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Clarity. Direction. Confidence.

TAKING SHAREPOINT 2010 OFFLINE

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Agenda

The Business Problem

Out Of the Box SolutionsLocal Drafts

SharePoint Workspace 2010

Custom Solutions

Silverlight Client

Case Study & Demo

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Aonghus Fraser

CTO UniTech Ltd, Gold Partner based in Edinburgh, Scotland

Developing Enterprise SharePoint solutions since 2003

Various Microsoft MCSD, MCTS, MCPD certs

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HEINEKEN UK

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A Brand Ready Business –Doing Internal Business Better

Now doing offline business better

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THE BUSINESS PROBLEM

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Generalising before we start…

CodersConsultants, Developers, IT pros with Powershell

Ex-codersManagement? Sales?

Non-coders

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OUT OF THE BOXLocal Drafts & SharePoint Workspace 2010

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Local Drafts

Local copy of documents only (not lists)

Versioning

Checking in/out documents

Office 2007+

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SharePoint Workspace 2010

Successor to Microsoft Office Groove 2007

Standalone client or Office Professional Plus 2010

“a client application that provides fast, any-time interactive access to document libraries and lists on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010”

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SharePoint Workspace Types

SharePoint workspacesSynchronise library & list content between a SharePoint site and a workspace

Groove workspacesMulti-user shared synchronised workspaces

Shared Folder workspacesWindows folder sharing

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Cannot Sync Everything

Calendar/Events lists

Wikis

Blog sites

Portal sites

Form libraries

Slide libraries

Surveys

Site directories

OneNote notebooks stored in document libraries

IRM-protected document libraries.

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DEMOSharePoint Workspace 2010

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CUSTOM SOLUTIONSGetting Data Out

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Getting Data Out

Client Object Model APIsECMAScript (JavaScript)

.NET CLR Managed Code (C#/VB.NET)

Silverlight

SharePoint Native API.NET Managed Code

SPMetalCommand-line tool

LINQ to SharePoint

WCF

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Client Object ModelWCF service under the hood (/_vti_bin/client.svc)

.Net CLR SilverlightJavaScri

pt

SharePoint Data

Client Application

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ECMAScript Client Object Model

Must be hosted within a SharePoint Page

Authentication performed by the page it is hosted within

No ConditionalScope

Limited use for a disconnected client

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Silverlight Client Object Model

Can be run from:Silverlight Web Part

Custom web page

External Application Provider (EAP) for cross-domainCrossDomain.xml or ClientAccessPolicy.xml won’t work

Can be used Out Of Browser – local cache required for offline

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.NET CLR Client Object Model

Managed API – references:Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll (~280kb)

Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll (~145kb)

(Compared with Microsoft.SharePoint.dll > 15MB!)

Can be executed remotely e.g. WPF client

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SharePoint Native API

Executed on a SharePoint Server

Similar to WSS3/MOSS 2007

No limitations e.g. RunWithElevatedPrivileges

Typically combined with a custom (WCF) service

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SPMetal.exe

SharePoint Foundation+ (no need for Server)

Command-line tool to generate entity classes

Strongly-typed access to SharePoint data

Similar to LINQ to SharePoint

Visual Studio Integration (External Tools)

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SPMetal Parameters

Customise Entity Classes

Include/exclude Content Types

Include/exclude Columns

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SharePoint & Custom WCF

Dynamic Endpoints

Supports SOAP, REST, and WCF Data Services

Service Host Factory implementationsNo web.config bindings!

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CKS:DEV

http://cksdev.codeplex.com/

WCF service SPI

If you are a developer CKS:DEV will make your life easier!

Foundation and Server versions

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DEMOSPMetal, WCF, LINQ

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SILVERLIGHT CLIENTConsuming SharePoint Data

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Silverlight Client – Why?

Low impact for IT

Access to file system (limited to special folders)

Isolated Storage

Out Of Browser capabilities

Model-View-ViewModel

Windows Phone 7

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Silverlight 4 OOB

Same small runtime (~5MB)

Installed Program (desktop/start menu link)

WebBrowser control (WebBrowserBrush)

File System Access (limited)

Increased Isolated Storage (25MB)

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Sterling Isolated Storage Database

Isolated Storage – 25MB OOB (1MB online)

http://sterling.codeplex.com/

Compact binary serialization

Silverlight 4 & Windows Phone 7

LINQ to Object queries

Thanks to Jeremy Likness @jeremylikness

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MVVM Framework - Caliburn.Micro

Lean & Mean MVVM framework

Easy to configure, great documentation

Elegant & Testable

Easy to understand Conventions

http://caliburnmicro.codeplex.com

Thanks to Rob Eisenberg @EisenbergEffect

Honourable mentions:Jounce

MVVM Light

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CASE STUDY

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Heineken UK Sales Tool

1,500 On Trade Sales People distributed nationally

20+ brands

Replaces expensive & out-of-date booklet released quarterly

Requirements summary:“Website in a box”

Easy to manage data

Updates automatically

Works offline

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DEMOHeineken UK Sales Tool

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Lessons learned (some painful!)

SPMetal Lookup fieldsCircular reference risk

CrossDomain.xml & ClientAccessPolicy.xmlHttpHandler

SLLauncher.exeProxy Authentication (ISA/TMG)

Inet / Browser Cache

MVVM architecture evaluationJounce, MVVM Light, Caliburn.Micro

Silverlight Async Exception HandlingCustom Message Inspectors

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Further Info

Twitter: @gusfraser

Email: aonghus.fraser@unitech.net

Occasional Blog: http://techblurt.com

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