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What's New in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2

 
Posted: March 10, 2003
 

Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint™ Services Beta 2 enables you to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration. These sites allow users to work together on documents, tasks, contacts, events, and other information. The Windows SharePoint Services environment is designed for easy and flexible deployment, administration, and application development.

New and improved features of the beta include:

Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 Features
Component New or Improved Name Description
Administration New Inactive site notification Sites owners are automatically notified if their site has been inactive for a specified period of time. If multiple notices are sent to the site owner and the site remains inactive, the administrator can specify that the site be automatically deleted.
  New Blocked file extensions support Server administrators can block the upload of specific file types (for example MP3 or .exe files).
  Improved Browser and command line administration tools Administrators can use the browser or the command line to manage their sites and site collections.
  New Comprehensive administrative object model Enables user scenarios for writing customized management tools to manage Windows SharePoint Services sites.
  Improved Usage statistics and analysis Usage information helps you determine how many users visit each site.
  Improved List all sites in a site collection Displays the list of all sites in a site collection for simplified management.
  New Manage users from SharePoint Central Administration pages Use the SharePoint Central Administration pages to manage users on all sites.
  New Move Microsoft SharePoint Team Services 1.0 sites to Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 SharePoint Team Services 1.0 sites can be moved to Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 sites using a command line migration tool (Smigrate.exe).
  New Regional settings for each site Each site can have its own regional settings, such as time zone.
  New Create site Allows users to create sites on demand without involving the IT department.
  New Integration with your organization's address book Browse your organizational address book to choose the users to add to a SharePoint site.
  New Windows SharePoint Services admin group Allows members of a domain group to perform central administration tasks without having administrator rights to the local server computer.
  Improved Create site groups Create cross-site groups that can be used within all sites in a site collection.
  New Move Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 sites Use the site migration tool to move existing Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 sites to another server.
  New Site level back-up and restore Each site in a server farm can be individually backed up and restored. Use this feature to archive inactive sites prior to their deletion.
  Improved Windows SharePoint Services site quotas admin and notifications Set quotas for site storage size and generate automatic notifications for the site owner when a site reaches its size limit.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Alerts New Alerts integrated with Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003 Alerts, previously known as subscription notifications, sent from SharePoint Products and Technologies through e-mail can be managed in one place and are given special handling by Outlook 2003, which has enhanced rules that enable sorting and filing of alerts into special folders.
  Improved Alerts on lists and list items Users can be notified of changes in a list, including all additions, edits, and deletions.
  Improved Alert results change information Alert results now include information on items in a SharePoint list that have changed and the user who made the change.
  Improved Alert results e-mail Users can receive immediate, daily, or weekly alert results roll-ups for lists and list items on a SharePoint site.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Browser-based customization New All lists in Windows SharePoint Services sites are Web Parts Each list in a site is a Web Part that allows easy customization and personalization using the browser.
  Improved Apply a theme from the browser Users will be able to apply a theme to their SharePoint site. Microsoft Office FrontPage® 2003 can be used for more advanced types of themes.
  New Browser-based tool pane The Web Parts tool pane allows users to customize Web Parts or drag new Web Parts onto a page.
  New Change logo of site Users can easily change the site logo on the home page using the Web Part tool pane.
  New Create new Web Part page New blank Web Part pages can be created from the Create page.
  Improved Home page and site customization Users can update the home page content and layout using the Web Parts tool pane.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Customization New Calendar view as default for lists The calendar view can now be set as the default view for lists.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Discussion boards New Threaded view Users can expand and collapse discussions and view conversations in a threaded layout.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Document libraries New Block unsafe file types Prevent suspicious file types from being uploaded to the server.
  New Check-in/check-out files Enables users to lock a file while editing, to prevent others from overwriting or editing the file inadvertently.
  New View all documents in a document library Users can view all documents within a document library, including subfolders.
  New Create folders in a document library Organize content in a document library by creating folders.
