SharePoint 2013 For Dummies

by Ken Withee

The bestselling guide on running SharePoint, now updated to cover all the new features of SharePoint 2013

SharePoint Portal Server is an essential part of the enterprise infrastructure for many businesses. Building on the success of previous versions of SharePoint For Dummies, this new edition covers all the latest features of SharePoint 2013 and provides you with an easy-to-understand resource for making the most of all that this version has to offer. You'll learn how to get a site up and running, branded, and populated with content, workflow, and management. In addition, this new edition includes essential need-to-know information for administrators, techsumers, and page admins who want to leverage the cloud-hosted features online, either as a standalone product or in conjunction with an existing SharePoint infrastructure.

Walks you through getting a SharePoint site up and running effectively and efficiently Explains ongoing site management and offers plenty of advice for administrators who want to leverage SharePoint and Office 365 in various ways Shows how to use SharePoint to leverage data centers and collaborate with both internal and external customers, including partners and clients SharePoint 2013 For Dummies is essential reading if you want to make the most of this technology.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

385 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Bobby · Rating 2 out of 5]

There aren't (or weren't at the time I got this) a lot of SharePoint 2013 reference books out there, so in that sense it's worth a look for people who are saddled with this software. But it's not an easy read. Withee goes into mostly the steps 1-10 of "how" to do this or that, but almost no "what" anything is or the "why" one would do this instead of that. Not enough explanation of basic terms and concepts (i.e. what's the difference between a record and a document? What's the difference between Pages and Site Pages?). The book doesn't even include a glossary.

Frustrating for those of us who like to have a basic understanding of the nature of an application rather than just an endless collection of steps for tasks that seem random without such a broad understanding. Extremely dry reading with no humor or humanity injected to ease the chore. With all due respect to Ken (it can't be easy to write about this nightmare of a program) I was never happier to finish a book!

[David Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book I read to research this post was Sharepoint 2013 For Dummies by Ken Withee which is a very good book which I read at http://safaribooksonline.com. This book is more of a general overview of what Sharepoint can do rather than a tutorial on how to build a Sharepoint site. A Sharepoint site is one that integrates with Microsoft Office and server products like Exchange Server and makes a site where people in a computer can share work, check things like their appointments and do projects together. There is a program called Sharepoint Designer 2013 which has replaced the now little used Frontpage & that does the more heavy duty construction of a Sharepoint site than just using Sharepoint Server. It does help avoid having to work too much with things like HTML and uses a graphical user interface and a typical site is largely constructed from apps within the program like Calendar & Gantt Chart. When you start there is the option of 2 views either Web which is good if there is a lot of pictures and multimedia on the site and Wiki which is suitable if it is mostly text. You can subscribe to Sharepoint Online which starts at $4 per month for a single user although I think in all probability you would probably need a Office 365 and multi user accounts unless you are just experimenting with it. It does say in the book building a sharepoint site is very complex and no book is big enough to explain every feature. I'd like to learn more about this and will probably review more similar books. It works with mobile devices in that you can have your sharepoint either in minaiture form, in a form that displays the HTML or a form where your navigation buttons are enlarged. I think in most cases the last option is best. When Sharepoint 2010 came out Sharepoint Online lagged behind it in coming out with the upgraded version but Microsoft have said in future they will release future versions simultaneously on both platforms. I think Sharepoint Online represents much better value than buying the software and also there are online versions of Exchange Server that you can subscribe to as well. I really enjoyed reading this book and I do think it's quite an interesting subject.

[Ahmed Moniem · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somehow a good introduction to any one who didn't know ever what a Sharepoint is.

[Melissa]

Not that impressed.

[Delhi Irc]

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