An authoritative guide to extending SharePoint's power with cloud-based services If you want to be part of the next major shift in the IT industry, you'll want this book. Melding two of the hottest trends in the industry—the widespread popularity of the SharePoint collaboration platform and the rapid rise of cloud computing—this practical guide shows developers how to extend their SharePoint solutions with the cloud's almost limitless capabilities. See how to get started, discover smart ways to leverage cloud data and services through Azure, start incorporating Twitter or LinkedIn into your solutions, find the best ways to secure everything, and much more. Shows developers how to use Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to create scalable, cloud-based solutions Melds the hottest new trend in the industry—developing, hosting, managing, or storing code in the cloud—with what SharePoint developers need to know to weave these technologies into their solutions Provides developer patterns, real-world examples, and invaluable walkthroughs Topics include SQL Azure for data management and BI, building an Azure-based corporate tax service, connecting Linked In and SharePoint profile data, creating a filterable Twitter dashboard, leveraging Bing Maps Geo services, maintaining security, and more SharePoint developers, discover exciting new ways to extend SharePoint's functionality with this practical and content-rich guide.

Steve Fox 是SharePoint 和Windows Azure 的开发者和平台推广团队(Developer &

Platform Evangelism，DPE)的总监，他经常在国内和国际会议上向开发者发表关于

SharePoint、Office 和云开发方面的演讲。Steve 撰写了许多文章和书籍，其中包括Beginning

SharePoint 2010 Development(Wrox，2010)和Developing Microsoft SharePoint Applications on

Windows Azure(MSPress，2011)这两本书。他已在Microsoft 工作了12 年，目前居住在华盛

顿州的西雅图。

Donovan Follette 是Microsoft 的一名高级技术推广专员(Sr. Technical Evangelist)，在各

种平台的企业级商业应用开发方面有着超过25 年的经验。他目前专门致力于帮助开发者学

会使用Microsoft Office 和SharePoint 2010 来构建集成的行业(Line-Of-Business，LOB)解决

方案。

Girish Raja 是Microsoft Redmond 园区的一名技术推广专员。他在这个职位上扮演的

角色是帮助社区了解SharePoint 的各种开发功能，并在使用该产品的平台为构建应用方面

提供指导。他还负责通过博客和各种channel9 视频来展示SharePoint 如何能够很好地和其

他Microsoft 技术整合在一起。负责此项工作之前，Girish 是Dynamics CRM 这一产品的推

广专员。

Paul Stubbs 是Microsoft 的一名负责Azure、SharePoint 和Office 等产品的技术推广专

员，在这一工作中，他重点关注的是围绕SharePoint 和Office、Silverlight 以及云计算而建

的信息工作者的开发社区。他撰写了多本关于使用Microsoft Office、SharePoint 和Silverlight

开发解决方案的书籍，并为MSDN Magazine 撰写了一些文章；此外，他还在Microsoft 的

Tech-Ed、PDC、SharePoint 会议、DevConnections 以及MIX 会议上发表过演讲，并担任过

华盛顿州Redmond 园区的Visual Studio 高级项目经理(Senior Program Manager)。Paul 是一

位Microsoft 认证培训师(MCT)，积极投身于Microsoft 论坛的开发者社区。您可通过

blogs.msdn.com/pstubbs 访问Paul 的博客，深入了解SharePoint 开发者的信息。