Practical SharePoint 2010 for Small Businesses

Small businesses often lack the time, experience, or funding to make the most of the technology that their larger enterprise brethren take for granted.

But enterprise-grade collaboration software like SharePoint 2010 has a place in even the smallest business.

From keeping documents open and accessible, to tracking important information, to automating work cycles, small shops can gain a competitive advantage by using SharePoint 2010 to streamline their business. <br /> <br /> <br /> That's where this book comes in.

Practical SharePoint 2010 for Small Businesses provides step-by-step instructions, with screenshots and clear guidance, for building eight custom, state-of-the-art solutions using little more than the freely available SharePoint Foundation 2010 software. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Author Jonathan Hassell walks you through setting up SharePoint Foundation 2010 to: <br /> * Build an extranet for collaborating with business partners, customers, and agencies * Set up automatic workflows for document approvals, expense reports, and other key business projects * Automatically keep your public website current and full of useful information * Create a central database for tracking issues with projects, computers, software, and other items What you'll learnIn Practical SharePoint 2010 for Small Businesses, discover how to: <br /> * Build an issue tracker * Create an automated help desk * Manage and retain documents and make them accessible to users in a controlled way * Automate routing and approval of key business documents * Track projects of focus and plan the engagement of resources for those projects * Set up an extranet for secure and simple collaboration with other parties * Create a next-generation public-facing website that's automated and controlled by SharePoint Who this book is for Practical SharePoint 2010 for Small Businesses is for small business people, IT consultants, power users, and anyone who provides technology support for small businesses. <br />