SharePoint Server 2010 Administration 24 Hour Trainer
1st Edition
Published on 13. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-470-93906-2 (ISBN)
Description
Get quickly up to speed on SharePoint Server 2010!
Covering all aspects of the SharePoint technology, this unique book-and-DVD combination provides expert guidance within each lesson in the book, which is then supplemented on the instructional DVD. The authors expose you to a variety of SharePoint Server 2010 topics, from organization concerns to training plans to programmer best practices, all aimed at helping you effortlessly find your way around SharePoint without a deep knowledge of the technology. You'll quickly learn to configure and administer a site or site collection using this book-and-DVD package.
* Features informative SharePoint Server 2010 lessons in a book, each of which is reviewed on the accompanying DVD
* Puts you on your way to managing lists, sites, and page galleries and setting up Portal site connections and Site analytics
* Demonstrates how to provide offline availability, work with features and content types, and use galleries
SharePoint Server 2010 Administration 24-Hour Trainer contains a helpful DVD that reinforces the content of the book and also adds additional explanation and tips as well as showing exactly how the lesson goals can be achieved.
Covering all aspects of the SharePoint technology, this unique book-and-DVD combination provides expert guidance within each lesson in the book, which is then supplemented on the instructional DVD. The authors expose you to a variety of SharePoint Server 2010 topics, from organization concerns to training plans to programmer best practices, all aimed at helping you effortlessly find your way around SharePoint without a deep knowledge of the technology. You'll quickly learn to configure and administer a site or site collection using this book-and-DVD package.
* Features informative SharePoint Server 2010 lessons in a book, each of which is reviewed on the accompanying DVD
* Puts you on your way to managing lists, sites, and page galleries and setting up Portal site connections and Site analytics
* Demonstrates how to provide offline availability, work with features and content types, and use galleries
SharePoint Server 2010 Administration 24-Hour Trainer contains a helpful DVD that reinforces the content of the book and also adds additional explanation and tips as well as showing exactly how the lesson goals can be achieved.
More details
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
634 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-93906-2 (9780470939062)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Bill Crider is a principal consultant in the SharePoint/Business Intelligence practice for Ascendum Solutions in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Martin Reid is an analyst at Queens University Belfast. He works with a 30,000 user SharePoint system.
Clint Richardson has been working in the IT industry for more than a decade, and has focused exclusively on SharePoint for the last 5 years. His primary interest is in the deployment and administration of large scale farms. He has assisted multiple branches of the US military in locations around the world. Currently he runs his own SharePoint consultancy in the Ohio Valley area of the US.
Martin Reid is an analyst at Queens University Belfast. He works with a 30,000 user SharePoint system.
Clint Richardson has been working in the IT industry for more than a decade, and has focused exclusively on SharePoint for the last 5 years. His primary interest is in the deployment and administration of large scale farms. He has assisted multiple branches of the US military in locations around the world. Currently he runs his own SharePoint consultancy in the Ohio Valley area of the US.
