The document discusses making the business case for upgrading to SharePoint 2013. It notes challenges with the current system like poor support for devices and browsers and a search feature that requires maintenance. The business objectives for an upgrade are listed as improved support for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and devices like iPad as well as intuitive search. Examples of business value from upgrading are given like broader OS and browser support, BYOD support, search relevancy and cost savings. Key questions around timing of upgrade, replacing components and meeting success criteria are also addressed.

1. Making the SharePoint 2013
Business Case in the Real World
Joel Oleson
USA
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2. SharePoint Joel
Recognized as #1 Influencer in SharePoint in
Forbes Study
Voted Most Popular SharePoint Blog
TravelingEpic.com Traveler: Over 100
UN Countries - 130 TCC Countries
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3. Joel @ LDS 3
• 12 Years in SharePoint
• 7 Years at Microsoft
• 3 Years with Partners
• 2 Years with Customer
• Currently with LDS Church
• The Church is 14+ Million
members
• First missionaries came to
Hong Kong in 1853
• Hong Kong was 49th temple
of 140 temples
• LDS Asia Area offices in HK

4. Laying the Groundwork
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5. The Business Case
A Business Case is a persuasive and
compelling argument advocating a
course of action intended to achieve one
or more business objectives.
What are your key objectives?

6. Today BYOD
Devices & Browsers: Challenges
with Macintosh users for business
adoption as well as users of Chrome
and Firefox due to ActiveX controls
and lack of support for working with
multiple files. iPad support
sometimes works with lots of
scrolling, without customization.
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7. Search Today
Search provides poor results,
requires maintenance
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8. Today Publishing & Intranets
Difficult to navigate across
sites and remember locations
Intranet pages go stale and
require maintenance
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9. Today Dev Story
Departments that want to deploy third
parties have to buy multiple server
licenses often won’t apply to their site
only
Lacks broad development support -
.NET teams don’t want to write in
.NET 3.0 and have a challenge
learning to write solutions that IT
teams don’t want to deploy or support
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10. Business Objectives
We want 1st class support for Safari on Macintosh,
and no drawbacks on Chrome, Firefox on PC
Devices support for sharing files including iPad,
iPhone, and Android
We want Search that’s intuitive and just works
Unified Workspace – My Files & Storage, My
Tasks, My Calendar, My Contacts, My
Notifications, My Favorites and Following
Support streaming video for end users

11. 5 Real World Business Value
Examples in SP 2013
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12. 5 Examples of Business Value to Plan
to Deploy SP 2013 and Not Wait
Adoption & Productivity
Broader OS, and Browser Support
BYOD - Tablet and Mobile Support
Search Relevancy
Cost Savings through Redundancy
Shut down collaborative File Sharing
Infrastructure – SkyDrive Pro
Digital Assets – Pictures and Video support
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13. Why build a business case for
SharePoint 2013?
Should I wait or start with
deployment?
Should I skip 2010?
Should I implement best of breed
solutions for Doc Mgmt, Blogs, and
Records Mgmt.
Should I wait for others to adopt first?

15. Intranet build or buy…
Demo
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16. $$ Bring Your Own Device…
What will it cost to make your current Intranet support –
iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac OS, HTML 5, Chrome,
Safari, and various devices yet to come out…
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18. Is Your Intranet Touch friendly?

19. Don’t just ask what browser…
OS
Browser
Device
Resolution…
What will you support?

20. Reality Check… Devices!
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24. SharePoint 2013 Device Support
Mobile device
operating
system
Operating
system version
Browser
Smartphone
device
Slate or tablet
device
Windows
Windows Phone
7.5 or later
versions
Internet Explorer
Mobile
Office Web Apps
Read
Full read and
write with Ofice
Web or Client
iOS
5.0 or later
versions
Safari
Office Web Apps
Read
Read/Write
Office Web APps
Client App
Coming
Android
4.0 or later
versions
Android Chrome
Office Web Apps
Read
Read +
Verify

25. Win 8 +
Surface
WP 7.8 & 8 iOS
(iPad &
iPhone)
Android
SharePoint
(Newsfeed)
Mobile
Only
Mobile
Browsing
Immersive IE Mobile Safari Mobile Android
mobile

26. SkyDrive Pro
How much will it cost you to deploy another Box.NET or
Dropbox when you’ve already invested in SharePoint…
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27. SkyDrive Pro
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28. demo

29. Reality Check… Storage and
Sharing!
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30. Expected Outcomes
New SkyDrive Pro Service with Mobile Apps for
iPad, iPhone, WP8x including update to Macintosh
Office 2010 connector
Search 2013 provided as a service
Profiles 2013 integrated with PeopleSoft for 100%
people search

31. Digital Asset Management
What will you deploy to support videos and images?
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32. demo

33. Examples of Success Criteria
Adoption by .NET team
Business Critical app adoption
App Store adoption for third parties with limited
support
Enterprise App Store adoption by Dev Teams
Search adoption used as uber solution to the
enterprise (now seen as SharePoint and portal
search)
Mobile usage increase including home and remote
usage by tablets such as iPad, Kindle Fire, etc…

34. Search 2013 Demo w/
Popularity
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35. Reality Check… Search in the
Enterprise!
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37. Reality Hits: Questions left to be
answered
Will there ever be an Android
Markplace (Google Play) for Office
and SharePoint (SkyDrive Pro sync)?
How/When will we do Skydrive Pro
sync with Mac OS?
Will I get selective sync with SkyDrive
Pro?
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38. Waiting for more…
iOS Apps for Office & SharePoint
(SkyDrive Pro)
Update to MAC OS Office 2010
Connection Update
SharePoint App for Windows 7.8
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39. Takeaway
Where is your company in it’s considerations of
SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013?
How important is Device and Browser Support…
determine your needs
How important is out of the box improvements in
Search?
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