SharePoint 2010 For Dummies

by Vanessa L. Williams

Here's the bestselling guide on SharePoint 2010, updated to cover Office 365

SharePoint Portal Server is an essential part of the enterprise infrastructure for many businesses. The Office 365 version includes significantly enhanced cloud capabilities. This second edition of the bestselling guide to SharePoint covers getting a SharePoint site up and running, branded, populated with content, and more. It explains ongoing site management and offers plenty of advice for administrators who want to leverage SharePoint and Office 365 in various ways.

Many businesses today rely on SharePoint Portal Server to aggregate SharePoint sites, information, and applications into a single portal This updated edition covers the enhanced cloud capacities of Office 365 and Microsoft SharePoint Online Shows how to use SharePoint to leverage data centers and collaborate with both internal and external customers, including partners and clients Covers getting a site up and running, populating it with content, branding it, and managing the site long term

Administrators and small-business website managers will find SharePoint 2010 For Dummies, 2nd Edition gives them the information they need to make the most of this technology.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction

504 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Denise みか Hutchins · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn’t read this book in full, cover to cover, but I got what I needed out of the relevant chapters and have no reason to go through everything else. I was made the SharePoint authority for my department at work a couple years ago and was provided this book as a way to learn the basics. I am not and never intended to become a true, blue SharePoint expert, so I can’t say whether this book covers enough material or how well the included material was condensed into this Dummies series entry, but I can say it was more than good enough to get me started. I learned what I can and can’t do in SharePoint, discovered features which weren’t available due to administrator restriction (and some that were missing due to outdated versioning), the author addressed the platform’s shortcomings openly (and provided workarounds, if available), and I was able to use the knowledge I gleaned to accomplish my ultimate task of utilizing SharePoint’s wiki feature to build a collaborative documentation library for my department. Getting people started quickly and easily is generally the point of the “for Dummies” books. SharePoint 2010 for Dummies wasn’t a perfect book (so many typos) but it performed that basic function admirably and ended up being the only resource I used to learn my way around the titular platform.

[Jeanne Boyarsky · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked that the book explain what Sharepoint is from multiple view points. It is a product, platform, toolkit and reference architecture. The last one seems out of place in a "for dummies" book. Presumably if you know what a reference architecture is, you aren't in the target audience for the book.

There are many screenshots and "how to do" lists. I picked it up because dummies books are a faster read to get an overview. Which I did.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good foundation for learning to leverage SharePoint to its potential for any organization. I read this with a very minimal working understanding of SharePoint. It was basic enough for the casual reader, and had just enough technical content to lend credibility to the writer. Lots of information including additional resources.

[Bill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great!

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[Mchlshlds Shields · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great overview of SharePoint 2010.