Product Description: Written by the most well-known SharePoint experts in the field, this book arms you with in-depth information on the critical areas within the platform. Sixteen Microsoft MVPs guide you through SharePoint 2007's products and technologies, focusing on topics related to both WSS and MOSS. The authors share their unique knowledge and experience on the specific parts of SharePoint that they know best.
Covering the full breadth and depth of SharePoint, you'll learn everything from how to configure forms-based authentication and administer a SharePoint site to developing a publishing site within MOSS and building workflow solutions. You'll find different approaches to site design and corporate site branding using SharePoint Designer 2007 or using CSS depending on your needs. You'll see advanced development scenarios using Excel Services for reports and advanced administrative functions for securing SharePoint communication. All of this will help you develop a dynamic SharePoint site that meets the needs of your company.
What you will learn from this book
* The strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches to SharePoint authentication *
How to keep your SharePoint farm healthy including the essential command utilities you'll depend on *
A structured approach to developing SharePoint sites that eases management and maintenance *
Web Part development with C# *
Creating Workflows with either WSS or MOSS including InfoPath(r) forms with MOSS *
Developing applications with the Business Data Catalog, Excel(r) Services, and Information Rights Management *
The different approaches to a SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007 upgrade emphasizing the gradual method
Who this book is for
This book is for experienced .NET developers, Office (VBA) developers, and IT professionals developing and implementing SharePoint solutions.
A good second book, once you have the basics I like this book a lot but it has some issues. Some reviewes have noted that it is penned by multiple authors and this causes it to be kind of choppy. I believe that is a valid criticism but we need to consider that this book is not supposed to be your first SharePoint book but would be a very good second one. This is for people who have learned about SharePoint, maybe done a test deployment and want to really get their hands dirty with multiple aspect of the SharePoint technologies. If you are looking for something for primary study, this book is not for you. If you truly have a good fundamental grasp of SharePoint administration and want to move on to work with branding or BI quickly, then this is your book.
Nothing Beats the Real World What a great book. It shows you how things are really done. Showing you examples from start to finish it is a great resources when planning or designing a sharepoint environment. What is best is that most chapters leave you with some many ideas not only from what is written but also what else the MVP's cover.
A Great Work!!
not recommended..much better books are out there This books lacks rhythm. Being written by multiple authors, its a bumpy ride from chapter to chapter. Most of the examples dont work.
Great book. Very good practical book on SharePoint. I own several different books on this topic and this one is GREAT!
Examples are not working! Can't someone edit this book before it's published? For example, chapter 9 workflow integrating with InfoPath is not working! There are missing information here and there and I wouldn't have known unless I look at the author website. But still, it doesn't work (your initiation form is missing).
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