In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you will be up and running with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon a real-world foundation forged in both technology and business matters, allowing you to learn the essentials of SharePoint 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 from the ground up. Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks.
The Q&A sections and quizzes at the end of each lesson help you build and test your knowledge. Notes, Tips, and Cautions point out shortcuts, solutions, and potential problems to avoid.
Learn how to:
*Explore and fully utilize all the core WSS 3.0 features
*Install WSS 3.0 on different versions of Windows Server
*Explore the interoperability between SharePoint and various Office 2003 and 2007 products *Create and enhance workflows
*Manage user permissions at all levels
*Enhance search functionality using Search Server 2008 Express
*Create internal blogs using the Extended Blog Edition
*Get your site up-and-running quickly with the Microsoft application templates
*Enhance your site by utilizing free and commercial third-party web parts
*Create sites in different languages
Table of Contents
Introduction 1 1 Introducing SharePoint 2007 7 2 Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 15 3 Adding Users and Giving Them Rights 29 4 Using the Administration Site 45 5 Planning a Site's Structure 59 6 Using Libraries and Lists 73 7 Creating and Using Libraries 89 8 Creating and Using Views and Folders 105 9 Looking at List Types and the Included Web Parts 123 10 Learning About Authentication and Access Rights 139 11 Using What We've Learned So Far in a Site 157 12 Using Wikis and Blogs 177 13 Using WSS 3.0 Search and Installing Search Server 2008 Express 195 14 Improving Searches 209 15 Using Different Versions of the Main Office Products with WSS 3.0 227 16 Using Different Versions of Outlook with WSS 3.0 243 17 Sharing OneNote 2007 Notebooks and Access 2007 Tables with WSS 3.0 259 18 Using Access 2007 Tables to Produce Reports from WSS 3.0 Lists 277 19 Creating Workflows in WSS 3.0 295 20 Using SharePoint Designer 2007 to Create Workflows 313 21 Using SharePoint Designer 2007 to Create Data View Web Parts 327 22 Making Safety Copies of Your Data and Using Them 343 23 Enhancing Your WSS 3.0 Sites--Microsoft Official Possibilities 361 24 Enhancing Your WSS 3.0 Sites--Using Third-Party Web Parts 375 Online Appendixes (available at www.informit.com/title/9780672330001) A Full Installation Details for Windows Server 2003 Web: 387 B Installing WSS 3.0 on Windows Server 2008 Web: 397 C Creating a Virtual Machine Web: 411
Author Biography
Mike Walsh has been a SharePoint MVP since October 2002. He works as a Technology Consultant for Logica in Finland, having spent all but one year of his working life living and working in various European countries outside his native Britain. Mike became an MVP for the SharePoint Team Services (STS) product through actively sharing his STS knowledge in the newsgroup for that product. He has continued to be active in SharePoint newsgroups and (now) forums, mainly for Windows SharePoint Services for both versions 2.0 and 3.0. He has worked on the Ask the Experts stand at several Microsoft European conferences over the years. He was an early beta tester for both Office 2003, including WSS 2.0, and Office 2007, including WSS 3.0. This is Mike's first full book. He has earlier written a chapter of a book that was a joint effort by a number of SharePoint MVPs.