  New Support for Web folders using Hypertext Transfer Protocol Distributed Authoring and Versioning (HTTP DAV) Users and applications can now interact with their SharePoint document libraries just as they would any other file share.
  New HTML views of Office documents Enables users browsing Windows SharePoint Services sites to access Office documents and data without requiring Office to be on the client computer.
  New Versioning Document and picture versioning creates a backup copy of a file whenever it is saved to the library. This feature is helpful for maintaining a version history of a file, or restoring files that have been inadvertently deleted.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Microsoft Office FrontPage® 2003 integration New Customize and enhance SharePoint sites in FrontPage Delivers new page design and layout features that allow users to customize SharePoint sites exactly as they need them. Full support for Web Parts and Web Part pages including the ability to add, edit, and customize Web Parts, Web Part zones, and custom Web Part pages. A new Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) data view Web Part brings data from external sources, like databases and Web services, into SharePoint sites.
Component New or Improved Name Description
FrontPage integration New FrontPage solution packages Sites can be packaged for deployment in every location in an organization using FrontPage 2003 solution packages. Web log, news and reviews, and issue tracking solution packages are also available.
  New Browse and search Web Part galleries Browse and search Web Part galleries to locate Web Parts for use in a Web Part page.
  Improved Manage list views in FrontPage 2003 Create, edit, and delete SharePoint list views in FrontPage 2003.
  New Create templates Site and list templates can be created from a browser or FrontPage 2003.
  New and Improved Create, edit, and save Web Part pages Use FrontPage 2003 to create, edit, and save Web Part pages to a Windows SharePoint Services site.
  New Design-time preview of Web Parts Preview your Web Parts in FrontPage 2003 before publishing them.
  New Web Part connections Build new user interfaces by using FrontPage 2003 to create Web Part connections between Web Parts across pages.
  New Back up and restore site Back up and restore your Windows SharePoint Services site using FrontPage.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Microsoft Office InfoPathTM 2003 integration New InfoPath 2003 integration with SharePoint form libraries InfoPath 2003 (formerly known as XDocs) supports publishing a solution package into a SharePoint form library. Key properties from the InfoPath documents are promoted into the form library so that they can be sorted and filtered, enabling the creation of custom views and editing through a SharePoint list.
Component New or Improved Name Description
InfoPath integration New Create a SharePoint form library Create and use a form library in Windows SharePoint Services for pre-built InfoPath 2003 solution packages, such as a status report Extensible Markup Language (XML) form.
  New Edit a document in InfoPath 2003 SharePoint form libraries can launch InfoPath 2003 to auto-aggregate a number of InfoPath files that are in the SharePoint library and create a single report. For example, you could create a rollup status report that combines the information from many individual status reports.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Infrastructure New Run multiple applications on a virtual server Exclude part of the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) namespace on a virtual server so that Windows SharePoint Services does not overwrite data for a Web application. This allows Windows SharePoint Services to co-exist with other applications on a single virtual server.
Component New or Improved Name Description
International Improved Additional localized languages Windows SharePoint Services languages now match supported languages for Office 2003.
  Improved Support for multiple language sites Multiple language sites can be hosted on a single server or server farm running Windows SharePoint Services. Note that site language is independent from server language.
  New Per-site regional settings Support for regional settings such as language, time zone, currency type, international calendar formats, and other locale settings on a per-site basis.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Lists New Issue tracking Issue tracking lists are useful to maintain a history on a specific issue.
  New Calculated fields Create calculated fields for defining field values in lists.
  New Calculated values Automatically calculate the value of a field using similar operators to those in Microsoft Office Excel 2003. For example, you can calculate an event date plus seven days.
  New Calculated views Create a filtered view using a calculated value. For example, you can view items that are marked with today's date plus one day.
  New New field types New field types for multivalued fields, calculated fields and rich text fields.
  New Change field types Allows users to change field types to meet the evolving needs of users in SharePoint lists.
