SharePoint 2013 Can you make it work for your firm?
SharePoint 2013 – Can you make it work for your firm?
OUR PANEL Dora M Tynes Chief Knowledge Officer Sheppard Mullin LLP James Tuvell Director of Kn...
SharePoint 2013 – Can you make it work for your firm?
OUR PANEL Dora M Tynes Chief Knowledge Officer Sheppard Mullin LLP James Tuvell Director of Knowledge Services Fox Rothschild LLP Matt Van Ordstrand Director, Practice & Client Services Winston & Strawn LLP Mark Soriano Application Development Manager Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sheppard Mullin: Firm Stats International law firm with large presence in California •
15 Offices
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2nd largest law firm in California as of Q2 2014
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650 attorneys in 15 offices
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Over 1300 users
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IT = 62
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KM = 3 teams [KM (5)/ Library (9)/Lit & Trial Support (8)]
No “Power User” Development Most (if not all) code must be redeveloped Learning Curve for Existing Staff
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Better Upgrade Path! Services Based Architecture Standards Based Development • (aka: More developers can work in the environment) No Managed Code Mobility out of the box Works better with Office
Build in iterations Vendor + In-house development staff Migration
Change Management Evangelize!!
Seyfarth Shaw: How Are We Doing It • • • • • •
Microsoft Premier Support discussion New SharePoint Installation New Infrastructure Extensive QA Testing Custom mobile responsive design Search centric server architecture
Seyfarth Shaw: Things to Think About Functionality Changes • • •
Datasheet View vs. Quick Edit Uploading folders structure and documents Content Admin and Hierarchy Manager actions
Migration • • •
Couldn’t restore content database due to customizations 900+ Site Collections and content to migrate Synchronizing content from date of migration to cutover
Sheppard Mullin: Interesting SharePoint 2013 Features •
FAST Search
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Flexible page design
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Social components
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App store
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Enhanced/Extended native functionality o
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Ability to retire 3rd party web parts
Mobility
Fox Rothschild: Interesting SharePoint 2013 Features Meet the new boss… same as the old boss.
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Search Based Applications Content Type Design Very Mobile Friendly Litigation In Place Holds (Sharepoint and Exchange) Service Based Architecture Web Standards Development (JQuery, REST) Abstracted Development (Custom is now outside of Sharepoint)
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BE CAREFUL: Many of the old features are still there. o o
Conversations (SP News Feed) Following OneDrive for Business Mobile (Responsive site)
Seyfarth Shaw: Interesting SharePoint 2013 Features
Document Preview
Office Web App
Search
Search
Get a preview of the document
Edit Office documents without Office installed
Sheppard Mullin: The Future •
Leverage HTML5 to further enhance user experience
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Customize pages for each practice group and department
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Facilitate portal for increased group collaboration o
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Allow their page to tell their story
Extend portal data/functionality to mobile devices o
Become device agnostic
Sheppard Mullin: But First Things First It all starts with bottom line numbers (financials) •
Simple financial dashboards •
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Drill-down for details
Expanded client/matter/team information
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Round up all data about a matter or entity
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Single place to work •
Create simple workflows
Fox Rothschild: The Future • • • •
Intranet and Extranets into one Farm (SharePoint 2013) Fluid Mobile Intranets and Extranets Push targeted ‘apps’ via Mobile Device Management Solid architecture designed to grow, adapt and migrate
