Welcome to the essential SharePoint 2010 guide for getting started with taxonomies, tags, and content types in SharePoint 2010. The SharePoint 2010 Consultant's Handbook (First Edition) summarizes our field guides and best practices for planning, installing, customizing and using the Managed Metadata Service in SharePoint. Based on real world examples for how a Microsoft Partner trains its field consultants and works with clients, you will: - get a hands on review of the new tools for managing taxonomies, folksonomies, tags and content types - see how to define a central hierarchy of document tags and groups to share across the enterprise - learn about end user tags and trends ("folksonomy") - get Tips and Tricks on how to prepare your organization to use MMS effectively from day one

Be your own consultant Based on years of experience working with SharePoint for Fortune 500 companies and national clients, the SharePoint 2010 Consultant's Handbook is a summary of field guides and best practices for planning, installing, customizing and using SharePoint 2010. It's derived from the internal training and education offered to consultants, and is now available to you. The Second Edition is almost all new content - building on the first edition coverage of Managed Metadata. You'll find information on business intelligence, architecture, installation, upgrade, Office 365, SQL Server 2012 "Denali," and Service Pack 1.