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SharePoint 2013 How-To
Need fast, reliable, easy-to-implement solutions for SharePoint 2013? This book delivers exactly what you’re looking for:
step-by-step help and guidance with the tasks that users, authors, content managers, and site managers perform most often. Fully updated to reflect SharePoint 2013’s latest improvements and fluid new design, it covers everything from lists and views to social networking, workflows, and security. The industry’s most focused SharePoint resource, SharePoint 2013 How-To provides all the answers you need—now!
Ishai Sagi is a SharePoint developer and architect who provides solutions through his company, Extelligent Design, which is Canberra, Australia’s leading SharePoint consultancy. Sagi has worked with SharePoint since it was introduced in 2001. Honored four times by Microsoft as a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MVP, he has trained many end users, administrators, and developers in using SharePoint or
developing solutions for it. He leads Canberra’s SharePoint user group and has spoken at Microsoft conferences around the world. He hosts the popular blog Sharepoint Tips and Tricks (www.sharepoint-tips.com), and authored SharePoint 2010 How-To.
Fast, Accurate, and Easy-to-Use!
¿ Quickly review essential SharePoint terminology and concepts
¿ Master SharePoint 2013’s revamped interface for Windows PCs, Surface, and smartphones
¿ Run SharePoint in the cloud with Microsoft Office 365 and SkyDrive
¿ Find, log on to, and navigate SharePoint sites
¿ Create, manage, and use list items, documents, and forms
¿ Alert yourself to new or changed content
¿ Use views to work with content more efficiently
¿ Leverage SharePoint 2013’s revamped search capabilities
¿ Organize content with lists, document libraries, and templates
¿ Use powerful social networking features, including tagging, NewsFeed updates, and microblogging
¿ Author and edit each type of SharePoint page
¿ Build flexible navigation hierarchies with Managed Metadata
¿ Systematically manage site security and content access
¿ Control permissions more effectively with the Permissions Page
¿ Create and track workflows, and integrate them with lists or libraries
¿ Customize a site’s appearance, settings, and behavior
¿ Create new Office 365 private and public site collections
Finding Your Way Around a SharePoint Site
Download the sample pages (includes Chapter 2 and Index)
Introduction 1
Overview of This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
How to Benefit from This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Ways to Continue Expanding Your Knowledge . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 3
Part I: Solutions for Readers
1 About Microsoft SharePoint 2013 5
What Is Microsoft SharePoint 2013? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 6
What Is the Difference Between SPF, SharePoint Server, and SharePoint 365? . . . . .. . . . 8
How to Tell Whether a Site Is Based on SPF, SharePoint Server, or SharePoint on Office 365 . . . . . 8
What Is a Site? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
What Is a Personal Site? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
What Are SkyDrive and SkyDrive Pro? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
What Is a Ribbon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
What Are Apps? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
What Is a List? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
What Is an External List? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What Is a Document Library? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What Is a Wiki Page Library? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
What Is a Form Library? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
What Is an Asset Library? . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
What Is a Picture Library? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
What Is a View? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
What Are Web Parts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
What Are Alerts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
What Is a Site Column? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .