SharePoint 2013 is coming, and you are starting to hear about all of the cool new features. But what if you have just upgraded to SharePoint 2010 or about to upgrade? Find out about what you can do to prepare for the next version even if you won't be going to SharePoint 2013 soon.

1. • Introductions/Thanks
WISUG Agenda
January 2013 • Presentation
– Oh Great, Here comes
SharePoint 2013
– Jonathan Schultz,
Skyline Technologies
• Break
• Group Discussions

2. Oh Great, Here comes
SharePoint 2013!
Jonathan Schultz
Managing Consultant
Skyline Technologies, Inc.
January 9, 2013

3. Agenda
• What’s so great about SharePoint 2013?
• What should I do now?
• What should I stop doing?

4. SharePoint 2013 Enhancements
• Search
• Pages & Publishing
• Custom Development
• eDiscovery
• Social

5. Search
• Single Search Engine
– No SharePoint Foundation Search
– No FAST Search
• Improved Relevancy
– New Ranking Models
– Query Rules
• Continuous Crawling
• Hover Panel
– Document Preview
– Deep Linking

6. Pages & Publishing
• Content Search Web Part
– Access content across site
collections!
• Managed Navigation
• Device-Specific Targeting

7. SharePoint Customizations

8. SharePoint Workflow

9. eDiscovery
• eDiscovery Center
• Enterprise-wide
eDiscovery
– SharePoint 2013
– File Servers
– Exchange 2013
• Transparent Holds
– In place
– Work can continue
• XML Export
– Electronic Discovery Reference
Model compliant

10. Social
• Microblogging
– Share
content, links, and
media
– Follow
people, sites, content, a
nd conversations
• Activity Feeds
– Provides a view into
recent activity related
to
content, links, media, a
nd people

11. Community Sites
• Moderation
• Achievements
• Modern Discussion
Boards

12. SkyDrive Pro (MySites)
• My Tasks
• Offline Synchronization

13. What should I do now?
• Review Information Architecture
• Understand Claims Authentication
• Plan Infrastructure

14. Information Architecture
• Site Collection Boundaries
– Gradual Upgrades
– Information Ownership
• Remove the ROT
– Redundant
– Outdated
– Trivial
• Hire a Professional
– Broad Experience
– Neutral Feedback

15. Claims Authentication
• What are claims?
• Why use them?

16. Jonny Buys Beer
1. Jonny has a hard day of
SharePointing
2. Jonny goes to bar
3. Jonny asks for beer
4. Server asks for ID
5. Server checks ID
6. Server supplies beer
7. Jonny is happy

17. Claims in Action
• Sign in with Facebook

18. Why Claims?
• Federation across Boundaries
• Cloud, cloud, cloud

19. Claims Authentication Improvements
• Classic to Claims Migration
• Load Balancing
• Troubleshooting

20. Infrastructure Planning
• More Server Roles
– Office Web Applications
– Search
– App Hosting
• Hardware Specifications
– More RAM Recommended
• New or Temporary Hardware
– No In Place Upgrade

21. What should I stop doing?
• Deprecated Features
• Improved Capabilities

22. Deprecated Features
• Document Workspaces
• Meeting Workspaces
• Group Work sites
• Web Analytics
• Search RSS
• SharePoint Workspace

23. Improved Capabilities
• Social
– Community Sites
– SkyDrive Pro (aka MySites)
– Microblogging
• Mobile
– Device Channels
– Location
– Office Web Apps
• Licensing
– No “For Internet” Licenses Needed
– Per-User Editions

24. Summary
• What’s so great about SharePoint 2013?
– Search
– Pages & Publishing
– Custom Development
– eDiscovery
– Social
• What should I do now?
– Review Information Architecture
– Understand Claims Authentication
– Plan Infrastructure
• What should I stop doing?
– Deprecated Features
– Improved Capabilities

25. Questions