SharePoint AcademyLive Recommended Readings

bgeoffro — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:50:00 GMT

This won't mean too much for those of you who aren't attending the AcademyLive courses, but here are some recommended readings on two topics we were discussiong today - Security & Information Architecture.

Recommended Readings on Security:

· Server Communication table, general IT Pro topics - http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo

· AAMs – anything by Troy Starr on http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint

· Kerberos config for SharePoint – http://blogs.msdn.com/martinkearn

· Steve Peschka’s FBA opus (part 1 of 3) - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb975136.aspx

· SSL and Host Headers for IIS: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/596b9108-b1a7-494d-885d-f8941b07554c.mspx?mfr=true

· Adding SSL & Kerberos to Central Admin – http://blogs.msdn.com/bgeoffro

Recommended Readings on Information Architecture:

· Information Architecture - General

o Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Rosenfeld & Morville

o Unlocking Knowledge Assets by Conway & Sligar

o http://www.boxesandarrows.com/

· Information Architecture – SharePoint

o MOSS Administrator’s Companion, Ch. 8

o SharePoint Products & Technologies Resource Kit, Ch. 8

o Implementing SharePoint Governance - see link on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/bb507202.aspx (find "the pyramid" here)

o SharePoint Products & Technologies Customization Policy – see link on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/bb507202.aspx

Recommended Resource for Features & Solutions:

· WSPBuilder - not a panacea for deployment headaches, but close - http://www.codeplex.com/wspbuilder

Recommended Readings/Resources for Backup/Recovery/DR:

MS IT Site Delete Capture - http://www.codeplex.com/governance/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=3830
Data protection & recovery document - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=102839&clcid=0x409
DPM 2007 overview/demo (includes WSS protection demo) - http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032355428
Managing Content DB & Site Collection Size - http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2006/08/01/how-large-for-a-single-sharepoint-content-database.aspx , http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/01/31/tips-on-site-collection-sizing.aspx

Recommended Readings/Rsources for Search:

C# Protocol Handler - http://www.codeplex.com/MOSSPH
Microsoft iFilter Pack: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=60C92A37-719C-4077-B5C6-CAC34F4227CC&displaylang=en
Faceted Search for MOSS: http://www.codeplex.com/FacetedSearch

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SharePoint AcademyLive Recommended Readings