Content
INTRODUCTION xxv
SECTION I: ADMINISTRATION AT THE SITE LEVEL
LESSON 1: USING THE SITE ADMINISTRATION MENU 3
Accessing the Site Administration Menu 3
Setting the Regional Settings Options 5
Site Libraries and List Links 6
Viewing and Managing User Alerts 6
Configuring RSS Feeds 6
Managing Content and Structure 7
Try It 8
Lesson Requirements 8
Hints 8
Step-By-Step 8
LESSON 2: USING THE SITE ACTIONS MENU 11
Manage Site Features 11
What is a Feature 12
Save Site as Template 12
Reset to Site Definition 14
Using the Site Analytics Web Analytics Reports 15
Try It 15
Lesson Requirements 15
Hints 15
Step-by-Step 16
LESSON 3: CHANGING A SITE'S LOOK AND FEEL 19
Title, Description, and Icon 19
Displaying Navigation Options 19
Try It 20
Lesson Requirements 20
Hints 20
Step-by-Step 20
LESSON 4: USING CUSTOM THEMES 23
Accessing the Site Themes Page 23
Creating a Theme 24
Select a Theme 24
Customizing Themes 25
Selecting Colors 25
Preview the Theme 26
Try It 27
Lesson Requirements 27
Hints 27
Step-by-Step 27
LESSON 5: MANAGING REPORTING SERVICES 31
Manage the Shared Schedule 31
Reporting Services Site Settings 32
Enable RSClientPrint ActiveX Control Download 32
Enable Local Mode Error Messages 32
Enable Accessibility Metadata for Reports 32
Try It 33
Lesson Requirements 33
Hints 33
Step-by-Step 33
SECTION II: ADMINISTRATION AT THE SITE COLLECTION LEVEL
LESSON 6: SITE COLLECTION ADMINISTRATION SETTINGS 39
Defining Site Collections 39
Site Collection Administrative Options 40
Try It 41
Lesson Requirements 41
Hints 41
Step-by-Step 42
LESSON 7: MANAGING THE SOLUTIONS GALLERY 47
Solution Framework 47
Understanding Resource Quotas 48
Deploying a Custom Solution 49
Try It 49
Lesson Requirements 49
Hints 49
Step-by-Step 49
SECTION III: MANAGING SEARCH
LESSON 8: SETTING SEARCH OPTIONS AT THE SITE COLLECTION LEVEL 57
Search Results 58
Try It 59
Lesson Requirements 59
Step-by-Step 60
LESSON 9: SEARCH SCOPES FOR SITE COLLECTION ADMINISTRATORS 65
Creating a New Scope 65
Managing Where the Scope Appears 68
Setting Rules for the Scope 68
Try It 69
Lesson Requirements 69
Step-by-Step 69
LESSON 10: MANAGING SEARCH KEYWORDS FOR SITE COLLECTION ADMINISTRATORS 73
Try It 73
Lesson Requirements 74
Step-by-Step 74
LESSON 11: MANAGING SEARCH AVAILABILITY AT THE LIST AND SITE LEVEL FOR SITE ADMINISTRATORS 79
Try It 81
Lesson Requirements 81
Hint 81
Step-by-Step 82
SECTION IV: SETTING UP CONTENT MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
LESSON 12: SETTING UP CONTENT TYPES 91
Using Content Types to Manage Content 91
Item #1: A Common Template 93
Item #2: Three Types of Proposals in the Same Library 93
Item #3: A Diff erent Business Process for Each Type of Proposal 93
Item #4: Diff erent Views of the Documents for Diff erent People 93
Item #5: A Designation of Sold, in Progress, or Not Sold 93
Item #6: Repeating the Process for Multiple Departments 93
Creating a Content Type Hierarchy 94
Try It 94
Lesson Requirements 94
Hints 94
Step-by-Step 95
LESSON 13: PUBLISHING CONTENT TYPES TO USE ACROSS SITE COLLECTIONS 101
Creating a Content Type Publishing Hub 101
Try It 102
Lesson Requirements 102
Hints 102
Step-by-Step 102
