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SharePoint Overview

The current versions of Microsoft SharePoint are SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft OfficeSharePoint Server (MOSS) sometimes referred to as SharePoint 2007. SharePoint Services 4.0 andSharePoint 2010 are due out in the first quarter of 2010.

SharePoint Services 3.0 This is the free version of SharePoint. This version includes the following features:

Team sitesLibrariesListsWorkflow

Together these features comprise the collaboration component of SharePoint.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) This is a licensed version of SharePoint that offers other features that extend SharePoint for enterprisesearch, web content management, electronic forms, business intelligence and many more features.

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SharePoint Tutorial - Team Sites

Team sites are small web sites that are created to store everything about a particular thing. For example

a site can be created for a department in an organization like human resources. I site can be created for

a particular project. A site can even be created for a meeting. Everything about the thing (department,

project, meeting) like documents, lists, calendars, etc. is stored in that site.

This is how a new team site looks like .



A site can also have sub-sites. For example, the information technology department may have a site and

then have sub-sites for each team in the department. One for application development, network and

communications.

Creating a Site

To create a site, click the 'Site Actions' box at the top-right side of the page and click the 'Create' option.

Select the 'Sites and Workspaces' link on the following page.



On the following page you'll enter information for the site such as the title, description and the type of

site.

You can choose from a variety of site templates. Each template has it's own configuration of pages,

libraries and lists. The 'Blank Site' is empty and you have to add components after creating a site from it.

Click the 'Create' button and you'll create your new site based off the selected template.

SharePoint Tutorial - Pages



A SharePoint site, like any web site, is comprised of pages.

This is the default page of a team site.

Creating a Page

To create a new page, click the 'Site Actions' box at the top-right side of the page and click the 'Create'

option.

Select either the 'Basic Page' or the 'Web Part Page' link.



If you selected 'Web Part Page', you'll be presented with a variety of layout templates.

Enter a name, select a template and click the 'Create' button and you'll create a new page.

Edit a Page

To edit a page, click the 'Site Actions' box at the top-right side of the page and click the 'Edit Page'

option.



Page Zones

A page can include one or more zones. A zone is an area within the page you can add web parts. More

about web parts in the next lesson. The page below has one zone called 'Full Page'.

Adding Web Parts

To add a web part to a zone, click the 'Add a Web Part' bar and select the web part in the pop-up form.

Select it and click the 'Add' button, the web part will be added to the zone on the page.



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SharePoint Tutorial - Web Parts

A page in SharePoint is comprised of web parts the exist within zones. Web parts are available for just

about everything. For example in the page below there are four web part highlighted by different colors.

The purple web part displays a short list of the new announcements stored in the annoucements library.

The pink web part displays events from a calendar within the site. The green web part displays an image

from a location the user specifies. The gray web part displays a list of links from the links list on the site.



Configuring a Web Part

To configure a web part click the down arrow next to it and select 'Modify Shared Web Part'.

This will bring up a section on the right side of the form with the web part's settings. Click the 'OK'



button when complete.

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SharePoint Tutorial - Libraries

A library is a feature in SharePoint that stores files (documents). Think of a library as a folder on

your file system. For example, a library can be created to store resumes in the human resources

team site. A library is usually created for a specific type of file. Libraries can contain metadata to

describe the particular file in more detail and to make it easier to find.

Metadata

Metadata are fields or columns you can add to a library that are attached to every file stored in it.

For example, you may want to add a city metadata field to the resumes library. Everytime a new

resume is uploaded to the library a city can be associated with the file. This would make it easier



to search for resumes from a particular city.

Creating a Library

Click the 'Site Actions' box at the top-right side of the page and click 'Create'

Click on the 'Document Library' link on the following page.

Enter a name for the library and select the type of documents to be stored. Click the 'Create'

button and the library will be created in the site.



Adding Metadata

Click the 'Settings' menu in the library and click on 'Create Column'.

Enter the column name and the type of information to be stored and click the 'OK' button.



Uploading a Document

To upload a document or file to the library, click the 'Upload' menu in the library and click

'Upload Document'.

Browse on your file system or network for the document and click 'OK'.



Enter the rest of the metadata fields for the document and click the 'OK' button. Notice the City

metadata field.



The document is now stored in the library. In this case, a resume has been uploaded to the

resumes library.



Library Web Parts

Everytime a library is created a web part is created for it that can be placed anywhere within the

site. The web part will display a default view of the most recent documents added to the library.

