party Applications• Advanced Web Browsers


Mobile Browsing

• WAP/WML/cHTML– Limited subset of functionality– Wide variations between devices

• Full HTML Browsers– Similar to Desktop browsers (CSS,Javascript)– Differ mainly by Rendering Engine

• Webkit – Android/iPhone/Chrome/Safari• Trident – Internet Explorer/Windows Phone 7

– Some phone specific abilities• Orientation, Location


Tablets



Cool Kids


The original Web Tablet


• Much more like regular browser– Sometimes it even is

• Touch/Stylus input• More screen real estate• Similar, but still can benefit from a separate UI


Browsing vs Apps

Browsers

• Write once, run multiple• Less support for native

device features

Native Apps

• Specific to OS• Flexible access to native

features


Topology




VPN


• Mobile scenarios have more variables– Onsite– Offsite

• VPNs are Limited

– Intermittent Connectivity– No Active Directory ‘auto login’


Internal Wifi with AD


Internal Wifi with Forms


Extranet with Forms


Extranet with ISA


Extranet with UAG


Browser Proxy Cred App Supp WP7 Hub

Internal Wifi – AD

Limited Platform Dep Platform Dep Yes

Internal Wifi – Forms

Good No Yes No

Extranet – Forms

Good No Yes No

Extranet – ISA to AD

Good Yes Yes No

Extranet – UAG Good Yes Yes Yes


Break



SharePoint and Mobile



The Easy Stuff

• Hey, I can see SharePoint on my phone!• Viewing a Mobile Site

– http://somesite/sitea/m• Mobile Representation of SiteA

– Not all site templates are supported• Notably Central Admin and Meeting Sites

http://somesite/sitea/m


How it Works

• The Magic of /m– Redirects mobile users to the mobile friendly pages– Contains a subset of SharePoint’s functionality– Based on ASP.Net mobility controls– Caused by the ‘MobilityRedirect’ feature

• Uses SPMobileUtility.GetApplicationPath to redirect to URL + /_layouts/mobile/

– (semi)Graceful Downgrade– Browser Capability File

• \Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\App_Browsers\compat.browser

• Controls – Some behave differently– Examples:

• Date Picker turns into TextBox• Attachments are limited to 3


How it Works (2007)

• What Happens For a Request?

Site Request

Team Site,…

mbllists.aspx

Wiki,Blog

bloghome.aspx


Demo: Viewing a site



Mobile Views

• Custom Views can be created that are viewable for mobile clients

• Simple, checkbox driven• Use to create scenarios for mobile users

– Ex: My Urgent Tasks


Demo: Creating Mobile Views



Mobile Site Properties

• Control Majority of Mobile Display Features• Used to make mobile display more friendly• Sections (See SDK)

– Base Rendering Limits– System Rendering Limits

• mobile_itemtitlelimit (20)– Field Related Rendering Limits

• mobile_choicefieldoptionnumberlimit (10)• Changing the Defaults

– Saved in the Web’s Property Bag


Customizing the Display• Customizations stored

\12\TEMPLATE\CONROLTEMPLATE\• Pages can be customized by the template and section

Title

Contents

Navigation

Mobile_STS_HomePage_Title.ascx

Mobile_STS_HomePage_Contents.ascx

Mobile_STS_HomePage_Navigation.ascx

2010 2007


Using InfoPath



Creating Mobile Solutions- InfoPath

• Supports Mobile Rendering


Creating Mobile Solutions

Mobile can be a gateway to a processWorkflow and Events can carry the solution

List Item

Mobile List Item

Mobile InfoPath

Solution


Full InfoPath Solution

Fill Form Mobile

Workflow Creates

Tasks

Fill Out Tasks in Mobile

Success!


Extensibility



Creating Mobile Custom Fields

• Why?– You’ve created a Custom Field

• And it needs special Mobile Support– You can target a mobile browser

• Example: Target WP7/iPhone/Android and enhance the Date Picker

– You already have some mobile controls• Adding existing controls to enhance mobile experience


Creating Mobile Web Controls• Why?

– Meet specific mobile requirements– Access to external data– Advanced UI Requirements

• Custom Dashboards• Reports

– Why not?• Development

– Derive from System.Web.UI.MobileControls– Take advantage of ASP’s mobile abilities

• Deployment– Similar process to previous customizations– Make sure assembly is installed– Add proper ASP tag


Windows Phone 7

• Office Hub• Integrates Directly• Quick access to files• Standard mobile office suite


Mobile Entree

• 3rd Party solution• Prettier presentation• User Configurable• BI Template• Can be extended with custom dev


Q&A



Thanks for coming!


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