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Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Inside Out
Dedication
Introduction
Who this book is for
How this book is organized
Features and conventions used in this book
Text conventions
Design conventions
Your companion ebook
About the companion content
System requirements
Acknowledgments
Support and feedback
Errata
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1. Introducing SharePoint 2013
The SharePoint wheel
Sites
Communities
Content
Search
Insights
Composites
What’s new in SharePoint 2013
Share
Sharing content
Enterprise Social
Mobile
Discover
Information
Insights
Experts
Organize
Team sites
Store and synchronize your documents
Managing tasks and projects
Build
Build apps
Build great-looking sites
Manage
Manage risk
Manage costs
Built for the cloud
Hardware and software requirements
Summary
2. Administration for business users
Two categories of administration
Business user administration
IT professional administration
Installation and configuration decisions
Hosted SharePoint or on-premises SharePoint?
On-premises
Hosted
The SharePoint structure
Comparing a SharePoint web application to a tree
Farm scalability, service applications, and databases
The content database as a unit of storage
Using a content database as a unit of backup and restoration
Organizing for content database growth
Search administration
Security
Authentication and authorization
Types of authentication
Classic Windows integrated
Claims-based Windows integrated
Forms-based
Claims-based without Windows
Anonymous access
Securing web applications
Public websites
Secured intranets
Secured extranets
More security settings at the web-application level
Extended web applications for your site collection
User policy on a web application
Self-Service Site Collection Creation
Enabling client integration
Encryption
Upgrades and migration
Upgrading from SharePoint 2010
Content database upgrade
Deferred Site Collection Upgrade
Migrating content to SharePoint Server 2013
Manual migration
Migration tools
Summary
3. Working with list and library apps
What’s new with list and library apps
Drag-and-drop functionality
Live preview thumbnails
The ellipsis
Creating lists
Creating a new list from the predefined lists
Creating a custom list
Creating libraries and site columns
Creating a library
Creating a site column
Modifying list and library settings
Modifying general settings
Modifying versioning settings
Modifying versioning settings for a list
Modifying versioning settings for a library
Modifying advanced settings
Modifying advanced settings for a list
Modifying advanced settings for a library
Modifying validation settings
Modifying column default value settings
Modifying rating settings
Modifying audience targeting settings
Modifying form settings
Updating permissions and management
Deleting lists or document libraries
Saving a list or library as a template
Editing permissions for a list or library
Adding a user to a list or library
Removing a user from a list or library
Checking permissions on a list or library
Managing files that have no check-in version
Modifying workflow settings
Modifying information management policy settings
Modifying enterprise metadata and keywords settings
Generating a file plan report
Creating and modifying list and library views
Creating a list or library view
Modifying and deleting views
Working with list content
Calculated columns
List validations
When to use folders
Limitations and workarounds
Software boundaries, limits, and thresholds
Throttling
Indexing columns
Summary
4. Working with collaboration sites
Creating team sites
Customizing team sites
Working with document libraries
Using SkyDrive Pro
Sharing sites, libraries, and files
External sharing
Checking sharing permissions
Using a team notebook
Using a site mailbox
Understanding project sites
Managing tasks
Summary
5. Using Office applications with SharePoint
Editing documents in Office
Opening and saving files in SharePoint libraries
Checking in and checking out files
Checking out a file with the browser
Checking out a file from within Word, PowerPoint, or Excel
Checking out a file from within Visio
Editing a file that is configured as Check Out Required
Closing a checked out file
Checking in a file from within Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or Visio
Coauthoring with SharePoint 2013
Important considerations
Coauthoring in a mixed Office environment
Performance and scalability
Managing versions of a file from within Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or Visio
Integrating Excel with SharePoint
Sharing a Excel workbook with SharePoint
Importing Excel data into a SharePoint list
Analyzing SharePoint list data in Excel
Integrating Access with SharePoint
Using Access Services
Moving Access data into SharePoint lists
Integrating OneNote with SharePoint
Integrating Outlook with SharePoint
Using form libraries
Integrating Project with SharePoint
Using SkyDrive Pro with SharePoint
Using Office Web Apps with SharePoint
Summary
6. Sharing information with SharePoint social networking
The Newsfeed
Community sites
Community portal
Community Site template
