SharePoint AcademyLive Recommended Readings

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 - https://blogs.msdn.com/joelo

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

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

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

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

· Adding SSL & Kerberos to Central Admin – https://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 https://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 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/bb507202.aspx (find "the pyramid" here)

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

Recommended Resource for Features & Solutions:

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

Recommended Readings/Resources for Backup/Recovery/DR:

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

Recommended Readings/Rsources for Search:

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

Recommended Readings on Customization:

• CQ Web Part - ECM Team blog: https://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2006/10/25/configuring-and-customizing-the-content-query-web-part.aspx
• CQ Web Part - Heather Solomon’s blog: https://www.heathersolomon.com/blog/articles/CustomItemStyle.aspx