LESSON 14: SETTING UP THE CONTENT ORGANIZER 105
The Content Organizer's Functionality 105
Setting Up the Content Organizer 107
Integrating E-Mail into the Content Organizer 107
Try It 108
Lesson Requirements 109
Step-by-Step 109
LESSON 15: USING DOCUMENT SETS 115
Create a Document Set Content Type 115
Try It 116
Lesson Requirements 116
Hints 116
Step-by-Step 116
LESSON 16: USING HOLD AND DISCOVERY 121
Discovery: Find It 121
Hold: Save It 122
Try It 123
Lesson Requirements 123
Hints 123
Step-by-Step 123
LESSON 17: SETTING UP RECORDS MANAGEMENT 127
Records in SharePoint 2010 127
Declaring an Item a Record 128
Try It 128
Lesson Requirements 128
Hints 128
Step-by-Step 129
LESSON 18: SETTING UP RELATED LISTS 135
Try It 135
Lesson Requirements 135
Hints 136
Step-by-Step 136
SECTION V: MANAGING PUBLISHING SITES
LESSON 19: SETTING UP A PUBLISHING SITE 141
Publishing Sites 141
Pages 143
Navigation 143
Site Administration 143
Try It 145
Lesson Requirements 145
Hints 145
Step-by-Step 145
LESSON 20: SETTING NAVIGATION OPTIONS IN PUBLISHING SITES 151
Navigational Options 151
Global Navigation Options 152
Local Navigation 155
Try It 156
Lesson Requirements 156
Step-by-Step 156
LESSON 21: SETTING BRANDING OPTIONS IN PUBLISHING SITES 161
Master Pages 161
Master Page Gallery 162
Setting Master Pages 163
Setting Style Sheets 164
Branding System Pages 165
Themes 165
Try It 165
Lesson Requirements 166
Step-by-Step 166
LESSON 22: USING CONTENT APPROVAL IN PUBLISHING SITES 171
Try It 174
Lesson Requirements 174
Hint 174
Step-by-Step 175
LESSON 23: USING VARIATIONS IN PUBLISHING SITES 179
Variations 179
Variation Settings 180
Setting Variation Labels 181
Setting Translatable Columns 181
Set Variation Logs 182
Try It 182
Lesson Requirements 182
Step-by-Step 182
Confi guring Variation Settings for a Multilingual Interface 183
SECTION VI: CONFIGURING USERS AND PERMISSIONS
LESSON 24: SHAREPOINT SECURITY GROUPS 189
Inheritance 189
SharePoint and Active Directory Groups 189
Default SharePoint Groups 190
Try It 191
Lesson Requirements 191
Step-by-Step 191
LESSON 25: PERMISSION LEVELS 197
Setting New Permission Levels 199
Adding Rights Levels to a Permission Level 199
Best Practice 199
Try It 200
Lesson Requirements 200
Step-by-Step 200
SECTION VII: CONFIGURING SERVICE APPLICATIONS
LESSON 26: CONFIGURING ACCESS SERVICES 207
Access Services 207
Try It 210
Lesson Requirements 210
Step-by-Step 210
LESSON 27: CONFIGURING EXCEL SERVICES 215
Confi guring a Trusted Location 216
Using Your Workbook 217
Try It 220
Lesson Requirements 220
Step-by-Step 220
LESSON 28: CONFIGURING VISIO SERVICES 225
The Visio Graphics Service 225
Visio Process Repository 227
Visio Graphics Application 228
SharePoint Designer and Visio 2010 228
Try It 229
Lesson Requirements 229
Step-by-Step 229
LESSON 29: CONFIGURING POWERPOINT SERVICES 231
PowerPoint Service Application 231
Try It 232
Lesson Requirements 232
Step-by-Step 232
LESSON 30: CREATING METADATA SERVICES 237
Activating the Service 237
Groups, Sets, and Terms 238
Try It 239
Lesson Requirements 239
Hints 239
Step-by-Step 239
LESSON 31: USING METADATA 245
Try It 247
Lesson Requirements 247
Hints 247