Visiting and joining communities
Discussions
Reputations
Performing community site management
Creating communities
Setting permissions
Changing community settings
Managing and creating categories
Setting achievement and reputation settings
Moderating a community
Moderation tasks
Promoting people and content
Extending your community to the cloud with Yammer
Summary
7. Using and creating workflows
SharePoint workflow basics
Process automation methods
Planning for process automation
Introducing workflow terminology
Workflow templates
Workflows and workflow instances
Association and initiation forms
Using workflow templates and workflow instances
Common lists used by workflow instances
Adding a workflow template to a list or library
Modifying a workflow
Removing a workflow
Using a workflow
Using site workflow templates
Gathering requirements using Visio diagrams
Creating a Visio diagram
Adding conditions and actions to a Visio diagram
Validating and exporting a Visio SharePoint workflow diagram
Importing a Visio diagram into SharePoint Designer
Creating, editing, and managing custom workflows with SharePoint Designer
Creating workflows and workflow templates
Creating list and site workflows
Checking and publishing workflows
Using reusable and globally reusable workflows
Packaging workflows
Using conditions, actions, steps, stages, and loops
Conditions
Actions
Steps
Stages
Loops
Using the Workflow Settings page
Editing workflows
Save
Clipboard
Modify
Insert
Manage
Variables
Authoring work using the Visual Designer
Action Tag attributes
Action tag properties
Working with the Text-Based Designer
Stage outline
Obtaining data not saved in the current item
Summary
8. Planning site content
An introduction to information architecture
Start with purpose
Use a sandbox
Prototypes or wireframes
Card sorting
Governance
What is SharePoint governance?
How to govern SharePoint
Governance by site audience
Audience size growth
Large audience governance
Personal site governance
Search
Choosing a content manager
Identifying the content manager on the page
Planning content for Internet sites
Tight governance for public messaging
Separate content by audience
Open to the public with anonymous permissions
Enabling anonymous access in Central Administration
Enabling anonymous access in Site Settings
Advanced planning considerations
IRM
Data protection, recoverability, and availability
Service-level agreement
Two-stage recycle bins
Summary
9. Creating and formatting content pages
Creating and modifying content pages using a browser
Modifying wiki pages
Using the Format Text tab
Using the Insert tab
Modifying publishing pages
Creating wiki pages
Creating wiki links
Creating publishing pages
Managing pages
Working with Page History
Managing versions
Using Web Part pages
Shared version
Personal version
Editing Web Part pages
Creating Web Part pages
Using mobile pages
Using SharePoint Designer 2013 to create and modify webpages
Saving modifications
Managing pages
Creating pages
Working in Advanced Mode
Creating application pages for SharePoint sites
Summary
10. Adding, editing, connecting, and maintaining web parts
Web parts overview
The new app model and app parts
When an app is not an app
Web parts in SharePoint 2013
Blog web parts
Business data web parts
Community web parts
Content rollup web parts
Content Query Web Part
Content Search Web Part
Project Summary and Timeline Web Parts
Relevant Documents Web Part
RSS Viewer Web Part
WSRP Viewer Web Part
XML Viewer Web Part
Filter web parts
Forms web parts
HTML Form Web Part
InfoPath Form Web Part
Media and content web parts
Content Editor Web Part
Getting Started With Your Site Web Part
Image Viewer Web Part
Page Viewer Web Part
Picture Library Slideshow Web Part
Embed code and media and the Script Editor Web Parts
Social collaboration web parts
Deprecated web parts
Recent Activities Web Part
Chart Web Part
Status Indicators and Status List Web Parts
Web Analytics
Summary
11. Managing documents
Document management locations
Team Site
Document Center
Records Center
Document library
Versioning
Workflows
Site columns, content types, and the content type hub
Site columns
Content types
Content type hub
Managed metadata service for documents
Managing document sets
The importance of SharePoint Search in document management
Summary
12. Designing web content management sites
Designing and branding
An overview of Design Manager
Understanding the SharePoint page model
Master pages
Page layouts
Pages
Themes and composed looks
Themes
Composed looks
Changing the look
Creating site design
Supporting mobile devices
Understanding device channels
Working with device channels
Mapping a network drive
Converting HTML to a master page
Preparing the HTML file for conversion
Converting the HTML file to a master page
Understanding the HTML markup after conversion
Document properties
SharePoint markup
Comments
Markup (snippets)
Preview blocks
SharePoint IDs
Updating the site master page
Creating page layouts
Using image renditions
Using content rollup web parts
Using the CSWP and display templates
Display templates
Display templates and search web parts
Adding and configuring the CSWP
How to create a display template
