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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 and Windows SharePoint Services 4.0 provide a collection of tools and services you can use to improve user and team productivity, make information sharing more effective, and facilitate business decision-making processes. Pro SharePoint Solution Development: Combining .NET, SharePoint, and Office takes a practical problem/solution approach to common business challenges, leading the reader through entire solutions, complete with explanation and code, in 15 independent chapters.

Teach yourself how to create rich, dynamic Web applications with Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007. Master the tools for managing user input and backend processes—without coding—and deliver the smart solutions your business needs.

• Use CSS to customize layout and optimize usability
• Build your navigation structure
• Create, access, and link data sources
• Manipulate data views with SharePoint and ASP.NET controls
• Enable dynamic rendering and interactivity
• Use Windows Workflow Foundation
• Know what’s going on behind the scenes—so you make the best choices

Your all-in-one learning experience includes:

• Files for building skills and practicing the book’s lessons
• Fully searchable eBook
• Windows Vista Product Guide eReference—plus other resources—on CD

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What differentiates good organizations from bad? The good ones are those that take advantage of the data they already have and use the feedback that business intelligence gives them to improve their processes. SharePoint is now the delivery platform of choice for Microsoft’s business intelligence products, and in this book we reveal how to get the most from developing business intelligence solutions on SharePoint 2010.
To understand the various business intelligence offerings in SharePoint 2010, you need to understand the core SQL Server business intelligence concepts, and the first part of the book presents a comprehensive tutorial on those fundamentals. Pro SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence Solutions then focuses on specific SharePoint business intelligence investments including:

• Visio Services
• Excel Services
• SQL Server Reporting Services
• Business Connectivity Services
• PerformancePoint Services

All of this is done using a practical, hands-on format, with enough examples to empower you to use these products in your real-life projects. As compelling as SharePoint and SQL Server business intelligence are together, the challenge always has been finding people who understand both SharePoint and SQL Server well enough to deliver such business intelligence solutions. With this book in hand, you become part of that select group.

What you’ll learn

• Understand the fundamentals and framework of business intelligence.
• Learn how to integrate Visio Services, and discover the developer story.
• Practice working with the Secure Store Service.
• Experience authoring and publishing reports using Report Builder and how to re-purpose published reports in Reporting Services.
• Glean practical advice about deploying and developing for PerformancePoint Services in SharePoint 2010.
• Learn about the advances in Excel Services and PowerPivot, and their application within SharePoint to practical situations.
• Gain a deep understanding of the Business Data Services featureset in SharePoint 2010.

Who this book is for

This book offers SharePoint developers an essential BI foundation experience and an introduction to SQL Server 2008 tools for business intelligence. This book will also benefit SQL Server developers and administrators who require knowledge of setting up the basic infrastructure on the SharePoint platform for business intelligence.

Table of Contents

1. Business Intelligence Basics
2. Visio Services
3. Reporting Services
4. Business Connectivity Services
5. Excel Services
6. PerformancePoint Services

Microsoft® SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Michael Noel

Colin Spence

Using Microsoft SharePoint 2010 technologies, organizations can bring together, utilize, and collaborate with information from virtually any source. Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed is the most complete, practical resource for all administrators, managers, architects, users, and power users who want to make the most of this powerful platform.

Drawing on their experience implementing SharePoint solutions in hundreds of organizations, Michael Noel and Colin Spence cover all facets of succeeding with SharePoint: planning, deployment, migration, scalability, administration, security, Microsoft Office integration, workflow and dashboard development, and more.

Noel and Spence illuminate the newest SharePoint innovations, from new social networking features to improved search, helping you make the most of both SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server 2010. Using easy-to-understand, step-by-step examples, the authors help you streamline administration, optimize performance, control cost, and implement high-value solutions for collaboration, document management, and business intelligence.

