Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Unleashed [Paperback]

Michael Noel (Author), Colin Spence (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 22, 2007

<>SharePoint provides a cost-effective, easy-to-implement solution for organizations interested in enhancing team collaboration, document management, and search functionality and in providing a portal to access corporate resources and intranet/extranet environments. The SharePoint 2007 family (consisting of Windows SharePoint Service 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007) build upon these features and toolsets and introduce a staggering array of new tools and capabilities that undeniably make SharePoint 2007 an enterprise-class solution.

 

This new edition walks IT professionals, website designers, SharePoint administrators, and SharePoint power users through the design, implementation, and customization process. Exciting new capabilities such as workflow, records management, web content management, business processes, and business intelligence features are covered in depth. Best practices are provided for planning the architecture, scaling to meet the organization’s needs, migrating from SharePoint 2003, and managing the farm or multi-farm environment.

 

Part I: SharePoint 2007 Overview, Planning, and Implementation provides an introduction to SharePoint 2007 technologies and covers the architecture process. Details on installing SharePoint 2007 and processes for migrating from SharePoint 2003 are included.

 

Part II: Using SharePoint 2007 Technologies covers the core feature set of SharePoint 2007 that power users and administrators will need to master, including libraries, lists, designing and managing pages, workspaces, and sites.

 

Part III: Managing a SharePoint Environment provides best practices on managing and administering the SharePoint infrastructure, securing the environment, maintaining and managing the environment and databases, and backing up and restoring the SharePoint 2007 environment.

 

Part IV: Extending the SharePoint Environment goes into detail on the topics of configuring email-enabled content, Exchange Server integration, enabling presence information with Office Communication Server 2007, and securing remote access with ISA Server 2006. In addition, chapters are included on using SharePoint Designer 2007.

 

Introduction

Part I SharePoint 2007 Overview, Planning, and Implementation

1 Introducing SharePoint 2007

2 Planning and Architecting a SharePoint 2007 Deployment

3 Planning Redundancy and Scaling the SharePoint Environment

4 Planning the SharePoint 2007 User Environment

5 Installing Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

6 Migrating from SharePoint 2003 to SharePoint 2007 

Part II Using SharePoint 2007 Technologies

7 Using Libraries and Lists in SharePoint 2007

8 Managing Libraries and Lists in SharePoint 2007

9 Designing and Managing Pages, Workspaces, and Sites in SharePoint 2007 

10 Using Word, Excel, and Excel Services with SharePoint 2007 335 

11 Leveraging Additional Office 2007 Products in a SharePoint 2007 Environment 

12 Implementing Records Management and Enabling Web Content Management in SharePoint 2007

13 Benefiting from the Enhanced Search Capabilities in SharePoint 2007

14 Managing and Administering SharePoint Infrastructure

15 Securing a SharePoint Environment 

16 Maintaining and Monitoring SharePoint 2007 Environments and Databases

17 Backing Up and Restoring a SharePoint Environment

Part IV Extending the SharePoint Environment

18 Configuring Email-Enabled Content and Exchange Server Integration 

19 Enabling Presence Information in SharePoint with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007

20 Providing Secured Remote Access to SharePoint Using ISA Server 2006

21 Using Designer 2007 to Extend SharePoint 2007 Workflows and Customize the User Experience

22 Exploring Business Process and Business Intelligence Features in SharePoint 2007

Index

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Michael Noel, MCITP: Michael has been involved in the computer industry for nearly two decades, and has significant real-world experience helping organizations realize business value from information technology infrastructure. Michael has authored several major best-selling industry books translated into 10 languages, with a total worldwide circulation of more than 250,000 copies.  Significant titles include SharePoint 2007 Unleashed, Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed, Windows Server 2008 Unleashed, ISA Server 2006 Unleashed, SharePoint 2003 Unleashed, and many more.  Currently a partner at Convergent Computing in the San Francisco Bay area, Michael's writings and worldwide public speaking experience leverage his real-world expertise designing, deploying, and administering IT infrastructure for his clients.

