Windows SharePoint Services

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Windows SharePoint Services
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OverviewWindows SharePoint Services (WSS)

• Information Worker Infrastructure component
  delivered in Windows Server 2003
• Enables Team Collaboration
• Individual Empowerment
• Management Enabler
• Administration and Deployment
• Integrated Windows .NET Development
• Tight Integration with SharePoint Portal Server

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Office System Value

• Check in/check out versioning from Office 2003
  programs
• Create and use document meeting workspaces from
  Outlook 2003
• Access SharePoint site content from task panes

Smart Tools

• Built on Windows SharePoint Services
• Manage, organize provision SharePoint sites
• Single point of access to information,
  applications expertise

Smart Organizations

• Team collaboration solution
• Scalable workspace platform
• Web Part infrastructure

Smart Teams
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Effective Teaming

• Customer Value
• Provides a central location to access, edit, and
  store documents
• Contains intelligent document collaboration
  capabilities and improved version control
• Improves efficiency of meetings
• Partner Opportunities
• Allows solution providers to install and
  customize tools to share documents in real time

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RelationshipWindows SharePoint Services and
SharePoint Portal Server
Enterprise Portal Solution built on top of
Windows SharePoint Services Hub and Aggregator
for SharePoint personal, team and portal sites
SharePoint Portal Server
Windows Server 2003
Out-of-box Team Collaboration Solution well
beyond file server Scalable Workspace Platform
SQL Server
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RelationshipWindows SharePoint Services and
SharePoint Portal Server
Windows SharePoint Services

• Key Features
• Presence integration
• Versioning, Check-in/Check Out
• Shared calendars, discussions
• Office 2003 Integration

• Benefits
• Easy to use
• Individual empowerment
• Team community
• Manager enablement

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RelationshipWindows SharePoint Services and
SharePoint Portal Server
SharePoint Portal Server

• Features
• News and Categories
• Site Directory and Connections
• Personal Sites
• Audience Targeting
• Index, Search and Alerts
• Single Sign-On
• BizTalk Integration

• Benefits
• Publish information
• Connect People, teams Knowledge
• Find information anywhere
• Deliver targeted information

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Information Worker Platform
Tools
Services
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Deployment Scenarios

• Single Server
• Remote SQL Server
• Server Farm with Multiple Host Names Deployment
• Separate Active Directory Organization Unit
  Deployment
• Intranet and Extranet Deployment

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Deployment ScenariosSingle Server

• Quickest way to get started with Windows
  SharePoint Services
• Default method will install and configure
  everything to get a working site up in minutes
• Two Options for Single Server
• Default method installs and configures MSDE.
• Can also install to use existing SQL Server 2000
  with Service Pack 3

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Deployment ScenariosRemote SQL Server

• Planning to host Large Number of Sites( 1000)
• All databases hosted together and managed with
  SQL Server management tools
• WSS Server dedicated to serving pages and files
  to end users
• Specific configuration steps on Web Server and
  SQL Server needed before, during and after
  installation.

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Deployment ScenariosServer Farm with multiple
host names

• Host several sites with the same IP Address
• Sites have their own name
• and content but share a single IP Address e.g.
• sales.cygnus.com
• marketing.cygnus.com
• production.cygnus.com
• Advanced Scenario
• Experienced server Farm administrators
• Internet Service Providers
• One of several hosting scenarios

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Deployment ScenariosSeparate Active Directory
Organizational Unit

• Active Directory Account Creation Mode
• Replaces local account creation feature of
  SharePoint Team Services v1.0
• Used if it is necessary to create new user
  accounts rather than use existing Active
  Directory accounts.
• Web server must be part of a Windows 2000/2003
• Domain and must NOT be
• a Domain Controller
• Two Modes
• Non-Scalable hosting mode
• Scalable hosting mode

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Deployment ScenariosIntranet and Extranet

• Provide the same content to both an Intranet and
  Extranet
• Achieved by having two virtual servers on two
  separate web server computers, one for Internal
  access and one for External access
• Both servers point to the same
• content database, which
• is the key for making
• this scenario possible

SQL 2000
InternalWSS
ExternalWSS
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Introducing the WSS Interface
Main Menu Bar
Modify Page
Access to all Lists
Administration
Site Name
Swap between Personal Shared View
Quick Launch Pane