SharePoint 2013 For Dummies

Learn to: Get up to speed with SharePoint 2013 and take advantage of new features Set up and effectively manage your SharePoint site Use SharePoint in the cloud with Office 365 and SharePoint Online Leverage SharePoint capabilities to drive business value Learn SharePoint from the ground up, get your site going, collaborate, and go mobile No doubt about it, SharePoint is a complex creature. So this book starts by showing you just what SharePoint is, translating the terminology, and explaining the tools. Then it helps you create a site, work with apps, and master basic SharePoint administration. Next you'll learn to get social, go mobile, work with Office 365, manage content, and, best of all, wow your coworkers with the wonders of SharePoint. This SharePoint thing — understand the technology stack and the vast assortment of features that make up SharePoint Making it work — create a team site, add Web Parts to web pages, and create and customize apps Social advantages — connect with others using microblogging, feeds, alerts, mentions, ratings, and likes Enterprising uses — use SharePoint to share and approve content, find things with search, archive documents, and develop workflows Public or private — set up a public website or an internal client portal using SharePoint Open the book and find: The benefits of SharePoint for project management How to use social networking in your company What your role is as a SharePoint administrator SharePoint security advice Tips for using SharePoint on a mobile device How to collaborate on documents in SharePoint Steps for creating user profiles Ten ways to become a SharePoint guru

Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with SharePoint 2013 7 Chapter 1: Getting to Know SharePoint 2013 9 Chapter 2: Introducing SharePoint Online 23 Chapter 3: Wrangling SharePoint Functionality 31 Part II: Diving Headfirst into SharePoint 2013 37 Chapter 4: Getting to Know the Team Site 39 Chapter 5: Working with Web Pages 51 Chapter 6: Working with Web Parts 61 Chapter 7: Getting Familiar with Apps 73 Chapter 8: Creating a Custom App 89 Chapter 9: Viewing Data in Your Apps 107 Part III: Becoming a SharePoint Administrator 125 Chapter 10: Getting Familiar with Site Settings 127 Chapter 11: Confi guring Site Navigation 139 Chapter 12: Understanding SharePoint Features 149 Chapter 13: Changing the Look and Feel of Your Site 153 Chapter 14: Securing Your SharePoint Site 167 Part IV: Getting Social and Going Mobile 185 Chapter 15: Taking Control of Your Personal Profi le and Content 187 Chapter 16: Getting Social 199 Chapter 17: Taking SharePoint Mobile 223 Part V: Managing Enterprise Content 229 Chapter 18: Sharing and Approving Content 231 Chapter 19: Finding What You Need with Search 257 Chapter 20: Archiving Documents and Records 273 Chapter 21: Gaining Total Control with Workflow 285 Part VI: Office 365 and SharePoint Online 303 Chapter 22: Creating a Public Website in SharePoint Online 305 Chapter 23: Creating a Client Portal in SharePoint Online 317 Part VII: The Part of Tens 327 Chapter 24: Ten Hot SharePoint 2013 Topics on the Microsoft TechNet Website 329 Chapter 25: Ten Ways to Maintain Control with Governance 335 Chapter 26: Ten Ways to Become a SharePoint Guru 341 Index 347

Ken Withee is a longtime Microsoft SharePoint consultant. He currently writes for Microsoft′s TechNet and MSDN sites and is president of Portal Integrators LLC, a software development and services company. Ken wrote Microsoft Business Intelligence For Dummies and is coauthor of Office 365 For Dummies .