Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself how to manage your projects with Project 2007. With Step By Step, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!Build a project plan and fine-tune the details Schedule tasks, assign resources, and manage dependencies Monitor progress and costs—and keep your project on track Format Gantt charts and other views to communicate project data Begin exploring enterprise project management systems Your all-in-one learning experience includes:Files for building skills and practicing the book’s lessons Fully searchable eBook Bonus guide to the Ribbon, the new Microsoft Office interface Quick course on project management in the Appendix Windows Vista® Product Guide eReference—plus other resources on CD A Note Regarding the CD or DVD The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via OReilly Medias Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit OReillys web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.

In-depth, comprehensive, and fully revised for R2—this RESOURCE KIT delivers the information you need to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Get technical insights, scenarios, and best practices from those who know the technology best—the engineers who designed and developed it—along with 90+ Windows PowerShell™ scripts, bonus references, and other essential resources on CD.Get expert advice on how to: Plan server roles, infrastructure, topology, and security Design and manage enterprise instant messaging (IM), presence, and conferencing solutions Configure voice mail, enterprise voice, dual-forking (PBX), and VoIP Apply industry best practices for deployment Manage Unified Communications clients and devices Administer remote access, federation, and public IM Understand SIP and authentication technologies Implement a cross-team backup-and-restore plan Automate management tasks—sample scripts included Monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot problems more efficiently CD features: 90+ Windows PowerShell scripts for automating administrative tasks Office Communication Server Resource Kit tools Links to references and webcasts Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions eBook Four appendixes, including Windows PowerShell functions, Direct SIP with IP-PBX, and A/V troubleshooting Bonus content—Chapters from 15 related Microsoft Press® books Fully searchable eBook of this guide A Note Regarding the CD or DVDThe print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via OReilly Medias Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit OReillys web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.

Managing Enterprise Projects Using Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Second Edition, is an unprecedented learning guide and reference for project managers who use the Microsoft EPM platform. This edition covers Project Server and related SharePoint changes through the July 14, 2008 Infrastructure Update. Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office Project 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 was not yet available at the time of this writing. Our goal for this book is to provide a combination of training and reference manual; a vital learning tool to help you build on your knowledge of the stand-alone tool by mastering the Microsoft enterprise project management environment. Follow our best practices to success and heed our warnings to avoid the pitfalls. We take a systematic approach to the topical ordering in this book, beginning with a Project Server 2007 overview in Modules 01 and 02. Module 03 teaches you how to use two new features in Project Server 2007: Proposals and Activity Plans. In Modules 04-07, you learn to use Project Professional 2007 to define, plan, baseline, and publish an enterprise project. Modules 08-10 take you through the project updating process from team member progress reporting in Project Web Access and in Outlook, through your acceptance of the updates into the enterprise project plan. Module 11 wraps up with analyzing project variance. In Modules 12-15, you learn how to set up personal options, how to use the features in the Project Workspace, and how to create Status Reports. Modules 16-18 cover viewing enterprise project information and teach you how to use Data Analysis. Throughout each module, you get a generous amount of Notes, Warnings, and Best Practices. Notes call your attention to important additional information about a subject. Warnings help you avoid the most common problems experienced by others and Best Practices provide tips for using the tool based on our field experience. With this book, we believe that you can become more effective at using Microsoft Enterprise Project Management tools. If you have questions about the book or are interested in our professional services, please contact us at our office. If you have questions about Microsoft Project or Project Server, contact us through the Microsoft public news groups.

Enterprise Project Management Using Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007 is a concise guide that takes users step-by-step through each stage of an EPM solution implementation. It provides experienced guidance and all the principles, processes, best practices, and detailed instruction needed to define, implement, and deploy an EPM solution successfully in your organization using Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and other EPM supporting tools. KEY FEATURES --Illustrates how to implement an EPM solution based on PMI s proven project management methods using Project Server 2007, Project Professional, SharePoint Services and other Microsoft products --Describes the stages of an EPM implementation methodology and explains how to carry out the tasks needed to be performed to achieve the objectives of each stage --Establishes a technological foundation for development, testing, training, and deployment of an EPM solution, and sets the requirements and goals for the EPM implementation --Helps align project management processes with your organizations and stakeholders goals and the procedures and tools required to support these processes --Includes numerous examples that demonstrate how to configure the EPM system to support your implementation and a pilot testing stage where your solution can be examined for several months before organization-wide deployment --WAV offers free downloadable tools, including a project plan template, project closure checklist, and matrixes for stakeholders, requirements, supplier evaluations, and communication -- available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at jrosspub.com

Thank you for considering Collaborating on Enterprise Projects using Microsoft Office Project 2007. This book is for project team members who need to learn and use features in Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 through Project Web Access. The content of this book derives from Managing Enterprise Projects using Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, (ISBN: 978-1-934240-02-1) published 7/15/2007, and is specifically tailored for the collaborative team member. If you are a project manager, consider obtaining Managing Enterprise Projects for a complete learning experience and reference manual. This book is ideal for organizations that want to train resources to use Project Web Access and SharePoint to support their Enterprise Project Management efforts. Use this book for self-study, classroom learning and as a handy desk reference. Collaborating on Enterprise Projects coves all of the Project Server features available to team members.

