Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Business Case for SharePoint -- Great Power Equals Great Responsibility -- What Exactly Is SharePoint? -- Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) -- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) -- Where Did MOSS Come From? -- Why Use SharePoint? -- Implementing MOSS -- Setting Expectations -- Maximizing ROI -- Out of the Box -- Customization versus Development -- Use the K.I.S.S. Principle -- Customization Tools and What They Do -- SharePoint Designer (SPD) -- InfoPath -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Creating Corporate Portal Sites -- Understanding a Web Application -- What Does the Shared Services Provider Mean to Me? -- User Profiles and My Sites -- Search -- Office SharePoint Usage Reporting and Audiences -- Excel Services Settings and Business Data Catalog -- Site Collections-The What, the Why, and the When -- Separation of Security -- Ownership -- Scope of Administration -- Ability to Set a Quota -- Sharing Content -- Navigation -- Site Collection Templates -- Sites -- Site Templates -- Features -- Navigation -- Top Link Bar -- Quick Launch Bar -- Tree View -- Current Breadcrumb -- Global Breadcrumb -- The Containment Hierarchy within SharePoint -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Lists, Document Libraries, and Content Types -- Lists -- List Templates -- Unique List Features -- Open with Access -- Item Level Permissions -- Document Libraries -- Required Checkout -- Open in Explorer View -- Common Functionality of Lists and Libraries -- Columns Equal Metadata -- Folders -- Views -- Recycle Bins -- Controlling the Content through Versioning and Content Approval -- The Actions Menu -- Web Parts -- Web Part Zones -- Customizing a Web Part -- Site Columns -- Content Types -- Content Type Definition -- Content Type Inheritance -- Multiple Content Types within a List/Library -- Reusing Configurations -- Save Site as Template.

Save List as Template -- Summary -- Chapter 4 Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2007 -- What Is SharePoint Designer? -- Who Uses SharePoint Designer? -- What Are the Limitations to Using SPD? -- Getting Started with SharePoint Designer -- Navigating Your Site Using SPD -- Common SPD Tasks -- Exercises -- Backup and Restore -- Reports -- Branding -- Workflow -- Web Part Customizations -- Creating Custom List Forms -- Access Control -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Web Content Management Using Publishing Portals -- What Is Web Content Management? -- The ABCs of Web Content Management -- Authoring -- Branding -- Controlled Publishing -- Web Content Management for MOSS -- Publishing Functionality -- Anatomy of a Publishing Site -- Publishing Permissions -- Building Your WCM Site -- Planning Your WCM Site -- Site Collection Boundaries -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Creating a Custom UI for SharePoint -- What Is SharePoint Branding? -- Benefits of SharePoint Branding -- SharePoint Branding Basics -- Themes -- Master Pages -- Common Master Page Customizations -- Themes versus Master Pages -- Content Pages -- Page Layouts -- Customized versus Uncustomized Files -- Summary -- Chapter 7 User Profiles, My Sites, and Audience Targeting -- Importing and Configuring User Profiles -- Profile and Import Settings -- User Profile Properties -- Controlling User Profile Properties -- My Sites -- Accessing My Sites -- My Sites Administration -- Final Thoughts on My Sites -- Audience Targeting -- Defining Audiences -- Targeting Content -- Business Application -- Audience Targeting versus Security -- Tips, Tricks, and Advanced Concepts -- Summary -- Chapter 8 Configuring and Extending Search -- MOSS Enterprise Search Technical Primer -- Indexing -- IFilters -- Protocol Handlers -- Metadata Properties -- Relevance -- Search Architecture 101 -- Index Role -- Query Role.

Shared Services Provider -- Configuring and Administering Search -- Search Administration -- Search Center and Search Pages -- Search Center Templates -- Search Pages -- Search Web Parts -- Search Examples -- Limit Search to File Server -- Searching Quickly on Specific Properties -- Customizing the Search Results -- Summary -- Chapter 9 Microsoft InfoPath 2007 and Forms Services -- What Is InfoPath? -- What Is Forms Services? -- Supported Web Browsers -- Working with the InfoPath 2007 Forms Designer -- Importing in a Template -- Starting from Scratch -- Creating Reusable Pieces with Template Parts -- Browser-Enabled Forms -- Data Sources -- Controls Available -- Views -- Configuring Submit Options -- Buttons on the Browser-Enabled Form Toolbar -- Connecting an InfoPath Form to an External Database -- Security Levels -- Publishing an InfoPath Form to a WSS Form Library -- Form Library -- Site Content Type -- Working with Administrator-Uploaded Forms -- Property Promotion -- Updating a Published Form Template -- Mobile Browser Functionality -- Summary -- Chapter 10 Workflow and Process Management -- Leveraging Workflow to Automate Business Processes -- Workflow Templates, Workflow Associations, and Workflow Instances -- Using the Out-of-the-Box Workflows -- Three-State Workflow (Available in WSS) -- Approval Workflow -- Collect Feedback Workflow -- Collect Signatures Workflow -- Disposition Approval Workflow -- Translation Management Workflow -- Group Approval Workflow -- Creating Custom Workflows with the SharePoint Designer 2007 -- Initiation Parameters -- Variables -- Conditions -- Actions -- Taking It One Step Further: Options Available with Visual Studio -- Summary -- Chapter 11 Leveraging the Business Data Catalog (BDC) -- BDC Architecture and Application Definition Files -- Configurations Available in the Shared Services Provider.

Securing the BDC -- Actions -- Leveraging the Out-of-the-Box BDC Web Parts -- Business Data Actions Web Part -- Business Data Item Web Part -- Business Data Item Builder Web Part -- Business Data List Web Part -- Business Data Related List Web Part -- Integrating BDC Data with WSS Lists -- Integrating BDC Search -- The Profile Page for a BDC Entity -- Custom Solutions -- Summary -- Chapter 12 Creating Dashboards -- Overview of Excel Services -- What's New in Excel 2007? -- Setting Up and Understanding Excel Services -- Excel Services Architecture -- Settings in the Shared Services Provider (SSP) -- Publishing an Excel Workbook -- Features That Will Cause the Workbook Not to Load in the Browser -- Features That Will Not Render in the Browser View of the Workbook or Will Render Differently in Excel Services -- Displaying an Excel Workbook in the Browser -- Workbook Display Options -- Toolbar and Title Bar Options -- Toolbar Menu Commands -- Navigation -- Interactivity -- Using the Capabilities of Dashboards, KPIs, and Filter Web Parts -- Report Center Site Template -- Making Decisions Based on KPIs -- Filter Web Parts -- Summary -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I-J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y-Z.