Manager¿s Guide to SharePoint Server 2016

Heiko Angermann is head of projects at a German e-commerce consulting house. He received a B.Eng. in print and media technology from Stuttgart Media University (HdM), Germany in 2014 and a Ph.D. in computer engineering from University of the West of Scotland (UWS) in 2017. Before joining UWS, he was a lecturer on Content Management Systems and researcher at HdM, as well as a SharePoint administrator/developer at a Microsoft gold partner in Stuttgart, Germany. Heiko has participated in various CMS-related projects funded by the European Union, German research councils, or enterprises. He has authored or co-authored several publications, including journal articles, conference articles, magazine articles, as well as workshop articles. He is founder of a consulting house which supports academic as well as business users for projects in e-commerce, content management, and omni-channel business.

Close the gap between introductory and advanced resources available on SharePoint 2016 with this guide and identify the core benefits of specific techniques in a real-world context, including best practice scenarios. You will find this book to be a comprehensive collection of tutorials and solutions for all of the most widely used techniques (e.g., intranet, Internet, formal metadata management, informal metadata management, document management, social media, project management).

To overcome the high volume, velocity, and variety of data, content management systems usually focus on different sub-tasks, namely document management, web content management, digital asset management, and enterprise records management. As a leading enterprise CMS and all-around solution, SharePoint Server handles all of these sub-tasks using one system; however, the opportunities and limits of SharePoint are often unknown at the management level.

Many managers who decide to use SharePoint do not know how SharePoint can concretely help to improve their business and day-to-day operations. They are often overwhelmed with its functionalities. In addition, daily users are often overwhelmed with the complexity and extensive features and possibilities of the system. Both SharePoint administrators and users need a clear explanation of when SharePoint can be used, where it can help, and how to use it. Manager's Guide to SharePoint Server 2016 is that solution. The book provides coverage of:

• SharePoint technology, including the core technologies of SharePoint and the MySite technology, as well as SharePoint administration levels
  
• Template technology, including the most widely used collaboration, enterprise, and publishing site templates
• Hands-on tutorials and solutions for users and administrators, including use cases in a real-world context
• Best practice scenarios of SharePoint governance, template usage, and additional tools to improve SharePoint

What You'll Learn

• Discern how and where SharePoint can help improve a company's success
  
• Understand the core elements of SharePoint for customization and how to improve the site's functionalities
  
• Know how SharePoint can be used as a collaboration and management platform
  
• Discover what to do within SharePoint and how to more effectively manage SharePoint in daily business across teams
  

Who This Book Is For

Content managers, systems managers, and software engineering professionals. SharePoint managers, end users, and site administrators will also find this book useful.

The first book about SharePoint 2016 that offers case examples for available technologies to managers and decision makers

Chapter 1: Introduction

Introduction to CMS

What is CMS?

Where is CMS?

How is CMS?

Introduction to SharePoint

What is SharePoint?

How does SharePoint work?

Parts/Tools of SharePoint

Chapter 2: SharePoint Technology

MySite

Purpose

Usage

Features

Possibilities

Publishing site

Introduction

Templates

Editing

Workflows

Process

Server

Subsites

Apps

Query

WebParts

Navigation

Masterpage

Page layouts

Themes

Branding

Multilingual

Infrastructure

Teamsite

Introduction

Apps

Permission

Documents

Metadata

Workflows

Search

Introduction

Basic Search Center

Enterprise Search Center

Advanced Search

Search Web Parts

Search Administration

Chapter 3: Hands-On Tutorials

Users

MySite

Social

Apps

Websites

Documents

Subsites

Administrators

Metadata

Navigation

Workflows

Basic Search

Enterprise Search

Branding

Chapter 4: Best-Practice Scenarios

Case Studies

Practical Examples CMS

Real-World Examples

Development Examples CMS

Tools

SharePoint Designer

Color Palette Tool

Info Path

Third Party

Visual Studio

Nintex

Chapter 5: Hands-On Solutions

Users

MySite

Social

Apps

Websites

Documents

Subsites

Administrators

Metadata

Navigation

Workflows

Basic Search

Enterprise Search

Branding

Chapter 6: Conclusions