Brian Wilson - SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Architects Guidebook

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SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Architects Guidebook

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I would like to dedicate this book to my wife, Hayley. Thank you for understanding and supporting me over the years, especially during the writing of this book. Without your love and support, it wouldve been impossible to complete this book project. And to my daughter, Katherine: You are totally amazing and awesome! You are both the sunshine in my life. I love you both so much! To my inspirational mentors: Lionel Moyal, John Hooper, Callum Shillan, Mark Horsfield, and Chris Kerr. Thank you each for the unique knowledge, opportunity, support, and belief in me. You have helped me grow immensely over the years. Thank you.

Brian Wilson

I would like to dedicate this book to the memory of my late grandmother, S.Khatoon Soltani, who taught me what real love is about!

Reza Alirezaei

Id like to dedicate this book to my wife, Jessica, whose support throughout the process of writing this book has been instrumental in keeping me focused and on trackall the while managing the day-to-day activities of keeping a home functionaland my son, William, who may one day pick up this book and understand claims mode authentication inside and out at 9 years old.

Bill Baer

To Laura, Jamie, and baby number 2, thank you for all the support you gave me while writing this book. I love you all very much! Also, to Lord B...a promise is a promise!

Martin Kearn

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

BRIAN WILSON is a SharePoint solution and information architect. With more than 14 years of experience (including 4 years as a Senior Consultant in the SharePoint and Information Worker team in Microsoft Consulting Services in the United Kingdom), Wilson works with Microsofts largest customers architecting solutions for enterprise environments using SharePoint technologies. Since the first version of SharePoint, he has been involved in a variety of leading-edge SharePoint projects for clients in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Europe, China, and globally across all industries and all areas of SharePoint. Before joining Microsoft, he worked directly for a large multinational media enterprise and for a leading Microsoft Gold Partner, where he was involved in all stages of the technical implementations life cycle, including technical pre-sales, architecture, system design, consulting, and development, to deliver innovative solutions on time and within budget. More recently, Wilson has set up a SharePoint business, and has been designing and developing SharePoint software for WiredLight, which focuses on providing consultancy, products, and solutions for SharePoint. When he gets the time, he enjoys skiing powder in the winter, as well as scuba diving the Red Sea and southeast coast of South Africa in the summer. For more information about Wilson, see http://uk.linkedin.com/in/bkvwilson .

REZA ALIREZAEI is a solution architect focused on designing custom applications with SharePoint, Office, and Microsoft Business Intelligence products and technologies. He has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD), Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP), and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) for SharePoint 2010. Alirezaei is the founder and president of Development Horizon, where he has helped many customers architect and build large-scale, mission-critical SharePoint applications. He has also co-authored several books, papers and articles. For more information about Alirezaei, see his blog at http://blogs.devhorizon.com/reza or his LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin.com/in/rezaal .

BILL BAER is a Senior Technical Product Manager and Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) for SharePoint in the SharePoint product group in Redmond, Washington. Previously, he was a Hewlett-Packard Technology Solutions Group Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with a background in infrastructure engineering and enterprise deployments of SharePoint Products and Technologies. Baer has gained deep industry experience while working for Apple Computer Corporation, First Data Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft Corporation.