SharePoint 2007 How-To [Paperback]

Ishai Sagi (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0672330504 | ISBN-13: 978-0672330506 | Publication Date: May 15, 2009 | Edition: 1

SharePoint® 2007 How-To

 

Ishai Sagi

 

Real Solutions for SharePoint Users

 

SharePoint 2007 How-To delivers quick, to-the-point answers to common problems and tasks in SharePoint 2007. You’ll find answers to the most common end-user tasks, as well as some of the more complex problems and tasks faced by content and site managers. From the basics of navigating a site, to more complex tasks such as customizing a site and managing site security, SharePoint 2007 How-To is a focused resource that provides access to all the answers you need—now!

 

Fast, Accurate, and Easy to Use!

  . Discover all the core SharePoint components and their practical uses and applications

  . Learn the essentials for navigating a SharePoint site

  . Find fresh ideas for working with the various SharePoint file formats

  . Perform detailed searches within SharePoint

  . Manage personal sites

  . Create organized lists and document libraries that are easy to navigate

  . Modify and customize list views by using filtering, grouping, and sorting

  . Control user access by managing permissions for lists, libraries, files, and other components

  . Implement and track custom workflows within SharePoint

  . Create subsites for enhanced content management

  . Customize the look and feel of a site using custom settings, themes, and content types

  . Manage site permissions and settings for a more secure environment

 

Ishai Sagi is a SharePoint expert who has been working in Microsoft SharePoint since its initial release in 2001. Currently, Ishai is a SharePoint developer and solutions architect in Canberra, Australia. He spends his spare time leading the Canberra SharePoint user group. Since the Microsoft SharePoint launch in 2001, Ishai has trained numerous end users, administrators, and developers in using Microsoft SharePoint or developing solutions for the platform. He has spoken at Microsoft conferences in countries around the world, including Spain, Israel, and Australia.

 

Ishai was the recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for SharePoint in 2007, 2008, and 2009.

 

Ishai also is the author of a popular SharePoint blog for developers at http://www.sharepoint-tips.com and manages the Canberra SharePoint User Group website at http://www.sharepointusers.org.au/Canberra/default.aspx.

 

Category:  Microsoft Servers/SharePoint

User Level:  Beginner–Intermediate

 

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About the Author

Ishai Sagi is a SharePoint expert who has been working with Microsoft SharePoint since its initial release in 2001. Since then, Ishai has trained numerous end users, administrators, and developers in using Microsoft SharePoint or developing solutions for the platform. He has spoken at Microsoft conferences around the world, including in Spain, Israel, and Australia. Ishai received the Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) award for Microsoft SharePoint in 2007 and 2008 as recognition for his contribution to the Microsoft SharePoint community.

 

Ishai also is the author of a popular SharePoint blog for developers at http://www.sharepoint-tips.com and manages the Canberra SharePoint User Group website at http://www.sharepointusers.org.au/Canberra/default.aspx.

 

Currently, Ishai is a SharePoint developer and a solutions architect in Canberra, Australia where he spends his spare time taking pictures of the wildlife. This might help explain the numerous pictures of kangaroos that can be seen in this book.

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Introduction

Overview of This Book

The aim of this book is to be your companion as you use Microsoft SharePoint 2007. It lists common tasks that you need to do when you use SharePoint as a working tool and shows how to accomplish these tasks in an easy step-by-step process.

This book is written for people who are unfamiliar with or are unsure how to approach tasks in Microsoft SharePoint 2007. It even covers advanced issues, such as managing sites and security, editing pages, and using some of the more complex functionality available in Microsoft SharePoint 2007. However, this book is not intended as an administration guide, a developer handbook, or a complete and comprehensive user guide. Instead, this book focuses on assisting you with the basics—covering the essentials and making sure you know where to go to do the most common day-to-day tasks that you will encounter as a Microsoft SharePoint 2007 end user.

How to Benefit from This Book

We’ve designed this book to be easy to read from cover to cover. It is divided into four parts designed to make looking up problems easy.

Part I, “Solutions for Readers,” has the most common and basic tasks that do not involve changing anything in SharePoint, but just viewing, browsing, and finding information. This part includes

• Chapter 1, “About Microsoft SharePoint 2007”
• Chapter 2, “Finding Your Way Around a SharePoint Site”
• Chapter 3, “Solutions Regarding Files, Documents, List Items, and Forms”
• Chapter 4, “Searching in SharePoint”
• Chapter 5, “Personal Sites and Personal Details (Available Only in MOSS)”

Part II, “Solutions for Authors and Content Managers,” teaches you how to perform tasks that involve adding content to SharePoint or changing the way it looks. This part includes

• Chapter 6, “Creating and Managing Files, List Items, and Forms in SharePoint”
• Chapter 7, “Creating Lists and Document Libraries”
• Chapter 8, “Creating List Views”
• Chapter 9, “Authoring Pages”
• Chapter 10, “Managing Security”
• Chapter 11, “Workflows”

Part III, “Solutions for Site Managers,” has advanced tasks involved in creating and customizing SharePoint sites. This part includes

• Chapter 12, “Creating Subsites”
• Chapter 13, “Customizing a SharePoint Site”
• Chapter 14, “Managing Site Security”

Finally, in Part IV, “Appendixes,” you find shortcuts and links that will help you find your way and achieve some tasks faster.

