Microsoft SharePoint: Building Office 2003 Solutions [Paperback]

* Major new edition of the market-leader title on Sharepoint.

* This edition maps the changing Sharepoint community concerns and shifts its emphasis to Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005

* New chapters are also introduced about using SharePoint to improve business efficiency, workflow solutions for SharePoint and BizTalk, and the important question of how to actually build a SharePoint solution from beginning to end.

Almost five years ago, when I completed my sixth book, Scot Hilliers COM+ Programming with Visual Basic (SAMS, 2000), I thought I was done with technical writing. Since then, I have seen some new technologies emerge, but none was compelling enough to coax me back to the keyboard. That all changed when I got my hands on the Microsoft Office System beta. Although the Office System certainly has its limitations, several elements really got my attention. The developer in me had a hard time resisting the .NET architecture upon which SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) is based. All true developers love to tinker with products, and the extensive API associated with SPS made development fun again. From a business perspective, I saw the possibility to create some solutions that would solve real issues that were currently plaguing businessesfile system organization and process au- mation came quickly to mind. Both of these areas are strong suits for the Office System. Ultimately, it was the combination of interesting development projects and the promise of improving some business processes that drove me to suggest the book to the Apress staff. In fact, this is really the perspective I tried to bring to the book. I wanted to combine my bu- ness needs and programming skills to create a vision of how to use the Office System. You can judge how well that goal was met.A table of contents is not available for this title.Scot P. Hillier is an independent consultant focused on SharePoint, Microsoft Office, and .NET techl3;