Microsoft Content Management Server Field Guide

Microsoft Content Management Server Field Guide provides simple crisis-management instructions for intermediate- to advanced-level network administrators who work in the trenches. It offers practical procedural information, reference materials, and focused presentations. This book also features self-contained topics so you do not have to look further to obtain prerequisite information. Microsoft Content Management Server (CMS) streamlines the web publishing process like nothing else out there. CMS integrates with a wide variety of high-end Microsoft productsfor example, Visual Studio .NET for website development and SQL Server for content storage. CMS also works with SharePoint Portal Server for document management and search, and construction of knowledge work portals; with Microsoft Word for content authoring and publishing; and with Commerce Server for content profiling, personalization, and web analysis. Table of Contents * Configuring the Platform * Configuring MCMS 2002 Components * Measuring and Tuning Performance * Authentication * Administration and Support * Administering a Publication Environment * Deploying Content * Troubleshooting * MCMS Development Using Page Objects

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Microsoft Content Management Server Field Guide Francois-Paul Briand and Michael Wirsching Microsoft Content Management Server Field Guide Copyright (c) 2005 by Francois-Paul Briand and Michael Wirsching Lead Editor: Jim Sumser Technical Reviewers: Dan P. Dougherty and Judith Myerson Editorial Board: Steve Anglin, Dan Appleman, Ewan Buckingham, Gary Cornell, Tony Davis, Jason Gilmore, Jonathan Hassell, Chris Mills, Dominic Shakeshaft, Jim Sumser Associate Publisher: Grace Wong Project Manager: Laura Cheu Copy Edit Manager: Nicole LeClerc Copy Editor: Julie McNamee Production Manager: Kari Brooks-Copony Production Editor: Linda Marousek Compositor: Linda Weidemann Proofreader: Liz Welch Indexer: John Collin Artist: Kinetic Publishing Services, LLC Cover Designer: Kurt Krames Manufacturing Manager: Tom Debolski Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Briand, Francois-Paul, 1954 Microsoft Content Management Server field guide / Francois-Paul Briand and Michael Wirsching. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 1-59059-528-9 1. Microsoft Content management server (Electronic resource) 2. Web sites Design Computer programs. 3. Web sites Management Computer programs. 4. Database management. I. Wirsching, Michael. II. Title. TK5105.8885.M52B75 2005 005.2'76 dc22 2005014408 All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher. ISBN (pbk): 1-59059-528-9 Printed and bound in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Trademarked names may appear in this book. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Distributed to the book trade in the United States by Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 233 Spring Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10013, and outside the United States by Springer- Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69112 Heidelberg, Germany. In the United States: phone 1-800-SPRINGER, fax 201-348-4505, e-mail orders@springerny. com, or visit http://www.springer-ny.com. Outside the United States: fax +49 6221 345229, e-mail orders@springer.de, or visit http://www.springer.de. For information on translations, please contact Apress directly at 2560 Ninth Street, Suite 219, Berkeley, CA 94710. Phone 510-549-5930, fax 510-549-5939, e-mail info@apress.com, or visit http://www.apress.com. The information in this book is distributed on an as is basis, without warranty. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this work, neither the author(s) nor Apress shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this work. About the Authors ... xi About the Technical Reviewers ... xiii Introduction ... xv PART 1 Configuration CHAPTER 1 Configuring the Platform ... 3 CHAPTER 2 Configuring MCMS 2002 Components ... 21 CHAPTER 3 Measuring and Tuning Performance ... 39 CHAPTER 4 Authentication ... 55 PART 2 Administration and Deployment CHAPTER 5 Administration and Support ... 77 CHAPTER 6 Administering a Publication Environment ... 91 CHAPTER 7 Deploying Content... 117 CHAPTER 8 Troubleshooting ... 137 PART 3 Templates CHAPTER 9 MCMS Development Using Page Objects ... 167 INDEX ... 195 v Contents at a Glance

About the Author :
Michael Wirsching is the instructional technology manager at Briand and Wirsching, Inc. in Tacoma, Washington. Previous positions include senior instructional designer for Microsoft (C/C++, Windows, Visual Basic, and LAN integration) and owner of Quicksilver Productions, which specialized in instructional video programs for microprocessor troubleshooting, software development, and technical training for computer professionals.