This book is written with the firm belief that to learn, you must do. You can use this book as a reference tool when you are tasked with a certain job that you need help finding out how to perform, or you can use it as a learning guide if you have an environment to perform the tasks outlined in this book one by one. Whatever your choice, it is our hope that this book will be a helpful companion.

How to Continue Expanding Your Knowledge

This book does not claim to cover all of what you can do with SharePoint. If you find yourself in need of more information check out the SharePoint built-in help interface. Almost every page in SharePoint has a Help icon that will open the SharePoint help screen, enabling you to search for the topic you want. Additionally, you can find SharePoint manuals and help articles from Microsoft on the Microsoft help site at http://tinyurl.com/mosshelp.

If you cannot find what you want in the Microsoft help pages, plenty more help is available on the Internet from the SharePoint community, which is big and helpful both in blogs and discussion forums. To find solutions to problems, it is recommended to search using your favorite search engine. Many blogs and websites have information on how to achieve tasks in SharePoint.

If you have a question that you cannot find an answer for, the Microsoft forums are the best place to go to get answers. These forums can be found at http://tinyurl.com/sharepointforum.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (May 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672330504
• ISBN-13: 978-0672330506
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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More About the Author

Ishai Sagi (Australia) has been working in SharePoint since its initial release in 2001. He is currently a SharePoint developer and solutions architect, and leader of the Canberra SharePoint user group. He has trained numerous end users, administrators, and developers in SharePoint, and has been awarded Microsoft's MVP award for SharePoint for two consecutive years. He is also author of one of the world's most popular SharePoint blogs,

Customer Reviews

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous guide to the product, June 15, 2009

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Steven Rose (Canberra, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SharePoint 2007 How-To (Paperback)

I'm an experienced SharePoint user, trainer, developer, designer, architect (etc etc) and am quite familiar with most resources out there. With this book Ishai has achieved something very important - a clear explanation of the many screens and options available in SharePoint. For example, he makes clear what effect different options have when using the built-in survey tool, with lots of screenshots to make things crystal clear. In many ways, this is the manual many people wished Microsoft would produce - written in plain English.

On initially looking through the book I was put off by the book's structure, because it sometimes introduces difficult technical truths when we are doing something simple. However, on reflection, I understand the reasoning: the structure makes sense when you come back to the book as a reference, looking for information on particular subject. I would advise readers to skip sections that seem too detailed for them: Ishai's scenario / solution structure should help: if the scenario doesn't interest you, skip ahead!

If I read a book and then never take it down from the shelf ever again, I take that as a bad sign: I expect my needs to change over time, and to get more value out of books as time goes by. I have already had "SharePoint 2007 How-To" off the shelf a few times, which bodes well for its longevity, and hence value.

Who is it for? The material ranges from `new to product' through to briefing people who might whip up a little SharePoint application to make their work easier. But the primary audience are people I have met many times: people who need to use SharePoint and feel bewildered by all the options. You know who you are.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gem, July 7, 2009

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Steve Schapel "Microsoft Access MVP" (Wellington, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SharePoint 2007 How-To (Paperback)

In a word - masterful. Congratulations, Ishai, on a great contribution!

The author is careful to point out that the book is not targeted to the technical end of the spectrum - the professional SharePoint developers and administrators.

Perfect! There are lots of books, and other resources, that make the assumption that you already know stuff, and jump right in to the intermediate or advanced level.

No, this is for the user. Well, in a sense, the author misses slightly here. He forgot to mention those who don't necessarily work directly with SharePoint, but work with technologies that can integrate closely with SharePoint. Like (ahem) Access developers, for example.

So really, it's for people who need a good, solid, overview understanding of SharePoint. Terminology, concepts, functionality. And in my experience, there was a big gap for this type of book, and Ishai has filled it superbly.

Here's the first sentence in Chapter 1:
"SharePoint is a platform that allows users to build websites."

That's what I like... start at the beginning, and move on up from there.

Not that it's all on the basic level. By the time we get to page 341 we've covered some pretty meaty topics.

I have learned heaps from this book, and will continue to do so as I explore it more thoroughly. Just what I needed for my present stage of SharePoint knowledge and skill.

I have no criticisms at all. It is nicely written, in a very readable style. Very well organised. Excellently illustrated. Highly recommended.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice non-technical user reference, January 23, 2010

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Dimitri Shvorob - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SharePoint 2007 How-To (Paperback)

Indeed, a handy reference for a SharePoint newbie, although "Project management with SharePoint" might be even more accessible - shorter and with a focused agenda. Readers with slightly more experience will need less spoon-feeding - after seeing too many screenshots, I felt that the author was rushing me through items on SharePont screens (cf. "how-to") - and would be better served by Wrox's "Beginning SharePoint", for example.