Step-by-Step 248
LESSON 32: CONFIGURING PERFORMANCEPOINT SERVICES 251
Activating Business Intelligence Features 251
Secure Store and Unattended Service Account 251
PerformancePoint Services Application 252
Try It 252
Lesson Requirements 253
Step-by-Step 253
Trusted Content Locations 257
LESSON 33: CREATING A PERFORMANCEPOINT SITE 259
BI Sites and Features 259
Try It 263
Lesson Requirements 263
Step-by-Step 264
LESSON 34: CREATING A BUSINESS CONNECTIVITY SERVICE 267
External Content Types 267
Try It 268
Lesson Requirements 268
Hint 268
Step-by-Step 268
LESSON 35: CREATING AN EXTERNAL LIST 275
Try It 276
Lesson Requirements 276
Step-by-Step 276
SECTION VIII: SITE TEMPLATES
LESSON 36: USING THE FORM TEMPLATE LIBRARY 283
Overview of Forms Services 283
Publishing Templates 284
Try It 285
Lesson Requirements 286
Step-by-Step 286
LESSON 37: USING THE RECORDS CENTER SITE TEMPLATE 291
Features of the Records Center Site 291
Using the Records Center Management Console Page 292
Try It 293
Lesson Requirements 293
Hints 293
Step-by-Step 293
LESSON 38: CREATING A MEETING WORKSPACE 297
Creating a Meeting Workspace 297
Try It 298
Lesson Requirements 298
Step-by-Step 298
LESSON 39: PERSONALIZATION SITES 301
Linking to My Site 301
Personalization Web Parts 302
Try It 302
Lesson Requirements 302
Hints 302
Step-by-Step 302
LESSON 40: CREATING AN ENTERPRISE WIKI SITE 305
Wiki Features 305
Try It 306
Lesson Requirements 306
Hints 306
Step-by-Step 306
APPENDIX: WHAT'S ON THE DVD? 311
System Requirements 311
Using the DVD 311
What's on the DVD 312
Troubleshooting 312
Customer Care 313
INDEX 315
SECTION I: ADMINISTRATION AT THE SITE LEVEL
LESSON 1: USING THE SITE ADMINISTRATION MENU 3
Accessing the Site Administration Menu 3
Setting the Regional Settings Options 5
Site Libraries and List Links 6
Viewing and Managing User Alerts 6
Configuring RSS Feeds 6
Managing Content and Structure 7
Try It 8
Lesson Requirements 8
Hints 8
Step-By-Step 8
LESSON 2: USING THE SITE ACTIONS MENU 11
Manage Site Features 11
What is a Feature 12
Save Site as Template 12
Reset to Site Definition 14
Using the Site Analytics Web Analytics Reports 15
Try It 15
Lesson Requirements 15
Hints 15
Step-by-Step 16
LESSON 3: CHANGING A SITE'S LOOK AND FEEL 19
Title, Description, and Icon 19
Displaying Navigation Options 19
Try It 20
Lesson Requirements 20
Hints 20
Step-by-Step 20
LESSON 4: USING CUSTOM THEMES 23
Accessing the Site Themes Page 23
Creating a Theme 24
Select a Theme 24
Customizing Themes 25
Selecting Colors 25
Preview the Theme 26
Try It 27
Lesson Requirements 27
Hints 27
Step-by-Step 27
LESSON 5: MANAGING REPORTING SERVICES 31
Manage the Shared Schedule 31
Reporting Services Site Settings 32
Enable RSClientPrint ActiveX Control Download 32
Enable Local Mode Error Messages 32
Enable Accessibility Metadata for Reports 32
Try It 33
Lesson Requirements 33
Hints 33
Step-by-Step 33
SECTION II: ADMINISTRATION AT THE SITE COLLECTION LEVEL
LESSON 6: SITE COLLECTION ADMINISTRATION SETTINGS 39
Defining Site Collections 39
Site Collection Administrative Options 40
Try It 41
Lesson Requirements 41
Hints 41
Step-by-Step 42
LESSON 7: MANAGING THE SOLUTIONS GALLERY 47