  

Colin Spence, MCP: Colin is a partner at Convergent Computing and performs in the roles of senior consultant, project manager, and technical writer for the organization. He focuses on the design, implementation, and support of Microsoft-based technology solutions, with a current focus on Microsoft SharePoint technologies. He has more than 17 years of experience providing a wide range of IT-related services to a wide range of organizations. He is a co-author of Microsoft SharePoint 2003 Unleashed, which has become a bestseller on the subject, and Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SharePoint 2003 in 10 Minutes. He has also contributed to several other Sams Publishing titles on Microsoft technologies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 840 pages
• Publisher: Sams (April 22, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672329476
• ISBN-13: 978-0672329470
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unleashed But Not Free, April 26, 2007

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BEC (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Unleashed (Paperback)

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or MOSS2007 is actually a powerful set of building blocks that can be used for numerous things in organizations of almost any size. (Size matters as you do need to be able to afford the licenses for MOSS, Windows Server and SQL Server.) Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Unleashed does justice to the scope of the product it's covering.

At over 776 pages, the book is as large as the subject. Since Microsoft's documentation is still somewhat sparse, it's also a very good thing that this book is as thorough as it is. Does it cover everything? I don't think that's possible. What it does cover though is thorough and for the things I've checked, accurate. It is especially helpful in areas where Microsoft has not been so helpful. For example in the use of the stsadm.exe command line tool. While Microsoft's on-line documentation (you have to visit Microsoft Technet sites to get this information - it doesn't come with the software) describes the technique and has sample syntax, the descriptions and samples are in the form of a "man" page: sparse in detail and often unclear in practice. Following Microsoft's docs requires trial and error. Noel and Spence provide concise examples and samples, including a whole script for automating backup. (I haven't tried the script yet, but even it it needs tweaking, it will be very helpful.)

What's missing? Hard to say, but there's one web part that's installed as part of the default MOSS setup: "I need..." This appears to be a type of search/navigation tool, but I can't find it described anywhere, nor can I find out how to configure and use it. Not at Microsoft, and not in this book nor another book I'm reviewing. This may be my problem, but it illustrates how broad the scope of a product like MOSS is and how challenging it can be to document it.

All that said, the book provides very good guidelines in site planning an implementation, integration with MS Office 2007 and other applications, security configuration and more.

It will be a valuable addition to my library and should be part of yours as well.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A book for MOSS administrator, October 8, 2007

By 

J. Huang "A humble programmer" (Mobile, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Unleashed (Paperback)

So far I have read 5 books about SharePoint 2007. This is my fifth book in this subject. This book is different. This book is for IT system administrators and not for developers. However, as a consultant for SharePoint 2007 development, I find that this book reveals the administration considerations I usually ignore. Therefore, my review is based on the uniqueness of this book.

Pros:
1. This book is an excellent resource for system administrators. It covers most of SharePoint administration I can think of. In addition, the authors provide guide lines for SharePoint migration, the integration of SharePoint 2007 / Exchange 2007 / ISA 2006 / Forefront, and farm planning. These are the gems of this book. You can not afford to skip the chapters about application of Exchange/ISA/Forefront in Internet SharePoint 2007 environment.

Cons:
1. Tables and Figures are printed in small fonts. I would prefer a bigger font size.
2. This book is around 800 pages, and is written for system administrators. If you are a developer, you might be disappointed because there are only a few lines of code.
3. The authors discuss the SharePoint infra-structure including Exchange/ISA/Forefront. However, the lab environment is not designed that way. So the readers who want to do exercise might be disappointed.

My personal recommendation: If you are MOSS and WSS administrator, you must have this book. If you are a versatile consultant, this book should be a good reference on your book shelf. If you are a pure hand-on developer and new to SharePoint, you might opt to choose code-intensive books such as Inside SharePoint Service 3.0 by Ted Pattison.

I rate the book four stars.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Sharepoint book I own...and I own 5 of them!, September 19, 2007

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Pam in Boston (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Unleashed (Paperback)

I bought this book as it is a complete overview of every aspect of a Sharepoint 2007 implementation than any other book I have. It covers best practices for everything from what kind of site template to use to what are the best security methods for your SQL database. Very thorough and the best book on Sharepoint 2007 out there. It is in depth enough to get the job done but not so deep that there isn't room for the entire project plan of a Sharepoint implementation.

If you are like me and the ONLY resource in your company for installing, implementing, administering and rolling out Sharepoint, this is the book for you.