SharePoint 2010 All-in-One For Dummies [Paperback]

Simplify SharePoint with this comprehensive, understandable guide

SharePoint is a Microsoft technology that enables project collaboration through a single portal. It can be complex, but not when approached the Dummies way!

This guide offers eight self-contained minibooks that examine each aspect of SharePoint 2010. Whether you're an experienced administrator or developer or you're just getting your feet wet, you'll find it's easy to locate what you need and learn to install, configure, and manage a SharePoint portal. You can dig as deeply into SharePoint as you want or need to.

• SharePoint 2010 is the newest version of collaboration technology that allows you to aggregate SharePoint sites, information, and applications into a single portal
• Administrators, page producers, and developers will be able to get SharePoint installed, configured, and running with the advice in this guide
• Eight minibooks address the Microsoft Office SharePoint system, SharePoint services, collaboration, SharePoint Server, enterprise content management, managing users, architecting SharePoint, and SharePoint deployment
• Covers planning, installation, configuration, performance, troubleshooting, data structure, and more

If you work with SharePoint, you'll find Microsoft SharePoint 2010 All-in-One For Dummies provides what you need to get starting and keep going with SharePoint 2010.

There's a lot to SharePoint 2010, and there's a lot of information in this book! Find just what you need to help you learn to use SharePoint and understand how it fits into Microsoft's Unified Communication strategy. Learn to build and manage SharePoint sites, how they serve users, how to manage data and serve up content, and a whole lot more.

• Learn about SharePoint services — including SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint Server, and Office Web Apps

• Frame it — explore SharePoint fundamentals and the framework that supports SharePoint

• Install with ease — identify the software and hardware requirements and prepare your environment for installation

• Put the pieces together — understand the services architecture, choose and set up authentication procedures, and plan all the elements of your site

• Get down to business — work with Access Services and Business Connectivity Services, InfoPath Forms, and Managed MetaData

• Feel the power — use PowerShell to automate administrative tasks and extend SharePoint

• Branch out — work with external data, design browser-compatible forms, and see how SharePoint handles social networking

Open the book and find:

• Tips for building and using a basic site

• How Office Web Apps fit in

• Various authentication options

• Language factors to consider

• Advice on monitoring and managing Search

• How to sync profile data from multiple sources

• Hints on designing browser-compatible forms

• How to set up many services, including Excel Services

4 books in 1

• Introduction to SharePoint

• Architecture and Planning

• Managing Services

• Using the SharePoint Services