Beginning SharePoint 2013: Building Business Solutions

Build successful business solutions with SharePoint 2013 Following on the heels of successful previous editions, this perennial bestseller is completely updated for the latest iteration of SharePoint. The team of authors walks you through building business solutions using SharePoint 2013, while providing real–world scenarios and detailed descriptions that highlight best practices for configuration and customization. Featuring new chapters that discuss managing permissions and working with Access Services, this ideal introductory guide shows you how to efficiently handle a variety of SharePoint challenges that you may face and gives you the tools you need to put this popular content management platform to work for you. Beginning SharePoint 2013: Building Business Solutions: Walks you through working with SharePoint workflows, content types, Web Parts, social features, sites, workspaces, and more Helps you manage and customize lists and libraries Discusses branding and the user experience Introduces web content management Addresses managing forms, permissions, and records wrox.com Programmer Forums Join our Programmer to Programmer forums to ask and answer programming questions about this book, join discussions on the hottest topics in the industry, and connect with fellow programmers from around the world. Code Downloads Take advantage of free code samples from this book, as well as code samples from hundreds of other books, all ready to use. Read More Find articles, e–books, sample chapters and tables of contents for hundreds of books, and more reference resources on programming topics that matter to you. Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

INTRODUCTION xxv CHAPTER 1: UNDERSTANDING SHAREPOINT 1 CHAPTER 2: WORKING WITH SHAREPOINT LIST APPS 21 CHAPTER 3: WORKING WITH LIBRARY APPS 55 CHAPTER 4: MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING LISTS AND LIBRARIES 85 CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH WORKFLOWS 129 CHAPTER 6: WORKING WITH CONTENT TYPES 161 CHAPTER 7: WORKING WITH WEB PARTS 197 CHAPTER 8: WORKING WITH SITES 227 CHAPTER 9: MANAGING PERMISSIONS 263 CHAPTER 10: WORKING WITH BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE 291 CHAPTER 11: WORKING WITH SOCIAL FEATURES 355 CHAPTER 12: MANAGING FORMS 387 CHAPTER 13: WORKING WITH ACCESS SERVICES 431 CHAPTER 14: BRANDING AND THE USER EXPERIENCE 463 CHAPTER 15: GETTING STARTED WITH WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT 485 CHAPTER 16: MANAGING RECORDS 517 CHAPTER 17: WORKING WITH SEARCH 557 CHAPTER 18: BUILDING SOLUTIONS IN SHAREPOINT 585 APPENDIX A: INSTALLING SHAREPOINT SERVER 2013 599 APPENDIX B: EXERCISE SOLUTIONS 605 INDEX 617

Amanda Perran is a cofounder of SharePoint Mentors and seven–time recipient of the Microsoft MVP award for SharePoint. Shane Perran is a cofounder of SharePoint Mentors and five–time recipient of the Microsoft MVP award for SharePoint. Jennifer Mason is a SharePoint MVP and a senior SharePoint consultant at Rackspace Hosting. Laura Rogers is a SharePoint MVP and a senior SharePoint consultant at Rackspace Hosting.