Mastering Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - Softcover

C. A. Callahan; Callahan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470127287 ISBN 13: 9780470127285

Publisher: Sybex, 2008

Synopsis

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 is the latest version of the collaboration tool found in Windows Server 2003 R2 and also the underlying technology of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. In this comprehensive book you’ll go under the hood of WSS 3.0 and discover how to make it easy to share documents, track tasks, create common workspaces where teams can work collectively, set up discussion groups, and more. Includes essential techniques for site creation, administration, customization, security, and disaster recovery, and practical steps for migrating from 2.0 to 3.0.

About this title

About the Author

CA Callahan, MCSE, MCSA, MCT, is the founder and principal trainer for CallahanTech, providing customized training and courseware for businesses and IT professionals. A Microsoft Certified Trainer since the Windows NT Server days, Callahan teaches fellow IT professionals about the latest Microsoft technologies. She’s a frequent presenter at conferences and expos, including Windows/Office Connections and LinuxWorld/NetworkWorld Expo; with a brief stint instructing hands-on labs at Microsoft TechEd. Previously, she traveled across the US on behalf of Microsoft to do TechNet Security Briefings, and has become passionate about network access security, disaster recovery, and virtualization. An avid beta tester, she has participated in such notable betas as Server 2003 (as well as SP1 and R2), Server 2008, Vista, Virtual Server, and Data Protection Manager. Callahan is a contributing author of Windows Vista: The Missing Manual with David Pogue as well as Mastering Windows Server 2003 and its Upgrade Edition for SP1 and R2 with Mark Minasi.

From the Back Cover

Master This Powerful Collaboration Tool for Windows Server Networks

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 is the latest version of the collaboration tool found in Windows Server 2003 R2—a feature-rich product that can be deployed to help you manage and improve information-sharing across your company's network. WSS 3.0 is also the underlying technology of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007.

Now with this comprehensive book as your point-by-point guide, you'll go under the hood of WSS 3.0 and discover how to make it easy to share documents, track tasks, create common workspaces where teams can work collectively, set up surveys and discussion groups, and more.

The book provides step-by-step coverage of what system administrators need to know, including essential techniques for site creation, administration, customization, security, and disaster recovery—plus pages of detailed, real-world examples. You'll also find practical steps for migrating from version 2.0 to 3.0.

Coverage includes:

• Understanding the basics of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

• Adding, moving, removing, and customizing web parts

• Creating pre-built and new custom lists

• Setting up libraries for documents, pictures, forms, and wikis

• Checking documents in and out—and managing checked files

• Using global breadcrumbs to get back to where you started

• Managing security and permissions

• Backing up and restoring SQL databases, lists, libraries, and more

• Migrating from SharePoint Services 2.0 to 3.0

• Create Information-Sharing Solutions across People and Documents

• Set up and Use WSS 3.0 Basic, Stand-alone Server, or Server Farm

• Perform Administrative Tasks with STSADM.EXE

• Add, Extend, or Remove Virtual Web Servers

• Manage Security and Permissions

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470127287
• ISBN 13: 9780470127285
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1008