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

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

Downloads

Download Appendix A: Full Installation Details for Windows Server 2003

Download Appendix B: Installing WSS 3.0 on Windows Server 2008

Download Appendix C: Creating a Virtual Machine

Download Data View Web Part Code (from Hour 21)

Download Migrating Data From a WSS 2.0 Site to a WSS 3.0 Site (from Hour 22)

Download A Web Part From KWizCom (from Hour 24)

Online Sample Chapter

Introducing SharePoint 2007

Sample Pages

Download the sample pages

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1        Introducing SharePoint 2007     7

2        Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0    15

3        Adding Users and Giving Them Rights   29

4        Using the Administration Site     45

5        Planning a Site’s Structure         59

6        Using Libraries and Lists   73

7        Creating and Using Libraries       89

8        Creating and Using Views and Folders  105

9        Looking at List Types and the Included Web Parts    123

10      Learning About Authentication and Access Rights     139

11      Using What We’ve Learned So Far in a Site    157

12      Using Wikis and Blogs      177

13      Using WSS 3.0 Search and Installing Search Server 2008 Express         195

14      Improving Searches         209

15      Using Different Versions of the Main Office Products with WSS 3.0        227

16      Using Different Versions of Outlook with WSS 3.0    243

17      Sharing OneNote 2007 Notebooks and Access 2007 Tables with WSS 3.0     259

18      Using Access 2007 Tables to Produce Reports from WSS 3.0 Lists       277

19      Creating Workflows in WSS 3.0 295

20      Using SharePoint Designer 2007 to Create Workflows       313

21      Using SharePoint Designer 2007 to Create Data View Web Parts 327

22      Making Safety Copies of Your Data and Using Them          343

23      Enhancing Your WSS 3.0 Sites–Microsoft Official Possibilities      361

24      Enhancing Your WSS 3.0 Sites–Using Third-Party Web Parts       375

Online Appendixes (available at www.informit.com/title/9780672330001)

A        Full Installation Details for Windows Server 2003     Web: 387

B        Installing WSS 3.0 on Windows Server 2008 Web: 397

C       Creating a Virtual Machine          Web: 411

Errata

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