Sharepoint User's Guide

by Acker, Bryan; Davey, Tyler; McGovern, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780596009083
• ISBN10: 0596009089
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

Microsoft's Windows SharePoint Services can be overwhelming to new users, and this quick and easy guide not only shows them what they need to know to start using SharePoint effectively, but how to make the most of it. SharePoint enables organizations to create web sites for information sharing and collaboration- sites where teams and individuals can capture and share ideas, and work together on documents, tasks, contacts, and events among themselves or with partners and customers. With a format designed to help readers find answers quickly, the SharePoint User's Guide explains how to access sites that are already set up, how to create new sites, and how to personalize sites. The book also shows readers ways to use the document and picture libraries for adding and editing content, how to add discussion boards and surveys to a site, and how they can enhance security.

Author Biography

Infusion Development Corporation offers software development services, developer training and consulting services for large financial firms, such as Dun & Bradstreet, Deutsche Bank, MetLife, and Wachovia. A Microsoft Certified Solutions Provider, the company focuses on emerging and established Windows NT and Unix software development technologies. Infusion Development Corp is also a TIBCO Alliance Partner and Authorized Learning Partner (TALP).

Their expertise lies in the architecture and implementation of the most popular technologies in use today, including: C++, COM/COM+, .NET, Java™, EJB™, Visual Basic, CORBA, Win32, XML, XSLT and TIBCO, as well as a number of relational database systems including Oracle, Sybase, and Microsoft SQL Server.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Working with Sites and Workspaces	1	(25)
Types of SharePoint Sites	1	(3)
Working with SharePoint Sites	4	(7)
Creating Your Own Sites	11	(3)
Modifying a Site	14	(1)
Creating Extra Pages	15	(2)
Personalizing a Site	17	(9)
Basic Web Parts	26	(37)
What Is a Web Part?	26	(1)
Basic List Functions	27	(6)
Advanced Web Parts	33	(12)
Library Web Parts	45	(10)
Advanced Web Part Features	55	(8)
Extending Site Pages	63	(14)
Linking to External Content	64	(3)
Creating HTML Pages	67	(3)
Sharing Information Between Web Parts	70	(2)
Custom Web Part Pages	72	(5)
Securing SharePoint Sites	77	(11)
Users and Site Groups	77	(1)
User Management	78	(2)
Site Group Management	80	(3)
Security Architecture	83	(5)
Integrating with Office 2003	88	(19)
Finding Out Who's Online?	89	(2)
Shared Workspaces	91	(10)
Form Libraries	101	(6)
Setting Up Windows SharePoint Services	107	(24)
Requirements	107	(1)
Installing Windows SharePoint Services	108	(14)
Integrating with SharePoint Portal Server 2003	122	(6)
Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 1	128	(3)
Index	131