Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies Resource Kit (Pro-Resource Kit) [Paperback]

Bill English (Author), Microsoft SharePoint Teams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 7, 2004 | Series: Pro-Resource Kit

Deploy and support Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies in your organization—and deliver highly scalable collaboration solutions—with expertise from the Microsoft SharePoint teams. This official RESOURCE KIT packs more than 1000 pages of in-depth technical information, including drill-down into Windows SharePoint Services 2003 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 technologies, specifications, architecture, and security services. Get critical details and guidance for planning, administration, and solution development—along with tools, scripts, and an eBook on CD. You get all the resources you need to help maximize your organization’s productivity and help reduce ownership and support costs.

Get in-depth guidance—straight from the Microsoft SharePoint teams—on how to:

• Plan your deployment—from a single server to a large server farm
• Step through installation instructions for various scenarios, including how to uninstall and repair an installation
• Develop your information management structure
• Perform capacity planning; plan and test your topology
• Plan and implement defense-in-depth, from security policies to firewalls and authentication services
• Monitor server farm performance to create a scale-out strategy
• Facilitate business-to-business collaboration through an extranet
• Set up and configure shared services; manage internal and third-party content
• Customize sites with Web Parts, the object model, and Microsoft Visual Studio—code samples included
• Use SharePoint Products and Technologies with the Microsoft Office System

On the CD, get tools to migrate servers, manage security features, troubleshoot problems, and more, including:

• CustomToolPane
• SharePoint Configuration Analyzer
• Simple Web Parts in Microsoft Visual Basic and C#
• Smigrate
• SPBackup
• SPSUserUtil
• Usage Reports
• Web Part Toolkit
• Scripts
• Fully searchable eBook of this complete RESOURCE KIT

A Note Regarding the CD or DVD

The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to [e-mail].

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Bill English, MCTS, MCT, CTT+, GSEC certified, is a Microsoft® MVP for SharePoint® Server. He runs a leading training and consulting company, has written 10+ books, and speaks at the Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Conference, Comdex, and other events.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1216 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; First Thus edition (July 7, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073561881X
• ISBN-13: 978-0735618817
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,120,271 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!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the investment for your SharePoint team..., January 3, 2005

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James Murphy "SharePoint Guru (to be!)" (Guelph, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies Resource Kit (Pro-Resource Kit) (Paperback)

I have been using the Microsoft Resource Kits on many products over the past 10 years and the SharePoint 2003 kits is one of the most comprehensive produced to date for a Microsoft application. The book is designed as a resource Kit to pull together all relevant information in one location.

Our company placed an order on Amazon.ca as soon the SharePoint Resource Kit was listed as the early SharePoint 2003 printed documentation was sparse and the book was a welcome addition. We found it better to have a paper book with all the information in one location rather than just links to websites, whitepapers, and webcasts to rely upon alone. We now have 3 copies for our project teams to used for their SharePoint work as well as the Internet resources.

I found the structure of the book confusing at first as we used it to help learn the product but now it is a great daily resource. The Adobe PDF manual and several tools are included on the CD-ROM and are great for finding support materials in a jiffy.

Yes, its a buy...

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Layout and Lack of Critical Info Hamper, July 5, 2005

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J. Matthew Phipps (Gig Harbor, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies Resource Kit (Pro-Resource Kit) (Paperback)

This book is like the 'Da Vinci Code' for SharePoint. It has a lot of information. A LOT OF INFORMATION. The problem is, the layout and order of presentation in the book make it almost impossible to read and find information. Loading the included disk is a requirement. Use the PDF and search electronically for the information because the printed index is incredibly lacking.

Because it is so hard to find stuff, one thinks that MS is trying to hide information or that critical information was left out.

Good resource, but be prepared for a continent spanning search for information that will takes days, leave you bedraggled, and make you think you've solved centuries old mysteries once you finally find what you are looking for. Pack lightly, carry currency, and perhaps a firearm (for the book, share point machine, self, your choice).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crucial documentation for SharePoint administrators, November 21, 2005

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Barry T. Campbell (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies Resource Kit (Pro-Resource Kit) (Paperback)

This is the book that *should* have shipped with every copy of SharePoint Portal Server 2003.

I haven't looked at the paper copy in quite some time; the searchable PDF copy of the book that comes as part of the Resource Kit CD is actually much more useful for me, because it's searchable. I refer to it constantly.