White paper: Office SharePoint Server Service Pack 1

Describes what is included in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP1, with links to downloads and more information.

December 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=105704&clcid=0x409

White paper: Integrating the Office SharePoint Server 2007 Business Data Catalog and SAP Enterprise for Search

Provides the configuration steps that allow search in Office SharePoint Server 2007 to index and retrieve content from SAP by using the Office SharePoint Server 2007 Business Data Catalog.

October 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=102722&clcid=0x409

White paper: Integrating the Office SharePoint Server 2007 Business Data Catalog with SAP NetWeaver

Documents the necessary configuration steps to connect the Business Data Catalog of Office SharePoint Server 2007 with the SAP Enterprise system.

October 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=102723&clcid=0x409

White paper: Good, better, best: Office and SharePoint Products and Technologies

Provides information on the integration features of the Office 2003 Editions versions the 2007 Office Suites with the 2007 SharePoint Products and Technologies.

April 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91025

White paper: Evaluation guide for Office SharePoint Server 2007

Provides an overview of the solutions and benefits provided by Office SharePoint Server 2007, along with descriptions of new and improved features in the areas of portal, search, content management, business forms and integration, and business intelligence.

February 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83060&clcid=0x409

White paper: Evaluation guide for search in Office SharePoint Server 2007

Provides an overview of search solutions from Microsoft, gives a hands-on tour of the product, and concludes with useful information for administrators and developers.

December 2006

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=79614&clcid=0x409

White paper: Integrating Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SAP

Explains the general business and technical challenges facing customers who want to bring the power of their SAP assets into the tools and places where information workers do most of their work.

N/A

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91026

SharePoint intranet portal governance (white paper)

This sample governance plan helps you outline the administration, maintenance, and support of a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 deployment in an enterprise. The fictitious company on which the plan is based supports collaboration, Web content management, and an intranet portal with departmental portals.

September 2009

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=163922

White paper: Information Worker Competence Center - Achieving Business Success with your Collaboration Infrastructure

Outlines the functions an Information Worker Competence Center should include and in return what contributions to business success you should expect.

July 2009

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=157169

SharePoint collaboration service governance plan

This article provides a sample governance plan for a collaboration service deployment in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The plan contains information about the administration, maintenance, and support for the service, and is intended to be used by both business and IT groups within the organization.

March 2009

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=146688

Administrator’s Guide of Topics to Consider before Deployment

Guides administrators who are new to SharePoint products and technologies through key articles to consider before deploying SharePoint products and technologies in their environments. Articles include server administration, governance, branding, and development.

January 2009

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=120890&clcid=0x409

Planning SharePoint Products and Technologies solutions

Describes some approaches to designing your information architecture by using metadata, site columns, content types, and managed properties. It also explains the feature and solution architectures, site definitions, and site templates.

September 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=128192

Case Study: Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server to implement a large-scale content storage scenario with rapid search availability

Presents the key decision points, architecture design and definition, and test criteria and results from a scalability and performance test. Provides strategic information about designing a high-volume, high-availability enterprise solution that can easily grow. Also available in .docx and .pdf format.

June 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=120890&clcid=0x409

White paper: Office SharePoint Server server farm architecture

Describes how to plan server farms for reliability and scalability, and how to deploy Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on a server farm.

February 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=108955&clcid=0x409

Capacity planning

Based on a training lecture, describes how to determine requirements to support your capacity requirements.

February 2008

White paper: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=108959&clcid=0x409

Search architecture and configuration

Based on a training lecture, describes how to plan for and configure search for Office SharePoint Server.

February 2008

White paper: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=108963&clcid=0x409

Planning and Monitoring SQL Server Storage for Office SharePoint Server: Performance Recommendations and Best Practices (white paper)

Provides key recommendations and best practices to help administrators of Office SharePoint Server 2007 plan and monitor their storage requirements to support optimal performance and operation of their server farms

December 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=105623&clcid=0x409

White paper: Managing enterprise metadata with content types

Describes the metadata challenges that enterprises must deal with, such as balancing the amount of metadata, making metadata consistent across similar types of content, and managing the evolution of metadata.

October 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=101604&clcid=0x409

Sample project plan: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 deployment

Helps you envision the steps required to plan, deploy, and customize Office SharePoint Server 2007.

September 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=101328&clcid=0x409

Sample template: SharePoint Products and Technologies governance plan

Outlines the administration, maintenance, and support of a corporation’s SharePoint environments. It identifies lines of ownership for both business and technical teams, defining who is responsible for what areas of the system.

September 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=92333&clcid=0x409

White paper: Managing social networking with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Describes the importance of social networking in an organization and how to properly implement Office SharePoint Server 2007 as a social networking platform.

