Ken Withee - SharePoint 2013 For Dummies

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 For Dummies

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About the Author

Ken Withee has been a Microsoft SharePoint consultant for many years. He currently writes for the Microsoft TechNet and MSDN sites and is President of Portal Integrators, LLC ( www.portalint.com ). Portal Integrators is a software development and services company focused on developing world-class business solutions for the SharePoint platform. He lives with his wife Rosemarie in Seattle, Washington and is the author or coauthor of many other books, including Microsoft Office 365 For Dummies , SharePoint 2010 Development For Dummies, Microsoft Business Intelligence For Dummies (all published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), as well as Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2011 Reporting Services and Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (both published by WROX). Ken has also written a number of other published works in journals and magazines.

Ken earned a Master of Science degree in Computer Science studying under Dr. Edward Lank at San Francisco State University. Their work has been published in the LNCS journals and was the focus of a presentation at the IASTED conference in Phoenix. Their work has also been presented at various other Human Computer Interaction conferences throughout the world.

Ken has more than 13 years of professional computer and management experience. He is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist and is certified in SharePoint, SQL Server, and .NET.

Dedication

I dedicate this book to two people. The first is my grandma, Tiny Withee, who turns 100 years old this year. The second is my wife and best friend, Rosemarie Withee, who encouraged me daily throughout this time-intensive process. I owe her a rain check for all of the late nights and weekends this book consumed, and I hope to make it up to her over the rest of our lives. I love you!

Authors Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge my grandma Tiny Withee, who turns 100 years old this year and is still going strong. I would also like to acknowledge my wife Rosemarie Withee, mother Maggie Blair, father Ken Withee, sister Kate Henneinke, and parents-in-law Alfonso and Lourdes Supetran and family.

I would like to thank Elczar Adame, SharePoint Server MVP, for all of his help and patience. Elczar is truly a master at SharePoint and I am thankful for his patience as I peppered him with questions throughout writing this book.

An extraordinary amount of thanks to Katie Mohr, Jean Nelson, Mike Talley, and the rest of the For Dummies team for providing more support than I ever thought possible. It is truly amazing how much work goes into a single book.

Special thanks to my leadership team at Microsoft David Maguire, Cheryl Jenkins, and Shelley Benson for letting me take on this important project. The For Dummies brand is a place I have always gone to understand technology at a fundamental level, and I appreciate Microsofts support on this project.

And of course, last, but definitely not least, thank you to Vanessa Williams for shepherding the SharePoint For Dummies series to this point and her assistance in passing this honorable torch to me for this book and into the future.

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