Foreword
The past three years have been an amazing journey for us here in the SharePoint group at Microsoft, and it’s been a humbling experience to have been part of the team that delivered SharePoint 2010 into the hands of customers and partners across the globe.
I’ve worked on the team since before the release of SharePoint Server 2007. I’ve been deeply involved with our attempts to learn how customers deploy and use the software, and been active in the efforts we make to get feedback from customers and partners on what really works, and most importantly, where we can improve.
I really believe that since the 2007 release we’ve listened and learned and made significant changes and investment across the platform to release a product that has been shaped by you, the people on the front line deploying, configuring, and managing SharePoint on a daily basis—and this release has your fingerprints all over it.
So why should you buy this book?
Well, the deployment and admin landscape of SharePoint 2010 has changed in several ways, from governance to service architecture to security, and anyone tasked with installing and managing SharePoint 2010 should have a great reference book on a shelf within reaching distance of their desk to get the most out of this new release.
Shane, Todd, and Steve cover these changes and updates in an easy-to-read style, but in the depth you’ll want to get your job done with confidence. They cover everything from architecture and planning, governance, how to ...