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SharePoint Tutorial - Lists

A list is a feature in SharePoint that stores a lists of information. For example, a list can be

created to store web links in the human resources team site. A list is usually created for a specific

type of information. Lists can contain metadata to describe the particular information in more

detail and to make it easier to find.

Metadata



Metadata are fields or columns you can add to a library that are attached to every file stored in it.

For example, you may want to add a site type metadata field to the web links list. Everytime a

new web link is added to the list a site type can be associated with the link. This would make it

easier to search for web links for a particular type.

Creating a List

Click the 'Site Actions' box at the top-right side of the page and click 'Create'

Click on the 'Custom List' link on the following page.

Enter a name for the list, click the 'Create' button and the list will be created in the site.



Adding Metadata

Click the 'Settings' menu in the list and click on 'Create Column'.

Enter the column name and the type of information to be stored and click the 'OK' button. In this

case the 'Choice' type is selected and the choices 'Job Site' and 'Career Development' are entered

for a new 'Site Type' metadata field.



Adding a New Link

To add a new link to the list, click the 'New' menu in the list and click 'New Item'.

Enter the information for the new link. In this case, this is a new web link. Notice the 'Job Site'

metadata choice field. Click the 'OK' button to add the new item.



The new item is added to the list.



List Web Parts

Everytime a list is created a web part is created for it that can be placed anywhere within the site.The web part will display a default view of the most recent items added to the list.

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SharePoint Tutorial - Security

Users, Groups and Roles

Security Structure and Flow

Security in SharePoint is comprised of users, groups and roles.

Users, Groups and Roles

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Users A user account comes from the authentication system. For example, if Active Directory is used

to authenticate then the user accounts will come from it.

Groups

There are two types of groups SharePoint uses: domain groups and SharePoint groups.

Domain groups can come from Active Directory much like user accounts and are created and

maintained there. An Active Directory group may contain Active Directory users and other

Active Directory Groups.

SharePoint groups are created and maintained in SharePoint. A SharePoint group can contain

user accounts and domain groups. A SharePoint group can not contain other SharePoint groups.

Roles Access is granted or restricted through permissions grouped to form a role. The following roles

are included in SharePoint out-of-the-box:

Full Control - Has full control.

Design - Can view, add, update, delete, approve, and customize.

Manage Hierarchy - Can create sites and edit pages, list items, and documents.

Approve - Can edit and approve pages, list items, and documents.

Contribute - Can view, add, update, and delete.

Read - Can view only.

Restricted Read - Can view pages and documents, but cannot view historical versions or

review user rights information.

Limited Access - Can view specific lists, document libraries, list items, folders, or

documents when given permissions.

View Only - Members of this group can view pages, list items, and documents. If the

document has a server-side file handler available, they can only view the document using

the server-side file handler.

Security Structure and Flow

In SharePoint all objects inherit their security settings from its parent by default. For example,

when a library is created in a site the library will inherit the security settings of the site unless

otherwise specified. The same would go for documents within the library.

If you modify the security of the object in any way then the inheritence is broken but not before

SharePoint imports all the parent settings to the child. Afterwards any updates made to the parent

will not be passed down to the child.

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SharePoint Tutorial - SharePoint Services Search

SharePoint Services 3.0 search uses the same searching technology as SharePoint Server 2007

(MOSS). Previous versions of SharePoint services relied on SQL fulltext search.

SharePoint Services search indexes one site collection at a time and confines the search to the

same site collection.

For example lets say you have two site collections, site collection 1 and site collection 2. If you

perform a search within site collection 1 you will only get results from data and documents

stored in site collection 1.

Microsoft now provides Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express which can index multiple

SharePoint site collections, web sites and other systems providing an enterprise search solution

for free.

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SharePoint Tutorial - SharePoint Site Security

Users and groups (domain or SharePoint) can be assigned permissions to a site.

The "Site Permissions" link is where you go to view and manage permissions for the site. If you

simply want to add a user to a group that you know has access to the site you can click on the

group link in the "Groups" section in the left-hand navigation. If you don't see the group justclick the "Groups" link in the left-hand navigation and a list of groups will appear to the right.

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When a site is created the default option is to inherit the security settings from the parent site

unless otherwise specified. Notice in figure 1 under the title "Permissions: Human Resources"

the description, "This Web site inherits permissions from its parent Web site". If you need to

modify the site's permissions click the "Action" menu item and click "Edit Permissions". This

will copy the permissions from the parent and the site will stop inheriting. At that point you canedit, add or delete permissions.

