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You're reading from Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Power User Cookbook Over 70 advanced recipes for expert End Users to unlock and apply the value of SharePoint

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2011

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849682886

Length 344 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

SharePoint Framework

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Adrian Colquhoun

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Power User Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Getting Started—SharePoint Essentials FREE CHAPTER

2. Working Together—Using SharePoint to Collaborate

3. SharePoint as the Data Hub—Storing and Integrating Data

4. SharePoint Document Management Deep Dive

5. Getting the Message Out—Using SharePoint to Communicate

6. Where's My Stuff?—Finding Things with SharePoint

7. Gaining Insights— Using SharePoint for Business Intelligence

8. Automating Business Processes—Recipes for Electronic Forms and Workflows

Joining the Dots—Creating Composite Applications

Index

Finding experts using a people search

SharePoint doesn't just index documents, it indexes people too. Use this recipe to find the experts you need.

Getting ready

This recipe works for:

SharePoint 2010 Standard Edition
SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition
Office 365 (SharePoint Online)

You will need a SharePoint search centre deployed to run a people search.

You will need the Read permission level to run a people search.

How to do it...

Navigate to the Search Centre and click on the People tab.
Enter your search term and click on the magnifying glass icon.
The people who match your search term are displayed.

How it works...

People search is only available in SharePoint 2010 Server. It is based on the information stored in the SharePoint 2010 user profiles. SharePoint indexes the user profile data, as entered through My Sites or imported from external systems. You can use SharePoint's people search to quickly find experts within your company, assemble teams for particular projects, or track down people who...