Microsoft SharePoint for business executives : Q&A handbook : 100 essential questions and answers about SharePoint 2010 for executives considering SharePoint deployments / Peter Ward ... [et al.] ; [foreword by Peter Grazioli].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Peter.

Series:

Professional expertise distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft software--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Microsoft software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Olton, Birmingham [England] : Packt Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

100 Essential Questions and Answers about SharePoint 2010 for Executives considering deployment

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Defining a SharePoint IT Strategy; Q: Can you define what a strategy is?; Q: What is an IT strategy?; Q: How do you create a SharePoint IT strategy?; Day 1: Diagnostics; Intro to workshop-discussion; Company background-discussion; The Focus on IT environment-discussion; Current IT core applications-discussion; Future IT core applications-discussion; Review-discussion; Day 2: The treatment plan; Initial findings and review-discussion; The Gap analysis

Priorities, actions, and agreementReview-discussion; Day 3: A successful SharePoint implementation plan; Next steps-discussion; Summary and close out; Q: What is the intended outcome of the workshop?; Q: Who needs to be involved with the process?; Funny you should say that...; Q: Do I need to get the CEO involved?; Q: Why is a SharePoint strategy different than other IT products?; Q: What are the pitfalls of a SharePoint strategy?; Q: Why do we really need an IT strategy?; Digging deeper; Q: Any final words of advice on this?; Summary; Chapter 2: Just Enough Governance; Q. What is governance?

Q. Why do we need it?Q: So where do I start with governance?; Q: Who should be involved with SharePoint governance?; Case study: Include everyone; Q: Is it worth hiring a consulting firm to create your company's governance documentation?; Q: Why does it seem that SharePoint requires more governance than other technologies?; Funny you should say that...; Q: How do you define ""just enough governance""?; Q: How do I strike this so-called ""balance""?; Q: Well, we have got this far without governance with SharePoint, so why bother?

Q: Our existing governance plan hasn't improved deployments or reduced frustrations any suggestions?; Q: Won't governance slow down the speed of innovation?; Digging deeper; Q: Where can I find further information on a governance approach with SharePoint?; Summary; Chapter 3: Deployment Roadmap; Q: Which edition of SharePoint is right for me?; SharePoint Foundation; SharePoint Server 2010 Standard; SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise; FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint 2010; SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Standard; SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Enterprise

Microsoft Office 365FAST Search Server 2010 for Internet Sites; Q: Where should I deploy SharePoint? What choices do I really have?; On-premise; Hosted; Cloud; Hybrid; So what do I choose?; Q: What about licensing? What are my options and how much will it cost?; What edition of SharePoint does my company need?; Who are my end users?; How many servers will run SharePoint?; How many people or devices will access SharePoint?; Is my company licensed for the Microsoft products that are needed to run SharePoint?; Enterprise Agreement

Q: SharePoint 2010 Development, Quality Assurance, Production-how many farms do I actually need?

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-280-67671-X

9786613653642

1-84968-611-4

OCLC:

797916816