SharePoint 2007 User's Guide: Learning Microsoft's Collaboration and Productivity Platform (Paperback)

by Seth Bates (Author), Tony Smith (Author)
Key Phrases: corporate portal, site directory, team site, Quick Launch, Site Settings, Site Actions (more...)

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Product Description

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is the next generation of Microsoft SharePoint technologies. These products expand on SharePoints information-sharing and collaboration capabilities, which allow you to create true enterprise information management, information sharing, and collaboration solutions.

SharePoint 2007 Users Guide: Learning Microsoft's Collaboration and Productivity Platform is the follow-up edition to the successful SharePoint 2003 Users Guide (Apress, 2005). This book provides guidance about the new workflows, interface, and other technologies within SharePoint 2007. Authors Seth Bates and Tony Smith describe SharePoint in a variety of environments, and have the expertise and ability to stand behind this useful guidecatered to anyone who works with SharePoint technologies in any capacity.

About the Author

Seth Bates is a solutions architect and senior consultant for DataLan Corporation, 2005 Microsoft Eastern Region Partner of the Year located in White Plains, New York. Bates coauthored the SharePoint 2003 User's Guide and performed the technical editing for Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2003 Solutions and Advanced SharePoint Services Solutions. He was also published in the April 2005 edition of Dr. Dobb's Journal with an article titled "SharePoint Web Part Development." Bates has over 8 years of experience engineering business solutions, primarily using Microsoft technologies. With experience in all phases of the software engineering life cycle, he brings a broad mix of analysis, design, and implementation expertise to his work.

Tony Smith is a product manager for DataLan Corporation, a Microsoft Gold Certified partner, located in White Plains, New York. Tony coauthored the SharePoint 2003 User's Guide and has been working with SharePoint 2007 since its first beta release. With a background that includes business analysis, network engineering, and application development, Tony has over 12 years of experience engineering business solutions, and regularly presents to engineers, analysts, and business decision makers. Tony has worked with a wide range of organizations, including Fortune 500 and Fortune 50 companies, to design and deploy Microsoft SharePoint and Office System solutions since these products were made available. You can find additional information about Tony and topics
discussed in this book at www.sharepointextras.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 425 pages
• Publisher: Apress (February 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590598296
• ISBN-13: 978-1590598290
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,500 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful, September 21, 2007

By	D. Buzzell "davo" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Recommended for "Power-Users," or those people that are comfortable working in Office, etc. Not for techies, per se, and perhaps a bit much for the average user. Get it for those people that will comfortably read a 300 page book on a computer program and then actually do something with it. Don't get it for those whose permissions you wouldn't dare leave without significant restrictions.

Has been very helpful to me as someone new to SharePoint. Only 4 stars because it's a bit much for the average user that we have in our organization -- I 'm not sold that I could distribute this as a User's Guide and expect increased understanding of how it works from the typical user. Perhaps it takes this much detail to present the information, but the lack of a general "how-to" or "quick-start" section makes me think that most users will be intimidated by the size and scope of the book and never crack it open.

However, from a Power User perspective, this book is excellent. The writing is clear and well-organized. I've been able to find just about everything I've needed to understand and answered most questions that have come to mind. I like how the book presents the different choices available, without shoe-horning you into the author's preferred choice. Comparing it to explanations available online, the information it typically presented better in this book.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars User's Guide great for its intended audience, June 5, 2007

By	J. Lichtenthal "sideout72" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For any orgnaization that is implementing SharePoint for end-user use, this book is an extremely valuable. The documentation on Microsoft's website and within the help links within the Sharepoint portal are nearly unusable for an end-user, and definitely cannot be used as an initial learning guide. This book takes up the slack. If you have "power" end-users in your organization who will be using the out-of-the-box features of Sharepoint to customize their portals, this book is for them. It can also be used as a reference for learning how to implement features and navigate through the various setup menus.

S. Taylor (stusrt) - This is not a technical reference - it is for end users - "SharePoint 2007 User's Guide". While this book touches on how to programatically customize Sharepoint, it is not the main purpose. Once you have programmed your portal, and now need to release it to end users, give THEM this book. You'll be happy about how few questions you will get back about using Sharepoint, since they will be well informed.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for both new Sharepoint users and updaters alike - clear and concise! Also a handy reference..., April 20, 2007

By	Caroline C. Schaefer (The Industrial Midwest) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Our company has used Sharepoint 2003 extensively, and have deployed many business applications on this platform. We have a migration program to Sharepoint 2007 going now, and this book has been the best resource to educate our end users and business managers on the new features and functionalities of this version.

I would recommend the book to fresh users being introduced to Sharepoint 2007 and to users trying to migrate to the new version, as its the simplest way to learn how to navigate through all the key features of the product. The book is concise, well written, and just the right reference guide to keep handy to become a power user of Sharepoint.