What is SharePoint? SharePoint is a web-based platform having document management and storage system to organise, access and store documents visible to the users of the organisation. It has centralized secured space for document sharing. SharePoint is an identity management system. It has smooth classification of the information. The Six Pillars of SharePoint 1. Sites Sites are inside site collection of web application used to display information. 2. Communities Various blogs created by the user to communicate information. 3. Content The way of representation of the organisational data 4. Search To find content inside the documents or any contents displayed in the sites. 5. Insight Graphical representation of data in form of charts, pie graphs etc. 6. Composites It is pushing and pulling data to/ from other business systems like importing from other apps. What is SharePoint used for? Why do we need SharePoint? · We can access any of the sites anywhere besides the plac...
SharePoint List SharePoint List is an index which displays items. · List stores items. In a list , data is gathered in rows, and each row is known as a list item. · Under the List tab, lists are displayed as rows and columns, Rows for data, columns for metadata . · E.g. Contacts List shows the Name, Location, Phone number as the columns and the values of them as items in the rows. · Property of List: lists allow you to attach documents to the items. SharePoint Library A library in SharePoint is used to create, store and update documents (files and folders) in the site. E.g. Picture Library, Form Library. Picture Library Form Library Form libraries consist of XML forms (InfoPath Forms). Form library forms store data in XML files in a SharePoint form library. This means they are more flexible and you can do more with them. For example, they can be configured to save drafts and submit to different locations. However, they are...
A service application is the one which deploys services and provides functionality in a site. · Some Service applications can be shared across sites throughout farms like search, user profile, managed metadata etc. · E.g. Search Service Application provides the functionality of search in a site. · The resource or functionality can be accessed by users through a service application connection to a web application. · You can manage service applications by using Central Administration>Application Management>Manage service applications. Search Service Application: I would be writing more about search service application in detail in another post. User Profile Service Application: Centralized management for users of SharePoint Apps. The User Profile service application stores information about users in a central location. It manages the below settings: · User profile properties · Audiences · Profile synchronization settings ·...
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