SharePoint 2010 For Dummies 2nd Edition

This is a superb book. She admits it's meant for beginners - not developers - and that's true, but in fact there is a tremendous amount that can be done without writing any code.I've been a SharePoint developer for over 7 years and when I say this book is good, I mean it. So, why would someone like ME buy - and benefit from - this book? SharePoint is an application space (and platform) that covers a lot of ground. Having worked on SharePoint since version 2003, it has been impossible to cover all that SharePoint has to offer.HOWEVER, Vanessa manages to cover the landscape without skimping on the details. For me, this helped me quickly become conversant on areas I just haven't had the time to get into. For the beginner, it can be used as a reference or a tutorial.As a "for dummies" book, it assumes you know next to nothing, yet manages to gently bring you up to speed without boring you, and without going to fast - an amazing feat for any author.Another person rated the book poorly because they didn't like the SharePoint product. That is an unfair criticism of the book.

Let me preface my thoughts by saying that I am "very new" to SharePoint 2010. I have taken a "Introduction to SharePoint course, and bought this book as a suppliment to build off of what I learned.The major issue I had in reading this book is the Author rarely has complete thoughts or describe processes from Start to Finish. The repeated pattern is to give a very brief "hint" at what something can do, and then to say "I will discuss this more in Chapter BB"... so a person reads quite a bit of material- or jumps to Chapter YY to follow the thread... and the Author gives a slight mention of the item and says "I covered this in Chapter AA ." Furthermore, I found it rather frustraiting that the book leans on SharePoint Designer as a crutch... the Reader is given a snippet of information in SharePoint, but the Author then explains the wonders of SharePoint Designer. As a "Dummies" book, this could of been written better.

A great place to start if you are a user/owner of a site and are new to SharePoint. Assumes nothing, and is not overly technical. I recommend reading more than one books about SP, it is so complex, and this is a good one.

It's probably a good manual. The problem is, Sharepoint is the stupidest program I've ever used in 30 years of computing. I'm a Microsoft girl all the way (hate Apple products and their programs, except iTunes) - but Bill Gates:FIRE whoever set this mess in motion, please!!!!!!!!!It's an over-complicated version of Windows Explorer that doesn't work half as well.

managing the knowledge base for a worldwide enterprise service desk - my limited skills have reached their limit. Time to take it up a notch. When in the Army years ago, we managed our Unix environment with the Dummies book, and did quite well with it. 15 pages in, and I like this one, too!

This is a great book if you are getting STARTED on SharePoint . . . if you are looking for more detailed answers to questions or challenges . . . it might be time to crack open the MicroSoft version.

I just started using SharePoint and this has proven to be very helpful but there are certain areas that are not covered that well but it is still very useful!

Good way for a novice or a medium-skilled user to get acquainted with Sharepoint and to understand the program in a fashion far better than the techies can explain it. Nicely done !

A good romp through Sharepoint features, but never stopping long enoguh to provide the detail that you need to fully understand the options available. This is probably a side effect of the breadth of coverage offered by the book, which means that you'll find a little about anything you need - from installation to customisation.

The text of this book is fine; easy to read and explains everything in detail. However, the text refers to diagrams which are tiny. They don't resize and the text under the diagrams spreads over the book text. I wish I had paid the extra (less than a pound) for the hard copy. Very disappointed.

Useful and handy info

As described

Use this item as we are just upgrading to SP2010 at workGreat book - easy to follow and very good value.