Chapter 1. Getting Started

In March 2008, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates kicked off the Microsoft SharePoint Conference. He told the sold-out crowd that “There is an incredible demand today for solutions that help businesses to harness the power of a global work force and tackle the challenges that come with the explosive growth of digital information. The spectacular growth of SharePoint is the result of the great combination of collaboration and information management capabilities it delivers. I believe that the success we’ve seen so far is just the beginning for SharePoint.” (Microsoft Corporation, 2008)

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (SharePoint 2010) is the next version of the SharePoint family to which Gates alluded in his talk in early ...

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