Portable and precise, this pocket-sized guide delivers ready answers for the day-to-day administration of SharePoint 2010. Featuring easy-to-scan tables, step-by-step instructions, and handy lists, this book offers the streamlined, straightforward information you need to solve problems and get the job done-whether at your desk or in the field! Topics include deployment, site configuration, enterprise content management, search and indexing, workflows, shared service providers, information management policies, scalability, availability, security, logging and processing analysis, and backup and recovery.

1. Deploying SharePoint Server 2010

   1. Chapter 1 Deploying SharePoint Server 2010

      1. Preparing for Installation
      2. Farm Topologies
      3. Installing the First SharePoint Foundation 2010 Server in the Farm
      4. Installing the First SharePoint Server 2010 Server in the Farm
      5. Post-Installation Configuration
      6. Upgrading SharePoint Foundation to SharePoint Server

   2. Chapter 2 Scaling to a MultiServer Farm

      1. Preparing for Scaling Out to a Server Farm
      2. Scaling Web Applications
      3. Scaling System Services and Service Applications

   3. Chapter 3 Configuring Core Operations

      1. Introducing Central Administration
      2. System Settings
      3. Database Management
      4. Configuring Send To Connections

   4. Chapter 4 Building and Managing Web Applications

      1. Web Application Architecture
      2. Creating and Extending Web Applications
      3. Managing Web Applications
      4. Alternate Access Mappings

   5. Chapter 5 Creating and Managing Site Collections

      1. Site Creation Modes
      2. Creating Site Collections
      3. Site Settings
      4. Site Collection Security

   6. Chapter 6 Configuring Service Applications

      1. Service Application Architecture
      2. Deploying and Managing Service Applications
      3. Service Applications in SharePoint Server 2010

2. Configuring SharePoint Server 2010

   1. Chapter 7 Web Parts, Features, and Solutions

      1. Installing and Configuring Web Parts
      2. Installing and Configuring Features
      3. Managing Solutions

   2. Chapter 8 Configuring the Search Service Application

      1. Farm-Wide Search Settings
      2. Managing Crawler Impact Rules
      3. Creating the Search Service Application
      4. Examining the Search Administration Page
      5. Creating and Managing Content Sources
      6. Creating and Managing Crawl Rules
      7. Managing Server Name Mappings
      8. Managing File Types
      9. Managing the Search Application Topology
      10. Managing Host Distribution Rules
      11. Troubleshooting Search with Crawl Logs

   3. Chapter 9 Managing the Search Experience

      1. Configuring the Thesaurus and Noise Word Files
      2. Defining Authoritative Pages
      3. Federated Queries
      4. Managed Properties
      5. Creating and Managing Search Scopes
      6. Search Results Removal
      7. Site Collection Search Management
      8. Working with Keywords and Best Bets
      9. Creating and Customizing Search Centers
      10. Customizing Search Pages
      11. Working with Query Reporting
      12. Local Search Configuration Options

   4. Chapter 10 Enterprise Content Types and Metadata

      1. Understanding Enterprise Content Management
      2. Configuring the Managed Metadata Service
      3. Managed Taxonomies, Folksonomies, and Term Sets
      4. Enterprise Content Types
      5. Consuming Metadata

   5. Chapter 11 Document Management

      1. Managing Documents in SharePoint 2010
      2. Document IDs and Sets
      3. List and Library Relationships
      4. Document Version Control
      5. Workflows
      6. Inbound E-mail
      7. Offline Support
      8. The Document Center

   6. Chapter 12 Records Management

      1. Information Management Policies
      2. In Place Records Management
      3. The Records Center

   7. Chapter 13 Portals and Collaboration

      1. Publishing Infrastructure

   8. Chapter 14 User Profiles and My Sites

      1. Creation and Maintenance Tasks in the User Profile Service
      2. Service Administration
      3. Profile Property Administration
      4. Profile Synchronization
      5. Enabling Social Features for Users and Groups
      6. Social Tags and Note Boards
      7. My Site Settings

3. Operating SharePoint Server 2010

   1. Chapter 15 Configuring Policies and Security

      1. Server Farm Security
      2. Web Application Security
      3. Web Application Policies

   2. Chapter 16 Monitoring, Logging, and Availability

      1. Windows Server 2008
      2. SharePoint Server 2010
      3. SQL 2008 Server

   3. Chapter 17 Upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010

      1. Planning Tools
      2. In-Place Upgrade
      3. Database Attach Upgrade
      4. Upgrading Sites and Site Collections

   4. Chapter 18 Backup and Restore

      1. Server Farm Backup and Recovery
      2. Service and Web Application Backup and Restore
      3. Granular Backup and Restore

1. Appendix Working with Windows PowerShell and SharePoint 2010

   1. SharePoint 2010 Management Shell

   2. Working with Commands

   3. Working with SharePoint Cmdlets

   4. SharePoint Cmdlet Listing

2. Appendix About the Author