Product Description
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.
From the Back Cover
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
