A comprehensive guide to extending SharePoint's most powerful feature beyond a company's network A critical book on Microsoft's best-selling new technology An important addition to Apress' market-leading SharePoint series

SharePoint 2007 Development Recipes offers a range of ready–to–use code recipes that provide the building blocks for solving many common SharePoint 2007 programming dilemmas. This practical, hands–on guide categorizes recipes by problem area, for example site management, event handlers, users, lists, and web parts, and source code is provided in both VB and C#. As well as providing an invaluable reference, Mark Gerow also includes clear, supporting guidelines to help you modify the code samples for the broadest range of applications. For each recipe you will find Background and design considerations Source code in both VB and C# Discussion of variations on the provided examples Cross–reference to core SharePoint classes If you find yourself asking, "How do I solve this SharePoint development problem?" you will find all the answers in Mark Gerow’s supremely useful book.

Microsoft’s Systems Management Server (SMS) allows network administrators to provide software updates to users quickly and cost-effectively from a single machine. The administrator can update every user in a network at once, or choose a group of individuals – even a single user. All this can be accomplished from the administrator’s computer: no need to visit everyone’s computer to make changes, as in days of old. The SMS 2003 Field Guide addresses real-world problems and solutions, based on the broad consulting experience of the author. He knows where network administrators are liable to make mistakes, and offers help at their level.

Excel 2007: Beyond the Manual is written for the experienced Excel user who wants to learn version 2007 quickly and efficiently. Features new to Excel 2007 are emphasized, as are complex features that, though available in earlier versions of Excel, were not readily accessible. The book uses practical examples to illustrate advanced features. The narrative is fast-paced, concise, and respectful of the reader’s familiarity with earlier versions of the program.

This book shows beginning users how to manage their data using one of the world’s most popular programs - Excel — without investing time and money in complex databases such as Access. We’ve written and organized the book for readers who know something about Excel but nothing about databases. We provide quick start solutions, step-by-step exercises, try-it-out sections, troubleshooting, and best practices solutions.

Replication is a way of copying and updating information in a database. The Definitive Guide to SQL Server 2005 Replication is for Microsoft database developers and administrators who want to learn about the different types of replication and those best suited to SQL Server 2005. The book will also delve into advanced topics like replication of SQL Server with heterogeneous databases; replication of different database objects like stored procedures; backup and recovery of replicated databases; performance and tuning; and finally troubleshooting replication. As such, this book will address the concerns of both novice and advanced users of replication.

Pro Access 2007 will help readers overcome any upgrade issues, covering the new features of Microsoft Access 2007, including working with SharePoint Office Server and customizing Ribbons (the new UI in office 2007). It includes solid examples that thoroughly explain new features. This book is aimed at professional developers and power users new to Access 2007. Author Martin Reid is also a working Access developer who is respected by his peers and knows what working developers face, especially at the time of a new release.

Windows Vista (once codenamed Longhorn) replaces Windows XP and will be Microsoft’s most powerful client operating system to date. Security and file management has been greatly improved and hundreds of features, including multimedia creation tools, have been added. The Beyond the Manual series addresses the needs of very experienced readers. Although it is not assumed that they are familiar with the book’s topic, it is assumed that they are very familiar with similar technologies. The presentation of information is extremely dense and avoids introductory or basic text. The series delivers as much information in as little space as possible.

Pro InfoPath shows .NET developers how to create electronic forms specific to various industries (medical, manufacturing, publishing, etc). This book will cover using InfoPath to solve form problems for the developer. It will be a ground-up introduction to cover fundamentals and an in-depth review of how to solve more advanced problems using the new capabilities of InfoPath and InfoPath Forms Services. It will allow the reader to get up to speed on a .Net-based, browser-based forms technology fast, and it covers the dark corners of the product and provides workarounds.

SharePoint provides a cost-effective, easy-to-implement solution for organizations interested in enhancing team collaboration, document management, and search functionality and in providing a portal to access corporate resources and intranet/extranet environments. The SharePoint 2007 family (consisting of Windows SharePoint Service 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007) build upon these features and toolsets and introduce a staggering array of new tools and capabilities that undeniably make SharePoint 2007 an enterprise-class solution. This new edition walks IT professionals, website designers, SharePoint administrators, and SharePoint power users through the design, implementation, and customization process. Exciting new capabilities such as workflow, records management, web content management, business processes, and business intelligence features are covered in depth. Best practices are provided for planning the architecture, scaling to meet the organization’s needs, migrating from SharePoint 2003, and managing the farm or multi-farm environment.