Using the Content Query Web Part
Adding and configuring the CQWP
How to create customized XSL files for the CQWP
Metadata and navigation
Managed navigation
Friendly URLs
Publishing content
Design packages
Cross-site collection publishing
WCM considerations
Usage analytics
Variations and multilingual sites
Understanding variations
Machine Translation Services
Summary
13. Implementing compliance, records management, and eDiscovery
Compliance
HIPAA and the HITECH Act
SOX
Site-based retention
Records management
Implementing a records management planning process
Review the compliance requirements document
Identify the records management roles
Analyze the organizational content
Develop a file plan
Develop the retention schedules
Evaluate and improve the document management practices
Design a records management solution
Plan how content becomes records
Convert active documents to records
Plan the email integration
Plan compliance for social media content
Plan compliance reporting and documentation
Using the Records Center Site template
Create a Records Center site
Access the Records Center dashboard
Manage connections to a Records Center
eDiscovery
How eDiscovery works
Site holds
eDiscovery Center Site Collection template
Creating an eDiscovery Center site collection
Creating an eDiscovery case
Adding sources and placing them on hold
Preserving content
Exporting eDiscovery search results
Summary
14. Planning for business intelligence and key performance indicators
Software requirements for business intelligence
SQL Server 2012 for SharePoint business intelligence
PowerPivot software requirements
Reporting Services software requirements
Excel Services advanced scenarios software requirements
PerformancePoint Services (PPS) software requirements
Visio Services software requirements
Business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2013
Excel Services
Excel Services improvements
PPS
PPS improvements
Visio Services
Visio Services improvements
Creating and configuring Excel Services service applications
Configuring Excel Services
Configuring an application pool account
Starting Excel Calculation Services
Creating an Excel Services service application
Data authentication for Excel Services
Data sources and authentication methods for Excel Services
Connecting to external data with Excel Services
Data connections for Excel workbooks
Managing Excel Services
Global settings for Excel Services
Trusted file locations
Trusted data providers
Trusted data connection libraries
User-defined function assemblies
Data model settings
Creating and configuring PPS service applications
Configuring PPS
Installing ADOMD.NET from SQL Server 2008 R2 feature pack
Configuring the application pool account
Starting PPS
Creating a PPS service application
Enabling trusted locations for PPS
Enabling trusted locations for data sources and dashboard content
Adding a trusted data source location
Adding a trusted content location
Creating and configuring a Visio Graphics Service service application
Creating a Visio Graphics Service service application
Configuring the global settings for a Visio Graphics Service
Creating trusted data providers for a Visio Graphics Service
Creating and configuring a Business Intelligence Center
Creating a Business Intelligence Center
Setting permissions for a Business Intelligence Center
Summary
15. Implementing better business intelligence with Excel Services and SQL Server 2012
Excel Services features overview
External data connections
Configuring the authentication settings
Creating a data access account
Using Analysis Services EffectiveUserName
Using Secure Store with SQL authentication
Configuring Secure Store settings in Excel
Exporting the ODC file
Adding the ODC file to the BI Center trusted data connection library
Uploading the ODC file to the data connection library
Working with data connections
Using existing data connections in Excel
Creating new data connections in Excel
Collecting data through data models
Creating reports and scorecards
Using PowerPivot
PowerPivot features
Enabling PowerPivot in Excel
Enabling PowerPivot in SharePoint
Creating a PowerPivot Gallery
Creating an Excel Services dashboard using SSAS data
Creating Data Connection to Analysis Services data
Creating the PivotTable and PivotChart reports
Improving the look and feel of the dashboard
Uploading to your BI Center site
Using Power View
Enabling Power View in Excel
Excel Services for developers
Excel Interactive view
JavaScript Object Model
JavaScript UDFs
OData in Excel Services
Summary
16. Building powerful dashboards with PerformancePoint Services
PerformancePoint overview
UI enhancements
Themes
iPad support
Filter enhancements and filter search
Business Intelligence (BI) Center
Dashboard Designer
Server-side improvements
Dashboard migration and deployment
Analysis services support for the “effective user”
Using Dashboard Designer
Authenticating Dashboard Designer
Setting user authentication for a computer on the same domain
Setting user authentication for a computer not on the same domain
Starting Dashboard Designer
Configuring Dashboard Designer to a SharePoint site
Exploring the Dashboard Designer interface
Left pane
