Microsoft Sharepoint 2007 Unleashed

My teacher recommended this book and it's now my bible. I just started building a WSS 3.0 environment and the book explains each feature in detail. Also, the author includes what that feature couldn't do in Sharepoint 2003 and the extras added in MOSS. So you learn the past, present and future of each feature. Great job explaining the whole picture.

Was a little hesistant to get another in the "unleashed" series since I have been burned before with a lot of content that is dry and not pertinent to my environment. On the contrary, this is one of the best books I have seen on the new MOSS 2007 enviroment. It is clearly written and organized so that I don't have to search to hard for what I need and I can ignore what I don't.

I bought this book as it is a complete overview of every aspect of a Sharepoint 2007 implementation than any other book I have. It covers best practices for everything from what kind of site template to use to what are the best security methods for your SQL database. Very thorough and the best book on Sharepoint 2007 out there. It is in depth enough to get the job done but not so deep that there isn't room for the entire project plan of a Sharepoint implementation. If you are like me and the ONLY resource in your company for installing, implementing, administering and rolling out Sharepoint, this is the book for you.

SharePoint 2007 Unleashed is a great reference for SharePoint administrators. I found it to have a great balance of high level planning information as well as detailed information that can be used as a reference once you've got SharePoint installed. What I liked best about this book was the breadth of subjects it covered. Noel and Spence aren't just experts on SharePoint, but other disciples. And it shows. This book covers not only how to get the most out of SharePoint, but how to use SharePoint with Exchange, MOM, ISA, OCS, the Office clients and more. The icing on the cake is the backup and recovery chapter. It includes a great script that can be used in small installations to use STSADM to back up all the Site Colletions in the farm. Very nice. As a SharePoint administrator and SharePoint MVP I highly recommend this book.

As an experienced SharePoint I.T. Administrator, I found this book very informative with detailed information and "how tos" on the various capabilities of MOSS 2007. I thought that this book was well organized with the book's "lack of fluff" and getting directly to what MOSS 2007 can do and offer. The book starts out with the first chapter's general description of what will be covered in the book as well as the chapter number as to where these features will be discussed in more detail. After the Chapter 1 overview, the actual, in-depth discussion following is done. Through the new features described including features of document libraries, lists, sites, and how to leverage the workflow capabilities within a team site and within SharePoint Designer 2007 and other features within MOSS 2007, Enterprise Edition (Business Intelligence, Excel Services, Business Data Catalog, etc), the authors' extensive amount of technical expertise, knowledge and experience of the subject matter is quite obvious. Not only does this book describe the features within a MOSS 2007 team site, this book contains in-depth information about how to effectively administer MOSS 2007 within I.T., including utilizing the SharePoint Central Administration tool. Also the integration between MOSS 2007 and Microsoft Office 2007, SharePoint Designer 2007 (formerly FrontPage), ISA Server 2006, Live Communication Server, and Exchange Server 2007 are discussed. Looking to get up to speed quickly with learning about MOSS 2007, including its capabilities and its potential as a tool that can greatly help the productivity and collaboration within an enterprise, I found that this book delivers in providing that knowledge in a concise yet descriptive and thorough format. If you are an experienced SharePoint 2003 Administrator, the authors provide an honest approach in describing the shortcomings and limitations of SharePoint 2003, and describe how MOSS 2007 improves those shortcomings. However, even though you may not have any background in the previous versions of SharePoint, the authors do mention that no prior experience is necessary and you will not be disappointed in discovering within this book as to how MOSS 2007 can be leveraged within your team at your company. Whether you are a SharePoint I.T. Administrator who will be planning, installing and supporting MOSS 2007 at your company or if you are knowledge worker looking for a step-by-step guide on how to take full advantage of the capabilities of a MOSS 2007 team site, this book is the must-have reference guide and instruction manual that you will need to accomplish what you are looking for.