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Explaining basic concepts and advanced customization techniques, this guide to the planning, design, deployment, and management of SharePoint Portal Server 2001, for technical and nontechnical administrators, begins by outlining the challenges of knowledge and document management and showing how the SharePoint Portal Server can be used to address them, then details the server's architecture, examines core components of the corporate portal, and walks through the server life cycle. English is an author, trainer, and consultant on Microsoft's SharePoint and Exchange platforms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)