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Sharepoint Portal Interview Questions

created by : Vaibhav Srivastava

what is SharePoint?

Portal Collaboration Software.

what is the difference between SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services?

SharePoint Portal Server is the global portal offering features like global navigation and searching.Windows SharePoint Services is more content management based with document libraries andlists. You apply information to certain areas within your portal from Windows SharePointServices or directly to portal areas.

what is a document library?

A document library is where you upload your core documents. They consist of a row and columnview with links to the documents. When the document is updated so is the link on your site. Youcan also track metadata on your documents. Metadata would consist of document properties.

what is a meeting workspace?

A meeting workspace is a place to store information, attendees, and tasks related to a specificmeeting.

what is a document workspace?

Document workspaces consist of information surrounding a single or multiple documents.

what is a web part?

Web parts consist of xml queries to full SharePoint lists or document libraries. You can alsodevelop your own web parts and web part pages.

what is the difference between a document library and a form library?

Document libraries consist of your core documents. An example would be a word document,excel, powerpoint, visio, pdf, etc… Form libraries consist of XML forms.

what is a web part zone?

Web part zones are what your web parts reside in and help categorize your web parts whendesigning a page.

how is security managed in SharePoint?

Security can be handled at the machine, domain, or sharepoint level.

how are web parts developed?

Web parts are developed in Visual Studio .Net. VS.Net offers many web part and page templatesand can also be downloaded from the Microsoft site.

what is a site definition?

It’s a methods for providing prepackaged site and list content.

what is a template?

A template is a pre-defined set of functions or settings that can be used over time. There are manytemplates within SharePoint, Site Templates, Document Templates, Document Library and ListTemplates.

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how do you install web parts?

Web Parts should be distributed as a .CAB (cabinet) file using the MSI Installer.

what is CAML?

CAML stands for Collaborative Application Markup Language and is an XML-based languagethat is used in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services to define sites and lists, including, forexample, fields, views, or forms, but CAML is also used to define tables in the WindowsSharePoint Services database during site provisioning.

what is a DWP?

The file extension of a web part.

what is the GAC?

Global Assembly Cache folder on the server hosting SharePoint. You place your assemblies therefor web parts and services.

what are the differences between web part page gallery, site gallery, virtual server galleryand online gallery?

Web Part Page Gallery is the default gallery that comes installed with SharePoint. Site Gallery isspecific to one site. Virtual Server gallery is specific to that virtual server and online gallery aredownloadable web parts from Microsoft.

what is the difference between a site and a web?

The pages in a Web site generally cover one or more topics and are interconnected throughhyperlinks. Most Web sites have a home page as their starting point. While a Web is simply ablank site with SharePoint functionality built in; meaning you have to create the site from theground up.

What is Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services? How is it related to Microsoft Office

SharePoint Server 2007?

Windows SharePoint Services is the solution that enables you to create Web sites for informationsharing and document collaboration. Windows SharePoint Services — a key piece of theinformation worker infrastructure delivered in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 — providesadditional functionality to the Microsoft Office system and other desktop applications, and itserves as a platform for application development.Office SharePoint Server 2007 builds on top of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to provideadditional capabilities including collaboration, portal, search, enterprise content management,business process and forms, and business intelligence.

What is Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server?

SharePoint Portal Server is a portal server that connects people, teams, and knowledge acrossbusiness processes. SharePoint Portal Server integrates information from various systems into onesecure solution through single sign-on and enterprise application integration capabilities. Itprovides flexible deployment and management tools, and facilitates end-to-end collaborationthrough data aggregation, organization, and searching. SharePoint Portal Server also enables usersto quickly find relevant information through customization and personalization of portal contentand layout as well as through audience targeting.

What is Microsoft Windows Services?

Microsoft Windows Services is the engine that allows administrators to create Web sites forinformation sharing and document collaboration. Windows SharePoint Services providesadditional functionality to the Microsoft Office System and other desktop applications, as well asserving as a plat form for application development. SharePoint sites provide communities for team

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collaboration, enabling users to work together on documents, tasks, and projects. The environmentfor easy and flexible deployment, administration, and application development.

What is the relationship between Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and MicrosoftWindows Services?

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies (including SharePoint Portal Server andWindows SharePoint Services) deliver highly scalable collaboration solutions with flexibledeployment and management tools. Windows SharePoint Services provides sites for teamcollaboration, while Share Point Portal Server connects these sites, people, and business processes—facilitating knowledge sharing and smart organizations. SharePoint Portal Server also extendsthe capabilities of Windows SharePoint Services by providing organizational and managementtools for SharePoint sites, and by enabling teams to publish information to the entire organization.

Who is Office SharePoint Server 2007 designed for?

Office SharePoint Server 2007 can be used by information workers, IT administrators, andapplication developers.is designed

What are the main benefits of Office SharePoint Server 2007?

Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides a single integrated platform to manage intranet, extranet,and Internet applications across the enterprise.* Business users gain greater control over the storage, security, distribution, and management of their electronic content, with tools that are easy to use and tightly integrated into familiar,everyday applications.* Organizations can accelerate shared business processes with customers and partners acrossorganizational boundaries using InfoPath Forms Services–driven solutions.* Information workers can find information and people efficiently and easily through thefacilitated information-sharing functionality and simplified content publishing. In addition, accessto back-end data is achieved easily through a browser, and views into this data can bepersonalized.* Administrators have powerful tools at their fingertips that ease deployment, management, andsystem administration, so they can spend more time on strategic tasks.* Developers have a rich platform to build a new class of applications, called Office BusinessApplications, that combine powerful developer functionality with the flexibility and ease of deployment of Office SharePoint Server 2007. Through the use of out-of-the-box applicationservices, developers can build richer applications with less code.

What is the difference between Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sitesand Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007?

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server2007 have identical feature functionality. While the feature functionality is similar, the usagerights are different.If you are creating an Internet, or Extranet, facing website, it is recommended that you useMicrosoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites which does not require the purchaseclient access licenses. Websites hosted using an “Internet sites” edition can only be used forInternet facing websites and all content, information, and applications must be accessible to non-employees. Websites hosted using an “Internet sites” edition cannot be accessed by employeescreating, sharing, or collaborating on content which is solely for internal use only, such as anIntranet Portal scenario. See the previous section on licensing for more information on the usagescenarios.

What suites of the 2007 Microsoft Office system work with Office SharePoint Server 2007?

Office Outlook 2007 provides bidirectional offline synchronization with SharePoint documentlibraries, discussion groups, contacts, calendars, and tasks.

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