This is the most thorough guide available to SharePoint's Portal Server, the newest of Microsoft's Enterprise Servers.

Find, create, and share all of your mission-critical data from a browser-based interface with SharePoint--Microsofts new .NET portal solution using this introductory guide. Covering all aspects of deployment and administration this practical guide will show you how to seamlessly integrate SharePoint with other familiar Office applications, secure and monitor your server, and perform backup and recovery tasks. And, an 8-page blueprint section will help visually reinforce concepts youve just learned about. A hands-on introduction to administering and customizing SharePoint Portal Server Learn to work with SharePoint Portal Server effectively using this introductory guide. Youll be able to capture, share, and publish business information using this flexible portal solution, and this book will walk you through basic steps of installation and administration. Discover how to optimize and customize SharePoint to meet the needs of your business, and learn how to use all the document management features--including document collaboration, versioning, profiling, and publishing. Find out how to utilize SharePoints scalability for creating an intranet or extranet site thats not only organized but also searchable--allowing you to access critical information from a browser-based interface. If youre looking for a clear, easy-to-use reference for getting started using Microsofts powerful new portal solution, this is the book you need. Install and configure SharePoint Portal Server Construct effective, user-friendly portals Find, create, and share business data from a browser-based interface Get tips for advanced administration Learn how to scale your server installations Optimize SharePoint Portal Server Discover ways to keep a corporate site secure Learn to back up, monitor, and restore the server Includes trial version of Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001

This practical guide covers the many uses of SharePoint 2003 as well as the differences between SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) and Windows(r) SharePoint Services (WSS). In addition, the book will help you decide if you need only WSS or if you should also implement SPS. While the main focus is on planning, installation, configuration, and administration, you'll also learn how to customize SharePoint by creating templates, building your own Site Definition, and using FrontPage(r) to enhance the look and feel of SharePoint sites. In addition, you will learn the business-critical methods of backing up and restoring your system. Microsoft MVP and author Goran Husman shares numerous tips for smart add-ons and utilities that will enhance the functionality of SharePoint by providing better navigation, the ability to integrate with other systems, and effective workflow solutions. His practical and easy-to-follow instructions will help you get your SharePoint environment up and running in no time. He even shows you how to make your eventual upgrade to SharePoint 2007 seamless. What you will learn from this book How to install Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) Tips on what to focus on when customizing SharePoint How to productively use SharePoint with Microsoft Office and Microsoft Outlook(r) Various ways to handle backup and restore procedures The many free utilities and commercial third-party products that are available How to create and work with intranet pages Who this book is for This book is for beginning SharePoint administrators as well as administrators who have been working with SharePoint for some time but may want to know more about how it works. A basic understanding of the Microsoft Windows operating system (including the Active Directory) as well as web applications in general is assumed. Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

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Inequality in Education: Comparative and International Perspectives is a compilation of conceptual chapters and national case studies that includes a series of methods for measuring education inequalities. The book provides up-to-date scholarly research on global trends in the distribution of formal schooling in national populations. It also offers a strategic comparative and international education policy statement on recent shifts in education inequality, and new approaches to explore, develop and improve comparative education and policy research globally. Contributing authors examine how education as a process interacts with government finance policy to form patterns of access to education services. In addition to case perspectives from 18 countries across six geographic regions, the volume includes six conceptual chapters on topics that influence education inequality, such as gender, disability, language and economics, and a summary chapter that presents new evidence on the pernicious consequences of inequality in the distribution of education. The book offers (1) a better and more holistic understanding of ways to measure education inequalities; and (2) strategies for facing the challenge of inequality in education in the processes of policy formation, planning and implementation at the local, regional, national and global levels.

Comprehensive, authoritative, and eminently practical, Inside Windowsreg; Server 2003 is an essential resource for IT professionals. Containing in-depth coverage of the newest Windows server technology, this book guides you through the complexities of installing, configuring, and managing a Windows Server 2003 system. Thousands of practical tips, recommendations, diagnostic aids, and troubleshooting techniques based on actual deployments and migrations help you set up and maintain a high-performance, reliable, and secure server that meets or exceeds the needs of its users. You will find coverage of the more than 200 new features incorporated into Windows Server 2003, along with numerous updates and improvements, including: bull; bull;Volume Shadow Copy feature that permits taking snapshots of changes to files bull;Forest Trust type that permits two-way, transitive trusts between forests bull;64-bit architecture that supports Intel Itanium and Itanium-2 servers bull;Many new command line tools, including how to manage a headless server with no keyboard, video, or mouse bull;Dozens of features to improve your systemiquest;s security For each feature, the book discusses underlying design principles, provides process descriptions that help identify interoperability issues, and details procedures for installation and configuration. In particular, the book focuses on the increasingly critical issues of security, remote access, and system interoperability. Specific topics covered include: bull; bull;Performing upgrades and automated installations bull;Adding hardware bull;Managing DNS bull;Managing Active Directory replication and security bull;Working with network access security and Kerberos bull;Managing group policies with a mixture of platforms bull;Managing shared resources bull;Managing file encryption and a public key infrastructure bull;Managing remote access and Internet routing bull;Recovering from system failures With the information and experience-based advice in Inside Windowsreg; Server 2003, you will be well equipped to deploy and manage a highly effective and smoothly functioning system. 0735711585B03172003

Content Management Server (CMS) is fast becoming a vital content-management tool that helps administrators and developers handle the ever-increasing amount of content on their Web sites. However, an authoritative source of product information has been missing...until now.

-- Not only explains the new features of Windows .NET Server 2003, but also provides continued support for Windows 2000 administration.-- Covers changes in security, Active Directory, Microsoft Management Console, and integration with the .NET Framework, among many others changes.Windows .NET Server 2003 is the first Microsoft product that is innately affected by the company's recent Trustworthy Computing initiative. If this is successful, this will be the most stable, reliable, and dependable server OS that Microsoft has ever released. It will also feature an integrated environment with the .NET Framework and the Common Language Runtime. The Ultimate Windows .NET Server 2003 System Administrator's Guide is an essential resource for planning, deploying, and administering a Windows .NET enterprise system. The authors draw on years of experience designing and administering Windows NT and UNIX systems in order to guide you through the varied tasks involved in real-world system administration. There are detailed discussions of key Windows .NET Server administrative functions, and descriptions of many advanced tools and optional components. In addition the authors have included a comprehensive and convenient command reference.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 marks the biggest advancement in the history of the Exchange Product group. The completely re-engineered server system will change the face of how IT administrators approach Exchange. Tony Redmond, one of the world's most acclaimed Exchange experts, offers insider insight from the very basics of the newly transformed architecture to understanding the nuances of the new and improved Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0 and the two new administrative interfaces—the Exchange Management Console (EMC) and the Exchange Management Shell (EMS). - How Exchange works with Active Directory - How the new management model works - How to use the Exchange Management Shell to automate administrative operations - How Outlook, Outlook Web Access, and Windows Mobile clients work with Exchange - How Exchange 2007 message routing differs from previous versions - How to help your users to use Exchange intelligently - How to select hardware for Exchange 2007

This official Microsoft RESOURCE KIT provides in-depth technical information and timesaving tools to deploy and support Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows® SharePoint Services in medium and large organizations.The Adobe Reader format of this title is not suitable for use on the Pocket PC or Palm OS versions of Adobe Reader.