Solution Framework 47
Understanding Resource Quotas 48
Deploying a Custom Solution 49
Try It 49
Lesson Requirements 49
Hints 49
Step-by-Step 49
SECTION III: MANAGING SEARCH
LESSON 8: SETTING SEARCH OPTIONS AT THE SITE COLLECTION LEVEL 57
Search Results 58
Try It 59
Lesson Requirements 59
Step-by-Step 60
LESSON 9: SEARCH SCOPES FOR SITE COLLECTION ADMINISTRATORS 65
Creating a New Scope 65
Managing Where the Scope Appears 68
Setting Rules for the Scope 68
Try It 69
Lesson Requirements 69
Step-by-Step 69
LESSON 10: MANAGING SEARCH KEYWORDS FOR SITE COLLECTION ADMINISTRATORS 73
Try It 73
Lesson Requirements 74
Step-by-Step 74
LESSON 11: MANAGING SEARCH AVAILABILITY AT THE LIST AND SITE LEVEL FOR SITE ADMINISTRATORS 79
Try It 81
Lesson Requirements 81
Hint 81
Step-by-Step 82
SECTION IV: SETTING UP CONTENT MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
LESSON 12: SETTING UP CONTENT TYPES 91
Using Content Types to Manage Content 91
Item #1: A Common Template 93
Item #2: Three Types of Proposals in the Same Library 93
Item #3: A Diff erent Business Process for Each Type of Proposal 93
Item #4: Diff erent Views of the Documents for Diff erent People 93
Item #5: A Designation of Sold, in Progress, or Not Sold 93
Item #6: Repeating the Process for Multiple Departments 93
Creating a Content Type Hierarchy 94
Try It 94
Lesson Requirements 94
Hints 94
Step-by-Step 95
LESSON 13: PUBLISHING CONTENT TYPES TO USE ACROSS SITE COLLECTIONS 101
Creating a Content Type Publishing Hub 101
Try It 102
Lesson Requirements 102
Hints 102
Step-by-Step 102
LESSON 14: SETTING UP THE CONTENT ORGANIZER 105
The Content Organizer's Functionality 105
Setting Up the Content Organizer 107
Integrating E-Mail into the Content Organizer 107
Try It 108
Lesson Requirements 109
Step-by-Step 109
LESSON 15: USING DOCUMENT SETS 115
Create a Document Set Content Type 115
Try It 116
Lesson Requirements 116
Hints 116
Step-by-Step 116
LESSON 16: USING HOLD AND DISCOVERY 121
Discovery: Find It 121
Hold: Save It 122
Try It 123
Lesson Requirements 123
Hints 123
Step-by-Step 123
LESSON 17: SETTING UP RECORDS MANAGEMENT 127
Records in SharePoint 2010 127
Declaring an Item a Record 128
Try It 128
Lesson Requirements 128
Hints 128
Step-by-Step 129
LESSON 18: SETTING UP RELATED LISTS 135
Try It 135
Lesson Requirements 135
Hints 136
Step-by-Step 136
SECTION V: MANAGING PUBLISHING SITES
LESSON 19: SETTING UP A PUBLISHING SITE 141
Publishing Sites 141
Pages 143
Navigation 143
Site Administration 143
Try It 145
Lesson Requirements 145
Hints 145
Step-by-Step 145
LESSON 20: SETTING NAVIGATION OPTIONS IN PUBLISHING SITES 151
Navigational Options 151
Global Navigation Options 152
Local Navigation 155
Try It 156
Lesson Requirements 156
Step-by-Step 156
LESSON 21: SETTING BRANDING OPTIONS IN PUBLISHING SITES 161
Master Pages 161
Master Page Gallery 162
Setting Master Pages 163
Setting Style Sheets 164
Branding System Pages 165
Themes 165
Try It 165
Lesson Requirements 166
Step-by-Step 166
LESSON 22: USING CONTENT APPROVAL IN PUBLISHING SITES 171
Try It 174
Lesson Requirements 174
Hint 174
Step-by-Step 175
LESSON 23: USING VARIATIONS IN PUBLISHING SITES 179
