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Announcing 17 New SharePoint White Papers from the SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit

• 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 6 - Security Architecture for SharePoint Products and Technologies
  This chapter looks at the security mechanisms that Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies uses to provide secure access for users and reduce the threat of security compromise.
• Chapter 7 - Architecting SharePoint Products and Technologies for Operating System Topologies
  Read about the specific requirements for software and for domain membership for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies.
• 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 18 - Managing SharePoint Portal Server 2003
  Explore the many responsibilities and management tasks related to maintaining a portal site.
• Chapter 22 - Managing External Content in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003
  This chapter covers how you can manage external content through SharePoint Portal Server 2003 by using content sources that tie into content indexes. This chapter also covers managing and editing search scopes and discusses their significance in searches.
• Chapter 23 - Personalization Services in SharePoint Products and Technologies
  This chapter shows the personalization services that are available in Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, such as user profiles, audiences, personal sites, and alerts.
• 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 32 - Using Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 to Customize SharePoint Products and Technologies Sites
  With Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003, site administrators and end users can rapidly extend and customize their SharePoint sites in hours-rather than days or weeks.
• 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 40 - Microsoft Outlook 2003 Integration with SharePoint Products and Technologies
  This chapter discusses the many ways in which Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies work together.
• 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.

Full contents of the SharePoint Resource Kit.