Designed for the busy, practicing project manager, Dynamic Scheduling With Microsoft Office Project 2007 will help you get up to speed quickly with Project 2007 and enable you to create effective schedules more efficiently. Through the use of helpful screen shots, hands-on exercises, illustrations, and review questions, this guide instructs you on how to build dynamic schedules that will allow you to explore what-if scenarios and dramatically decrease the time you spend making static scheduling changes. Key Features: --Fully aligned with the PMBOK Guide - Third Edition, published by Project Management Institute --Captures the best practices and insights gained from thousands of real-life schedules and years of consulting and training project managers across all industries --Includes two new chapters on Enterprise Project Management and Earned Value Management -- WAV offers downloadable exercise files, certified real-life schedules, filters to check your own project and a solutions manual for college professors available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at jrosspub.com

Enterprise Project Management Using Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007 is a concise guide that takes users step-by-step through each stage of an EPM solution implementation. It provides experienced guidance and all the principles, processes, best practices, and detailed instruction needed to define, implement, and deploy an EPM solution successfully in your organization using Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and other EPM supporting tools. KEY FEATURES --Illustrates how to implement an EPM solution based on PMI s proven project management methods using Project Server 2007, Project Professional, SharePoint Services and other Microsoft products --Describes the stages of an EPM implementation methodology and explains how to carry out the tasks needed to be performed to achieve the objectives of each stage --Establishes a technological foundation for development, testing, training, and deployment of an EPM solution, and sets the requirements and goals for the EPM implementation --Helps align project management processes with your organizations and stakeholders goals and the procedures and tools required to support these processes --Includes numerous examples that demonstrate how to configure the EPM system to support your implementation and a pilot testing stage where your solution can be examined for several months before organization-wide deployment --WAV offers free downloadable tools, including a project plan template, project closure checklist, and matrixes for stakeholders, requirements, supplier evaluations, and communication -- available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at jrosspub.com

Take a detailed look at SharePoint Server 2007 internals—and master the intricacies of developing intranets, extranets, and Web-based applications. An expert in collaboration technologies takes you deep inside SharePoint Server architecture, delivering task-oriented guidance and extensive code samples to help you build robust enterprise content management solutions.Discover how to: Build collaboration and publishing portals for your intranet and extranet Customize and brand your site with master pages, CSS, and navigation options Programmatically support search administration and execute search queries Create scripts to customize the provisioning flow of your portal Use the Business Data Catalog to integrate collaborative workspaces with line-of-business applications Add browser-based form capabilities with InfoPath® Forms Services Develop Web-based business intelligence solutions using Excel® Services Apply policy and document routing frameworks to help enforce information management rules PLUS—Get Microsoft Visual C#® code samples on the Web

Microsoft Office 365 is a commercial software plus services offering a set of products from Microsoft Corporation, with the initial plan including a Professional subscription (for organizations of 25 and smaller) and an Enterprise subscription (for organizations with more individuals). Office 365 was announced in the autumn of 2010, and was made available to the public on 28 June 2011.Office 365 includes the Microsoft Office suite of desktop applications and hosted versions of Microsoft's Server products (including Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Lync Server), delivered and accessed over the Internet, in effect, the next version of Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS).This book is your ultimate resource for Microsoft Office 365. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Microsoft Office 365 right away, covering: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Office, List of Microsoft Office programs, AutoNumber, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office Accounting, Microsoft Binder, Microsoft Clip Organizer, CoOffice, CoWord, Ctfmon, Dip Acc, DOC (computing), Microsoft Office Document Imaging, Microsoft Document Imaging Format, Microsoft Office Document Scanning, Microsoft Entourage, Microsoft Equation Editor, Microsoft Excel, Excel Services, Microsoft Excel Viewer, Microsoft Office 2007 filename extensions, Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Graph, History of Microsoft Office, Microsoft InfoPath, Information Bridge Framework, InLoox, Microsoft InterConnect, Microsoft Office Language Packs, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office 2001, Microsoft Office 2003, Office 2004 for Mac, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, Microsoft Office 3.0, Microsoft Office 95, Microsoft Office 97, Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition, Office Assistant, Office Business Applications, Office Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Office Mobile, Microsoft Office website, Office Open XML, Office Open XML Converter, Office Open XML file formats, Office Open XML Intermediate 5 Month Ballot Results, Microsoft Office v. X, Office Web Apps, Office Web Components, Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook add-ins, Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector, Persistent Shared Object Model, Personal Storage Table, Microsoft PhotoDraw, Microsoft Office Picture Manager, Pivot table, PowerPivot, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer, Powerpoint-Karaoke, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Publisher, Reviewing toolbar, Ribbon Hero 2, Microsoft SharePoint Designer, Microsoft SharePoint Workspace, Smart tag (Microsoft), Snapshot (file format), Standardization of Office Open XML, SYmbolic LinK (SYLK), Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format, Microsoft Visio, Visual Basic for Applications, Microsoft Vizact, History of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word Viewer, WordArt, Wv (software), Microsoft Office XML formats, Xnk, Online office suite, Google Apps, Docs.com, Feng Office Community Edition, Google Docs, IWork.com, Office 2.0 Conference, Office123, ShareOffice, ShowDocument, Zoho Office Suite. This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Microsoft Office 365. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Microsoft Office 365 with the objectivity of experienced professionals.

