Learn the benefits and limitations of SharePoint Online and Onprem. Learn whether to deploy SharePoint on-premise, use the latest cloud-based iteration, or a hybrid combination environment. Also included is a description of K2's Appit platform.
2. Business ProductivityInfrastructure
Azure &
O365
Exchange &
Lync + Voice
Private &
Public Cloud
Windows
Server &
Virtual
Identity, AD,
DirectAccess
System
Center 2012
ITSM / ITIL
Migrations &
Integrations
Desktop
Imaging &
Win upgrade
Portals, Intranets, Business
Critical, Doc Imaging, Workflow…
(SharePoint)
Sales, Marketing, Dashboards,
Account Management, Etc.
(Dynamics CRM)
Business Apps
Application
Development
Messaging,
Conference,
Presence, Video,
Voice (Lync)
Office
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Organizations spend a lot of money on SharePoint, collaboration solutions and BPM tools. Why?
Manual processes are expensive
Automation – minimize manual work and people involvement in process steps – Accounting, IT processes
Give people the right information to take action and keep processes moving
Tie together data from different systems to give unified experience – users don’t need to connect to mult systems to look up information
Reporting to identity bottlenecks and areas to further optimize
Most of our SharePoint customers are in progress or in planning to move to O365
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Accelerated release cycle
Platform features rolling out to O365 first, then part of on-prem service packs later
Full server/product release every two years
App model and – major switch to custom applications in SharePoint
customizations run “off” server in Azure or a dedicated server
Shift in development skills
Move to web standards for Interop: REST, Oauth, Javascript, HTM5, CSS3
Develop apps with any language that can communicate with REST services
Cloud model and web api allow apps from other platforms like Win8 Phone, iOS, Android
Ability to use common app patterns like MVC and MVVM
Remote event receivers
Code running off server is consistent with K2 server architecture, and K2 now with 4.6.7
SharePoint BPM features are in flux:
Workflow has gone through rearchitecture to support the cloud app model
2010 workflow platform included for compatibility, very likely not in next release
SPD capabilities are expanded but still have limitations that force solutions to custom development
InfoPath is being phased out – 2013 is the last version
No forms solution has been announced
Most organizations are looking to standardize architecture for BPM apps and provide an easier upgrade path
Vendor solutions offer more robust options without code along with other benefits such as mobile support and connectors for common LOB systems
Taking a look at K2. . .
K2 for SharePoint is included in the latest blackpearl release and runs natively within the SP app model
App in SharePoint communicates to K2 server.
K2 Appit is a new SaaS offering that can be provisioned in a matter of minutes and connected to SharePoint on-prem or online systems.
K2 Blackpearl offers full range of design tools and API support. K2 for SP and Appit utilize browser based designers. Appit is a service (hosted server) and supports integrating data through service endpoints (SOA with WCF)
Roles: Originator/Requestor, Manager, Project Review Committee (PRC), and System
Rework option at manager review
Rules to route tasks based on selected dept/manager, and project estimate (enterprise vs standard)