Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Why SharePoint Server?

• What is Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007?
• Which SharePoint technology is right for you?
• Learn how Office applications and SharePoint sites work together
• What's new in SharePoint Server? Read an article or step through a virtual lab
• Get a technical introduction to SharePoint Server 2007
• Software Assurance customers: Get help planning your SharePoint Server deployment

See also: more technical articles and resource centers (listed to the right)

Prepare to deploy

• What hardware and software do you need for SharePoint Server 2007?
• Watch this webcast about planning and deploying SharePoint Server 2007
• Design your farm's logical architecture and download technical architecture diagrams
• Plan your Web sites and determine which features you will need
• Plan an infrastructure that supports your anticipated growth (webcast), and then learn how you can impact SharePoint performance
• Determine a strategy for protecting and recovering data, including recycle bins and backups
• Provide secure external access to sites

See also: more technical articles and resource centers (listed to the right)

Ensure a smooth deployment

• Plan and manage each stage of your deployment with these checklists
• Find the deployment scenario that best fits your environment
• Learn how to install and configure SharePoint Server 2007 (webcast): Part 1, Part 2
• Step through installing and configuring SharePoint Server 2007 with this virtual lab
• Learn how to upgrade to SharePoint Server 2007
• Apply updates: Service Pack 1, Infrastructure Update

See also: more technical articles and resource centers (listed to the right)

Design and build your SharePoint site

• Determine the best customization strategy for your Web sites
• Deploy the environments you’ll need to design, build, and test your sites
• Learn the best practices for deploying customizations
• Visit the SharePoint Server developer portal on MSDN for information about planning, coding, building, deploying, and migrating solutions for SharePoint Server

See also: more technical articles and resource centers (listed to the right)

Secure and manage your deployment

• Manage security and permissions: article, webcast
• Master common administrative tasks
• Automate administrative tasks by using the Stsadmin command-line tool
• Use the SharePoint Server Management Pack to monitor and maintain your farm
• Protect and recover your data by using recycle bins, versioning, and backups
• Watch video demos to help you deploy and operate SharePoint Server 2007
• Download enhanced management tools (32-bit, 64-bit) and learn how to use them

See also: more technical articles and resource centers (listed to the right)