This book is designed to mentor and coach business and technical leaders in the organization on the use of SharePoint to address critical management information. The mission of this book is to provide extensive knowledge to information workers and site managers that will empower them to become SharePoint Application champions in the organization. This book is intended as a starting point for any SharePoint 2007 user whether the user who has never used SharePoint before or has some familiarity with previous versions and just want to understand the difference with the new release. Chapter 1: Getting Started with SharePoint Server: The first chapter of the book is targeted at users who have either never used SharePoint before or are already familiar with SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or Windows SharePoint Service v2 and are looking to gain an understanding of what has changed in SharePoint 2007. Chapter 2: Working with SharePoint Lists: This chapter introduces one of the core mechanisms for sharing and managing content in a SharePoint site. Chapter 3: Working with SharePoint Libraries: After reviewing some basic concepts related to the list, this chapter introduces the other major storage mechanism in SharePoint known as libraries. Chapter 4: Managing and Customizing Lists and Libraries: SharePoint templates for lists and libraries provide a good starting point for sharing information and collaboration. This chapter discusses the templates that SharePoint provides workflow, and shows how to create custom workflow solution using SharePoint Designer. Chapter 6: Working with Content Types: Most organizations have information and documents, which often utilize consistent templates, processes and policies each time they were created. Therefore, SharePoint 2007 has introduced the concept of content types to enable the organization to package templates and information to ensure that the components can be used again reeled in the organization to enforce consistency and ease of use. Chapter 7: Working with Web Parts: Web Parts is an important element in SharePoint because they display information in sites to users. This chapter explores the various groups of Web Parts in SharePoint, including examples of how certain types of Web Parts can be configured and used to present information in a way desired. Chapter 8: Working with Sites and Workspaces: The basic components of any SharePoint environment are the sites and workspaces that contain. This chapter explains in simple effective ways to secure the SharePoint environment at the site level, the level of a list or library, and took to the unique content items stored in SharePoint sites. This chapter introduces the reader to create simple business applications with InfoPath and SharePoint including new features in 2007, as the templates and forms-based browser. Chapter 12: Working with Business Data Catalog: Catalog Data Business is completely new to SharePoint in 2007 and offers a fantastic way to access information stored in other business applications through SharePoint portal interface and elements. Chapter 13: Getting Started with Web Content Management: All the functions previously available in Content Management Server 2002 have been incorporated into the SharePoint platform for 2007. This chapter provides an overview of the system web content management capabilities including the use of publishing sites and features, automatic provisioning of multilingual content through variations, and user-interface customization.