Sams Teach Yourself SharePoint 2007 in 24 Hours: Using Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Sams Teach Yourself SharePoint 2007 in 24 Hours: Using Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

by Mike Walsh
Released September 2008
Publisher(s): Sams
ISBN: 0672330008

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Book description

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

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Hour 1: Introducing SharePoint 2007
  6. Hour 2: Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
  7. Hour 3: Adding Users and Giving Them Rights
  8. Hour 4: Using the Administration Site
  9. Hour 5: Planning a Site’s Structure
  10. Hour 6: Using Libraries and Lists
  11. Hour 7: Creating and Using Libraries
  12. Hour 8: Creating and Using Views and Folders
  13. Hour 9: Looking at List Types and the Included Web Parts
  14. Hour 10: Learning About Authentication and Access Rights
  15. Hour 11: Using What We’ve Learned So Far in a Site
  16. Hour 12: Using Wikis and Blogs
  17. Hour 13: Using WSS 3.0 Search and Installing Search Server 2008 Express
  18. Hour 14: Improving Searches
  19. Hour 15: Using Different Versions of the Main Office Products with WSS 3.0
  20. Hour 16: Using Different Versions of Outlook with WSS 3.0
  21. Hour 17: Sharing OneNote 2007 Notebooks and Access 2007 Tables withWSS 3.0
  22. Hour 18: Using Access 2007 Tables to Produce Reports from WSS 3.0 Lists
  23. Hour 19: Creating Workflows in WSS 3.0
  24. Hour 20: Using SharePoint Designer 2007 to Create Workflows
  25. Hour 21: Using SharePoint Designer 2007 to Create Data View Web Parts
  26. Hour 22: Making Safety Copies of Your Data and Using Them
  27. Hour 23: Enhancing Your WSS 3.0 Sites—Microsoft Official Possibilities
  28. Hour 24: Enhancing Your WSS 3.0 Sites—Using Third-Party Web Parts
  29. Appendix A Full Installation Details for Windows Server 2003
  30. Appendix B Installing WSS 3.0 on Windows Server 2008
  31. Appendix C Creating a Virtual Machine
  32. Index

Product information

  • Title: Sams Teach Yourself SharePoint 2007 in 24 Hours: Using Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
  • Author(s): Mike Walsh
  • Release date: September 2008
  • Publisher(s): Sams
  • ISBN: 0672330008