Beginning SharePoint 2010 Administration: Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

Written by a four-time SharePoint MVP, Beginning SharePoint 2010 Administration examines the differences between SharePoint Foundation (SPF) and SharePoint Server (SPS) and shows you how to take advantage of all SharePoint 2010's many improvements. Appropriate for consultants and IT professionals who need to understand how to plan, implement, and configure SharePoint, administrators and the support team that must know how to manage SharePoint, and IT managers and project leaders it assumes no previous knowledge of SharePoint. What This Book Covers * building an SPF-based solution and basic SPS solution functionality * how SharePoint 2010 integrates with MS Office which is important for document management * managing content, especially web content management using wiki pages, integration with offline solutions like MS Outlook and SharePoint Workspace, and managing multilingual sites * Managing and taking advantage of SPS features for a user's personal My Site, both for personal use and for collaboration and information sharing * permissions, templates, search and indexing, and how to manage SharePoint 2010 with PowerShell and STSA * how to customize SPF and SPS sites with SharePoint Designer 2010 and configure and design web pages * how to customize web parts, including Silverlight-based media web parts * how to backup and then restore documents, lists, sites, site collections, and complete SharePoint farms, using SharePoint Central Administration, PowerShell, and STSADM * how to plan and implement SharePoint Foundation 2010 and how to upgrade from WSS 3.0 * how to plan and implement SharePoint Server 2010, including how to upgrade and migrate from MOSS 2007. * how to configure and manage a newly created SPF or SPS 2010 environment

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION xv CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT 2010 1 What Is SharePoint? 2 The History of SharePoint 5 Differences between SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server 7 SharePoint Foundation 7 SharePoint Server 2010 8 What You Need to Run SharePoint 2010 9 Software Requirements 9 Hardware Requirements 11 Building a Test Environment 11 Integrating with Microsoft Office 12 Built-In Features of SharePoint 17 Alerts 17 RSS (Really Simple Syndication) 17 File and Document Management 18 Project Management 20 Managing Meetings 21 Keeping Your Organization Updated 23 Benefits of a SharePoint Intranet 23 Understanding a Typical Intranet 25 Finding Your Information Faster in SharePoint Server 27 What File Types Can You Search? 28 What Types of Search Can You Perform? 29 Accessing SharePoint over the Internet 30 How You Do It 30 Allowing External Partners Access 31 Creating Local User Accounts for External Users 32 CHAPTER 2: BUILDING SHAREPOINT FOUNDATION SITES 37 Defining SharePoint Websites 39 Comparing SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server Sites 40 What Is a SharePoint Site? 40 Lists and Libraries 42 Managing Site Templates 47 Creating Customized Site Templates 50 Site Definitions 53 Granting Site Permissions 56 SharePoint Groups 56 Permissions for Lists and Items 57 Managing Meeting Workspaces 60 Creating a Meeting Workspace 60 Managing Repetitive Meetings 64 Meeting Workspace Security 65 Working with Blog Sites 65 Creating a Blog Site 66 Managing a Blog Site 68 Managing Blog Permissions 73 CHAPTER 3: OFFICE INTEGRATION 79 Comparing Office Editions 80 Office 2010 Integration 81 Office 2007 Integration 85 Office 2003 Integration 86 Older Office and Non-Microsoft Desktop Applications 87 Managing Document Libraries 88 Different Types of Libraries 89 Version History for List Items 89 Using Document Metadata and Tagging 91 Managing List Views 104 Working with Datasheet Views 108 Site Columns and Content Types 111 Setting Document Policies and Auditing 116 Managing Document IDs and Document Sets 120 Managing In-Place Records 124 Document Management with Office 2010 127 Metadata and Tagging in Office 2010 127 Adding Paths to SharePoint Libraries 129 CHAPTER 4: CONTENT MANAGEMENT IN SHAREPOINT 2010 135 What Is Content Management? 136 Why Content Management? 