• Architect and implement SharePoint 2010, and migrate from legacy SharePoint servers
• Perform advanced installations that maximize scalability
• Monitor, back up, and restore SharePoint environments
• Maintain the SQL Server databases on which SharePoint 2010 relies
• Systematically improve edge, transport, and content security
• Deploy SharePoint in extranets and alternative authentication scenarios
• Create highly efficient virtualized SharePoint 2010 farms
• Customize and manage libraries and lists for your specific requirements
• Design and manage pages and sites for knowledge workers
• Effectively manage metadata and content types
• Integrate content using Office Web Apps and Excel, Access, and Visio Graphics Services
• Create both out-of-the-box and customized SharePoint workflows
• Develop custom solutions with SharePoint Designer 2010 and Visual Studio 2010
• Create BI solutions with PerformancePoint and Business Connectivity Services
• Govern your SharePoint ecosystem for maximum value

Michael Noel, MS-MVP, MCITP, is an internationally recognized technology expert, bestselling author, and well-known public speaker on a wide range of IT topics. He is the author of 17 books, including Exchange Server 2010 Unleashed, Windows Server 2008 R2 Unleashed, and Microsoft Forefront Unleashed. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Colin Spence, MCP, MCTS SharePoint, has worked with SharePoint technologies for nearly a decade, helping hundreds of clients architect, implement, and manage customized SharePoint solutions. He speaks, publishes, and blogs regularly on SharePoint technologies. Noel and Spence are partners at Convergent Computing, a leading Microsoft partner in the San Francisco Bay area, and co-authors of SharePoint 2007 Unleashed.

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Category: Microsoft Office 2010

Covers: Microsoft SharePoint 2010

User Level: Intermediate–Advanced

Master SharePoint 2010 solution development with deep and to-the-point How To's. Get task-specific guidance and detailed code samples to help you get started right away. With this book - you will get a collection of many of the most valuable, and proven approaches to build your solutions fast and with sound architecture, translating your solution into more competitive and reliable. Here are top things you discover with this book: 1.Setting up your Visual Studio solution and automated solution deployment 2.Working with custom lists and roll-ups, managing list security, and custom events 3.Customizing list item forms and form fields 4.Bringing in external data into SharePoint 5.Process and task automation and scheduling with timer jobs 6.Working with SharePoint 2010 metadata, tags, and other social computing features 7.Extending SharePoint 2010 ribbon with custom actions and events 8.Deep dive into SharePoint pages, templates, and navigation 9.Accelerating SharePoint solution development in your team with custom Visual Studio extensions. Read the first chapter or download the source code of the book here: www.sharemuch.com/download The best of all, you will get a real code with all of the steps you need to do to run it. Most code examples in this book come with references to downloadable solution files that have been compiled and tested. With the source code provided, you will be able to jump right into the example and build on the top of it to test your specific scenario.

• Microsoft SharePoint now has a 10 percent share of the portal market, and the new release, which features enhanced integration with Office 2007, is sure to give SharePoint a boost
• Offers clear instructions and soup-to-nuts coverage of this complex product, focusing instead on practical solutions to real-world SharePoint challenges
• Features tips, tricks, and techniques for administrators who need to install and configure a SharePoint portal as well as ordinary users who need to populate and maintain the portal and use it for collaborative projects
• Topics covered include setting up a SharePoint portal, matching SharePoint to business needs, managing portal content, branding, collaborating on SharePoint sites, using a portal to improve employee relations and marketing, putting expense reports and other interactive forms on a portal, and monitoring and backing up SharePoint

Build custom SharePoint 2010 solutions with deep architectural insights from the experts.

Get a detailed look inside SharePoint 2010—and master the intricacies of developing intranets, extranets, and Web-based applications. Guided by an author team with in-depth knowledge of SharePoint architecture, you'll gain task-oriented guidance and extensive code samples to help you build robust business solutions.

