Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Step by Step [With CDROM]

I bought this book when I was planning our SharePoint deployment and intended for it to be used by our users who will be more active in the everyday use of the site. I haven't come across anything that a normal SharePoint user would want to do that is not clearly explained in this book. Lots of good content for everyone.

I bought this book to help me on supporting SharePoint on the fly. So far, it has saved my behind. All the quick, basic, get-to-know-right-away stuff is all in here.

I bought the first version of this book back in Feburary for my 2nd Customer Deployment of Sharepoint. There are several things you may already know about Sharepoint Designer, but I found this book best used by intermediaries; as Reference Material. For Beginners I also recomend to have and take the time to use the book because there will be things that will make more sense when you are presented with Business Case situations. I put the book down for a month and now have started a 3rd customer deployment for a Bio-Tech company that wants to control workflows. Now I am re-referencing the book for additional triggers. Down the road I can see using Data-Sources to create reports connected to Oracle DBs, but there is not a need right now or security access. Hence the reference material. If you are the Cheif Designer-Dev of a Sharpeoint Implementation this book is a must have for the miger cost.

I was faced with a project that could best be implemented with SharePoint, but I lacked experience, hence this book. It is an introductory book that presumes no foreknowledge of the subject and leads the reader incrementally through the features of SharePoint. The enclosed CD contains an eBook and the files for the chapter lessons. The print and page layout adhere to the proven format that makes the Step-by-Step series fruitful tutorials. The topics include: *Build your own SharePoint site with easy-to-use templates *Create lists and libraries to store information *Add discussion boards, wikis, and blogs *Set up Document and Meeting Workspaces for easy collaboration *Share calendars, contacts, and data from Microsoft Office programs *Customize your pages with Web Parts This is authored by some of the same experts who have written advanced books about SharePoint, and their knowledge is evident in this lucid introduction. Elementary - as it should be for beginners.

This is a good book for someone new to SPS or for someone creating content. It is not a technical administrator guide. I would have given it 5 stars if they had spent some more time on the architecture overview and provided any coverage on the integration with pre-2007 Office.