The SharePoint Portal Server is a powerful end-to-end solution for
document management, custom portal development, and aggregating content
from multiple sources into a single location. The Administrator's Guide
to SharePoint Portal Server 2001 is a comprehensive manual for the
planning, design, deployment, and management of Microsoft's corporate
information portal solution. Bill English, a Microsoft Most Valuable
Professional, takes technical and nontechnical administrators under the
hood, explaining everything from basic concepts to advanced
customization techniques.
The book begins by outlining the challenges of knowledge and document
management and showing how the SharePoint Portal Server can be used to
address them. Chapters detail the server's architecture, including the
index and Web-store tools, and examine Microsoft's Digital Dashboard and
Web Parts, the core components of a powerful customized corporate
portal. Readers walk through the entire server life cycle: the
identification of user needs, capacity planning, installation, and
configuration. Each task of SharePoint administration is systematically
described and demonstrated. The Administrator's Guide to SharePoint
Portal Server 2001 concludes with a rundown of third-party tools and
resources for extending SharePoint.
Readers will gain an understanding of:
- SharePoint Portal Server architecture
- Digital Dashboard and Web Part technology
- Planning and installation
- Working with documents and document folders
- Folder and user management
- Roles and profiles
- Indexing
- Approving, publishing, and categorizing documents
- Importing and accessing information
- Advanced management techniques
- Backup and recovery
- Monitoring
- Security
- Troubleshooting
- SharePoint Portal Server in the enterprise
- Available utilities
Any IT professional evaluating, planning for, installing, or managing
Microsoft's SharePoint Portal Server 2001 will find this thorough
examination an invaluable guide.
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