1. The no-code development story for
Power Users in Office 365 and
SharePoint 2013
Asif Rehmani
SharePoint MVP and MCT
VisualSP.com
Download my presentations at:
http://bit.ly/asifconference

2. Agenda
2 minutes intro about me and our company
The importance of going no-code
Examples of a few no-code solutions
Lessons learned

3. Please Help me understand
who You are

4. About me - Asif Rehmani
Trainer
Founder and CEO
VisualSP
Chicago, USA
Contact
@asifrehmani
asif@visualsp.com
www.VisualSP.com
Author
Trainer and ConsultantSharePoint MVP, MCTConference Speaker

5. About our company - VisualSP
Two Solutions
Help System Training Center

6. Help users when
They need it
most
Help items for
current page and
context
List of in-context Help ItemsHelp Tab
VisualSP Help System
In-context support through Help tab

7. SharePoint topics covered
End User SharePoint Site Administration
InfoPath SharePoint Designer
Workflows Branding
Project management Metadata Management
Access and Access Services Records Management
Business Connectivity Services Search
Reporting JavaScript customizations
• Hundreds of SharePoint
video tutorials
• Fully narrated by
SharePoint experts
VisualSP Training Center

8. Come visit us at our booth

9. Giveaways for today’s session
1 Year access to
* Retail value: $199.50

10. Target audience for this session:
Intranet/Web Content Manager
Portal Solutions Manager
SharePoint Guy/Gal
SharePoint Guru
Session level:
250 – Intermediate

11. Session focus
Powerful no-code solutions on the SharePoint platform

12. What can SharePoint do?
Collaboration
Document management
Internal Social Network
Forms
Process Automation
(Workflows)
Business Intelligence
Reporting
Search
Metadata Management
…
Super secret
The next version will even make
coffee!

13. Creating Solutions
Recommended sequence when creating your solutions:
1. Browser based only
2. Use no-code tools
3. Use code tools
OR
3rd party products

14. “Let’s not write code until
we have to write code.”
Power User’s motto:

15. Let’s look at an example…

16. Search based solutions

17. Demo: Search Web Parts

18. Show pre-configured data on pages using
Search web parts
Live pre-defined
search results on
web pages
Ability for users to
refine the results
as needed

19. How do we define ‘no-code’ ?
Yes
Browser
Office applications
Desktop application built for SharePoint and related technologies
Scripting technologies (*debatable…)
No
Visual Studio
Managed code

20. Why go ‘no-code’?
Possibilities of what you can do are Enormous!
Quick learning curve
Easier ongoing management of solution
Delegate responsibility easily

21. Guess who’s making a
comeback..?
Microsoft Access

22. Access Web Apps

23. Using Access 2013 to simplify web
development
Access 2013 –
Used to create the interface of the app
SharePoint 2013 / Office 365 –
Used to host the front end of the app
SQL Server 2012 –
Used as the backend data storage technology for the app

24. Time for another demo

25. Demo: Access Web App

26. Create web applications using Access
Build Access web apps and launch to SharePoint Online

27. In case you need it..
Ability to disable Access apps at the tenant level
SharePoint admin center  Settings

28. Implement Quick Wins
Identify real pain points and focus in on them

29. Customize
SharePoint
Out-of-the-Box
(sites, docs, lists, social)
SharePoint
Composites
(Access App, BI,
Workflow, BCS)
Declarative
Capabilities
(Doc Sets,
Records, Search)
Managed Code
(Apps, CSOM,
Reusable components)
The customization continuum

30. Process Automation

31. No-code Workflows

32. 32
Workflow tools
Browser
SharePoint Designer 2013
Visio 2013
Visual Studio 2012/2013

33. 33
SharePoint 2013 - Workflow Manager 1.0
SharePoint 2013 workflow processing moved to Workflow
Manager (WM)
Workflow no longer runs in the SharePoint content farm /
servers
SharePoint farm & Workflow Manager farm can be on same /
different servers

34. The ‘New Stuff’
Stages
• New base level concept of
stages
Visual Designer
• Direct Visio incorporation
• Stage-Level Diagrams
New Task Actions
• Quick and easy to create
tasks and approval
processes
Web Services
• Able to call into Rest/HTTP
web services
Loops!
• Able now to loop indirectly
with stages or directly with
the new Loop actions
Copy/Cut and Paste
• Core copy/cut and paste
abilities now introduced

35. 35
2010 and 2013 style workflows
SharePoint Designer
2010
2013
Are there any
differences..?

36. New Workflow Activities & Actions
New Actions & Activities
Microsoft Project Specific
Actions
Assign a Task Get Property from
[Dictionary/DynamicValue]
Create a Project from Current Item
Start a Task Process Count Items in
[Dictionary/DynamicValue]
Set the current project stage status to
this value
Go to This Stage Trim String Set the status field in the idea list item
to this value
Call HTTP Web Service Find Substring in String Wait for Project Event
Start a List Workflow Replace Substring in String Set this field in the project to this
value
Start a Site Workflow Translate Document
Build [Dictionary/DynamicValue] Set Workflow Status

37. Demo:
SharePoint Designer 2013
Workflows

38. Examples of no-code solutions
Human
Resource
portals
Self-service
reporting,
financial
dashboards
Expense
reporting
Review and
approve
document
workflows
New-hire
orientation
sites
Ideation,
feedback, &
“suggestion
boxes”
Structured
documents:
contracts,
RFPs, &
invoices

39. And now.. The story of InfoPath

40. Library form Custom SharePoint list form
InfoPath 2010 & 2013

41. Forms update (from Microsoft)
FoSL
Canceled / Delayed
Indefinitely

42. FoSL – Forms on SharePoint Lists Canceled / Delayed
Indefinitely

43. Even more ideas for no-code
solutions…

44. Location Mapping

45. Use Geolocation column for live mapping
Show maps directly within lists and libraries

46. Dynamic
Dashboards
PowerView to visualize data

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More Dashboards
PerformancePoint Dashboard
Designer

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And more Dashboards
SQL Server PowerPivot

49. Project Management
Utilize Project Server to
manage projects

50. SharePoint Composites Showcase
created by Mark Gillis from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dn594430

51. How do I practice my ideas and concepts?
Watch free videos at:
http://visualsp.com/video-categories/all-free-videos/
Get a sandbox environment for practicing:
Build your own dev VM
Or
Try the templates available at CloudShare –
http://www.cloudshare.com
Or
Office 365 Trial 52

52. Call to Action
Download my presentations at:
http://bit.ly/asifconference
Watch video tutorials at:
VisualSP.com
Thank You!
@asifrehmani
asif@visualsp.com
www.visualsp.com