Beginning SharePoint® 2010: Building Business Solutions with SharePoint

Chapter 11. Personalization and Social Networking

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER:

• Some concepts regarding personalization and social networking, as well as how they can be beneficial in an organization

• All of the aspects of SharePoint My Sites functionality with examples

• The concepts of tagging, note boards, and ratings, as well as the new out-of-the-box web parts that are related to personalization features

• The capabilities of blogs and wikis with a side-by-side comparison

• The concept of targeting content to audiences, including the kinds of content that can be targeted, as well as how existing groups can be used as audiences

The term Web 2.0 represents a fundamental change in the Internet in the past 10 years or so, in the way we interact with applications, content, and other people. The web is now a platform for promoting a collective intelligence, and so is SharePoint 2010. The new methods of content creation and participation, such as blogs, tagging, and ratings, involve everyone in the enterprise in deeper and more meaningful ways.

In this chapter, you will learn how to make the most of the social networking tools that exist in SharePoint and how they apply to you. Also, you will be provided with several walk-through scenarios to try out.

PERSONALIZATION OVERVIEW

Personalization and social networking tools are a powerful thing to put in the hands of business users. This chapter contains information related to how to work with the new social computing features, but before we get ...