The ribbon
Center pane
Right pane
Creating data connections and data sources
Analysis Services data source
Excel Services data source
SharePoint list data source
SQL Server table data source
Dashboard items
Scorecards
Toggling the Dashboard Designer Scorecard Wizard
Creating a blank scorecard
Creating KPIs for a scorecard
Adding KPIs to a scorecard
Reports
Analytic Chart and Analytic Grid reports
Strategy map reports
KPI Details reports
Creating a dashboard
Creating a dashboard page
Adding items to the dashboard page
Setting autosize for Excel Services dashboard reports
Connecting the selected country in the scorecard to the Analytic Chart report
Configuring dashboard zones
Adding or removing zones
Changing the zone size
Deploying the dashboard
Summary
17. Working with Visio Services
Looking at Visio Services
Displaying Visio drawings in Visio Services
Adding a Visio Web Access Web Part to a page
Visio Graphics Service service application
Visio Services system performance
Visio Services security considerations
Supported data scenarios
Designing dashboards
Data linking
Obtaining external data
Refreshing external data
Mapping external data to shapes
Adding data graphics
Inserting a legend
Web part connections
Customizing Visio Services solutions
Server-side customizations
Visio Services JavaScript mashup APIs
Validation
Summary
18. Discovering information with SharePoint 2013 Search
What’s new in SharePoint 2013 Search
Exploring the new search user interface
Discovering social and people information
Search architecture and site administration
Overview of the new search architecture
Creating a search center
Site search settings
Adding a result source, query rule, and result type to your site
Summary
19. Creating a customized SharePoint 2013 search experience
Using the Keyword Query Language (KQL)
Using Search web parts
Refinement Web Part
Search Box Web Part
Search Navigation Web Part
Search Results Web Part
Understanding result sources
Understanding query rules
Using Query Builder and query transforms
Defining custom result types
Using display templates
Creating a customized search experience
Adding a result source
Adding a search vertical page
Configuring the Search Results Web Part
Adding search navigation
Using a query rule to provide a promoted result
Creating a custom result type and display template
Summary
20. Creating, managing, and designing sites
Creating and managing sites using SharePoint Designer 2013
Opening sites
Exploring SharePoint Designer
Controlling the use of SharePoint Designer
SharePoint Designer usage settings
Implementing SharePoint Designer settings for a web application
Implementing SharePoint Designer settings for a site collection
Creating sites
Managing sites
Designing sites
Changing the look of your site
Theme gallery
Composed Looks gallery
Creating a Composed Look
Color palettes
Font schemes
Creating master pages and previews
Master pages anatomy
Content placeholders
Creating a preview file
Working with CSS
Deploying your design
Saving sites as templates
Summary
21. Creating enterprise forms
Creating InfoPath forms
Introduction to InfoPath
Form design basics
Walkthrough of the sample Site Request form
Opening the Site Request form in InfoPath
Understanding the design of the InfoPath Site Request form
View 1 (Home)
View 2 (Formats)
View 3 (Questions)
View 4 (Summary)
Publishing InfoPath forms to SharePoint libraries
Creating Access forms
Introduction to Access 2013
Building a simple Access form app
Views
Macros
Understanding the design of the Access Site Request form
View 1 (Home)
View 2 (Formats)
View 3 (Questions)
View 4 (All Records)
Creating custom forms
Summary
22. Working with external content
Using external content in SharePoint
Connecting SharePoint 2013 with external systems
Using BCS
Presenting external content
Creating and managing external lists
Using external data columns
Creating a BDC service application
Defining external systems connections
Working with external content types
Creating an external system using SharePoint Designer
Creating external content types
Managing permissions on external content types
Exporting and importing BDC models and resource files
Using Visual Studio 2012 with BCS
Summary
23. Introduction to custom development
Exploring custom development
The app model
Server API solution packages
Farm solutions
Sandbox solutions
Understanding client-side APIs and web services
.NET client API
JavaScript client API
REST and OData endpoints
Determining build vs. buy
Discovering and evaluating third-party products
Seeking expert help for custom solution development
Extending SharePoint with Visual Studio
App model development
Configuring your development environment
Creating a map app
Using internal app stores
SharePoint Server API solution features
Feature scope
SharePoint site provisioning
Customizing workflow
Why custom development?
Enhanced capability
Reusability in custom solutions
Solution maintenance
Custom workflow enhancements
Declarative workflow
Custom action
Workflow object model
2010 workflow interop
Summary
A. About the authors
B. About the contributors
Index
About the Authors
Copyright
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