  New Rich datasheet viewing and editing With Office 2003 installed on the user’s computer, list views can be enhanced using the Edit in Datasheet option. This option offers a client-side editor for lists, with spreadsheet editing functions such as add row, copy and paste, and fill-down, as well as filtering and sorting options.
  New Edit list data using Excel 2003 and Microsoft Office Access 2003 Use Excel and Access to edit, analyze, and synchronize data with SharePoint lists.
  New Apply permissions to a list Allow only specific users to change a SharePoint list.
  New Rich text in multiline text fields Allow users to add rich text formatting to list items that captures and communicates importance and emphasis.
  New New event calendar views View information in any SharePoint list that has a date and time column using the calendar Monthly, Weekly, and Daily view.
  New Recurring events Allows users to create events with weekly or monthly recurrence.
  New List moderation Gives SharePoint list owners the ability to approve or reject items that are submitted to the list, as well as to add comments. Users contributing to the moderated list can see their submitted items and their status. Users browsing a moderated list see only approved items.
  New Fast actions on items Actions for list items are context sensitive and make common users tasks faster from SharePoint lists.
  Improved Grouping by type List types are grouped together, making it easier to find the list for which you are looking.
  Improved Single create page for all lists Go to the same page to create any SharePoint list, for example discussion lists, document libraries, and other such lists.
  New Add and remove attachments to list items Users will be able to add attachments to list items that may include HTML pages, documents, and images.
  New Picture library Picture libraries can be used to store photos and graphics and viewed as thumbnails, filmstrips, or as a standard files list.
  New Auto-generated thumbnail and filmstrip views Windows SharePoint Services automatically generates thumbnail and filmstrip views for items in image libraries.
  New Aggregation views An aggregation view gives the user the ability to total data in a number field and then to display the value. The user can choose aggregate calculations for a group, subgroup, or entire view.
  New Calendar view Calendar viewView information in any SharePoint list that has a date and time column, using the calendar view.
  New Column totals Automatically totals numeric values in a column.
  New Create advanced filters Add calculations to filtered views.
  New Group-by view Group-by ability will allow for compound operations, such as group-by one column and sort-by another column so sorting is done within each specified group. It also provides a threaded view of the grouping.
  Improved List paging and item limits Set the number of items to be displayed per page.
  New Personal list views Enables each user of a SharePoint site to create their own lists views, which are not visible to other users.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Meeting workspace New Create a meeting Shared Workspace from Outlook 2003 or a SharePoint events list Delivers a place for managing meetings and their attendees, agendas, documents, decisions, and action items. You can create a meeting Shared Workspace in Outlook 2003. Attendee tracking is propagated to the SharePoint site automatically. A meeting Shared Workspace can also be created from SharePoint event lists.
  New NewWork with a meeting Shared Workspace Contribute to a meeting Shared Workspace using a browser.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Office 2003 integration Improved File open and save integration Excel, Word, PowerPoint, InfoPath, FrontPage, Outlook users can open files from and save files to SharePoint sites.
  Improved Metadata Promotion File properties and metadata from Excel 2003, Word 2003, Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003, and InfoPath 2003 documents are automatically copied and updated in SharePoint libraries.
  Improved Metadata Promotion File properties and metadata from Excel 2003, Word 2003, Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003, and InfoPath 2003 documents are automatically copied and updated in SharePoint libraries.
  New Multiple document upload Users can upload multiple documents to a document library at the same time.
  New Multiple document upload Users can upload multiple documents to a document library at the same time.
  New Events and contacts lists are synchronized with Outlook Events and contacts lists can be viewed in Outlook and items hosted on a Windows SharePoint Services site can be dragged onto a user's personal calendar in Outlook.
  New Shared attachments Allows users to send documents as attachments that are hosted in a SharePoint site. Local copies of shared attachments can be updated with the updated copy on the SharePoint site.
  New Microsoft business solutions integration Office extends Windows SharePoint Services with templates for Great Plains and Web Parts for data (DataCalc, Web Capture). These are available as an Office template pack to enhance Windows SharePoint Services.
