Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- About the Technical Editors -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who This Book Is For -- What This Book Covers -- How This Book Is Structured -- What You Need To Use This Book -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Errata -- P2P.Wrox.Com -- Chapter 1: Understanding SharePoint -- Understanding Portals -- What Is Portal Technology? -- Why Do Organizations Invest in Portal Technologies? -- What Is SharePoint? -- Comparing Different SharePoint Versions -- SharePoint Foundation -- SharePoint Server -- Choosing between Foundation and Server -- Options for Office 365 -- SharePoint Components Overview -- The Ribbon -- List Applications -- Library Applications -- Web Parts -- Workflows -- Content Types -- Sites, Workspaces, and Site Collections -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Working with List Apps -- Understanding List Elements -- Discovering SharePoint List Column Types -- Understanding the Standard List Apps -- The Contacts List App -- The Announcements List App -- The Tasks List App -- The Issues Tracking List App -- The Calendar List App -- The Links List App -- The Discussion Board List App -- The Survey List App -- The Status List App -- The External List App -- Working with Lists -- Working with List Content -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Working with Library Apps -- Understanding Libraries and Documents -- Creating and Managing Documents in a Library -- Updating and Sharing Documents -- Review Document Version History -- Understanding SharePoint Library Templates -- Document Libraries -- Form Libraries -- Wiki Page Libraries -- Picture Libraries -- Data Connection Libraries -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Managing and Customizing Lists and Libraries -- Creating an Environment That Reflects Your Business -- Best Practices for Building a Dynamic System for Managing Content.

Start with the Users -- Select the Best Tool -- Plan for the Future -- Working with Columns -- Types of Columns -- Configuring Column Ordering -- Choosing a Column's Scope -- Creating and Customizing Views -- Working with the Standard View -- Setting Up a Gantt, Calendar, or Datasheet View -- List and Library Settings -- General Settings -- Permissions and Management -- Communications -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Working with Workflows -- Understanding Workflows -- Initiating Workflows -- Initiation Forms -- Steps -- Stages -- Conditions and Actions -- Loops -- Workflow Associations -- Creating Custom Workflow Solutions -- Getting around the List of Workflows -- Getting around the Workflow Settings -- The Content Section -- Editing Workflows -- Conditions -- Actions -- Custom Ribbon Buttons -- Variables and Parameters -- Sending E-mails -- Workflow Tasks and History -- Tasks -- Task Process Designer -- History -- Workflow Status -- Workflow Information -- Tasks -- Workflow History -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Working with Content Types -- Content Types Overview -- The Anatomy of a Content Type -- Name and Description -- Parent Content Type -- Group -- Template -- Workflow -- Site Columns -- Document Information Panel Settings -- Information Management Policies -- Document Conversion -- Base Content Types -- Business Intelligence Content Types -- Community Content Types -- Digital Asset Content Types -- Document Content Types -- Document Set Content Types -- Folder Content Types -- Group Work Content Types -- List Content Types -- Page Layout Content Types -- PerformancePoint Content Types -- Publishing Content Types -- Special Content Types -- Managing Content Types -- Enabling Content Type Management on a Library -- Managing Multiple Content Types in a Library -- Managing Content Types across Site Collections -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Working with Web Parts.

Using Web Parts -- Adding Web Parts to a Page -- Configuring Web Parts -- Removing Web Parts -- Importing and Exporting Web Parts -- Connecting Web Parts -- The Out-of-the-Box Web Parts -- List and Library -- Blog -- Business Data -- Community -- Content Rollup -- Document Sets -- Filters -- Forms -- Media and Content -- Search -- Search-Driven Content -- Social Collaboration -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Working with Sites -- Understanding Sites and Site Collections -- Sites -- Site Collections -- Managing Site Collections and Sites -- Navigation -- Features -- Managing Content and Structure -- Managing Permissions -- SharePoint Designer Settings -- Help Settings -- Popularity and Search Reports -- Working with Content across Sites -- Understanding SharePoint's Out-of-the-Box Templates -- Collaboration Templates -- Enterprise Templates -- Publishing Templates -- Creating Custom Templates -- Saving a Site as a Template -- Moving the Template to a New Location -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Managing Permissions -- Understanding User Access and Audience Targeting -- The Login Process -- Active Directory Integration -- Managing Access in SharePoint -- SharePoint Permissions -- SharePoint Groups -- SharePoint Groups vs. Active Directory Domain Services Groups -- Navigating the User Permissions Pages -- Items That Can Have Permissions Applied -- Site Permissions -- List or Library Permissions -- Item Permissions -- Understanding the Share Option -- Managing Permissions -- Information Bar -- Check Permissions -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Working with Business Intelligence -- Getting Started with Business Intelligence -- Working with Excel Services -- Creating a Business Intelligence Site Collection -- Using the Excel Services Web Parts -- Working with Parameters -- Connecting to External Data Sources -- Managing Permissions -- Working with Visio Services.

