Conference

Here are my notes about the SharePoint Conference 2014 Keynote “live” from Las Vegas. Figures Opened by Jared Spataro. 10.000 people from 80 countries are attending this years SPC. SharePoint has an incredible 500% user growth, double digit revenue growth – and growing. Office 365: $1.5 billion, 60% of Fortune 500 companies are using it. The Cloud is on fire! President Bill Clinton When I became President there were 50 sites on the internet – in total.

Sub-Keynote for Developers “What’s new for Office and SharePoint Developers” by Brian Jones and Rob Lefferts. This session will show what’s new in Office and SharePoint development and unveil new features and capabilities that demonstrate how the development model has evolved. Figures 3.4 Million SharePoint Developers 1 Billion Office Users They activly monitor social sites like StackOverflow and UserVoice to get feedback. They want more insight. Context Apps They said is several times now – context is the new thing.

This session will focus in deep detail on one top 10 business scenario and showcase how it can be enabled with apps for Office. We will review the business scenario, the architectural considerations to enable this scenario in Windows Azure and apps for Office, as well as delving into the code behind the solution. Expect to see a lot and have experts available to you to answer any of your questions and concerns.