Integrating SPS 2010 and Windows Azure Hosted by:

Vikram Rajkondawar

Architect Advisor

Microsoft Corporation

Presented by:

Ashvini Shahane (Head Strategic Service Unit - Synergetics)

Discussion Points

• Introduction to Windows Azure

• Why integrate SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure

• Integration approaches

• Points of Integration

• SharePoint Online – Office 365

Cloud Services Models

Software-as-a-Service

consume

“SaaS”Platform-as-a-Service

build

“PaaS”Infrastructure-as-a-Service

host

“IaaS”

Cloud Services

Packaged

Software

Storage

Servers

Networking

O/S

Middleware

Virtualization

Data

Applications

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Virtualization

Applications

Runtime

Data

Microsoft Cloud Offerings

• PAAS

– Windows Azure Platform

• SAAS

– Office 365

– Microsoft CRM Dynamics Online

• IAAS

– VM

Windows Azure Platform

• Windows Azure

– Windows Azure Compute

– Windows Azure Storage

• SQL Azure

• Windows Azure AppFabric

Why Integrate Azure & SharePoint?

• Scalable endpoint cloud-based data and services with SharePoint solutions

• Migrate to hybrid or cloud-based custom services

• Integrate cloud with core features of SharePoint

• E.g. Workflow, collaboration, search, document management, Silverlight, etc.

• Extend Azure applications into Office

SharePoint 2010 & Azure

Reach: Extend Azure services into SharePoint

Reusability: Skills and software deployment

Resource: Data & large file storage and management

• Offset data costs

• Wider service availability

• Improved programmability

• Skills translation

• Data/Service mash-ups

• Partner opportunities

Setting Up Your Development Environment

• SharePoint• Windows 2008, 2008

R2

• SharePoint 2010

• Office Professional Plus

• Visual Studio 2010

• SharePoint Designer

• IIS

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• Download the SharePoint VM from Microsoft download center

• Hyper-V

• Azure• Developer Account/Keys

• Azure SDK & App Fabric SDK

• Azure tools for Visual Studio 2010

• SQL Server 2008 R2 Express

• Optional• Silverlight tools for Visual

Studio 2010

• Silverlight 4 runtime

Integration Approaches

ASP.NET & IFRAME

SharePointArtifact

<iframe

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Hosted Service

SharePointArtifact

SP OM, BCS, etc.

Custom Services

SharePoint Artifact

SP OM, BCS, etc.

Points of IntegrationWhat’s Possible?

Azure Integration Description of Integration (SharePoint On-Premises) SharePoint Online

SP COM Interact with Azure data in a list.

BCS Model data from Azure and/or build external list to SQL Azure.

Silverlight Create UI against Azure services or data.

Sandboxed Solutions Silverlight application leveraging Azure deployed to site collection.

Office Custom Client Consume data directly from Azure or BCS list exposing Azure data.

Standard/Visual Web Parts

Leverage services and data from Azure.

Open XML Manage Azure data into a document.

REST Use REST to interact with Azure data to integrate with SP data.

Office Server Services Integrate with Office server-side services.

Workflow/Event Receivers State or events that tie into Azure services or data.

LINQ Use for querying Azure data objects.

Search Federate search to include Azure data.

ASP.NET & IFRAME

Content Editor Web Part

Site Page

SharePoint

<iframe>

Pros Cons

Simple & lightweight

Styling & Formatting

No code No ‘deep’ integration

No deploymentto SP

No Distribution through SP artifact

…

<IFRAME id=“azureTest"

src="http://fabrikamhockeyazure.cloudapp.ne

t/Default.aspx" scrolling="auto">

</IFRAME>

DEMO

Create a Simple Azure Web Role and access it on SPS site using IFrame

Hosted Service/Data

Web Part

Silverlight

SharePoint

Pros Cons

Use existing service Service dependency

Extensive services/data

Straightforward coding model

BCS

DEMO

SQL Azure in External List

SharePoint Designer & SSS

Custom Azure Services

SharePoint

Pros Cons

Tighter Control Manage services

Deploy as SP Object

Potentially more code

Multiple entry-pointsWeb Part

Silverlight

BCS

Integrating Azure and BCS…

myAzureSvc.Service1Client myWCFProxy = new

myAzureSvc.Service1Client();

var salesData = myWCFProxy.getAllCustomers();

List<Entity1> mySalesInfoList = new List<Entity1>();

foreach (var item in salesData)

{

Entity1 tempEntity = new Entity1();

tempEntity.Identifier1 = item.tempCustID;

tempEntity.tempCustTitle = item.tempCustTitle;

tempEntity.tempCustFirstName = item.tempCustFirstName;

tempEntity.tempCustLastName = item.tempCustLastName;

tempEntity.tempCustEmail = item.tempCustEmail;

tempEntity.tempCustPhone = item.tempCustPhone;

mySalesInfoList.Add(tempEntity);

