Synopses & Reviews
Find out just how easy it is to create and launch a SharePoint site to be more productiveThere's so much you can do with SharePoint, but where do you begin? With this friendly guide, of course! Whether you want to share documents with coworkers, create a public-facing site, customize your design, enable searchable information, or leverage Office 365, SharePoint pro Vanessa Williams will help you get the most out of this powerful tool.
- Put on your explorer's cap — take a trip inside SharePoint to discover how to best manage projects, network with employees, utilize business intelligence, and access applications
- Make it a team effort — find out how to make your team site more effective by applying metadata to your documents, adding different files, and boosting security
- Put on your webmaster hat — build your skills to use SharePoint to host publicly facing sites and internal informational portals
- Add some spice — whether you want to change the color scheme of your pages or create a completely branded public website, learn how to make it look polished
- Find it fast — follow steps to use metadata to make it easier to search for your content
Open the book and find:
- Tips for leveraging Office 365 and SharePoint Online
- Advice on using page templates
- How to populate your site with content
- Directions for taking your site live
- Details on sharing and collaborating on documents
- Steps for creating branded portals
- How to create custom style sheets to get the look you want
- Ways to take advantage of SharePoint's business intelligence capabilities
Learn to:
- Administer and customize SharePoint Online
- Move to the cloud and work with Microsoft Office 365
- Take advantage of the newest features
- Get your site up and running and manage it effectively
Synopsis
Here's the bestselling guide on SharePoint 2010, updated to cover Office 365SharePoint Portal Server is an essential part of the enterprise infrastructure for many businesses. The Office 365 version includes significantly enhanced cloud capabilities. This second edition of the bestselling guide to SharePoint covers getting a SharePoint site up and running, branded, populated with content, and more. It explains ongoing site management and offers plenty of advice for administrators who want to leverage SharePoint and Office 365 in various ways.
- Many businesses today rely on SharePoint Portal Server to aggregate SharePoint sites, information, and applications into a single portal
- This updated edition covers the enhanced cloud capacities of Office 365 and Microsoft SharePoint Online
- Shows how to use SharePoint to leverage data centers and collaborate with both internal and external customers, including partners and clients
- Covers getting a site up and running, populating it with content, branding it, and managing the site long term
Administrators and small-business website managers will find SharePoint 2010 For Dummies, 2nd Edition gives them the information they need to make the most of this technology.
About the Author
Vanessa L. Williams has more than a decade of experience in information technology and information systems. As a freelance consultant, she helps clients ranging from small companies with 20 users to Fortune 200 enterprises using SharePoint to solve business problems.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1Part I: Collaborating with Team Sites 9
Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Team Site 11
Chapter 2: Sharing Your Documents 25
Chapter 3: Working with Lists 45
Chapter 4: Getting a New View 61
Chapter 5: Subscribing to Feeds and Alerts 81
Chapter 6: Working Offline with SharePoint Workspace 91
Part II: Taking Your Team Site to the Next Level 103
Chapter 7: Creating New Sites 105
Chapter 8: Working with Web Pages 119
Chapter 9: Working with Web Parts 131
Chapter 10: Configuring Libraries and Lists 147
Chapter 11: Creating Custom Lists 165
Chapter 12: Creating Forms and Workflows 181
Chapter 13: Securing Your Team Site 193
Chapter 14: Changing the Look and Feel of Your Site 211
Part III: Building Communities 233
Chapter 15: Managing Your User Profile 235
Chapter 16: Using My Site Effectively 241
Chapter 17: Yours, Mine, and Ours: Social Networking 249
Part IV: Portals and Extranets 267
Chapter 18: Getting Started with Portals and Web Sites 269
Chapter 19: Approving Content for Publication 283
Chapter 20: Creating Page Layouts with SharePoint Designer 299
Chapter 21: Rolling Up Content to the Home Page 321
Chapter 22: Configuring Site Navigation 335
Chapter 23: Creating a Public Web Site in SharePoint Online 347
Chapter 24: Creating a Client Portal in SharePoint Online 359
Part V: Managing Enterprise Content 371
Chapter 25: Content Types and Metadata 373
Chapter 26: Exploring Enterprise Search 391
Chapter 27: Archiving Documents and Records 403
Part VI: Exploring Enterprise Services 415
Chapter 28: Business Intelligence in SharePoint 417
Chapter 29: Business Connectivity Services 427
Chapter 30: Deciding Between On-Premise and Office 365 437
Part VII: The Part of Tens 449
Chapter 31: Ten Governance Items 451
Chapter 32: Ten Ways to Master SharePoint 457
Index 463
Bonus Chapter 1: Managing Site Assets On the Web
Bonus Chapter 2: Branding Your SharePoint Site On the Web
Bonus Chapter 3: Access Services On the Web