Discover how to:

• Master fundamental development techniques for SharePoint Foundation
• Deploy your SharePoint application as a sandboxed solution for more stable and security-enhanced code
• Create page templates, master pages, Web Parts, custom controls, and event handlers
• Develop custom field types, site columns, content types, and list definitions
• Query SharePoint lists with the LINQ-to-SharePoint provider
• Use the Client Object Model in JavaScript and Microsoft Silverlight® applications
• Customize the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) capabilities in SharePoint 2010
• Configure and extend Business Connectivity Services (BCS) and Enterprise Search

If you're a .NET or Microsoft Office developer, this book will give you the tools and the techniques you need to build great solutions for the SharePoint platform. It offers practical insights that will help you take advantage of this powerful new integrated suite of server-based collaboration software tools along with specific examples that show you how to implement your own custom solutions. You'll then be able to apply this information to create collaborative web-based applications that enhance user productivity and deliver rich user experiences.

You’ll start by building a strong foundation based on a thorough understanding of the technologies that come with the SharePoint platform, while also drilling into specific implementation areas. Next, you'll dive into seven key SharePoint development areas: the base collaboration platform, portal and composite application frameworks, enterprise search, ECM, business process automation and workflow, electronic forms, and business intelligence.

This book is for ASP.NET developers who want to add collaboration support to their existing applications, Windows/Office client developers who want to move their solutions from the desktop to the web, and experienced SharePoint version 2.0 developers who want to take advantage of the new capabilities available in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

You will learn all about Windows SharePoint Services and MOSS 2007, including the following:

• Ways to enhance collaboration using calendars, tasks, issues, and email alerts

• Techniques for developing applications with integrated RSS, blogs and Wikis

• How to build, configure, and manage portal solutions

• Strategies for using enterprise search, XML, and XSLT

• Methods for improving enterprise content management and business intelligence

• Ways to take advantage of built-in support for regulatory compliance and web publishing

• How to create custom workflows and integrate them into your solutions

This book is also available as part of the 4-book SharePoint 2007 Wrox Box (ISBN: 0470431946) with these 4 books:

• Professional SharePoint 2007 Development (ISBN: 0470117567)
• Real World SharePoint 2007 (ISBN: 0470168358)
• Professional Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Design (ISBN: 047028580X)
• Professional SharePoint 2007 Web Content Management Development (ISBN: 0470224754)

The smart way to learn Office SharePoint Designer 2007 one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting tips to master the fundamentals of building customized SharePoint sites and applications. You ll learn how to work with Windows® SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 to create Web pages complete with Cascading Style Sheets, Lists, Libraries, and customized Web parts. Then, make your site really work for you by adding data sources, including databases, XML data and Web services, and RSS feeds. You ll even learn how to create workflows and applications with custom forms, templates, and dashboards to enhance your team s productivity. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction, building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Includes an easy-search companion CD with hands-on practice files, a complete eBook, and more!

Key Book Benefits:

Includes coverage of the fundamentals for building custom SharePoint sites and applications to enhance your productivity

Covers Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007

Features easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on skill-building exercises

Includes an easy-search companion CD with practice files, a complete eBook, and other resources

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If you've already covered the basics and want to dive deep into VB and .NET topics that professional programmers use most, this is your book. You'll find a quick review of introductory topics-always helpful-before the author team of experts moves you quickly into such topics as data access with ADO.NET, Language Integrated Query (LINQ), security, ASP.NET web programming with Visual Basic, Windows workflow, threading, and more.

You'll explore all the new features of Visual Basic 2010 as well as all the essential functions that you need, including .NET features such as LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML, WCF, and more. Plus, you'll examine exception handling and debugging, Visual Studio features, and ASP.NET web programming.

• Expert author team helps you master the tools and techniques you need most for professional programming
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• Discusses exception handling and debugging, data access with ADO.NET, Visual Studio features for Visual Basic developers, Windows programming with Windows Forms, ASP.NET web programming with VB, communication interfaces, Windows workflow, and threading

This Wrox guide presents you with updated coverage on topics you need to know now.