Book description
Special Edition Using Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server is a must-have reference on collaboration using Microsoft's document and collaboration server. The book helps advanced users and administrators understand collaboration, SPS's architecture, using SPS, and finally how to administer the server in their business setting. Topics covered include: defining collaboration, what SPS can do for you, planning back-end infrastructure, planning for SPS security, and daily administration.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Introduction
- Overview
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SharePoint Planning, Design, and Administration
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Capacity Planning Within Your Environment
- Understanding the Requirements
- Reviewing the Number of Servers
- Server Deployment Recommendations
- Example Server Scenarios
- Planning Required Server Hardware
- Planning the Client
- Monitoring and Managing Performance
- Monitoring Using Standard Performance Counters
- Search and Index Resource Tuning
- Setting the Bar on Acceptable Performance
- Maximum Throughput Recommendations
- Special Considerations
- Summary
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Installation And Configuration
- Preface
- Server Requirements
- Windows 2000 Required Updates
- Prerequisites for Installing SharePoint Portal Server
- Client Requirements
- Dashboard Site Requirements
- Coexistence Issues
- Deployment Planning Considerations
- Installation of SharePoint Portal Server
- Installing the Client Components of SharePoint Portal Server
- Using Unattended Installation Options for the Client
- Overview of Common Administrative Tasks
- Summary
- Managing the Servers
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Managing the Workspace
- Introduction to the Workspace
- The Dashboard
- Holistic Workspace Management
- High-Level Role of the Workspace Coordinator
- Administering Multiple Workspaces
- Workspace Management Considerations
- Managing Critical Workspace Components
- Managing the Workspace Capacity Planning Process
- Modifying and Managing Global Workspace Settings
- Troubleshooting
- Chapter Summary
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Managing Folders And Documents
- Managing Folders Within the Workspace
- Creating and Configuring Your Folder Hierarchy
- Managing Documents Within the Workspace
- Using Folders and Docume nts Through the Dashboard Site
- Planning for Folder and Document Management
- Troubleshooting
- Real World Example: Choosing a Document Management Strategy
- Summary
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Planning and Managing Security
- SharePoint Security Concepts
- Permissions
- Planning and Implementing Security
- Security for Content in the Workspace
- Security for Content Outside the Workspace
- Other SharePoint Portal Servers
- Internet/Intranet Security
- Subscription Notifications and Discussions
- Managing Security
- Troubleshooting
- Real World Example: Additional Security Considerations
- Summary
- Creating Categories
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Backup, Restore, and Duplication
- Designing a Backup and Restore Strategy
- Data Availability Requirements
- Backup Process
- Before Backing Up the Server
- Backup Procedures
- Verifying Backups
- Managing Backups
- Restore Process
- Restore Procedures
- Duplicating Server
- Develop Support Operations
- Developing a Complete Backup and Restore Model
- Troubleshooting
- Summary
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Capacity Planning Within Your Environment
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Customizing SharePoint
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Customizing Dashboards
- Dashboard and Web Parts
- Storing Dashboards and Web Parts
- Customizing Dashboards Through the Portal
- Customizing Quick Links, News, and Announcements Out-of-the-Box Web Parts
- Creating Sub-dashboards
- Add Existing Web Parts
- Customizing Web Parts
- Personal Dashboards
- Create Web Part Gallery
- Optimizing Dashboard Performance
- Configure Web Part Caching
- Dashboard Definition Caching
- Full-Page Caching
- Creating Web Parts
- Using Office XP
- Using Microsoft Office XP Developer
- Summary
- Create Web Parts Using Your Existing Code
- Using WebDAV Protocol to Create Web Parts
- Customizing SharePoint Using XML and XSL
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Customizing Dashboards
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Planning and Managing Indexing
- Configuring SPS to Crawl Other Content Sources
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Managing Indexing
- Index Housekeeping
- Specifying Location of the Index
- Optimizing Search Results
- Indexing and Search Resource Usage
- Keeping the Index Up-to-Date
- Excluding Content
- Checking for Errors While Indexing
- Auto Categorization
- Performance Counters
- Searching Other Document Formats
- Larger Deployments
- Setting Up a Dedicated Indexing Server
- Summary
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Real World Scenarios
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Example Scenario 1—Planning a Deployment
- Planning a Deployment for ABC Company
- Business Goals and Requirements
- Building the Technical Support Organization
- Makeup of a Typical Technical Support Organization
- Hardware Vendor Selection
- Solutions Architecture
- Security Plan Development
- Developing the Workspace
- Preparing the Dashboard Site
- Addressing Change Management
- Preparing for Go-Live
- Documenting the System Landscape
- Planning for Support After Go-Live
- Summary
- Example Scenario 2—Single Business Unit Solution
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Example Scenario 3—Enterprise-Wide Solution
- Deploying SharePoint Portal Server Enterprise-Wide
- How to Approach an Enterprise Deployment
- Solutions Architecture Challenges
- Performance Requirements
- Scalability Requirements
- Security Requirements
- Administration Requirements
- Technical Support Organization Challenges
- Getting to Your Data—Physical Challenges
- Basic Data Challenges
- Summary
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Example Scenario 1—Planning a Deployment
- Troubleshooting
- Index
Product information
- Title: Special Edition Using Microsoft® SharePoint Portal Server
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2002
- Publisher(s): Que
- ISBN: 9780789725707
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