Working with PerformancePoint Services -- Working with Reporting Services -- Working in a Report Library -- Using Report Builder 3.0 -- Reporting Architecture -- Working with the Report Viewer Web Part -- Implementing Business Intelligence in Your Organization -- Understanding the Organization -- Walking before You Run -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Working with Social Features -- Personalization Overview -- Engage People -- Improve the Search Experience -- Knowledge Mining -- The Informal Organization -- Understanding My Sites -- About Me -- SkyDrive -- Newsfeeds -- Sites -- Tagging and Note Boards -- Tagging -- Tag Profiles -- Note Boards -- Managing Content Rating -- Fostering Communities -- The Community Portal -- Categorizing Conversations -- Holding Conversations -- Managing Communities -- Blogs and Wikis -- Blogs -- Wikis -- Targeting Content to Audiences -- Web Parts -- Pages -- Navigation Links -- Promoted Sites -- Publish Links to Office Client Applications -- The Outlook Social Connector -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Managing Forms -- What Is InfoPath? -- Creating and Customizing an InfoPath Form -- Core Concepts -- Page Design -- Controls -- Data Source -- Views -- Design Checker -- Publish Form Template -- Working with Form Templates -- Designing a New Form -- Publishing a Form Template to a Library -- Customizing a Form Template -- Advanced Form-Publishing Options -- Working with Rules -- Validation Rules -- Formatting Rules -- Action Rules -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Working with Access Services -- Understanding Tables -- Primary Key -- Creating Tables -- Working in Design View -- Understanding Queries -- Creating Queries -- Creating Relationships -- Understanding Forms -- The Form Design Surface -- Working with Controls -- Working with Macros -- Understanding Program Flow -- Working with Actions -- Data Macros -- Macros in Action -- Summary.

Chapter 14: Branding and the User Experience -- Why Organizations Brand -- Best Practices for Enhancing the User Experience -- Changing the Site Logo -- Working with Themes -- Tips for Success -- When to Use Themes -- Working with Master Pages -- What Is the Design Manager? -- What Is a Master Page? -- Understanding the Relationship between Master Pages and Style Sheets -- Best Practices for Branding SharePoint -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Getting Started with Web Content Management -- Web Content Management Overview -- Working with Publishing Features -- Creating a Publishing Portal -- The Publishing Portal's Lists and Libraries -- Working with Variations -- How Variations Work -- Understanding Labels -- Managing Translation Workflows -- Working with Page Layouts and Content Types -- Enabling Publishing on a Team Site -- Advanced Publishing Concepts -- Cross-Site Publishing -- Managed Navigation and Friendly URLs -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Managing Records -- Getting Started with Records Management -- Key Roles and Responsibilities -- The File Plan -- The Classification Plan -- Implementing a Classification Plan -- Working with Managed Metadata -- Configuring the Records Repository -- The Archive Approach -- The In-Place Approach -- Records Retention and Expiration -- eDiscovery and Holds -- Summary -- Chapter 17: Working with Search -- Understanding SharePoint Search -- Key Terms -- Basic Search -- Building Search Queries -- Search Center -- Administering Search -- Advanced Search -- Managed Properties -- Search-Driven Content -- eDiscovery -- Search Usage Reports -- Summary -- Chapter 18: Building Solutions in SharePoint -- Building Composite Solutions -- Working with the Business -- Identifying Reality -- Planning for the Culture -- Setting Realistic Goals -- Understanding Your Audience -- Communicating Effectively -- Timing Your Solution Deployment.

Planning for Multiple Scenarios.