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Introducing
Windows SharePoint Services
Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 helps users work
together. SharePoint sites provide a central repository for documents,
information, and ideas, and allow users to work interactively with these items.
Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 is an update and
revision to SharePoint Team Services v1.0, and offers many improvements over
SharePoint Team Services v1.0, several of which are detailed in the following
sections.
What's New For Site Users
The following are a just few of the new features for
users of Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2:
- Document versioning and document check-in and
check-out
Use document versioning to automatically create a
back up copy of a file whenever it is saved to a document or picture library.
Users can also check out a file to lock it while editing, preventing other
users from overwriting or editing it inadvertently.
- New lists and views
Create a picture library to share a collection of
digital pictures or graphics. Create an Issue tracking list to maintain a
history on a specific issue. Use the calendar Monthly, Weekly, and Daily
views to view information in any SharePoint list that has a date and time
column.
- Other improvements to lists
Users can add attachments to list items, including
HTML pages, documents, and images. List owners can approve or reject items
that are submitted to the list and add comments. List owners can also apply
permissions to a list, allowing only specific users to make changes to the
list.
- Support for list and site templates
Users can save SharePoint lists as templates, and
reuse them or distribute them to other sites. Administrators and Web
Designers can save sites as templates to capture best practices of to define
a consistent look and feel.
- Support for Web parts and Web Part Pages
Each list in a site is a Web Part that allows easy
customization and personalization using the browser. Users can customize Web
Parts or add new Web Parts to a page.
- Quicker page and site creation
Users can go to one page to create any SharePoint
list, such as discussion lists, document libraries and other lists. Users
can also create sites on demand without involving the IT department by using
Self-Service Site Creation.
For a complete list of new features, and information
about using these features, see the Help system for Windows SharePoint Services
Beta 2.
What's New For Developers
The following are a few of the new features for
developers working with or adding on to Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2:
- Build on the .NET framework
SharePoint sites are built on ASP.NET and are
extensible by using the .NET framework.
- Support for solutions
Use the object model to create custom solutions on
the SharePoint platform.
- Remote programmability with SOAP
Access the object model from a remote location by
using the SOAP protocol.
For a complete list of new developer features and more
information about using these features, see the Windows SharePoint Services
Software Development Kit.
What's New For Server Administrators
The following new features have been included to help
administrators of Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2:
Architecture
- Scalable architecture
Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 scales from a
single server to a server farm with multiple front-end Web servers and
back-end database servers. Front-end Web servers are stateless, so the load
can be balanced across them.
- Support for running multiple applications on a
virtual server
Exclude part of the URL namespace on a virtual
server so that Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 does not overwrite data
for a Web application. Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 can co-exist with
other applications on a single virtual server.
- Store all documents, metadata and site data in a
database
SQL Server or MSDE is used to store all site data,
including documents. This improves reliability by ensuring complete
transactional integrity of the data, and enables the scale-out architecture.
Using the database also allows for both full-text searching and backing up
sites by backing up the database.
- Per-site full-text searching
Use SQL Server full-text indexing to provide
site-wide searching of sites on your server.
- Comprehensive administrative object model
Enables rich scenarios for writing custom
management tools to manage sites.
International
- Support for multiple language sites
Multiple language sites can be hosted on a single
server or server farm running Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2. Note that
site language is independent from server language.
- Regional settings for each site
Each site can have its own regional settings, such
as time zone.
Management
- Create sites from SharePoint Central
Administration or by allowing Self-Service Site Creation
Administrators can create sites for users, or allow
users to create their own sites automatically by using Self-Service Site
Creation.
- Site quotas and notifications
Set quotas for site storage size and generate
automatic notifications for the site owner when a site reaches its size
limit.
- Inactive site management
Site owners are notified on a periodic basis of all
their sites, and asked to confirm that the sites are in use or delete them.
If multiple notices are sent to the site owner without any response, the
administrator can specify that the site be automatically deleted.
