Governance Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007

This page contains tools and resources to help business decision makers and IT professionals govern their SharePoint Products and Technologies environment. Governance is the set of roles, responsibilities, and processes that you put in place in an enterprise to guide the development and use of a solution based on SharePoint. By using the governance techniques and best practices available from this page, an enterprise can align its policies for using SharePoint with its culture and goals while still enabling teams and individuals to effectively collaborate and share information.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb507202.aspx

Useful Links for SharePoint Administrators and Developers

Installing & Configuring the Environment
Deploy Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a server farm environment: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303428.aspx

Plan for administrative and service accounts (Office SharePoint Server): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263445.aspx

Planning and Monitoring SQL Server Storage for Office SharePoint Server: Performance Recommendations and Best Practices (white paper): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263261.aspx

Enable usage reporting: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262537.aspx

Stsadm command-line tool (Office SharePoint Server): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261956.aspx

STSADM Custom Extensions - Automating SharePoint 2007 Configurations via STSADM Custom Extensions: http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2007/08/stsadm-commands_09.html

Information about the Maintenance Plan Wizard in SQL Server 2005 and about tasks that administrators can perform against SharePoint databases : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932744

Support for changes to the databases that are used by Office server products and by Windows SharePoint Services: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841057

Database maintenance for Office SharePoint Server 2007 (white paper): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262731.aspx

SharePoint Backup and Restore Overview: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb447526.aspx

Plan for backup and recovery (Office SharePoint Server): http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc261687.aspx


Understanding the Environment
Planning and architecture for Office SharePoint Server 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261834.aspx

Logical Architecture Components:: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc263121.aspx

Database types and descriptions (Office SharePoint Server):: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc678868.aspx

About SharePoint Site Collections : http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc742548.aspx

Manage SharePoint Site Collections:: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc835712.aspx

Plan lists (Windows SharePoint Services): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287823.aspx

White paper: Working with large lists in Office SharePoint Server 2007:: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc262813.aspx


Managing Environment Customizations
Customization Whitepaper: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/Cc263010.aspx

Understanding and Creating Customized and Uncustomized Files in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc406685.aspx

Solutions Overview: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa543214.aspx

Solution package components: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc263289.aspx

SharePoint Features: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb861828.aspx

SharePoint Solutions: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb862721.aspx


A System Administrators Role in Branding
Customizing and Branding Web Content Management-Enabled SharePoint Sites: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa830818.aspx

How to: Create New SharePoint Themes: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa867986.aspx

How to: Apply a SharePoint Theme: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc621346.aspx

Create a publishing page layout: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA101741281033.aspx

Implementing a Brand in a SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dd221375.aspx

Understanding and Creating Customized and Uncustomized Files in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc406685.aspx

Introducing Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA100740831033.aspx

Help for SharePoint Designer 2007: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/FX100646991033.aspx

Introduction to Contributor Settings: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA101174691033.aspx


A System Administrators Role in Development
SharePoint Server Developer Portal: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905503.aspx

WSS Developer Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint/default.aspx

Review of Environments: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc263209.aspx

Team-Based Development in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb428899.aspx

Hyper-V and Virtualization on Microsoft TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/

Setting up the Dev Environment: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc262741.aspx

Code Access Security: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/930b76w0.aspx


Governance
Governance Resource Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb507202.aspx

Index of Governance Content: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc263341.aspx

Steps for building governance into SharePoint Server 2007 (white paper): http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=92602&clcid=0x409

Sample governance plan: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=92333&clcid=0x409

Governance checklist guide: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91896&clcid=0x409

Error message when you edit an .aspx Web page in SharePoint Server 2007: "Value does not fall within the expected range"

When you edit an .aspx Web page in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, you receive the following error message:
Value does not fall within the expected range.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953445