Professional SharePoint 2010 Administration

Thorough coverage of the improvements and changes to SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2010 boasts a variety of incredible new features that will challenge even the most experienced administrator who is upgrading from SharePoint 2007. Written by a team of SharePoint experts, this book places a takes aim at showing you how to make these new features work right for you. Offering an in-depth look at SharePoint 2010, the authors focus on how SharePoint functionality has changed from its earliest version to its newest, and they provide you with detailed coverage of all the new features and capabilities. Presents in-depth coverage of the new features and functions of SharePoint 2010 Demonstrates installation, configuration, and upgrading existing SharePoint 2007 servers Discusses architecture and capacity planning, securing and managing site content, and integrating Office clients Details the protocol for handling monitoring, creating backups, and executing disaster recovery Addresses shared service applications, navigation and governance, and business intelligence and reporting services Professional SharePoint 2010 presents a solid understanding of the functionality that SharePoint 2010 provides, which will allow you to see what it can do for you.

Table of Contents:
Foreword xxxi Introduction xxxiii Chapter 1: What’s New in SharePoint 2010 1 Installation 1 Central Administration 5 Service Applications 7 Windows Identity Foundation and Claims 8 Health and Monitoring 8 Managing SharePoint 2010 with Windows PowerShell 10 Managed Accounts 11 Recovering from Disaster 11 The New and Improved User Experience 12 Summary 13 Chapter 2: The New and Improved User Experience 15 Browser Support 16 Changes to the SharePoint 2010 User Interface 17 Creating a Site 20 Lists and Libraries in SharePoint 2010 21 Working with SharePoint Pages 39 Using Site Templates in SharePoint 2010 48 Multilingual User Interface 51 Summary 58 Architecture a Chapter 3: nd Capacity Planning 59 What’s in a Name? 60 Other Servers 64 Hardware Requirements 68 Terminology 76 Controlling Deployments 80 Summary 83 Chapter 4: Installing and Configuring SharePoint 2010 85 The Prerequisites Installer 86 Running Setup.exe 88 Using the SharePoint 2010 Wizards 95 Central Administration Post-Setup Configuration 101 Step-by-Step Install 102 Creating Something Users Can Use 108 Summary 112 Chapter 5: Upgrading from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 113 Upgrade Considerations 113 In-Place Upgrade 117 Database Attach 128 Hybrid Upgrades 132 Database Attach with AAM Redirect 133 Other Upgrade Options 134 Patching SharePoint 2010 138 Summary 140 Chapter 6: Using the New Central Administration 141 A Quick Overview of the New Central Administration Interface 141 First Things First 143 Central Administration Categories 146 Summary 166 Understanding the Chapter 7: Service Application Architecture 167 Farewell to the Shared Services Provider 168 Service Application Fundamentals 170 Service Application Administration 177 Multi-Tenancy in SharePoint 2010 188 Summary 193 Chapter 8: Securing and Managing Site Content 195 Reviewing the Terminology 196 Administration Hierarchy in SharePoint 2010 197 Understanding Permissions 201 Permission Levels 205 Security Groups 211 Granting Permissions 220 Web Application Policy 224 Summary 225 Chapter 9: Claims-Based Authentication 227 Claims-Based Identity 227 SharePoint Authentication Options 231 Creating Claims-Based Web Applications 232 Summary 246 Chapter 10: Administering SharePoint 2010 with Windows PowerShell 247 Introduction to Windows PowerShell 248 Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Management Shell and Other Hosts 248 Commands 252 Basic PowerShell 253 Using SharePoint Commands 261 Summary 281 Chapter 11: Managing Navigation and Understanding Governance 283 Navigation 284 SharePoint Governance 294 Summary 