Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server: Building Knowledge Sharing Applications [Paperback]

Kevin Laahs (Author), Emer McKenna (Author), Don Vickers (Author)

Book Description

Series: HP Technologies | Publication Date: December 1, 2001

Use Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001 as a foundation for building knowledge sharing applications. This book details how IT professionals can plan, design and implement web based solutions using Microsoft's Intranet Portal. Written by experts from Compaq, the world's prime integrator of Exchange systems and Microsoft's Partner of the Year, the book illustrates how easy it is to create sophisticated knowledge based applications using SharePoint Portal Server. It provides an excellent overview of the built-in features and functionality of SharePoint Portal Server, and describes how a Portal coordinator can easily customize the product to fit their business needs.



The book blends expert instruction, best practices, and project blueprints, and effectively guides readers through the process of creating a knowledge sharing solution using Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001.

Explains Microsoft's strategy for knowledge sharing and its foundation on the Microsoft SharePoint Technologies
Details how to build enhanced collaborative applications with SharePoint Portal Server 2001
Shows SharePoint Portal Server 2001 as a tool enabling a rigorous and comprehensive knowledge management strategy

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

The book blends expert instruction, best practices, and project blueprints, and effectively guides readers through the process of creating a knowledge sharing solution using Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001.

About the Author

Kevin Laahs is a senior member of the Technology Leadership Group within HP's Consulting and Integration practice. He is currently focused on Exchange Server 2003 and SharePoint Portal Server V2 and helps customers determine how such products can assist in solving their business problems. Kevin is a frequent speaker at industry events such as the Microsoft Exchange Conference and TechEd. Kevin is co-author of Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server: Building Knowledge Sharing Applications.

Emer McKenna is a member of the Technology Leadership Group within HP's Consulting and Integration practice. She is focused on assisting customers with the planning, design, implementation and integration of messaging and collaborative technologies into their enterprise. Emer is co-author of Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server: Building Knowledge Sharing Applications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Digital Press (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555582443
• ISBN-13: 978-1555582449
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,150,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fair ?!?, May 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server: Building Knowledge Sharing Applications (Paperback)

The review by Tobin Lewis is right. This isn't a resource book. And the authors do occasionally get in way too deep ( the chapter on the doc store lost me so quick i got whiplash ). There are not that many books on SharePoint out there, kids, and this one is still the best by far. It is short ( in computer book terms ), to the point, packed with info and, in some places, relatively easy to read.

This is the book if you are looking to do more than admin a Sharepoint implementation, i.e. customizing and/or understanding the product. And if admining SharePoint is all you want, stick to what Microsoft gives you for free, it's better than the other books available ( or, in some cases, the same thing ). And check out the Microsoft newsgroup. that may be the best resource available ( isn't that scary )

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best SPS book out there, April 3, 2002

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"dcohen42" (Bethesda, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server: Building Knowledge Sharing Applications (Paperback)

One of the most useful book out there. For once, a book that gives more than the obvious. Packed with many tips on how to cutomize Sharepoint that you will not find anywhere else. A must have for anyone implementing Sharepoint

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - A Must Have, February 3, 2003

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Melonie Brown (Concord, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server: Building Knowledge Sharing Applications (Paperback)

Don't bother buying the Resource Kit - buy this book instead. It explains the architecture and lets you know upfront what is and is not currently available in the 1.0 release of the product.

Hacks to provide functionality that should have been in the product are covered (although with strong warnings about no support from Microsoft).

If you've suddenly been handed a project involving SharePoint, buy this book! It will save you many hours of grief.