Add a User To add a user click the "New" menu item and click the "Add Users" link. You may also create a

new group for the site.

Delete a User To delete a user or group, select the checkbox next to the user or group. Then click "Actions"

and click "Remove User Permissions". This option only becomes available after the site stops

inheriting permissions from its parent.

Edit User PermissionsTo edit a user or group's permissions simply click the user or group link or select the checkbox

next to the user or group, click "Actions" and "Edit User Permissions"

Inherit Permissions

To inherit permissions from the parent site click "Actions" and "Inherit Permissions". Be careful,

doing so will remove all the custom permissions on the site.



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SharePoint Tutorial - SharePoint Logical Architecture

The SharePoint logical architecure consists of nested and isolated levels. These levels provide

benefits for security, navigation, search, branding and ect. depending on the level

SharePoint Farm The base level for any SharePoint implementation is the SharePoint farm. Physically a farm can

consist of one server or many servers. An organization may implement one or more farms. This

usually depends on security and performance needs.

From a performance perspective it may make sense for an organization with locations across the

globe to maintain multiple farms with those locations accessing content closest to them for

speed. In these cases, content between the farms need to be synchronized.

From a security perspective an organization may have a SharePoint intranet for internal content

and a SharePoint extranet for third party access. All or components of the extranet farm might

have to be located in the DMZ whereas security policies or concerns may prohibit any portion of

the intranet farm outside of the organization's physical network.

Web Applications

The next level contained within a farm is the web application. A farm will contain multiple web

applications. A web application is always created for Central Administration and at least one

web application will be created for the SharePoint intranet, extranet or internet site.



Instead of having multiple farms, an organization can implement an intranet on one web

application and an extranet on another. Security is maintained seperately for each web

applicationrestricting access.

A web application is where you implement and maintain authentication. Users of the intranetmay authenticate against a directory service like Active Directory and users of the extranet may

authenticate against a sql server database using forms based login. Also a web application can be

extended to another web application to allow multiple ways to authenticate. For example, let's

take the extranet, external users will authenticate against a sql server database in a web

application and internal users will authenticate against Active Directory in another extended web

application. Two web applications pointing to the same site but with different ways to

authenticate.

Lastly, a web application has it's own website and application pool in IIS.

Site Collections

The third logical level is the site collection. A site collection is where the design, security,

navigation, content types, web parts, workflows and etc. are maintained for all the sites within

the collection.



An organization might create a site collection for the IT department and one for the HR

department each with it's own branding design, security policy and navigation requirements.

Sites The last level is the SharePoint site, although it can be argued that libraries and lists are logical

levels themselves.

Instead of a site collection for each department, an organization may simply decide to create a

site for each department when branding, security policies and navigation should be the same

across departments.



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SharePoint Tutorial - Content Types

SharePoint content types provide users with a way to manage and organize content in a more

meaningful way. It's a reusable of settings you want to apply to a particular type of document in

a library or item in a list.

Let's say you have a library called 'shared documents' in the human resources site. Resumes and

vacation requisitions forms are to be stored there. Documents of resume type will have their own

set of properties or columns particular to it as well as vacation requisition forms. They may also

have a specific workflows attached to each. Resumes may have fields like city, school and skills

while the vacation requisition form may have fields such as manager, date request and status. In

previous versions of SharePoint you would have to create a separate library for each document

type or have one library and add all the possible properties for each type of document. Content

types allow you to define a set of properties, workflows and custom new, edit and display forms

at the document level so that the resumes and vacation requisition forms can be stored in the

same 'shared documents' library.



When a site content type is added to a list it becomes a list content type. Any changes you make

to the list does not affect the site content type or any list type that inherited from it.

Content types can be created at the site level which can then be inherited by child sites.

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SharePoint Tutorial -SharePoint Physical Architecture

The SharePoint physical architecture consists of services running on one or more servers.



Services There are three types of services that together run the SharePoint farm: web, application and

database services. Web services through Internet Information Server is what processes the

ASP.Net and sends back the html to a user's browser. Application services is where the "brains"

of SharePoint are located. All of the SharePoint specific logic and services are processed there.

Database services are run by SQL Server and it's where all the data/content for SharePoint isstored.

Servers All the services to run a SharePoint farm can be run on one server or on multiple servers. For

scalability (performance) and redundancy (fail-safe) purposes a distributed (multi-server)

architecture is highly recommended.

Single Server Farm

Multi-Server Farm

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