About the Author 6
Credits 7
Acknowledgments 8
Contents 9
Introduction 17
Who This Book Is For 17
What This Book Covers 18
How This Book Is Structured 18
What You Need to Use This Book 19
Conventions 20
Source Code 21
Errata 21
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Microsoft SharePoint 2007 23
What Is SharePoint? 24
The History of SharePoint 25
Differences between WSS and MOSS 27
What You Need to Run SharePoint 28
Integrating with MS Office 30
Built-In Features of SharePoint 35
Accessing SharePoint over the Internet 46
Summary 50
Chapter 2: Installing Windows SharePoint Services 53
What Is New in WSS 3.0 53
Preparing to Install WSS 54
Installing WSS 64
Upgrading SQL Server 2005 Express to MS SQL Server 76
Uninstalling WSS 81
Summary 83
Chapter 3: Configuring and Managing Windows SharePoint Services 85
Important Concepts 86
Beginning SharePoint Administration 95
More Advanced WSS Administration 112
Summary 133
Chapter 4: Installing MS Office SharePoint Server 2007 137
Preparing for MOSS 137
Installing MOSS 154
Backing Up MOSS 2007 169
Upgrading SQL Express to MS SQL Server 172
Post-Installation Tasks 174
Uninstalling MOSS 176
Summary 178
Chapter 5: Configuring and Managing MOSS 2007 181
Basic Configuration 181
Advanced Administration 182
Managing Access to the Por tal Site 215
Summary 220
Chapter 6: Building Web Sites 221
WSS Sites 221
MOSS Sites 231
Summary 255
Chapter 7: Office Integration 257
MS Office Product Suite 257
The New Generation 263
MS Outlook 265
MS OneNote 297
MS InfoPath 300
Other Applications 307
Summary 307
Chapter 8: Advanced Configurations 309
Managing User Profiles in MOSS 309
Managing Information Targeting with WSS and MOSS 319
Searching in WSS and MOSS 330
More Advanced Settings for MOSS and WSS 349
Summary 351
Chapter 9: Web Content Management 353
Introduction to Content Management 353
Web Content Management 357
Summary 381
Chapter 10: File and Document Management 383
Traditional File Chaos 383
The SharePoint Way 387
Managing List Access 422
Managing Document Workflow 426
Working with Document Workspaces 429
Using SharePoint as a File Share 431
Summary 433
Chapter 11: Intranet and Internet Sites 435
Analyzing the Needs 435
An Intranet Based on WSS 440
An Intranet Based on MOSS 452
Building Internet Sites 472
Summary 479
Chapter 12: Customizing SharePoint 2007 481
MOSS Site Templates 481
Changing the Look and Feel of the Por tal Site 482
Managing the SharePoint Sites 498
Creating Site Definitions 508
Summary 512
Chapter 13: SharePoint Designer 2007 515
Why SharePoint Designer 2007? 515
Basic Design 522
Extended Design 528
Master Pages and Layout Pages 540
Summary 548
Chapter 14: Backup and Restore 551
What Data Should You Protect? 551
Backup with STSADM 556
Backing Up a Single Site 561
Backing Up a Complete Farm 562
Scheduling the Backup Process 563
Backup with the Central Administration Tool 564
Restore Procedures 567
Third-Party Backup Tools 577
Summary 580
Index 583