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SharePoint Products & Technologies

SharePoint Products & Technologies. Presented by: David F. Soll Vice President of Advanced Technology Omicron Consulting dsoll@omicron.com. Agenda. Introduction SharePoint Overview SharePoint Architecture SharePoint Features Document Libraries SharePoint Topologies

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SharePoint Products & Technologies

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  1. SharePoint Products & Technologies Presented by: David F. Soll Vice President of Advanced Technology Omicron Consulting dsoll@omicron.com

  2. Agenda • Introduction • SharePoint Overview • SharePoint Architecture • SharePoint Features • Document Libraries • SharePoint Topologies • Scalability and Fault Tolerance • SharePoint Searching • Conclusions

  3. Introduction • Speaker: David Soll • Vice President of Advanced Technology • Omicron Consulting • Omicron Consulting • Founded in 1987 • Approximately 150 employees • Provides IT Consulting locally, nationally, and internationally • Microsoft Gold Partner

  4. SharePoint OverviewArchitecture – Standard Web Page

  5. SharePoint OverviewArchitecture – ASP Web Page Process Code Embedded in the file

  6. SharePoint OverviewArchitecture – SharePoint Web Page Process Code Embedded in the file Virtual .aspx file

  7. SharePoint OverviewWindows SharePoint Services Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) • Free “add-on” product • “Rooms in a house” • Sites provide physical storage • Provides a base upon which SharePoint Portal Server is built

  8. SharePoint OverviewWindows SharePoint Services Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) • Limited Searching • Sub-Sites • Personalization • Security • 8 Default Site Templates • Team Site • Blank Site • Workspace Site • Meeting Site (5 types)

  9. SharePoint OverviewSharePoint Portal Server SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) • Add-On that requires licensing • Provides • “The House” • Site, Portal, & External Searching • My Site • Enterprise or Corporate Presence • Scalability

  10. SharePoint Architecture File Shares Windows Server 2003 SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) Web Parts Active Directory Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) ASP.NET (Application Server) Exchange Server IIS 6.0 SQL Server Microsoft Office 2003

  11. SPS/WSS Sites Architecture SPS topic SPS SPS web site SPS topic SPS topic WSS site WSS site WSS site WSS WSS sub-site WSS sub-site

  12. SharePoint Features • WSS Provides Sites • Allows for hierarchical navigation • Sites can have sub-sites • Sites provide physical storage • WSS provides the capability of defining “lists” • Lists include • Libraries • Contacts • Events • Tasks • Discussions • Lists can be used as web parts and placed into any web part page

  13. SharePoint Features • SPS Sits on top of WSS and adds numerous features • Scalability • Enhanced Searching • Active Directory Import • Areas • Hierarchical logical grouping of items • Topics • Special type of area • Topic assistant helps to group items into a topic hierarchy

  14. Document Libraries • SharePoint provides a document repository mechanism called Document Libraries • Any type of document can be placed into document libraries • Document Libraries support • Security • Versioning • Check in/Check out • In-place editing • Approvals • If Windows XP or greater and Office 2003 is installed, document libraries can be mapped to a drive just like a Windows Share

  15. SharePoint Portal Server

  16. Portal Small Configuration Portal Server SQL Server • Web Component • Job Server • Search Component • Index Component

  17. Portal Medium Configuration Portal Servers SQL Server • Index • Job • Web • Search

  18. Portal Large Configuration Portal Servers SQL Server • Index • Job • Search • Web

  19. Scalability and Fault Tolerance

  20. SharePoint Searching SharePoint Gatherer on the Index Server Source Protocol Handler iFilter

  21. SharePoint Searching • Results are Aware of Security Constraints • Results aren’t returned that user does not have access to • Making Content available in Portal Search • The Gatherer service • Portal Content Crawl • Non-Portal Content Crawl • Web Sites • File Shares • Exchange 2003 • Active Directory • Lotus Notes • Etc.

  22. SharePoint Searching • Browser Mentality vs. “Google” Mentality • Common Issue: SharePoint lacks good navigation • This is more an issue of the site design than SharePoint itself • Solution • Search It!

  23. Conclusions • SharePoint is a very powerful platform for creating and front-ending applications • SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) greatly enhances the capabilities of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) • SharePoint is highly scalable • SharePoint is very flexible

  24. SharePoint Products & Technologies Presented by: David F. Soll Vice President of Advanced Technology Omicron Consulting dsoll@omicron.com

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