Chapter 5 - SharePoint Portal Server Architecture This chapter focuses on the architectural differences between SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and explains how services specific to SharePoint Portal Server 2003 are handled.
Chapter 8 - Planning Your Information Structure Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Get answers to some of the planning questions and best practices that should be considered before you implement Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, including how to plan for search and indexing, keywords, Best Bets, user profiles, audiences, personal sites, and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services sites.
Chapter 12 - Deploying Medium and Large Server Farms This chapter discusses how to deploy a medium or large server farm in SharePoint Portal Server 2003. The majority of the chapter consists of step-by-step instructions that can be used as a guide for deploying a server farm.
Chapter 17 - Configuring SharePoint Portal Server 2003 This chapter concentrates on showing the portal site configuration tasks an administrator must perform both after installation and on an ongoing basis as new servers are added or removed from the server farm. These tasks include configuring virtual servers and subsequently creating portal sites on those virtual servers.
Chapter 24 - Information Security Policies for SharePoint Products and Technologies The introduction of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies into any environment presents some unique security challenges that should be considered before you deploy it in your production environment. This chapter discusses information security policy considerations as they relate to SharePoint Products and Technologies.
Chapter 26 - Single Sign-On in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Read about the Microsoft Single Sign-On service that provides storage and mapping of credentials such as account names and passwords so that portal-site-based applications can retrieve information from third-party enterprise applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relations Management (CRM) systems.
Chapter 28 - Disaster Recovery in SharePoint Products and Technologies This chapter covers operational tasks common in disaster recovery scenarios by using the tools provided by SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. In addition, this chapter discusses how to leverage Microsoft SQL Server backup and restore processes to safeguard your data in Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies solutions.
Chapter 29 - Usage Analysis Tools in SharePoint Products and Technologies Find out how to manage usage analysis, including how to analyze Web site usage by using the site administration pages and Web site reports in Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003, and how to configure Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) log files to paint a complete picture of portal site usage.
Chapter 34 - The SharePoint Portal Server Object Model This chapter provides a general overview of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 object model, including sample code snippets that might be useful to administrators for performing administrative functions.
Chapter 41 - Integrating Exchange Server 2003 with SharePoint Products and Technologies Read how e-mail-enabled public folders enable users to add documents to a SharePoint list as easily as they can send an e-mail message. Additionally, various Web Parts make it possible to view Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 public folders in My Site or any other Web Part Page.