August 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=98123&clcid=0x409

Using database mirroring (Office SharePoint Server) (white paper)

Provides information about using database mirroring in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to provide more reliability for your Office SharePoint Server 2007 server farm.

August 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83725&clcid=0x409

White paper: Working with large lists in Office SharePoint Server 2007

Provides information about using database mirroring in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database software to provide more reliability within your Office SharePoint Server farm.

August 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=95450&clcid=0x409

Chaos no more: Steps for building governance into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (white paper)

Describes how planning for governance, although challenging, can provide benefits in the enterprise by eliminating chaos and improving productivity.

June 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=92602&clcid=0x409

SharePoint Products and Technologies customization policy (white paper)

Outlines the items and processes for managing customization within an enterprise SharePoint Products and Technologies hosting environment.

June 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=92311&clcid=0x409

SharePoint Products and Technologies governance checklist guide (white paper)

Provides a checklist to help your governance body develop your enterprise's governance plan.

June 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=91896&clcid=0x409

White paper: Plan for building multilingual solutions

Provides information and guidelines for using Office SharePoint Server 2007 in scenarios where content is managed across different languages.

November 2006

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79322

White paper: Excel Services step-by-step guides

Helps you learn about the functionality of Excel Services and understand the relationships among various components of Office SharePoint Server 2007.

N/A

See article

White paper: Information architecture in Office SharePoint Server

Describes the process that a medium-to-large organization may undergo when deploying Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a practical scenario.

N/A

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91053

White paper: Office SharePoint Server server farm architecture

Describes how to plan server farms for reliability and scalability, and how to deploy Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on a server farm. Accompanied by a lecture available in streaming video.

February 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=108955&clcid=0x409

: Configuring server farms

Based on a training lecture, describes configuration steps needed for server farms after deployment.

February 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=108957&clcid=0x409

Search architecture and configuration

Based on a training lecture, describes how to plan for and configure search for Office SharePoint Server.

February 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=108963&clcid=0x409

White paper: Configure Office SharePoint Server for SAP iView Web Parts

Describes how to use the integration between SAP and Office SharePoint Server 2007 by using SAP iView Web Parts to display SAP data in SharePoint sites.

August 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=96087&clcid=0x409

White paper: SQL Server Reporting Services integration with SharePoint Products and Technologies (Office SharePoint Server)

Helps you understand how SSRS and Office SharePoint Server 2007 can be integrated to provide additional business intelligence capabilities.

August 2007

See article

White papers: Role-based My Site template setup guides

Download all of the role-based My Site templates as a single executable file. Role-based templates for My Sites are custom templates designed for Office SharePoint Server 2007.

May 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91341

White paper: Upgrading Large Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Intranet Portals to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Explains the design guidelines and strategies to use when you are upgrading a large portal site from Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Office SharePoint Server 2007.

February 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91410&clcid=0x409

: Securing server farms

Based on a training lecture, describes how to help control access to information and how to help protect deployments from malicious users. Accompanied by a lecture available in streaming video.

February 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=108958&clcid=0x409

Configuring performance options video training

Based on a training lecture, describes how to set up caching, IIS compression, and other options to help maximize performance of an Office SharePoint Server server farm.

February 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=108961&clcid=0x409

Backing up and restoring Office SharePoint Server server farms

Based on a training lecture, describes how to back up and recover Office SharePoint Server 2007 server farms.

February 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=108961&clcid=0x409

Operations and management

Based on a training lecture, provides information about common operations and management tasks.

February 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=108962&clcid=0x409

Data protection and recovery for Office SharePoint Server (White paper)

Explains how administrators managing small to medium-size deployments can protect and recover data. This paper describes data recovery from the item level to the farm level.

December 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=102839&clcid=0x409

White paper: Guide for Office SharePoint Server Management Pack

Helps you detect and respond to critical events generated by Office SharePoint Server 2007.

November 2007

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=94824&clcid=0x409

Customizing Office SharePoint Server 2007: appearance and data sources

Covers options such as modifying master pages, page layouts, and style sheets to create a look and feel for your solution that reflects your corporate branding and organizational style. It also describes using data connection libraries, protocol handlers, and iFilters to connect your solution to a broad range of data sources and applications.

September 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=128132&clcid=0x409

Using the Business Data Catalog with Office SharePoint Server 2007

Describes how to plan for your business data catalog implementation, including connections, business data presentation, and user profiles. It also explains how to configure the business data catalog by creating connections, managed properties, and custom business data profiles, and supplementing user profile data.

September 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=128193&clcid=0x409

Using Forms Services and Excel Services with Office SharePoint Server 2007

Describes how to configure your Office SharePoint Server 2007 solution to integrate InfoPath Forms Services and Excel Services.

September 2008

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=128133&clcid=0x409