Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

Chapter 5
SharePoint Portal Server
Architecture
In this chapter:
Building on Windows SharePoint Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Changes to Front-End Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Changes to Back-End Database Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Physical Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Personal Sites vs. My Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
User Profiles and Audiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Enabling and Configuring Single Sign-On Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Shared Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server
2003 share the same underlying technologies. This is a change from the first version
of SharePoint Portal Server. Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001 did not share
underlying technology with SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft. In this version
of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, SharePoint Portal Server, as the
server product, works with and builds upon the architecture of Windows SharePoint
Services. This chapter does not cover the feature differences between SharePoint Portal
Server and Windows SharePoint Services. Instead, it focuses on the architectural
differences that are found in SharePoint Portal Server and explains the architecture of
services that are particular to SharePoint Portal Server.
Note When referring to both products as a single unit, we’ll use the term
SharePoint Products and Technologies.
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