Getting Started with SharePoint

[TylerWaring]

Greetings Everyone,

            I am primarily a Flex Developer who uses the ESRI Flex API in conjunction with ESRI's Flex Viewer. ESRI's Flex resources are superb but our organization is standing up an excellent Sharepoint site. Additionally, we have some very talented Sharepoint developers. I would like to experiment with using ESRI's Sharepoint API to leverage some of the resources in our Sharepoint site but don't know where to get started. Would I primarily use the Silverlight Viewer for development or would I have to build a viewer from the ground up? Any additional tips or resources that I can use to quickly get started will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,  

Tyler Waring

[DerekLaw]

Hi Tyler,

I would like to experiment with using ESRI's Sharepoint API to leverage some of the resources in our Sharepoint site but don't know where to get started. Would I primarily use the Silverlight Viewer for development or would I have to build a viewer from the ground up? Any additional tips or resources that I can use to quickly get started will be greatly appreciated.

I would start with the ArcGIS for SharePoint Resource Center. You can the download the software, read online help documentation, and get Developer samples.

ArcGIS for SharePoint includes a configurable, interactive Map Web Part which provides GIS and mapping capabilities on SharePoint pages. It contains very similar capabilities as the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight, so you should start there. No, you do not have to create a viewer from scratch.

FYI, there is also a FREE Esri live training seminar available: Embedding ArcGIS into SharePoint

Hope this helps,

[BarryGuidry]

Mr. Law,

when installing ArcGIS for Sharepoint, must it be installed on same server as Microsoft Sharepoint Server, or ArcGIS Server, or both; or neither, as long as on server with IIS?

Also, must the Silverlight API be installed with ArcGIS for Sharepoint as well?

[DerekLaw]

Hi Barry,

... when installing ArcGIS for Sharepoint, must it be installed on same server as Microsoft Sharepoint Server, or ArcGIS Server, or both; or neither, as long as on server with IIS?

It needs to be installed on the same server as your Microsoft Sharepoint instance.

Also, must the Silverlight API be installed with ArcGIS for Sharepoint as well?

No, you don't need the Silverlight API installed.

Hope this helps,