SharePoint 2010 For Dummies [Paperback]

Microsoft SharePoint, the powerful collaboration tool, sometimes blurs the line between technical and non-technical users. Whether you're an administrator who needs to install and configure SharePoint or a non-techie who's been charged with managing content on a SharePoint portal, this book will make your job easier.

You'll find the nuts-and-bolts information that enables you to install and configure a SharePoint portal, plus specific solutions for SharePoint issues and the knowledge you need to design, populate, and maintain portal areas.

• SharePoint is Microsoft's complex but powerful tool for enabling collaboration through a portal site
• Both technical and non-technical people may be called upon to work with SharePoint in some capacity; this guide addresses the needs of both
• Focuses on making a confusing topic clearer by walking you through real-world scenarios for getting a SharePoint portal up and running
• Provides essential information for administrators, solutions for specific problems, and a guide for those in non-technical positions who are responsible for sections of a SharePoint portal

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 For Dummies breaks a complex topic into understandable pieces so you can succeed with SharePoint.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

SharePoint can be a little tough to get your mind around. It's all about collaboration, so get together with this friendly guide and watch SharePoint start making sense! This plain-English guide offers simple instructions and focused coverage of this powerful tool, covering using and customizing team sites, hosting a public-facing site, branding and designing your site, and using the search and business intelligence features.

• See what it does — explore how SharePoint helps you manage projects, enables employee networking, supports business intelligence, and lets you access applications

• Meet the gang — get acquainted with the set of Microsoft products that make up SharePoint

• Team up — get a handle on document sharing, managing calendars and tasks, creating custom lists, microblogging internally, and tracking changes in your team

• Documentary stuff — manage documents on your team site and add other content

• Meet the public — use SharePoint to host public-facing Web sites as well as internal information portals

• Dress it up — use themes, style sheets, and other techniques to make your SharePoint site sharp

• Seek and find — handle site directories, configure the search function, and use metadata and tags

Open the book and find:

• Tips for sharing documents and lists

• How My Site can be used like Twitter and Facebook

• Types of sites you can create

• Advice on configuring settings for collaboration

• Tweaks for page templates

• How to make content searchable with metadata and tagging

• How to create custom style sheets

• Secrets of site security

Learn to:

• Understand the complexities of SharePoint

• Use wikis and team sites for collaboration

• Create branded information portals

• Use tags, metadata, and search