}

myWCFProxy.Close();

return mySalesInfoList;

…

DEMO

Azure Custom Service

BDC Metadata Model

External List

Integrating SilverLight and Custom Azure Services

…

context = new

ClientContext("http://intranet.contoso.com");

if (context != null)

{

SPClientOM.Web site = context.Web;

SPClientOM.ListCollection lists = site.Lists;

var theBCSList = lists.GetByTitle("Speaker

Evals");

SPClientOM.CamlQuery cq = new

SPClientOM.CamlQuery();

IQueryable<SPClientOM.ListItem> bcsListItems =

theBCSList.GetItems(cq);

bcsList = context.LoadQuery(bcsListItems);

context.ExecuteQueryAsync(speakerEvalsLoaded,

speakerEvalsLoadedFailed);

}

…

DEMOSilverlight, SP COM and Azure External List

Contoso Cloud AppMy Contoso Application

• SharePoint Site

• Managing Store Sales– Excel Services

– JavaScript OM

– Azure Service Call

– Silverlight & REST

• Managing Franchise Store Information– SQL Azure

– BCS

– Bing Maps

– WCF Azure Service

• Managing Proposals– BCS

– Office 2010

– SP COM

– Content Type

SHAREPOINT ONLINE

Announcing Microsoft Office 365

What is SharePoint Online

SharePoint Deployment Flexibility

SharePoint 2010

Self-hosted in your data center

Dedicated hardware

Central Admin access

Partial and full trust customization

Authenticated via AD

Available to companies of any size

SharePoint Online - Standard

Hosted in MSFT cloud data center

Multi-tenant/shared hardware

Admin outsourced to MSFT

Partial trust customization

Authenticated via certs and forms

Available to companies of any size

SharePoint Online - Dedicated

Hosted in MSFT data center

Dedicated Hardware

Central Admin access

Partial and full trust customization

Authenticated via AD

Designed for 5000+ seats

Create sites to share documents and insights

with colleagues, partners and customers

SharePoint Online

My Sites

• Solve document version control problems

• Share personal information and professional

expertise

• Follow colleagues through notes and activity

feeds

• Set document-level permissions to protect

sensitive personal content

• Access important documents from anywhere

Team Sites

• Manage and share important documents

to help teams work together efficiently

• Co-author documents and proposals in

real time and manage important meeting

notes with Office Web Apps

• Track key project milestones and

schedules with shared-calendars

• Enable real-time communication with

colleagues right from within SharePoint

Online

Intranet Sites

• Access key business process information (e.g.

operational policies, training guides and expense

reports)

• Search across your company for important

documents and people

• Participate in community discussion forums and

share innovative ideas

• Alert employees to new and exciting

developments using blogs

Extranet Sites

• Eliminate document control issues by

providing a single place to share documents

with customers and partners

• Control and manage the information shared

outside the organization

• Create wiki pages for customers and partners

to find answers to frequently asked questions

• Enable real-time communication with

customers and partners right from within

SharePoint Online

Websites

• Designed for small businesses and professionals

• Simple out-of the box web templates to

personalize sites

• Update your content quickly and easily using

familiar tools

• Allow customers to search for information easily

on your site

SharePoint and the Cloud

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Content Management

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Search, Insights & Composites

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SharePoint Sites

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SharePoint Communities

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SharePoint Content

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SharePoint Search

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SharePoint Insights

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SharePoint Composites

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HYBRID

The Pathway to the Cloud

On-Premises Cloud ServiceCoexistence

Complete control and ownership of hardware, maintenance, resources,

and administration

Migrate some capabilities to SharePoint Online and access both on premises and online sites

with the same domain credentials

Microsoft will regularly deliver new features and capabilities to SharePoint Online

Single sign-on experience online and on premisesWith identity federation and directory synchronization

Hybrid Co-existence

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Sub-Levels of Administration within SharePoint Online

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CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT IN THE CLOUD

SharePoint Online

SharePoint Online Development Extensibility

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* OOTB = Out of the box

The Sandbox

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Silverlight provides the opportunity for developers to create the next generation of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). SharePoint Online integrates closely with Microsoft Silverlight to enable you to build compelling user interfaces that interact with SharePoint Online data

Silverlight

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The Client Object Model

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Extensibility Overview

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Development Process

spo.contoso.com

• Develop and debug on-premises– Visual Studio 2010– F5 Debugging

• Confirm solution in staging site collection– Dedicated site collection to dev

team– Upload *.wsp– Acceptance testing

• Deploy – *.wsp uploaded to Solution

Gallery

Upload/ Activate/ Deactivate

Summary

• Introduction to Windows Azure

• Why integrate SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure

• Integration approaches

• Points of Integration

• SharePoint Online – Office 365

QUESTIONS?