Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Power User Cookbook

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Getting Started—SharePoint Essentials
• Introduction
• Creating a SharePoint list
• Creating a site column
• Creating a content type
• Creating and accessing my My Site
• Updating my user profile
• Tracking colleagues using my My Site
• Viewing the SharePoint sites I am a member of
• Tagging a SharePoint page so I can find it again later
• Reviewing the tags and notes other users have posted on a SharePoint page
• Adding an alert to a SharePoint page
• Managing my alerts in SharePoint
• Determining my permissions in a SharePoint site
• Checking another user's permissions in a SharePoint site
• Applying unique permissions to a SharePoint list

• Chapter 2: Working Together—Using SharePoint to Collaborate
• Introduction
• Creating a Team Site
• Adding users to a Team Site
• Adding a new page to a Team Site
• Adding a link to the Top link bar of a Team Site
• Adding a slide library to share PowerPoint slides
• Adding a slide to a presentation from a SharePoint slide library
• Creating and tracking a discussion item
• Managing a Team Site Calendar with Outlook 2010
• Creating a task and assigning it to another user
• Using the datasheet to bulk-edit tasks in a task list
• Managing a SharePoint task list in Outlook 2010
• Creating a SharePoint contact list and connecting it to Outlook 2010

• Chapter 3: SharePoint as the Data Hub—Storing and Integrating Data
• Introduction
• Creating a custom list
• Creating a custom list view
• Creating a term set using the managed metadata service
• Creating a list column based on a term set
• Creating an external content type
• Creating an external list

• Chapter 4: SharePoint Document Management Deep Dive
• Introduction
• Uploading an existing document to a document library
• Uploading multiple documents to a document library
• Creating a new document in your My Site
• E-mailing a link to a document in SharePoint
• Downloading a copy of a document
• Creating an alert on a document to be notified when it is updated
• Requiring users to check out a document before they can edit it
• Enabling versioning on a document library
• Publishing a major version of a document
• Restoring a previous version of a document
• Enabling content approval on a document library
• Take SharePoint documents offline using Outlook 2010
• Co-authoring an important document
• Use content types to store different types of document in the same document library

• Chapter 5: Getting the Message Out—Using SharePoint to Communicate
• Introduction
• Adding an announcement to a Team Site
• Creating a blog in my My Site
• Posting to my blog from Microsoft Word 2010
• Creating a new page on a publishing site
• Changing the page layout of a publishing site page
• Publishing a publishing site page
• Using web analytics to see which are the most popular pages on your site

• Chapter 6: Where's My Stuff?—Finding Things with SharePoint
• Introduction
• Performing a basic search
• Performing an advanced search
• Finding experts using a people search
• Saving a search as an alert and being notified when the results change
• Using search analytics to see what people are searching for

• Chapter 7: Gaining Insights—Using SharePoint for Business Intelligence
• Introduction
• Creating a chart using the Chart Web Part
• Creating a Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
• Creating an Excel spreadsheet to run on the server
• Creating a report using Report Builder
• Creating a chart using the PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer
• Building a PerformancePoint business intelligence dashboard

• Chapter 8: Automating Business Processes—Recipes for Electronic Forms and Workflows
• Introduction
• Creating an InfoPath Form for a SharePoint List
• Creating a holiday request InfoPath form and publishing it to a form library
• Using the Collect Feedback workflow to receive feedback on a Microsoft Word 2010 document
• Creating a list workflow using SharePoint Designer 2010
• Using Microsoft Visio 2010 to model a SharePoint workflow

• Appendix: Joining the Dots—Creating Composite Applications
• Introduction
• Understanding composite applications
• How to design and build composite applications
• Project Management composite application
• CRM composite application
• Human Resources composite application
• Closing thoughts

• Index