Windows SharePoint Services Installation and Configuration

Windows SharePoint Services Benefits Easy to use Individual empowerment Team community Manager enablement Documents Discussions TasksContacts Surveys Members Calendar Team … Windows SharePoint Services Key Features Presence integration Versioning, Check- in/Check Out Shared calendars, discussions… Office 2003 Integration

WSS Interface Main Menu Bar Quick Launch Pane Swap between Personal & Shared View Modify PageAccess to all Lists Administration Site Name

Installation Server Requirements Hardware Requirements –Intel Pentium III–compatible processor –512 megabytes (MB) of RAM –550 MB hard disk drive space Software Requirements –Microsoft Windows Server 2003 –IIS 6.0, ASP.NET, SMTP and WWW Service Database Requirements –SQL Server 2000 or MSDE (SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine) with latest Service Pack (SP3)

Installation Client Requirements Hardware Requirements –Intel Pentium III MB of RAM – MB of hard disk drive space Software Requirements –Microsoft Windows –Windows NT 4.0 –Windows 2000 –Windows XP Professional –Windows Server 2003 Browser Requirements –IE (SP IE (SP IE 6.0 –Netscape Navigator or later

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

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

Deployment Scenarios Single 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 SP3

Deployment Scenarios Remote 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. SQL 2000 WSS

Deployment Scenarios Server 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.mycompany.com –marketing.mycompany.com –production.mycompany.com Advanced Scenario –Experienced server Farm administrators –Internet Service Providers SQL 2000 WSS

SQL 2000 WSS Domain Controller Deployment Scenarios Separate 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

Deployment Scenarios Intranet 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 External WSS SQL 2000 Internal WSS

Browser and Command-Line Administration Tools Local Administration –HTML Administration pages –Command-Line interface Remote Administration –HTML Administration pages Must be a member of the Local Administrators Group or the SharePoint Administrators Group on the Domain HTML Administration pages –Central Administration Pages –Site Administration Pages

Managing Sites and Sub-sites Manage immediate set of sub-sites for the current site* View Full list of sub-sites for the site collection** Managed from HTML Pages or command-line Site-creation is a simple two-step process  Site Settings   Manage sites and workspaces *  Site Settings   Go to Site Administration   View site hierarchy **

Create Site: Step Provide Title and Description Enter the Last part of the URL Address Choose the Permission Inheritance  Create   Sites and Workspaces

Create Site: Step Select a Template

Regional Settings for a Site Every site can be customized to use it’s own regional settings The Following regional settings can be set: –Locale - Controls how numbers and dates are displayed in the site. –Sort order - Controls the sort orders used for lists and libraries. –Time zone - Controls the time zone for the Web site. –Time format - Specifies whether to display times in or format.

WSS Language Pack International WSS Language Packs available Free download from WSS Website Multiple language packs can be installed on the same WSS Server Language packs allow to create web sites in languages other than the WSS Software

Link utili Download della guida in inglese WindowsSharePointServicesAdmin.chm

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