301 Chapter 12: Configuring SharePoint 2010 for High Availability Backups 303 Determining Your Business Requirements 303 Content Recovery 305 Disaster Recovery 324 High Availability 341 Summary 348 Chapter 13: Using Features and Solution Packages 349 Using SharePoint 2010 Features 350 Solutions 359 Summary 369 Chapter 14: Configuring and Managing Enterprise Search 371 The Different Versions of Search 372 SharePoint Foundation Search 372 SharePoint Server and Search Server 378 FAST Search 408 Summary 410 Chapter 15: Monitoring SharePoint 2010 411 Unified Logging Service 411 Summary 443 Chapter 16: Managed Metadata Service App lications 445 Advantages of the Managed Metadata Service 446 New Managed Metadata Service Features 446 Getting Started with the Managed Metadata Service 448 Managed Metadata Services 452 Content Types 463 Summary 469 Chapter 17: Social Computing and SharePoint 2010 471 The User Profile Service Application 472 Tags and Notes 484 My Sites 488 Wikis and Blogs 501 Ratings 505 Outlook 2010 Social Connector 506 People Search 507 Summary 509 Chapter 18: Integrating the Office 2010 Clients with SharePoint 2010 511 Office 2010 Application Commonalities 512 Integrating SharePoint 2010 with Word 2010 519 Integrating SharePoint 2010 with Excel 522 Integrating SharePoint 2010 with PowerPoint 525 Integrating SharePoint 2010 with Outlook 527 Managing SharePoint Alerts 528 Calendars and Meetings 529 Integrating SharePoint 2010 with InfoPath 530 Integrating SharePoint 2010 with Microsoft Visio 536 Integrating SharePoint 2010 with OneNote 537 Integration with Access 2010 and Access Services 538 SharePoint 2010 Workspace 543 Publishing Links to Office Client Applications 545 Managing Office 2010 and SharePoint through Group Policy 546 Summary 549 Chapter 19: The Office Web Applications 551 OWA Overview 551 Deployment 554 OWA Installation 558 OWA PowerShell Activation 579 Summary 584 Chapter 20: PerformancePoint Services and Business Intelligence 585 PPS Features and Terminology 586 PPS Installation and Configuration 587 Introduction to Dashboard Designer 601 Importing PerformancePoint Server 2007 Content to PerformancePoint Services 2010 612 Summary 616 Chapter 21: New Content Management Capabilities in SharePoint 2010 617 Managed Metadata 618 Document Sets 621 Document ID Service and IDs 629 Content Organizer 635 Summary 646 Chapter 22: Working with SharePoint Designer 2010 647 Who Should Use SharePoint Designer? 648 Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2010 649 Overview of the New UX 650 Restricting Access to SharePoint Designer 655 What Can You Do with SharePoint Designer 2010? 658 Summary 681 Chapter 23: Branding SharePoint 2010 683 What Is Branding? 683 Understanding Your Requirements 684 SharePoint Versions and Publishing 684 Types of SharePoint Sites: Internet versus Intranet 690 Branding Basics for SharePoint 2010 694 Summary 721 Chapter 24: Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010 723 Capability Overview 724 Architecture 726 Creating a BCS Solution 731 Service Applications That Use BCS 741 Design Considerations for BCS Solutions 742 Upgrading the Business Data Catalog to BCS 743 Summary 744 Chapter 25: Building Workflows in SharePoint 2010 745 Why Use Workflow? 746 Windows Workflow Foundation 746 Workflow Basics 747 Configuring Workflows Using the Browser 751 Workflow Tools in SharePoint Designer 2010 758 Workflow Visualization Using Visio Premium 2010 765 Using Visual Studio 2010 to Create Workflows 766 Selecting a Workflow Method 766 Summary 767 Index 769

About the Author :
Todd Klindt is a Microsoft SharePoint MVP, frequent speaker at Microsoft TechEd and other SharePoint conferences, and author. Shane Young is a Microsoft SharePoint MVP, SharePoint instructor, and frequent speaker at Microsoft Tech Ed and other SharePoint Conferences. Steve Caravajal, Ph.D., is a Collaboration Architect for Microsoft, frequent speaker, and trainer.