A comprehensive guide to extending SharePoint's most powerful feature beyond a company's network

A critical book on Microsoft's best-selling new technology

An important addition to Apress' market-leading SharePoint series

Autorentext
Mark Gerow has more than 20 years of experience in IT, professional services, and software product development, and has provided consulting to hundreds of companies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and northern California. He currently works for Fenwick & West, LLP, where he is responsible for defining and implementing the firm's intranet and extranet strategies using SharePoint technologies. Mark holds a bachelor of arts degree with majors in computer and information sciences and economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a master's in business administration from Santa Clara University. He is also a project management professional, certified by the Project Management Institute. Mark lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Zusammenfassung

Creating Client Extranets with SharePoint 2003 is a guide for creating client-facing extranets using SharePoint 2003. This book serves as a how-to for building full-featured extranets using SharePoint 2003 and .NET technologies. If you already have experience developing and deploying business applications in .NET, then this book will help you master the intricacies of SharePoint 2003 development and customization.

This is the only book of its kindone designed to help you build a functioning client extranet from start to finish, avoiding many inherent traps in SharePoint development. It contains numerous valuable tips, tricks, and traps. And it offers various working code samples to help you get up to speed quickly using the SharePoint object model and Web Services. It uniquely focuses on SharePoint as a corporate development platform, while other books tend to focus only on end-user features.

Inhalt
SharePoint Extranet Architectures and Components.- Configuring ISA Server, WSS, and IIS with SSL.- Windows SharePoint Services Backup and Recovery Techniques.- Creating the Custom Building Blocks.- Creating a TreeView Web Part.- Integrating with Non-SharePoint Data Sources.- Customizing Site Navigation.- Creating Custom Site Templates.- Automating Site Creation.- Putting It All Together.- Conclusion.