What
is SharePoint?
Ans
SharePoint is a browser based document collaboration platform given by
Microsoft.
Q
What are features of SharePoint 2010?
Ans
Some features are :
·
Document Collaboration
·
Enterprise Search FAST Search
·
New Enhance Web Part
·
Ready made Silver Light web part
·
Business Connectivity Services
·
Social Media Investments
·
Large lists
·
Enhanced collaboration features
·
Visio Services
·
Usage reporting and logging
·
Better Network Differencing & SharePoint Offline in SharePoint Workspace
·
High Availability/ Disaster Recovery Innovation
·
Admin Insights through the Logging & Usage database, and dev dashboard
·
Service Applications
·
SharePoint Designer Enhancements like portable workflows, and granular
delegation
·
Sandbox Solutions
Q
What is WSS ?
Ans
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) is a Web portal used for collaboration within
a business or organization. WSS is easily accessible through an Internet
browser such as Internet Explorer. SharePoint is a hosted application - which
means in order to use it to full potential, it must be hosted on a Windows
server.
WSS
provides a solid base to set up one or more intranet sites.
The
main WSS features are:
Unlimited
number of team sites or portals
Document
management with collaboration and sharing capabilities (Check-in/Check-
out,
workflow, meta-data, 'warn me', discussions...)
Task
management and calendars on group level
Central
notification management (problems, complaints, help desk...)
Collecting
information/surveys via question forms
Extended
search engine within each site
Workflow
(examples: expense reports, holiday administration...)
Digital
dashboards, with or without scorecarding
Q
What is MOSS?
Ans
MOSS stands for Microsft Office Share Point Server. MOSS is a portal based
platform for complete management of documents & web services. It is a
platform for creation of customized web based applications & portals like
blogs, wiki etc. MOSS provides security features and can be configured to return
separate content based on the fact that the user has logged on using internet,
intranet or extranet.
MOSS
provides extra features as compared with WSS
Consolidation
of all the team sites within the organization
Enterprise
search : search through different sources within the organization with one
interface
(portals, mail, ERP, CRM ...)
Central
personnel data base with extended search capabilities, linked (or not) to
internal
personnel management.
Business
Data Catalog (BDC): default link to external systems (e.g. CRM/ERP)
Report
Center : central management of all reports and data connections.
Excel
Services : provides Excel features in the web browser.
Creation
of web-based e-Forms, full web-browser access.
Q
Difference between Library vs List ?
Ans
Library is used to store the document and Lists are the container of similar
items in form of rows and columns. In Library you can create core document like
Word, Excel, PowerPoint. But in List You can not create document, instead of
that you can attach document in a particular List.
Q
What is difference between Document Library and Form Library?
Ans
Document Library contains core document such as , MS word, Excel, Powerpoint.
But Form library contains document in XML form. Such as InfoPath form.
Q
What is Central Admin in SharePoint?
Ans
Central admin is the default website by sharepoint while installing.
Q
What is stsadm command?
Ans
Stsadm command is used to perform all administrative work. For e.g. backup,
restore, installing feature, adding web part to site etc.
Q
What is the command to take backup and restore for sharepoint site?
Ans
Backup command:
stsadm
-o backup -url http://moss:4002/
-filename c:\bkupsite.bak
To
restore :
stsadm
-o restore -url http://moss:4004/
-filename c:\bkupsite.bak
Q
What is a Farm?
Ans
n the context of SharePoint, the term ‘farm’ is used to describe a collection
of one or more SharePoint servers and one or more SQL servers that come together
to provide a set of basic SharePoint services bound together by a single
Configuration Database in SQL.
Farms
can range in size from having everything (all SharePoint roles and SQL server)
on one machine to scaling out every individual SharePoint serve role onto
dedicated sets of servers. A farm the highest administrative boundary for
SharePoint and everything that happens inside SharePoint happens in a farm.
In
Short : A sharepoint Farm is a collection of one or more sharepoint server
which having a single configuration database.
Q
What are sites available in SharePoint?
