Microsoft has just released 5 new SharePoint Server 2007 guides. All 5 guides will provide you step by step instructions on the following:

• System requirements for single and two server installations
• Where to download
• Prerequisites
• Audience creation
• Business Data Catalog (BDC) configuration
• Creating a site from the site template
• Configuring the site (excel services, web parts, etc.)
• Uninstalling the template

SharePoint Server 2007 Guides

1. Setting Up the Role-Based My Site Template for Customer Service Managers - The Customer Service Manager template helps you streamline the process of monitoring performance and enables the quick decision making that is usually required when addressing a customer’s complaints. The template provides a graphical view displaying call distribution, service performance, operation costs, and representative quality indicators. The template helps you review order status and also displays key performance indicators for customer satisfaction and vendor performance. The Role-Based My Site template is designed to help customer service managers attain their goal of 100-percent customer satisfaction.

   (Direct download - Setup Customer Service Manager.doc) This setup document provides step-by-step instructions to initialize the Customer Service Manager template for Office SharePoint Server 2007.

2. Setting Up the Role-Based My Site Template for HR Managers - The HR Manager template helps keep a tab on the employee composition and distribution within the organization. During the performance review cycle, the template provides information on the status of performance reviews and helps the HR Manager in quickly identifying bottlenecks associated with it. As a part of employee engagement, the template displays various activities conducted on a monthly basis. It also displays details about training conducted for employees under various categories, info about attrition rates at the organization and business unit level, shows job opening details and employee referrals along with interview schedules for hiring to help with recruitment management.

   (Direct download - Setup HR Manager.doc) This setup document provides step-by-step instructions to initialize the HR Manager template for Office SharePoint Server 2007.

3. Setting Up the Role-Based My Site Template for Administrative Assistants - The Administrative Assistant template displays a highlights calendar for the organization, such as award functions and meetings, so you have activity information at your finger tips for better coordination. The template also displays the payment summary containing details about payments made for items under different categories. Also, the template displays the list of available facilities in the organization and the respective contact person as well as an issues list containing details about issues related to office management.
   
   (Direct download - Setup Admin Assistant.doc) This setup document provides step-by-step instructions to initialize the Administrative Assistant template for Office SharePoint Server 2007.
4. Setting Up the Role-Based My Site Template for Marketing Managers - The Marketing Manager template helps streamline the process of lead inquiries and conversions. The template assists with activities such as budget planning for marketing activities, planning activities for certain initiatives, planning for collateral, and implementing a wide range of promotions for products. This template also displays metrics related to the number of activities conducted and provides assistance in managing competitor information. The overall design of this template is to help marketing managers attain their goals developing and implementing marketing communications focused on brand development, customer acquisition, and engagement.

   (Direct download - Setup Marketing Manager.doc) This setup document provides step-by-step instructions to initialize the Marketing Manager template for Office SharePoint Server 2007.

5. Setting Up the Role-Based My Site Template for IT Managers - The IT Manager template focuses on the IT manager in a maintenance division handling location support. The services rendered by the support team are governed by the Service Level Agreement (SLA), where service level is defined by response, resolution, and threshold. IT managers oversee the support services provided by the team of IT engineers for SLA adherence and coordinate with the team for backups and updates. They also oversee the incident calls and escalations being logged in the help desk. At a product level, IT managers track license renewal and their respective roadmaps and updates.

   (Direct download - Setup IT Manager.doc) This setup document provides step-by-step instructions to initialize the IT Manager template for Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Enjoy and hopefully some will host up a live version of the role-base my site templates.