Spark the future.

May 4 – 8, 2015Chicago, IL

Microsoft Project SienaBuild apps and create new mobile solutions with Microsoft’s new app builder toolJeffrey ShomperSenior Product Marketing ManagerMicrosoft Cloud and Enterprise Division

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Ben HodesPrinciple PM ManagerMicrosoft Cloud and Enterprise Division

• Intro to Project Siena• What Project Siena

does and who it’s for• Project Siena partner

and customer success• Getting Started

Agenda

• Abundant - but underutilized – business data

• Ubiquitous, powerful mobile devices are mostly used for email and schedule

• Domain experts with great app ideas• Overburdened and overbooked IT

departments

Today’s app dev environment

Today’s information workers are data-rich, yet still held back

Introducing Project Siena

Project Siena is not:• A replacement for Visual Studio• A tool to build apps with extensive database

requirements• A tool for building apps that process transactions

(eCommerce)• A tool for building traditional form-over-relational-

data or transactional apps (CRM)

Project Siena is a game-changing technology that enables business experts and analysts to quickly create prototype or production business apps with no programming skills required

Project Siena Apps: examples

Apps for on-the-spot decisionsConsultative selling, accessorizing outfits…Apps for consuming informationProduct catalogs, video-based lesson plans…Apps for “capture” tasksPictures, audio, handwriting and more

Truly modern, richly connected apps

Demo

Ben HodesPrinciple PM ManagerMicrosoft Cloud and Enterprise Division

Who uses Project Siena, and why

Ease of development and rapid innovation benefits apply to multiple groups

Power-Users and Business Analysts Able to rapidly design apps that they use, to solve the problems they face

IT DepartmentsOffload detailed requirements gathering, development and validation to line of business teams

Siena plays well with IT infrastructureand policies

ManageabilityProject Siena apps are managed like any Windows 8 app, using Windows Intune or other app management tools

ExtensibilityProject Siena apps are extensible via Microsoft Visual Studio or other dev tools.

Data ServicesIT can certify and supply data services to support apps, and offload app development to business units.

Customer and Partner Success

Business ProblemToro marketing manager was tasked with developing a catalog to distribute to attendees a major marketing event with NASCAR

Project Siena SolutionDesign and production of a rich product catalog app

Produced in days

ResultsThe catalog app generated 3x sales leads over its paper-based counterpart.

Toro began discussions with retailers to include the solution on retail floors

Customer Success: Toro

The Toro CompanyManufacturing

Rapid prototyping

Sketch Build Validate

• Quickly validate concepts, adapting in real time with stakeholders

• Reduce development and validation months to days, days to hours

• Publish finished app to production (or extend with dev tools such as Visual Studio)

Getting Started

Get started building apps TODAYInstall Project Siena and training materials:• Download Project Siena from the Windows Store:

• aka.ms/GetProjectSiena• Learn more about Project Siena:

• aka/ms/ProjectSiena• Watch an Introduction video to Project Siena:

• aka.ms/ProjectSienaIntroVideo• Download sample apps, and tutorials on how to build

them:• aka.ms/ProjectSienaTutorials

And keep up to date with the latest from the Project Siena team:• Technet Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectsiena/ • Technet Forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com

/Forums/en-US/home?forum=projectsiena• Twitter Feed: http://twitter.com/ProjectSiena • Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/

MicrosoftProjectSiena

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