Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

Chapter 1
Introduction to Microsoft
SharePoint Products and
Technologies
In this chapter:
Comparison of Features in Windows SharePoint Services
and SharePoint Portal Server 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Main Design Goals for SharePoint Products and Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Architecture and Design Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Important Features and Terminology Used in SharePoint
Products and Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Site Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Document and Content Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Organizing Documents and Other Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Search Configuration and Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SharePoint Team Services 1.0 from Microsoft and Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server
2001 were the original versions of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies,
released in 2001. SharePoint Team Services addressed the Web-based sharing and
communication needs of teams and team websites, and SharePoint Portal Server
2001 addressed the document collaboration, Web portal, and enterprise search
requirements of a portal solution. To deliver these features, Microsoft used the best
available (but different) technology platforms to build SharePoint Team Services and
SharePoint Portal Server 2001.
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