  New Windows SharePoint Services task pane A task pane in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint that shows information about the status of documents stored in SharePoint document libraries. The task pane displays data from the SharePoint site, such as presence of team members, document status and properties, related links, related documents, and tasks.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Picture libraries New Create a picture library To share a collection of digital pictures or graphics, use a picture library.
  New New picture editing tool View and edit pictures in a SharePoint picture library by using a new image-editing tool from Office 2003.
  New View thumbnails In a picture library, users can use different views to see their pictures.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Presence New User presence User presence is indicated everywhere a member name appears in a Windows SharePoint Services site. The presence menu integrates with Active Directory® directory service, Microsoft Exchange, and Windows Messenger to offer information such as free/busy status, office location, and manager. Menu actions include Send E-mail and Schedule Meeting. Presence is also indicated in Office 2003 applications wherever a reconcilable name is identified.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Extensibility New .NET frameworks Sites are built on ASP .NET and are extensible by using the .NET framework.
  New Document library events Use events in document libraries to build custom actions.
  New E-mail integrated document libraries Send a document to a library using e-mail.
  New Object model Use the object model to create custom solutions on the SharePoint platform.
  New Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) layer SOAP access to the object model provides remote programmability.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Search Improved Per-site level full text indexing SQL full-text indexing provides site-wide search.
  Improved Search scoped to the site level Search both list items and documents using SQL full-text indexing.
  Improved Domain group support Use domain groups to control access to your site.
  Improved Rights and site-group enforcement Create custom site groups based on granular rights.
  Improved Rights and site-group enforcement Create custom site groups based on granular rights.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Security and authentication New and Improved Authentication support Windows SharePoint Services supports Windows authentication support for anonymous, basic, integrated Windows authentication, digest and advanced digest authentication, and certificates authentication (SSL).
Component New or Improved Name Description
Setup Improved All documents, metadata and site data stored in Microsoft SQLTM Server To take advantage of SQL Server backup capabilities, SQL Server is used to store all site data including documents allowing site backup and restore.
  New Cloud namespace support You can install and configure Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 to allow your server farm to host several sites with the same Internet Protocol (IP) address, with multiple site names and separate content.
  New Clustered SQL storage Multiple SQL servers can be added to the Web farm to support clustering.
  New Create site from global admin Use top-level Web sites and subsites to divide site content into distinct and separately manageable sites. Top-level Web sites can have multiple levels of subsites. The entire structure of a top-level Web site and its subsites is called a Web site collection.
  New Select site template Users can select which site template they want to use for a new site when the site is created.
  New Load balanced Web front ends Stateless front-end Web servers allow for load balancing against a single back-end SQL Server.
  New Web farm serving multiple host names Support Web farm configuration including multiple front-end Web servers and multiple back-end SQL Servers.
  New Web farm serving multiple host names Support Web farm configuration including multiple front-end Web servers and multiple back-end SQL Servers.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Shared Workspace New Create a Shared Workspace from within a Microsoft Office Word 2003 document or a SharePoint document library For collaboration on a document, use Word 2003 to create a Document Workspace on a Windows SharePoint Services server. Document Workspaces can also be created using the browser from within a SharePoint document library.
Shared Workspace New Add tasks to a Document Workspace Add tasks to a Document Workspace from within a Word 2003 task pane.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Surveys New Ratings scale Respond to questions using a scale.
  New Select All option Gives users the ability to select all answers that apply to a survey question.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Templates New Libraries for Web Parts, list templates, and site templates Store Web Parts, List templates, and Site templates in libraries for use by all sites in the site collection.
  New List templates SharePoint lists can be saved as templates, and then reused or distributed to other sites.
  New Site templates Sites can be saved as templates to capture best practices or to define a consistent look and feel.
Component New or Improved Name Description
Web discussions Improved Inline discussions Users can participate in discussions inline with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint document content. Discussions are stored in the Windows SharePoint Services server.

 
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