Technology Services - SharePoint 2007

Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) 2007 is Microsoft's third generation document management and information sharing software, and Convergent Computing has worked with SharePoint for the past 8-years.

CCO's consultants have written the #1 selling book in the world on SharePoint 2007 titled "SharePoint 2007 Unleashed", a Sams/Que Publishing book.

Some of the services provided by CCO around the SharePoint technology:

  • business needs assessment

  • SharePoint prototype setup and proof of concept evaluation

  • custom site design and configuration

  • training, best practice sharing, and lessons learned assistance


The following are sample services provided by Convergent Computing on SharePoint services:


SharePoint 2007 Planning and Design

CCO has been working with SharePoint since the beta release of SharePoint 2001, about five years ago. Since that time, CCO has designed and implemented SharePoint solutions for many clients, ranging from non-profits to government agencies to world-wide enterprises. CCO consultants wrote the book “SharePoint 2007 Unleashed” that covers in-depth configuration, implementation, and use of Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services.

CCO works with organizations to understand their business requirements and technology considerations, and then collaboratively designs and plans a SharePoint solution to meet their needs.

 

SharePoint 2007 Implementation Assistance

CCO helps organizations implement customized SharePoint 2007 solutions, migrate existing data files and information to SharePoint portals and sites, and provide links and access to external information and applications. With CCO's help, users in organizations can collaborate, store, search, manage, and access information using a centralized portal environment, customized to meet their needs.

CCO consultants wrote the book “SharePoint 2007 Unleashed” that covers in-depth configuration, implementation, and use of Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. Real-world experience and in-depth knowledge of the SharePoint products enable CCO to assist your organization to implement collaboration, document management, and information portal solutions.

 


The following are books written by CCO consultants on SharePoint technologies:

Title: "SharePoint Server 2007 Unleashed"

Publisher: Sams Publishing

Pages: 800

CCO Contribution: Authors - Michael Noel and Colin Spence

ISBN#: ISBN-10: 0672329476;  ISBN-13: 978-0672329470

Abstract: Best selling authors Michael Noel and Colin Spence once again teamed up to write the next edition of their best selling book on SharePoint Server, this time covering SharePoint 2007 Unleashed. This book covers all of the latest Web form capabilities, administrative tools, and integrated application components that allow SharePoint 2007 to integrate with Office 2007, Exchange 2007, and Office Communications 2007.

 

 

Title: "SharePoint Technologies Unleashed"

Publisher: Sams Publishing

Pages: 800

CCO Contribution: Authors - Colin Spence and Michael Noel

ISBN#: 0-672-326167

Abstract: This book continues the Unleashed series and covers the planning, design, implementation, and support of the new Microsoft SharePoint Portal 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services that shipped during the Fall of 2003. Colin and Mike are CCO consultants that have worked extensively with SharePoint 2003 technologies providing consulting on business process implementation of document management and information sharing systems. This book covers how to securely implement a collaborative environment with replication, clustering, and fault tolerance capabilities.

 

Title: "Sams Teach Yourself SharePoint in 10 Minutes"

Publisher: Sams Publishing

Pages: 250

CCO Contribution: Co-Authors - Colin Spence and Michael Noel

ISBN#: 0-672- Pending (due out Fall 2004)

Abstract: This book series is written in a 10-minute lesson format where readers will be able to learn critical aspects of Microsoft's SharePoint 2003 technology. Some of the key lessons covered in this book include Creating Portals, Creating Document Library Systems to Manage Sarbanes-Oxley Content, Developing Webparts, and the like. This book is written by Colin Spence and Michael Noel, authors of the Best Selling book "SharePoint 2003 Unleashed"

 

 

Title: "Microsoft Exchange 2000, Conferencing Server, and SharePoint Portal Server 2001"

Publisher: Sams Publishing

Pages: 594

CCO Contribution: Author - Rand Morimoto; Technical Editor - Chris Amaris; Contributing Writers - Brian Peladeau, Colin Spence, and Weyland Wong

ISBN#: 0-672-32179-3

Abstract: This is CCO President Rand Morimoto's third book on the Microsoft Exchange messaging product that fwas written with the help of 7 other CCO consultants.  Since Rand has been on the development team for Exchange for 8-years prior to the release of this book and CCO was 1 of 15 companies helping organizations plan their migration from Exchange v5.5 to Exchange 2000 over 18-months prior to the Exchange 2000 product release, there is over 2-1/2 years of planning and migration experience in this book based on real world designs and migrations.  This book also covers the Microsoft Exchange Conferencing Server product as well as SharePoint Portal Server product.