| | |  | Software Engineering | Home » » » Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Administrator's Companion | | | | | | | Description: | | Get your mission-critical collaboration and information-management systems up and running with this essential, single-volume guide. This comprehensive reference details features and capabilities of SharePoint Server 2007. It delivers the easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics you need for on-the-job results. Discover how to: - Install and deploy SharePoint Server 2007
- Configure server farms and define a farm topology
- Create and manage content libraries, records repositories, and document workflows
- Manage enterprise search and indexing features
- Develop and implement an information security policy
- Configure other server platforms to work with SharePoint Server 2007
- Create a Business Data Catalog and manage data connections to other applications
- Monitor and fine-tune system performance
- Apply best practices for backup and recovery
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Bill English | | Hardcover:
| 1155 pages | | Publisher:
| Microsoft Press | | Publication Date:
| January 10, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0735622825 | | Product Length:
| 9.29 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.44 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.34 inches | | Product Weight:
| 4.24 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 4.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 17 reviews |
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18 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 Not a joy to read and difficult to digest.Feb 11, 2008
By Paul Gilmore
This book is geared toward readers such as Web Developers, Information Management / Compliance Specialist, Administrators to name but a few. If you are a beginner to Sharepoint Server 2007, this book will be a most difficult read. The concepts and topics that are presented will have to be re-enforced with online research or the purchase of another book.
To give an example.
The book is composed of six sections, with the first three ( 663 pages in length ) being targeted towards administration and configuration. However, within this mix we have presentations on performance monitoring and MOM 2005, high level discussions on information security policies such as password and storage policies, data classification. We are introduced to advanced Enterprise topics such as the Business Data Catalogue and records compliance ( that is the Sarbanes Oxley Act etc. ). These discussions all assume prior expertise and should you be new to Sharepoint Server 2007 this will no doubt frustrate you. The Authors, in their quest to appeal to a wide variety of readers, cannot delve into the in-depth explanations, followed up by well worked out examples that a beginner to Sharepoint Server 2007 would require.
Web Developers will tend to focus on Sections 5 and 6. While these sections do introduce Workflow Services, Webparts and products like Sharepoint Designer I found the overriding theme is again one of high level discussion and overviews. Expertise is assumed.
Overall I would say that if you are coming from a background with some expertise in Sharepoint Server 2003 or you require a high level picture of the abundance of features that Sharepoint 2007 can bring to your organisation in addition to how it integrates with other server platforms, such as ISA 2006 for example, you will enjoy this book and the nuggets of useful information it provides. The writing style is not engaging; this book is not a joy to read but it will tell you what can be done with Sharepoint Server 2007, outline best practices and point you in the correct direction. The how-to part is very much left to yourself.
If however, your goal in purchasing this book is an in-depth knowledge of the installation, administration and configuration of Sharepoint 2007 and you have no prior expertise with Sharepoint Server 2003 or indeed 2001, then you will gain little benefit from this book. You will find it difficult to read, difficult to digest and your understanding of Sharepoint 2007 will not improve. If anything, you may be discouraged from using Sharepoint Server 2007 which would be a shame as the product is in my opinion really good. Regards.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Sharepoint encyclopedia....May 04, 2007
By C. Jones
It discusses everything you need to know with regard to MOSS 2007 but never really makes a point or stands out in any area. I read it and I feel like I am reading an infomercial about it and at times it lays out things you can do but it is not focused or useful in terms of diving into Sharepoint functionality or pointing out ways to actually get anything satisfying accomplished.
14 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Not for developersMay 13, 2007
By Venkatraman Jayasankar
Great book for pre-sales and administrators. But too much information in this book does not give crispy answers to questions
14 of 17 found the following review helpful:
Typical MSFeb 26, 2007
By T. Sanford
An average job explaining the the process of administering the system and a less than average job for establishing the conceptual framework of the possibilities of the product. MS seems never able to strike the balance between the big picture and micro details. There are dozens of feature possibilities mentiond through out this book but the sole of SharePoint is integration of EVERYTHING an organization needs to organize, find, publish etc. Yet no real vision, and no solid examples illustrate how it might all come together.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Essentially the "Bible"Jan 27, 2008
By Scott Widener
"Scott Widener"
The sheer amount of information presented in this volume is impressive in and of itself. The depth and quality of coverage into the many topics varies, and there's no one topic covered in totality, but this is the "one" book. English et al. nailed coverage across topics i.e. in scope and breadth. This is certainly not the book for beginners; there is a degree of basic SharePoint knowledge assumed, and you'll need to go elsewhere for deeper developer discussion (e.g. Pattison and Larson) or specifics on administration (various blogs). But if you're to make a career out of SharePoint 2007, you'll need most if not all of the information that's contained in this book. It's nice to have it in one reference.
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