137 Important CM Features 138 Web Content Management 139 Enterprise Content Management 140 Social Computing and Web 2.0 141 Managing Content Offline 146 Enhancements in Web Content Management 154 Comparing MOSS and SharePoint Server 2010 154 Differences Between SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server 156 Building Blocks for a Portal 156 Support for Multilingual Sites 167 CHAPTER 5: MANAGING MY SITES 173 Getting to Know My Site 174 Understanding the Purpose of Personal Sites 174 Introducing New and Enhanced Features of My Site 175 Working with My Site 176 Creating My Site 176 Understanding the Basic Features of My Site 183 Extending and Personalizing My Site 187 Creating Rollups for Documents and Sites 191 Managing Access Control to My Sites 193 Discovering the Hub for Interacting with People 195 Managing Personal Profiles 195 Understanding Social Tagging 198 Viewing Status Updates and Activities 199 Working with Bookmarks 199 Using the Note Board 200 CHAPTER 6: SHAREPOINT ADMINISTRATION 203 Setting Up for Administration 203 Controlling What Users Can Do in SharePoint 204 The Different Types of Administrators 204 Setting Permission Levels 208 Assigning Permissions to Users and Groups 210 Working with SharePoint Groups 211 Viewing Existing Permissions 213 Managing Templates, Lists, and Libraries 215 Creating a List Template 215 Copying List and Library Templates 217 Using a Site Template 218 Copying Lists and Libraries 219 Searching and Indexing with SharePoint Server 221 Understanding Search and Indexing 222 Indexing New Content Sources 227 Indexing PDF and Other File Formats 228 Managing Search Scopes 231 Customizing Search Features 235 FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint 242 Managing Audience Targeting 246 Protecting SharePoint from Viruses 250 Finding Antivirus Products 250 Configuring the SharePoint Antivirus Feature 250 Using Command-Based Management Tools 251 Performing Typical Administrative Tasks with STSADM 251 Using PowerShell with SharePoint 2010 255 Typical Administrative Tasks with PowerShell 257 CHAPTER 7: BUILDING INTRANETS AND INTERNET PORTALS 263 Intranet Portals 264 Analyzing the Needs 264 Building an Intranet Based on SharePoint Foundation 266 Building an Intranet Based on SharePoint Server 272 Internet Portals 279 The Challenge of Public Websites 280 Managing Web Content 280 Installing a Public Website 284 Extranet Portals 292 Configuring an Extranet 293 Managing the Security of Public Websites 294 Avoiding Threats When Accessing Sites Over the Internet 294 Using Microsoft TMG Firewall 295 Configuring Web Zones for Public Sites 296 Protecting the Extranet with SSL 297 CHAPTER 8: CUSTOMIZING SHAREPOINT 2010 301 Making Different Types of Customizations 302 Customizing a Site s Look and Feel Using the Web Browser 302 Customizing with Web Parts 303 Customizing Using SharePoint Designer 2010 305 Customizing Basic Features 305 Customizing the Logo, Name, and Description 305 Managing Global Navigation 307 Managing Quick Launch 310 Customizing with Themes 311 Using Web Parts 314 SharePoint Web Parts 315 Web Parts with Visual Studio 2010 319 Finding Third-Party Web Parts 324 Client-Side Scripts in SharePoint 325 Using ECMAScript Client Object Model 325 Using JavaScript in SharePoint 327 Using jQuery in SharePoint 328 CHAPTER 9: USING SHAREPOINT DESIGNER 2010 333 Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2010 334 SharePoint Designer 2007 Comparison 335 The History of SharePoint Designer 335 What You Can Do with SharePoint Designer 335 SharePoint Lists 338 The XSLT List View Web Part 341 The Data View Web Part 343 External Lists 347 Managing Master Pages 351 Managing Page Layout Files 354 Managing CSS 355 Using Workflows 360 CHAPTER 10: BACKUP AND RESTORE 365 Protecting SharePoint Content 365 What Needs to be Protected? 366 Backup Options 368 Backup Procedures 373 Backing Up a Single Site 373 Backing Up a Site Collection 375 Backing Up a Complete Farm 376 Restore Procedures 378 Restoring Single Items and Lists 378 Restoring a Single Site 380 Restoring a Site Collection 381 Unattached Content Database Data Recovery 383 Restoring a Complete Farm 384 Restoring a Specific Server Role 386 Recovering a SQL Server 387 Making a Backup Plan 388 Commercial Backup Tools 390 AvePoint Tools 390 Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2010 390 APPENDIX A: INSTALLING SHAREPOINT FOUNDATION 2010 395 APPENDIX B: CONFIGURING SHAREPOINT FOUNDATION 2010 443 APPENDIX C: INSTALLING MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT SERVER 2010 517 APPENDIX D: CONFIGURING SHAREPOINT SERVER 2010 577 INDEX 627