Ans
Team Site
Blank
Site
Document
Workspace
Blog
Group
Work Site
Visio
Process Repository
Basic
Meeting Workspace
Blank
Meeting Workspace
Decision
Meeting Workspace
Social
Meeting Workspace
Multipage
Meeting Workspace
Assets
Web Database
Charitable
Contributions Web Database
Contacts
Web Database
Issues
Web Database
Projects
Web Database
Document
Center
Records
Center
Business
Intelligence Center
My
Site Host
Personalization
Site
Enterprise
Search Center
Basic
Search Center
FAST
Search Center
Enterprise
Wiki
Publishing
Portal
Publishing
Site
Publishing
Site With Workflow
Central
Administration
Q.
What is a site definition in sharepoint?
Ans
Site definition is a combination of template and XML. Site definition available
in sharepoint are STS for Team and Blank Site, MPS for ,meeting workspace.
BLOGS for Blogs site.
Q.
What are SharePoint object model?
Ans.
In Sharepoint Object model there are two Important namespaces.
The
Microsoft.Office.Server namespace is the root namespace of all Office Server
objects and Microsoft.SharePoint is the root namespace for all WSS objects.
Q.
What is a site collection?
Ans.
Site Collection is collection of sharepoint site. i.e. Sharepoint site
collection is logical grouping of multiple sharepoint site.
A
site collection is a group of Web sites that have the same owner and share
administration settings, for example, permissions. When you create a site collection,
a top-level site is automatically created in the site collection. You can then
create one or more subsites below the top-level site.
A
site collection must exist within a Web application. You can create a site
collection based on an existing Web application, or you can create a Web
application and then create a site collection within that application.
Q.
What is a site?
Ans.
Site is a collection of web pages which is used to store information in
organised way.
Site
stores list of documents, discussion, events, task and many other types of
information.
Site
provides controlled access to share information among user. i.e. Only
Authorize users are allowed to access shared information.
Q.
What are web Parts in Sharepoint?
Ans
Web Parts are the fundamental building blocks for Share Point user interface,
and with them we can build and integrate many different types of applications.
Webparts
are smallest component in sharepoint. Web parts are used to give more
functionality to the page. In sharepoint we have custom web part as well as
ready made 3rd party web part. You can create a custom web part by using visual
studio
Various
web parts available in sharepoint web part gallery are:
Data
view web part, Content editor web part, Form web part, Excel web access web
part, Image web part etc.
Q.
What is web application in Sharepoint?
Ans.
In sharepoint Webapplication is a IIS website. Each web application is
associated with one IIS website. For each web application, content database is
created.
Q.
What is CAML?
Ans.
CAML stands for Collaborative application markup languages. It is in xml form.
And it can be sued to retrieve the data from sharepoint list as well to update
and insert.
Q.
What are Content types?
Ans.
A content type is a reusable thing provided by WSS. content type defines
the column for an item in a library or list and same can be used for any
library or list in that sharepoint application.
For
e.g. you are creating a list for leave application then if you are creating
column for HR department, IT department then it does not makes any sense.
So
used content type where you can create your own column or site column (Given by
sharepoint) and you can use this content type with any list or library.
Q.
What is BDC?
Ans.
BDC i.e. Business Data Catalouge. It is a middleware for your sharepoint site
and back end data such as SAP, Siebel and any other Line of Business
application.
In
BDC you can not modify data from your sharepoint list. It will be available to
your site in read only.
In
Sharepoint 2010 it is named as BCS (Business Connectivity Services). BCS is two
way, i.e. Data can be edit from sharepoint list as well from the back end data
base.
Q.
What is workspace?
Ans.
A site or workspace is when you want a new place for collaborating on Web
pages, lists and document libraries. For example, you might create a site to
manage a new team or project,collaborate on a document or prepare for a
meeting.
Q. Explain types of SharePoint Sites Ans. Types of sharepoint sites:
Wiki:
This is usually where everyone is allowed to add/change content for a common
knowledgebase.
Blog:
This type of site is for posting specialized articles or information for
everyone to read.
Publishing
site: This site is used to approving particular content before it’s published
to everyone.
Document
library: A site mainly used for document management purposes.
Download
site: This type of site helps in monitoring the count of downloads and track
them.
List
or Forum: The idea is to have specific people post a topic and then allow
others to comment on the posts.
Survey:
Usually a site that’s accessed by everyone for conducting a survey.
Dashboard:
The idea of a dashboard is for business executives to gain information and
perform reporting tasks.
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