This comprehensive, hands-on reference for developers delivers expert guidance on building Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions. Written by an expert on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, this book presents a bottom-up view of Office SharePoint Server 2007 architecture, highlighting the key relationships of Office SharePoint Server 2007 components. Task-oriented in its approach, the book is perfect for developers familiar with SharePoint Portal Server. You'll get practical advice for managing and customizing Office SharePoint Server 2007 components, and you'll learn how to work with them in conjunction with Microsoft Office Excel® 2007, Microsoft Office InfoPath® 2007, and other Microsoft Office products to develop an efficient and effective ECM system. Includes code samples.

Designed for the busy, practicing project manager, Dynamic Scheduling With Microsoft Office Project 2007 will help you get up to speed quickly with Project 2007 and enable you to create effective schedules more efficiently. Through the use of helpful screen shots, hands-on exercises, illustrations, and review questions, this guide instructs you on how to build dynamic schedules that will allow you to explore what-if scenarios and dramatically decrease the time you spend making static scheduling changes. Key Features: --Fully aligned with the PMBOK Guide - Third Edition, published by Project Management Institute --Captures the best practices and insights gained from thousands of real-life schedules and years of consulting and training project managers across all industries --Includes two new chapters on Enterprise Project Management and Earned Value Management -- WAV offers downloadable exercise files, certified real-life schedules, filters to check your own project and a solutions manual for college professors available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at jrosspub.com

With "Professional Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007," you can master all aspects of using Share Point Designer in an Enterprise environment to enhance Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. Review key integration points, how to use CSS editing tools to create and modify SharePoint themes, how to supplement SharePoint Designer functionality by using Microsoft Visual Studio, and how to create a rich interactive experience. If you need to connect SharePoint with other enterprise resources or create components to integrate into the SharePoint framework, this book will show you how to accomplish these tasks.

Exploit the Unified Communications (UC) platform’s rich and open API set—and create your own real-time communication solutions faster. Led by a team of UC programming experts, you’ll get the code walkthroughs and pragmatic advice you need to seamlessly integrate enterprise IM, presence, VoIP, and conferencing into your applications now. Connect users exactly how and when they want—and increase business agility Examine the architecture, design model, and scenarios for each API—matching the right functionality to your needs Automate Office Communicator features—sign-in, contacts, presence, conversations Use contextual collaboration to send and receive application-specific messages between clients Develop Windows Workflow applications that support both voice and IM Create and provision custom presence applications Build server-side applications that maximize throughput and enable multiparty conferencing Prepare your application for deployment Apply best practices for debugging and troubleshooting

Take a detailed look at SharePoint Server 2007 internals—and master the intricacies of developing intranets, extranets, and Web-based applications. An expert in collaboration technologies takes you deep inside SharePoint Server architecture, delivering task-oriented guidance and extensive code samples to help you build robust enterprise content management solutions.Discover how to: Build collaboration and publishing portals for your intranet and extranet Customize and brand your site with master pages, CSS, and navigation options Programmatically support search administration and execute search queries Create scripts to customize the provisioning flow of your portal Use the Business Data Catalog to integrate collaborative workspaces with line-of-business applications Add browser-based form capabilities with InfoPath® Forms Services Develop Web-based business intelligence solutions using Excel® Services Apply policy and document routing frameworks to help enforce information management rules PLUS—Get Microsoft Visual C#® code samples on the Web

