1. Adoption Tactics; Why Your End Users Will Rant
& Rave Over SharePoint 2013
Gina Montgomery, P-TSP, MCTS, MCP

2. Gina.Montgomery@softmart.com
www.ginamontgomery.com
Gina Montgomery

3. Softmart Company Facts
 Established: 1982; Status: Privately Held
 Regional offices throughout the U.S.
 Global partnerships in all world markets
 Business Strategy – Focus on the customer
“As a privately held company,
Softmart manages to the
expectations of our customers, not
Wall Street. We believe the true
measure of our success is customer
satisfaction.”
 SAM Certified
 Analytics Advantage Program
 Numerous Microsoft Awards

4. SAM
Analytics
Team
Security
Hardware
Software
Product
Specialists
Cloud
Specialist
eCommerce
Integration
Team
Priority
Customer
Service
Team
License
Service
Team

14. If you build it, will they
come?

16. Governance
People
Technology
Process
Policy

18. What to Consider: Description
Site Management Can site owners change the “Look & Feel” of a Site? Are they controlled?
Are they managed by the IA?
Unused Sites What happens to unused sites? What rules can be set up to manage
unused sites?
Site Templates Are there site templates available? Who has access to them? How can
they be used?
Site Requests How do users request for a site? Is self-service an option?
App Catalog/App Store Will your users/admins/owners have access to the app store? Will you
provide your team with an internal app catalog? What apps should be
allowed for download?
Communities Management Who will oversee/monitor SharePoint Community Sites? What kind of
gifted badges should be created? Should they be consistent across
Community Sites? What categories will be allowed?
Social Policy & Strategy To Newsfeed or not to Newsfeed. What about Yammer? What’s
appropriate vs. not appropriate?

22. Yourendusers
I know it exists and I
actually know where it is.
I know it exists but I
don’t know where it is.
I have no idea if it exists

25. 1. Improved User Experience
• Ribbon Improvements, Script Editor Web Part, Source Editor, App Model, Themes
2. More Productivity Features
• Project Site Template, List based applications, Apps!
3. The Social Layer
• Newsfeed, Yammer integration, likes, hashtagging, following
4. New Ways to Collaborate
• Community Site template, Gamification, Post to Yammer, OneNote Integration, OneDrive
5. Mysite Improvements
• Newsfeed, Task Management/Aggregation, Blog, Search for Expertise

26. d e m o

27. www.ginamontgomery.com