How SharePoint 2013 uses MySites for Social Functionality

Paul Papanek Stork

• Principal SharePoint Architect for BlueChip Consulting Group• http://www.bluechip-llc.com

• SharePoint MVP for 7 years

• SharePoint Microsoft Certified Master

• Author• Developer’s Guide to WSS 3.0

• MOSS 2007 Best Practices

• MCTS: WSS 3.0 Configuration Study Guide (70-631)

• SharePoint 2010 Development for Office 365

• Contact Information• Email: Paul.Stork@bluechip-llc.com

• Blog: http://dontPaPanic.com/blog

• Twitter: @PStork

Agenda

• Overview of SharePoint 2013 Social

• A Brief Tour of MySites

• Sharing Sites and Documents

• Following Sites, Documents, People,

and Tags

• Sync

• Yammer

What’s New in 2013 Social

• Community Site Template

• Redesigned Newsfeed and Microblogging

• Easier Content Sharing

• Better Aggregation of Tasks

• Easier Bookmarking of Sites and

Documents

Many of these New Features Require

a Personal MySite

Brief Tour of MySites

• Same Basic Structure as SP 2010

• Shared MySite Host • Displays Profile for User Properties

• Newsfeed

• Individual MySites for each User• Per User Storage

• Links to Followed Sites

• Links to Followed Documents

• Aggregation of Your Tasks

Share Content with Others

• Same Permissions Infrastructure• Share Breaks Inheritance Automatically

• Individual ACL limits raised (50,000 per list)

• Uses the Access Request Feature

• Disabling Sharing• Can’t disable Share Links

• Turning off Access Request results in Error

• O365 Alternative – Members can Share setting

• Lists work like SP 2010

Sharing a Site

• A User fills out Sharing Dialog• Decides Whether to Send Email

• Optionally chooses what group/permission level

• An Access Request is Generated

• Access Request for Approved

• Email Generated to Original Recipient

Sharing a Document

• A User fills out Sharing Dialog• Decides Whether to Send Email

• Optionally chooses what group/permission level

• An Access Request is Generated- and -

• Email Generated to Original Recipient• Access Denied if Recipient Accesses Document

• Access Request Approved• Recipient can Open Document

Follow

• Four Types of Things can be Followed• People – Colleagues in 2010

• Sites

• Documents

• #Tags – Created through Microblogging

Note: #Tags are not the same as Tags and Notes

Follow Site or Document

• Creates Link to Site or Document in

personal MySite

• Suggestions Provided in Personal

MySite

• Follow Links can be easily removed

• Web Feature to Enable/Disable

Following Documents or Sites

Follow People

• Can be Disabled in User Profile

Permissions

• Newsfeed is the Primary Use

• Reference others in Microblogging

using ‘@name’

Follow #Tags

• #Tags created Primarily in

Microblogging and Community Sites

• #Tags stored in Managed Metadata

Service

• Trending #Tags displayed in MySite

Host

Newsfeed (Microblogging)

• Includes Microblogging

and generated activity

• Site specific activity stored

in site content database

• User specific activity

stored in personal MySite

Sync Libraries

• Sync Libraries to Local PC• OneDrive limit 20,000 files

• Library limit 5,000 files

• Sync Currently has Stability Issues

• Turn it OFF • Site Settings > Search > Search and offline availability

• PowerShell

Get-SPSite -limit all | get-SPWeb -limit all |

Foreach { $_.Title = $_.Title;

$_.ExcludeFromOfflineClient=1;

$_.Update() }

OneDrive for Business

• OneDrive for Business ≠ OneDrive

• OneDrive for Business = Personal My

Site Library

• Multiple clients available• Client installed with Office 2013 or Office Pro Plus

(O365)

• OneDrive for Business Sync Client

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2903984

• OneDrive for Business App (Windows 8 or

Windows phone)

Sync Tasks

• Sync Tasks to Outlook• With Exchange 2013

• Requires SSL

• Requires Exchange Web Extensions

• With Exchange 2010• Turn Off Farm Level Feature -

• Sync Tasks to Personal MySite• Uses Search and Work Management Service

• Doesn’t Require Exchange 2013

• Removed from Office 365

Yammer Integration

• Remove Webparts from MySite Host• Newsfeed

• Followed Counts

• Trending Tags

• Remove Site Feed Webpart on Team Sites

• Add CSS changes to hide Social Links• Do NOT hand edit the CoreV15.css file

• Override specific styles by deploying your own CSS file using a feature

• Install the Yammer home feed APP part on your My Site Host

Additional Resources

• Configure Exchange 2013 for Task Synchttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj554516.aspx

• What's new in social computing in

SharePoint Server 2013http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219766.aspx

• Advancing the enterprise social roadmaphttp://blogs.office.com/b/sharepoint/archive/2013/06/24/advancing-

the-enterprise-social-roadmap-june-2013.aspx

• Integrate Yammer with on-premises SP 2013 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn270535.aspx

Contact Information

Email: Paul.Stork@bluechip-llc.com

Blog: http://dontPaPanic.com/blog

Twitter: @PStork