Extract and analyze mission-critical enterprise data using Microsoft Office 2007This authoritative volume is a practical guide to the powerful new collaborative Business Intelligence tools available in Office 2007. Using real-world examples and clear explanations, Microsoft Office 2007 Business Intelligence: Reporting, Analysis, and Measurement from the Desktop shows you how to use Excel, Excel Services, SharePoint, and PerformancePoint with a wide range of stand-alone and external data in today's networked office. You will learn how to analyze data and generate reports, scorecards, and dashboards with the Office tools you're already using to help you in your everyday work.Create Excel PivotTables and PivotCharts and apply Conditional FormattingConvert Excel spreadsheets into Excel Tables with Conditional Formatting and ChartingConnect external data to Excel using Office Data Connections and SharePointCreate SharePoint dashboards that display data from multiple sourcesAdd Key Performance Indicators and Excel Services reports to your dashboardsHarness advanced SQL Server 2005 data analysis tools with the Excel Data Mining Add-In and Visio Cluster DiagramsGenerate integrated PerformancePoint ScorecardsCreate Visio PivotDiagrams and Windows Mobile spreadsheets All of the examples in the book can be downloaded for free by doing the following: go to www.mhprofessional.com. Click on the Computing tab. Click on the Downloads page. Click on the book's title to download the examples.

Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Unleashed provides a comprehensive and in-depth overview of Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and Enterprise Project Management (EPM). This book should be used as a reference to guide you through system capabilities and the use of more advanced product features in the context of your business processes. In this book you will find cutting-edge information, including the necessary framework and approach to implement a complex project management software product. Find practical, real-world guidance on how to plan, install, configure, deploy, use, manage, and customize your EPM Implementation. This book is your only in-depth source for Microsoft Office Project Server 2007!

Get expert, architectural guidance for optimizing user search with custom SharePoint Server 2007 deployments from a Microsoft MVP. You ll go inside the Index and Search Engines. The authors address the unique challenges presented by a folder-and-file organizational strategy that mimics the computer desktop, and takes into consideration that SharePoint sites are often the result of content contributed from a number of users. This pragmatic resource covers the tools in SharePoint Server 2007 that help make searching more effective. You ll discover how SharePoint Server 2007 handles files and data catalogs, and how to effectively use the SharePoint Business Data Catalog and other tools to structure and search SharePoint files, increasing response time and lessening user frustration. Ideal for working developers in an enterprise environment, this practical book delivers must-have, in-depth information for customizing SharePoint Server deployment to enable effective user search experiences. Includes code samples.Key Book Benefits:Delivers in-depth, architectural guidance about how SharePoint Server handles files and data catalogsProvides details about how to effectively use the SharePoint Business Data Catalog and other tools to structure and search SharePoint files, increasing response time and lessening user frustrationFeatures practical advice from two SharePoint gurus with a deep understanding of how enterprises use search toolsIncludes code samples on the Web

Get your mission-critical collaboration and information-management systems up and running with this essential, single-volume guide. This comprehensive reference details features and capabilities of SharePoint Server 2007. It delivers the easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics you need for on-the-job results. Discover how to: Install and deploy SharePoint Server 2007 Configure server farms and define a farm topology Create and manage content libraries, records repositories, and document workflows Manage enterprise search and indexing features Develop and implement an information security policy Configure other server platforms to work with SharePoint Server 2007 Create a Business Data Catalog and manage data connections to other applications Monitor and fine-tune system performance Apply best practices for backup and recovery CD features: Fully searchable eBook Code samples and additional resources

The definitive guide to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007"This well-planned and well-written book offers a comprehensive reference for IT professionals, application developers and business analysts working with SharePoint applications." --James A. Robertson, MCSD.NET, Senior Software Engineer, Applied Information SciencesDeploy and manage Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in the enterprise with help from this one-stop resource. Through detailed instructions, screenshots, and code samples, this comprehensive guide shows you, step-by-step, how to use SharePoint Server and make the most of all its powerful tools and utilities.Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: The Complete Reference explains how to develop a customized installation plan, configure the server for optimal performance, and administer users, documents, and content. You'll get full details on designing feature-rich portals and collaboration sites, creating user-friendly forms and workflows, using modular Web Parts, and incorporating business data. Install and configure SharePoint Server for the entire enterpriseManage the server from the Central Administration siteDesign SharePoint Server portals, websites, lists, and document librariesWork with SharePoint Web Parts or build your ownEnsure cross-site consistency using site columns and content typesCreate site definitions and templates using SharePoint Designer and Visual StudioBuild custom workflows using SharePoint Designer Extend SharePoint Server using the Object Model and Event ReceiversImport and map enterprise information using the Business Data CatalogUse the advanced services of Office Search and Excel Web Services