Amanda Perran - Beginning SharePoint 2013: Building Business Solutions

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Beginning Sharepoint 2013: Building Business Solutions

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For Dylan. May you stay forever young!

Amanda and Shane

For the wonderful team at Battelle that helped me get started so many years ago. Cathy, Diana, and Jane, I couldnt imagine getting my start on a better team!

Jennifer

For all of my girls; you are growing up to be such smart and amazing little ladies. Thank you for being so sweet and loving. You inspire me every day.

Laura

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

AMANDA PERRAN is a seven-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Microsoft SharePoint Server, located in St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador. She has been working as a consultant and trainer with SharePoint for more than 10 years. Amanda is a regular speaker and presenter at user group meetings, webcasts, and conferences, on topics such as Information Architecture, Enterprise Content Management and Governance. She is the co-founder of SharePoint Nation ( www.sharepointnation.org ), a virtual user group for SharePoint. You can follow her on Twitter as @amandaperran or visit her weblog at www.sharepointmentors.com .

SHANE PERRAN is a five-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Microsoft SharePoint Server, located in St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador. He has been designing online user experiences for more than 15 years. His strong passion for visual presentation, web standards, and usability has paved the way for a successful transition into the SharePoint Products and Technologies space, where, over the past 10 years, Shane has become highly involved and focused in the SharePoint customization space. He is the co-founder of SharePoint Nation ( www.sharepointnation.org ), a virtual user group for SharePoint. Shanes SharePoint Customization Blog ( www.graphicalwonder.com ) is a popular stop for customization enthusiasts across the globe. You can follow Shane on Twitter as @shaneperran .

JENNIFER MASON , as a SharePoint Server MVP, has spent the last several years consulting others on best practices for implementing business solutions using SharePoint technologies. She is passionate about SharePoint and loves using out-of-the-box features to bring immediate ROI to her clients. She has worked with a range of companies, leading teams responsible for the design, implantation, and maintenance of SharePoint environments. When she isnt riding the slide at her new company, Rackspace Hosting, Jennifer focuses on strategy, planning, governance, and sharing her knowledge with the SharePoint community. After a recent move to the Lone Star State from Ohio, where she was a founding member of the Columbus, Ohio SharePoint Users Group, Jennifer is learning how to be a true Texan, cowboy boots and all.

You can learn more about Jennifer by viewing her blog at http://sharepoint911.com/blogs/jennifer . You can follow Jennifer on Twitter as @jennifermason .

LAURA DERBES ROGERS is a Senior SharePoint Consultant at Rackspace Hosting, and a Microsoft MVP. Her background is in server administration. She has been working with SharePoint implementations, training, customization, and administration since 2004. Her focus is on making the most of SharePoints out-of-the-box capabilities without writing code. She works extensively with automating business processes with SharePoint Designer workflows and forms. Laura is a regular speaker at several different SharePoint conferences and loves sharing ideas on her blog at www.wonderlaura.com . A graduate of Louisiana State University, Laura currently resides in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband and two daughters. You can follow Laura on Twitter as @WonderLaura .

ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITORS

JAVIER BARRERA is a SharePoint Engineer at Rackspace (USA), a premier service leader focusing on a business class audience. He is the Senior Lead Engineer who serves as an architect and administrator to hundreds of enterprise-level SharePoint farms. Javier has delivered more than 30 presentations at SharePoint-focused events, and authored numerous blogs and articles. He is a contributing author to the forthcoming Professional SharePoint 2013 Administration . Javier, his beautiful wife, Roxanne, and three children live in San Antonio, Texas. His speaking engagement information and writing references are available at http://JavierBarrera.com .