Mike Ormond Developer and Platform Group, Microsoft Ltd

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1 SharePoint 2007 Developer Highlights and Server Processing Server Side Document Creation using the new XML File Formats Mike Ormond Developer and Platform Group, Microsoft Ltd

2 Agenda Part 1 ASP.NET Integration User Interface Extensions Collaboration & Tracking Features The Business Data Catalog Mobile Support

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4 ASP.NET Integration Overview Better integration with ASP.NET More ASP.NET features sh in e th ro u g h Still some conceptual differences; SharePoint has Template Model Users can edit pages Windows SharePoint Services v2 ASP.NET 2.0 ASP.NET 1.1 Windows SharePoint Services v3

5 Master Page Concepts One page (master) h o ld s th e ch ro m e Many pages point at the Master Master Page defines Placeh o ld ers which can be overridden in child page M aster Pag e C hro m e (d efau lt.m aster) Content Page (default.aspx)

6 Master Pages Placeholders

7 Web Parts End-user customizable controls Personalization store Web part framework now in ASP.NET Support for assembly-based ASP.NET 2.0 parts W SS W eb Parts fu lly su p p o rted Improved in V3: User interface for Web Parts

8 Features Modular unit of extensibility a package of SharePoint elements that help a user accomplish a particular goal or task. Add functionality without modifying site definition Contain elements atomic units defining feature Declaring a feature Feature.xml -> manifest files Install & activate Examples of features Custom menu item Web page / web part Custom list Event handler

9 ASP.NET Integration

10 Integration Limitations Cannot use ASP.NET 2.0 Web Part Pages; Not directly compatible as-is Pages must include SPWebPartZones and SPWebPartManager This is done to automatically handle compatibility issues No built-in support for treating.ascx files (user controls) as Web Parts You can use.ascxs in pages, though Wrappers for.ascxs can and will be created

11 UI And Navigation Breadcrumb Site bread crumb provides user navigational context Security Trimmed UI Only show UI to users to which they have access Quick Launch and top navigation Present on view pages Customizable in the browser UI View Improvements Paging Backwards Better Filter/Sort UI Extensible Toolbars, Menus, Settings Pages

12 User Interface Entry Points

13 Collaboration And Tracking List history and versioning Version history for all SharePoint items Shows changes to the item for each version A p p en d -o n ly co m m en t field s and Distribution list support Sync APIs and Outlook synchronization Windows Workflow Foundation Alerts and RSS

14 List History & Versioning

15 Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint Announced at Office DevCon VS Add-in for SharePoint development Goal is to help developers get off the ground quickly by providing: templates for common SharePoint items eg web part, site definition etc integrated debug experience deployable project packages

16 Integration SharePoint Lists can now receive Discussion Boards, Calendars, Document Libraries, Announcements accept incoming Discussion boards maintain threading and full HTML messages Calendars process incoming icals Document libraries map attachments to documents Exten sib le su p p o rt fo r cu sto m e-m ail h an d lers C u sto m lists can su p p o rt em ail b y w ritin g a h an d ler SharePoint handles routing of , your code can map data to list data

17 Distribution List Support SharePoint site groups can have an associated d istrib u tio n list Create a distribution list for members upon site creation SharePoint sites will talk with directory services to create/manage distribution lists Interface with directory service is pluggable through SharePoint directory management Web service interface AD directory management Web service provided in SharePoint Example: Plug into existing directory management tools apply policy on allowed naming for distribution lists

18 Integration

19 Events Richer event model Item events apply to standard lists (i.e., non document libraries) Added / changed / removed New event types Pre even ts Web deletion events Schema change events Incoming events Multiple event handlers

20 Outlook And Synchronization APIs Outlook allows user to work with personal and team data in one place Read/Write access to SharePoint datatypes Calendar, tasks, contacts, discussions, and documents Synchronization for offline support Change Log APIs optimized for synchronization GetListItemChangesSinceToken Web service method that returns list of items that changed (adds, updates, deletes, etc)

21 Outlook Synchronization

22 Workflow Connect business process to items Windows Workflow Foundation Manual / automatic initiation User interaction through Workflow forms Design SharePoint workflows with: Built-in SharePoint Designer Visual Studio

23 Simple Workflow

24 Keeping Informed Alerts RSS Filters for more relevant alerts Richer information about item that has changed in the alert Platform for custom formatting, events, and alerts All SharePoint lists provide RSS feeds

25 Business Data Catalog (BDC) Connects Office servers to business data Web Parts Lists List store Search Search Index User Profiles Profile Store Custom Apps Business Data Catalog Metadata WS Proxy ADO.NET Web Service B iztalk, SA P, Sieb el, Leg acy, Database SQL Server, Oracle, OLEDB, ODBC

26 Metadata Model Two purposes D escrib e a system s A PI Give meaning to the API; make it easily usable Key objects System A data source (Siebel) Entity A real-world thing (Customer) Method An operation on an Entity (GetCustomerList) Association A relationship between Entities (Customers have Orders)

27 Business Data Catalog

28 Mobile Browsing SharePoint data accessible on mobile devices (e.g. phones, PocketPC). Accessible at Read/Write capabilities for list items Mobile view authoring from browser UI

29 Mobile Browsing

30 Agenda Part 2 Solutions & Building Blocks Open XML File Format Content Controls Office XML Data Store Server Side Document Generation

31 Default file format More efficient storage Program against full document contents Backward compatibility & legacy support Easy document assembly, conversion & integration Submitted to ECMA for standardization

32 Office XML Data Store Customer-defined XML (incl. WSS/Office properties) stored separately from WordprocessingML as a part in Open XML format Any XML can be stored (with or without XML schema) XML data is available as an editable tree (using familiar DOM) within Word Can be populated on a server using WinFX or a client using Word OM

33 Content Controls Makes structured documents more robust & much less Word specific code needed Content restrictions, grouping & locking Code can be used for business logic! End user friendly and layout independent exposure of structured content No XML schema required Evolution of customer-defined XML with custom XML mapping capabilities

34 XML Mapping Link content controls to nodes in the XML data store Provides for true data/view separation model in Word Mappings are created using standard XPath expressions M ap p ing s can b e set u p to au to -attach to incoming data Out of the box support for mapping to Office properties

35 Mapping SharePoint Data Into Word Native integration between the SharePoint property set and the XML mapping architecture SharePoint properties are stored as XML data Custom XML elements can be mapped to content controls in the document Enabling data to be pushed back and forth to and from Word 2007

36 Mapping Document Properies and SharePoint Data Into Word

37 Server Side Programming Use.NET Fx 3.0 to navigate the file format System.IO.Packaging Package PackagePart PackageRelationship Adding a part is as simple as adding a single relationship

38 Server Side Data-Centric Document Generation

39 Additional Resources Part 1 SharePoint Products and Technologies on MSDN SharePoint Products and Technologies on GotDotNet SharePoint User Group UK Links to blogs, newsgroups, etc microsoft.public.sharepoint.general microsoft.public.sharepoint.design_and_customization microsoft.public.sharepoint.development_and_programming

40 Additional Resources Part 2 Office Developer Center Introducing the Open XML File Formats W h at s n ew in W o rd

41 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.