Variations 179
Variation Settings 180
Setting Variation Labels 181
Setting Translatable Columns 181
Set Variation Logs 182
Try It 182
Lesson Requirements 182
Step-by-Step 182
Confi guring Variation Settings for a Multilingual Interface 183
SECTION VI: CONFIGURING USERS AND PERMISSIONS
LESSON 24: SHAREPOINT SECURITY GROUPS 189
Inheritance 189
SharePoint and Active Directory Groups 189
Default SharePoint Groups 190
Try It 191
Lesson Requirements 191
Step-by-Step 191
LESSON 25: PERMISSION LEVELS 197
Setting New Permission Levels 199
Adding Rights Levels to a Permission Level 199
Best Practice 199
Try It 200
Lesson Requirements 200
Step-by-Step 200
SECTION VII: CONFIGURING SERVICE APPLICATIONS
LESSON 26: CONFIGURING ACCESS SERVICES 207
Access Services 207
Try It 210
Lesson Requirements 210
Step-by-Step 210
LESSON 27: CONFIGURING EXCEL SERVICES 215
Confi guring a Trusted Location 216
Using Your Workbook 217
Try It 220
Lesson Requirements 220
Step-by-Step 220
LESSON 28: CONFIGURING VISIO SERVICES 225
The Visio Graphics Service 225
Visio Process Repository 227
Visio Graphics Application 228
SharePoint Designer and Visio 2010 228
Try It 229
Lesson Requirements 229
Step-by-Step 229
LESSON 29: CONFIGURING POWERPOINT SERVICES 231
PowerPoint Service Application 231
Try It 232
Lesson Requirements 232
Step-by-Step 232
LESSON 30: CREATING METADATA SERVICES 237
Activating the Service 237
Groups, Sets, and Terms 238
Try It 239
Lesson Requirements 239
Hints 239
Step-by-Step 239
LESSON 31: USING METADATA 245
Try It 247
Lesson Requirements 247
Hints 247
Step-by-Step 248
LESSON 32: CONFIGURING PERFORMANCEPOINT SERVICES 251
Activating Business Intelligence Features 251
Secure Store and Unattended Service Account 251
PerformancePoint Services Application 252
Try It 252
Lesson Requirements 253
Step-by-Step 253
Trusted Content Locations 257
LESSON 33: CREATING A PERFORMANCEPOINT SITE 259
BI Sites and Features 259
Try It 263
Lesson Requirements 263
Step-by-Step 264
LESSON 34: CREATING A BUSINESS CONNECTIVITY SERVICE 267
External Content Types 267
Try It 268
Lesson Requirements 268
Hint 268
Step-by-Step 268
LESSON 35: CREATING AN EXTERNAL LIST 275
Try It 276
Lesson Requirements 276
Step-by-Step 276
SECTION VIII: SITE TEMPLATES
LESSON 36: USING THE FORM TEMPLATE LIBRARY 283
Overview of Forms Services 283
Publishing Templates 284
Try It 285
Lesson Requirements 286
Step-by-Step 286
LESSON 37: USING THE RECORDS CENTER SITE TEMPLATE 291
Features of the Records Center Site 291
Using the Records Center Management Console Page 292
Try It 293
Lesson Requirements 293
Hints 293
Step-by-Step 293
LESSON 38: CREATING A MEETING WORKSPACE 297
Creating a Meeting Workspace 297
Try It 298
Lesson Requirements 298
Step-by-Step 298
LESSON 39: PERSONALIZATION SITES 301
Linking to My Site 301
Personalization Web Parts 302
Try It 302
Lesson Requirements 302
Hints 302
Step-by-Step 302
LESSON 40: CREATING AN ENTERPRISE WIKI SITE 305
Wiki Features 305
Try It 306
Lesson Requirements 306
Hints 306
Step-by-Step 306
APPENDIX: WHAT'S ON THE DVD? 311
System Requirements 311
Using the DVD 311
What's on the DVD 312
Troubleshooting 312
Customer Care 313
INDEX 315