InfoTec 2004 Introduction to Microsoft SharePoint Technologies and Services

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InfoTec 2004Introduction to Microsoft SharePoint
Technologies and Services

• Steve Wright MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE, MCSA, MCAD
• Senior Architect
• plaNet Consulting
• Omaha, NE

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Introduction

• SharePoint Products and Technologies facilitate
  collaboration within an organization and with
  partners and customers.
• Collaboration
• Information Discovery
• Personalization
• Application Integration
• Using the combined features of Windows SharePoint
  Services and SharePoint Portal Server, users in
  your organization can easily create, manage, and
  build their own Web sites and make them available
  throughout the organization.

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Agenda

• What is SharePoint?
• Exploring Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
• Exploring SharePoint Portal Server 2003
• Architecture for Scalability and Reliability
• Extending and Customizing SharePoint
• When do I need Portal Server?
• Summary

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What is SharePoint?

• SharePoint grew out of the Exchange Development
  Teams collaboration work and Digital Dashboard
  initiative.
• SharePoint Team Services 1.0 and SharePoint
  Portal Server 2001
• Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and SharePoint
  Portal Services 2003
• MS Office 2003 integration

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What is SharePoint?
Corporate Portal
Divisional Portals

• Team Sites
• Project Sites
• Document Workspaces
• Meeting Workspaces
• Etc.

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Network Infrastructure

• Windows 2003 Active Directory
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000
• Firewalls
• DNS Service
• Network Load Balancing

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What is Windows SharePoint Services 2.0?

• WSS is used to build hierarchies of
  collaboration-oriented web sites.
• WSS is a web server extension for IIS6.
• WSS is licensed as a part of Windows 2003 Server.
• Key Features
• Self-service site creation
• Browser-based customization
• Event calendars, contacts, Web links,
  discussions, issues lists, announcements
• Microsoft Office Integration
• Document Collaboration and Versioning
• Alerts

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Exploring Windows SharePoint Services 2.0

• Demo
• Browser-Based Customization
• Self-Service Site Creation
• Document Versioning
• Site Settings

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What is SharePoint Portal Server 2003?

• SPS is used to build portal sites composed of
  multiple sub-portals and team sites.
• SPS is a server product that is built on WSS
  technologies.
• SPS is licensed per server and user.
• Portal Server aggregates information from
  sub-portals and WSS Site Collections.
• Portal Server provides shared services across the
  organization.

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What is SharePoint Portal Server 2003?

• Shared Services
• User Profiles
• Audiences / Content Targeting
• Indexing and Search Capabilities
• Portal-wide Alerts
• Personal Sites (MySites)
• Enterprise Single Sign-on (SSO)
• Other Key Features
• Performance Scalability
• Integration with Active Directory
• BizTalk and third-party application integration

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Exploring SharePoint Portal Server 2003

• Demo
• User Profiles
• MySites
• Security
• Search Indexing
• Content Targeting

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Architecture Overview - Logical
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Architecture Overview - Physical

• SharePoint is designed for server farms!
• Scale-out options
• Front-end Web Servers (SPS and/or WSS)
• Search Servers
• Index Management / Job Servers
• SQL Server Cluster

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Architecture Overview - Physical

• Small Server Farm (not Highly-Available)

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Architecture Overview - Physical

• Medium Server Farm

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Architecture Overview - Physical

• Large Server Farm

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Extending and Customizing SharePoint

• There are several options for creating custom
• content with SharePoint technologies
• Web Browser
• FrontPage 2003
• ASP.NET WebParts Development
• SharePoint Services Object Model
• SOAP-based Web Services
• Application Integration

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Developing Solutions - FrontPage

• Demo
• Viewing a SharePoint Site
• Editing a Web-Part Page
• Using Web Parts
• Creating a New Site

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Developing Solutions - WebParts

• WebParts are the basic building blocks of
  SharePoint sites.
• WebParts are ASP.NET Custom Controls that inherit
  from the WebPart base class.
• WebParts can communicate with other web parts to
  pass information and coordinate tasks.
• These components are packaged into .NET
  assemblies that are then deployed to the
  SharePoint site. They can then be used on
  SharePoint pages.

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When do I need Portal Server?
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Summary

• SharePoint is an umbrella term for Microsofts
  collaborative web technologies including both WSS
  and SPS.
• Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) is a set of web
  server extensions that are part of Windows 2003
  and allow teams to quickly create and manage a
  simple hierarchy of collaborative web sites.
• Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) is a
  server product built on WSS that brings together
  collections of WSS site hierarchies into a
  single, centrally-managed portal. SPS provides
  services such as search capabilities that can be
  shared across all sites in the organization.
• WebParts are the key building block for adding
  custom content to SharePoint-based solutions. A
  WebPart is an ASP.NET custom control that is
  designed to be managed by SharePoints
  infrastructure.

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Additional Resources

• Microsoft SharePoint Home Page
• http//www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/
• Microsofts Accelerator for Intranets
• http//www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/offic
  e/sps2003/downloads/msidwnld.mspx
• SharePoint Newsgroups
• http//communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/defaul
  t.asp?icpsharepoint
• Templates and Samples
• http//www.sharepointcustomization.com