- Site level back-up and restore
Each site in a server farm can be individually
backed up and restored. This feature can be used for archiving inactive
sites prior to their deletion.
- Blocked file extensions
Server administrators can block the upload of
specific file types (for example MP3 or EXE files).
- Site migration
Sites on one server can be moved to another using
the command-line migration tool (Smigrate.exe).
Setup and Upgrade
- Easy installation for small deployments
If you want to set up Windows SharePoint Services
Beta 2 on a single server with MSDE, you can run Setup with the default
settings and have a working site within minutes.
- Support for server farm installations
With Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2, you can
set up a server farm configuration, which includes multiple front-end Web
servers and multiple back-end database.
- Site migration
SharePoint Team Services v1.0 sites can be migrated
to Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 using the command-line migration tool
(Smigrate.exe).
Security
- Works with standard Windows authentication and
security methods
Use Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 with any IIS
6.0 authentication method, connect to the database by using Windows
authentication or SQL Server authentication, and integrate Windows
SharePoint Services Beta 2 with Active Directory.
- SharePoint administrators group
Allow members of a domain group to perform central
administration tasks without granting them administrator rights to the local
server computer.
- Manage users from SharePoint Central
Administration
Use the SharePoint Central Administration pages to
add or delete users on all sites and assign site owners.
- Domain group support
Use domain groups to control access to your site.
Scenarios
Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 can help people
communicate within an organization, on the World Wide Web, and across these
boundaries. The following scenarios illustrate how Windows SharePoint Services
Beta 2 can be used in these situations.
Enhance your Organization's Intranet
No matter how large or small your organization, the
users inside your organization have data, documents, and thoughts to share with
other users of the organization. You can install Windows SharePoint Services
Beta 2 to a single server to support a small organization, or you can create a
server farm environment to support a large, multi-national organization.
Inside a Small Organization
In a smaller organization, you can install and run
Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 without a lot of overhead. For example, you
can:
- Use the single server installation to get a site
up and running quickly.
- Turn on Self-Service Site Creation to allow users
to build sites as needed.
- Enable full-text searching so your users can
easily find the information and documents they need.
Inside a Large Organization
In a larger organization, you can take advantage of
more sophisticated administration features. For example, you can:
- Use a server farm configuration to support load
balanced servers.
- Increase efficiency by running both Windows
SharePoint Services Beta 2 and other Web applications on the same servers.
- Install language packs to allow for sites in
different languages around the world.
- Prompt for site use confirmation, and
automatically deleted unused Web sites.
- Manage site users efficiently by using domain
groups, instead of individual users.
Host SharePoint Sites on the Internet
If you are an Internet Service Provider (ISP), you can
appreciate the large-scale management features available with Windows SharePoint
Services Beta 2. And because Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 includes a
comprehensive administrative object model, you can build custom administration
tools to manage your servers and SharePoint sites.
For example, you can:
- Use a server farm configuration to allow load
balancing for your servers.
- Take advantage of the new site and server
architecture to help isolate server processes from each other.
- Set quotas for sites, so that you can predict how
much space each site will take up on your servers, and set appropriate
billing policies for larger sites.
- Use Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 in Active
Directory account creation mode so that new user accounts are created
automatically, up to a configurable limit, based on the e-mail addresses.
- Provide automatic site backups for a monthly fee.
Communicate with External Partners by using an
Extranet
If you work with external partners, or if you have
users who need to access data from outside of your organization's firewall, you
can run Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 in an intranet/extranet environment.
In this configuration, you can:
- Allow both internal and external users to view and
interact with the same content and data.
- Employ the antivirus protection and blocked file
extension features to help protect your server integrity.
Using Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 as a Platform
Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 is a platform
technology, and is designed to be extensible. Several products build on Windows
SharePoint Services Beta 2, and you can extend Windows SharePoint Services Beta
2 to work with your product. You can find information about ways to extend
Windows SharePoint Services Beta 2 in the Windows SharePoint Services Software
Development Kit.
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