Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Administrator's Companion [Hardcover]

Bill English (Author), The Microsoft SharePoint Community Experts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 10, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0735622825 | ISBN-13: 978-0735622821

Get your mission-critical collaboration and information-management systems up and running with this essential, single-volume guide. This comprehensive reference details features and capabilities of SharePoint Server 2007. It delivers the easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics you need for on-the-job results.

Discover how to:

• Install and deploy SharePoint Server 2007
• Configure server farms and define a farm topology
• Create and manage content libraries, records repositories, and document workflows
• Manage enterprise search and indexing features
• Develop and implement an information security policy
• Configure other server platforms to work with SharePoint Server 2007
• Create a Business Data Catalog and manage data connections to other applications
• Monitor and fine-tune system performance
• Apply best practices for backup and recovery

CD features:

• Fully searchable eBook
• Code samples and additional resources

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Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Key Book Benefits:

-Provides a definitive, one-stop reference for the practical information you need to plan, deploy, maintain, and support Office SharePoint Server 2007 solutions
-Delivers expert, end-to-end guidance from leading Microsoft SharePoint trainers, MVPS, and experts who work with Office SharePoint Server every day in the field
-Features fully searchable eBook and job aids on CD

About the Author

Bill English, MCTS, MVP, MCT, is an author and educator specializing in SharePoint technologies. He runs a leading training and consulting company, has written more than 10 books, and speaks at the Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference, Comdex, and other events.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1155 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (January 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735622825
• ISBN-13: 978-0735622821
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 2.3 x 9.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #765,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bill English - (MCSE, MCSA, MVP, MCT) - is an industry leader, author, and educator specializing in SharePoint Products and Technologies. As Chief Executive Officer of EBA Companies (Mindsharp and The Best Practices Conference), Bill draws on his experience in business management to teach and consult about mapping SharePoint features to business processes and information organization needs. As a former psychologist in Minnesota for nine years, English uses his knowledge of human behavior to help companies implement change through software platforms. Microsoft has acknowledged Bill's professional contributions to the SharePoint community by awarding him the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for nine consecutive years. Since 2000, Bill has authored 14 books on Exchange and SharePoint products, including the Administrator's Companion for SharePoint Server 2010 by Microsoft Press. His next book is due out in Spring of 2011, also published by Microsoft Press on the Best Practices for SharePoint Server 2010 (title not assigned yet). Bill lives in Minnesota with his wife and two children, where summer is the six best days of the year!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a joy to read and difficult to digest. February 11, 2008

By Paul Gilmore

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This book is geared toward readers such as Web Developers, Information Management / Compliance Specialist, Administrators to name but a few. If you are a beginner to Sharepoint Server 2007, this book will be a most difficult read. The concepts and topics that are presented will have to be re-enforced with online research or the purchase of another book.

To give an example.
The book is composed of six sections, with the first three ( 663 pages in length ) being targeted towards administration and configuration. However, within this mix we have presentations on performance monitoring and MOM 2005, high level discussions on information security policies such as password and storage policies, data classification. We are introduced to advanced Enterprise topics such as the Business Data Catalogue and records compliance ( that is the Sarbanes Oxley Act etc. ). These discussions all assume prior expertise and should you be new to Sharepoint Server 2007 this will no doubt frustrate you. The Authors, in their quest to appeal to a wide variety of readers, cannot delve into the in-depth explanations, followed up by well worked out examples that a beginner to Sharepoint Server 2007 would require.

Web Developers will tend to focus on Sections 5 and 6. While these sections do introduce Workflow Services, Webparts and products like Sharepoint Designer I found the overriding theme is again one of high level discussion and overviews. Expertise is assumed.

Overall I would say that if you are coming from a background with some expertise in Sharepoint Server 2003 or you require a high level picture of the abundance of features that Sharepoint 2007 can bring to your organisation in addition to how it integrates with other server platforms, such as ISA 2006 for example, you will enjoy this book and the nuggets of useful information it provides. The writing style is not engaging; this book is not a joy to read but it will tell you what can be done with Sharepoint Server 2007, outline best practices and point you in the correct direction. The how-to part is very much left to yourself.

If however, your goal in purchasing this book is an in-depth knowledge of the installation, administration and configuration of Sharepoint 2007 and you have no prior expertise with Sharepoint Server 2003 or indeed 2001, then you will gain little benefit from this book. You will find it difficult to read, difficult to digest and your understanding of Sharepoint 2007 will not improve. If anything, you may be discouraged from using Sharepoint Server 2007 which would be a shame as the product is in my opinion really good. Regards.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Sharepoint encyclopedia.... May 4, 2007

By C. Jones

Format:Hardcover

It discusses everything you need to know with regard to MOSS 2007 but never really makes a point or stands out in any area. I read it and I feel like I am reading an infomercial about it and at times it lays out things you can do but it is not focused or useful in terms of diving into Sharepoint functionality or pointing out ways to actually get anything satisfying accomplished.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Not for developers May 13, 2007

By Venkatraman Jayasankar

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

Great book for pre-sales and administrators. But too much information in this book does not give crispy answers to questions