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Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook

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Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook
May, 2012 | 236 pages
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook
Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook
Credits
Credits
Foreword
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Defining a SharePoint IT Strategy
Defining a SharePoint IT Strategy
Q: Can you define what a strategy is?
Q: What is an IT strategy?
Q: How do you create a SharePoint IT strategy?
Q: What is the intended outcome of the workshop?
Q: Who needs to be involved with the process?
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2
Just Enough Governance
Just Enough Governance
Q. What is governance?
Q. Why do we need it?
Q: So where do I start with governance?
Q: Who should be involved with SharePoint governance?
Q: Is it worth hiring a consulting firm to create your company's governance documentation?
Q: Why does it seem that SharePoint requires more governance than other technologies?
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3
Deployment Roadmap
Deployment Roadmap
Q: Which edition of SharePoint is right for me?
Q: Where should I deploy SharePoint? What choices do I really have?
Q: What about licensing? What are my options and how much will it cost?
Q: SharePoint 2010 Development, Quality Assurance, Production — how many farms do I actually need?
Q: What do I need to know about storage requirements and their impact on my deployment strategy?
Q: Intranet, extranet — which SharePoint topology is right for me?
Q: What about authentication for end users; what options are available to me?
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4
SharePoint in the Clouds
SharePoint in the Clouds
Q: What options do I actually have for cloud-based SharePoint 2010?
Q: How can I use Amazon Web Services for SharePoint 2010?
Q: This doesn't sound like a turn-key solution. Where does Amazon's responsibility end and where does mine begin?
Q: Can I create a Microsoft private cloud solution for SharePoint?
Q: Office 365 and SharePoint Online — how many offerings and plans are actually out there?
Q: What authentication options do I have for SharePoint Online?
Q: What about Windows Azure and SharePoint 2010? How can I take advantage of this offering?
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5
SharePoint and Important Trends
SharePoint and Important Trends
Q: How big is SharePoint to Microsoft?
Q: Which IT trends matter?
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6
How to get the .NET Developers on Board Quickly?
How to get the .NET Developers on Board Quickly?
Q: What's so different about SharePoint development compared to .NET development?
Q: How should we approach SharePoint development?
Q: What roadblocks do new SharePoint developers face?
Q: What do I need to know to get started in SharePoint development?
Q: Do developers ever resist the SharePoint developer route?
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Growing SharePoint Capacity and Meeting Staffing Resource Needs
Growing SharePoint Capacity and Meeting Staffing Resource Needs
Q: What are the minimal SharePoint deployment and technical skill set I can get away with?
Q: What would be the typical SharePoint skill sets needed for different company sizes?
Q: How easy is it to train in-house technical staff on SharePoint?
Q: What kind of training resources are available?
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Managing your First SharePoint Project
Managing your First SharePoint Project
Q: What factors should you take into consideration?
Q: Why is a SharePoint first project different to other technologies' first project?
Q: How do we decide upon our first project's scope?
Q: How do you plan for and design your first SharePoint project solution?
Q: What's the best way to execute?
Q: Should you implement in phases?
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Now What?
Now What?
Q: How do I apply the concepts from this book to produce results?
Q: I have heard SharePoint projects often fail. How can this be avoided?
Q: How do I choose a company to partner with?
Q: Is it easy to offshore SharePoint development?
Q: How do I estimate a SharePoint development project?
Q: How easy is it for Java development teams to learn .NET SharePoint development?
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Summary

SharePoint development is a large topic of discussion that involves many technologies and a wide array of skills. In this chapter, we discussed issues from the differences between .NET and SharePoint development, to the challenges and roadblocks, to the best ways to learn SharePoint development. Although we have only begun to scratch the surface on SharePoint development hopefully you have understood the issues and challenges of transforming a developer into a SharePoint Solution Architect rock star.

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