Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2007 Solutions in C# 2005 (Expert's Voice in Sharepoint) [Paperback]

Scot Hillier (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1590598091 | ISBN-13: 978-1590598092 | Publication Date: February 15, 2007 | Edition: 1

This detailed third edition is Scot Hillier's follow-up to his market-leading SharePoint book. The new version includes extensive updates to the previous edition, with a complete focus on SharePoint 2007 and its integration with the 2007 Microsoft Office System, as well as new approaches for using SharePoint to improve business efficiency. Also featured are new workflow solutions for SharePoint and BizTalk, and a new chapter on building a SharePoint solution from start to finish.

With this book, you’ll gain intermediate-level guidance for those who want to design and deploy business solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint 2007 technologies. Hillier defines the business cases and scenarios for these technologies. He reviews the installation, configuration, and administration of business solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint technologies, and provides programming instruction, guidance, and examples for custom web parts and solutions.

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About the Author

Scot Hillier is the Vice President of DataLan Corporation, a Microsoft Gold Partner in Collaborative Solutions located in White Plains, NY. Scot is the author of six books on developing with Microsoft technologies including "COM+ Programming with Visual Basic". A former VBITS speaker and trainer, he brings a unique combination of technical skill and business perspective to his presentations and books. Scot lives with his wife and two children in Hamden, CT.

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (February 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590598091
• ISBN-13: 978-1590598092
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #825,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Scot Hillier is an independent consultant and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional focused on creating solutions for Information Workers with SharePoint, Office, and related .NET technologies. He is the author of 10 books on Microsoft technologies including 'Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2007 Solutions in C# 2005'. When not writing about technology, Scot can be found presenting at industry conferences such as Microsoft Tech Ed and SharePoint Connections. Scot is a former U. S. Navy submarine officer and graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. Scot can be reached at [e-mail].

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars An introductory book., March 13, 2007

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Christopher H. Coddington "Chris Coddington" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2007 Solutions in C# 2005 (Expert's Voice in Sharepoint) (Paperback)

I'm not sure where the C# is in this book. As an experienced web developer, I bought it specifically to learn how to design, implement, and ultimately use the Content Management features of SharePoint .This book offered very little in that regard. All the examples required the use of SharePoint designer when most (if not all) C# developers are going to want to use Visual Studio. In the end, there was very little C# and lots of overview. Very disappointed.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro and mid-level work on SharePoint, April 5, 2007

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James Holmes "Co-Author 'Windows Developer Po... (South Central Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2007 Solutions in C# 2005 (Expert's Voice in Sharepoint) (Paperback)

This book's a critical resource if you're doing development on the SharePoint 2007 platform. The book hits a solid overview of the many features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) and also gives you good dives into many of those same features. The book also deals with Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and lays out differences between WSS and MOSS.

Hillier does a great job of covering the gory details of MOSS and hits the pros and cons of each feature. One example would be the hideous XML you have to hand-generate for working with the Business Data Catalog. He also does a great job discussing one of my recent pain points: workflow. Hillier lays out the strengths of the feature (workflow's power of process automation), then talks about the warts of the feature (design difficulties, numerous issues surrounding SharePoint Designer, etc.). Hillier is also honest about where MOSS features fall short, such as the note laying Hillier's preference for the K2 workflow engine over that of native Windows Workflow Foundation on MOSS.

The book is structured in a concise, highly usable fashion. Hillier discusses topics, then uses clearly written examples to walk you through the topic. All the examples are implemented in an environment that Hillier focuses an entire chapter on setting up. That chapter (#2) is one of the book's gems since it shows you how to get an entire development infrastructure set up and configured using Virtual Server to host three separate machines.

If you've already had exposure to MOSS then the book may not have a lot of extras for you. The dives into each feature aren't necessarily extremely deep dives, but they are good enough to get you well-versed with the concepts.

Hillier's book is an absolute must-have if you're looking to move in to any sort of work on the MOSS platform.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Microsoft should ship this book with MOSS, March 19, 2007

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Randy D. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2007 Solutions in C# 2005 (Expert's Voice in Sharepoint) (Paperback)

I have been trying to get ramped up on SharePoint 2007 ever since before the Beta 2 Tech Refresh a few months ago. To say that the landscape of good information on SharePoint 2007 is slim would be an understatement. The SDK that Microsoft ships is barely usable.

Scott Hillier's book really took things to the next level in my opinion. If you are going to be customizing the out of the box SharePoint setup, then I can't recommend this book highly enough. It was easy to read and well edited, I was able to make it through most of the book on a 6 hour trip I just went on. Excellent book... if you can afford only one, I'd go for this one.