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MicrosoftSharepoint 2003

Bryan Lewis

McIntire School of Commerce

April 14th, 2005


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What is Sharepoint? Two separate products

Windows Sharepoint Services

Sharepoint Portal Server 2003


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Windows Sharepoint Services Free (although only runs on windows

server 2003)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=efdc7227-549c-4de1-a063-783f71a8bb2b&DisplayLang=en

Requires IIS 6.0 Database backend can be any version of

SQL server (including MSDE)

Ships with WMSDE (MSDE with no 5 user

limitation or 2 GB db ceiling)


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Web Based content management andcollaboration system

Superset of FPSE 2002

Provides Alerts, Browser-basedcustomization, discussion boards,

document libraries, document andmeeting workspaces, lists, surveys,calendar functionality

All content Stored in database


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Example Site

http://studwebs1.comm.virginia.edu

Most customization can be done via thebrowser

Advanced customization is done using

FrontPage 2003*


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Sharepoint Portal Server 2003 Successor to SPS 2001

Not Free (SPS $1200 CAL $41.34)

Designed for enterprise environmentsRobust

Scalable (Server Farm topology)

Complete Portal solution Built on WSS technology

DB backend SQL Server 2000


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SPS 2003 Key Features

Audiences Can target certain materials tocertain groups

Account creation Domain Account or ActiveDirectory Account Creation Modes

Microsoft Single Sign on Logon credentialscan be passed to external applications


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SPS 2003 Key features (cont)

Personal Sites

Topics

Content Areas

BizTalk, InfoPath integration (XML based

forms)


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SPS 2003 Example Sites

http://intranet

http://www.commerce.virginia.edu/calendars.html


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SPS 2003 and WSS Great forSharing documents within an organization

using office 2003. (version control andhistory, central repository)

Integrating with exchange and outlook 2003(calendars, email, alerting*, meeting requests)

Intranet portal applications (usercustomization, news distribution, internalcalendars and scheduling)


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SPS 2003 and WSS Requires additional workExtranet and internet applications

Non Microsoft environments*Must be careful with IE security settings to

prevent unnecessary logon prompting

Look and feel To match a specific look and

feel requires extensive customization of cssfiles and FrontPage


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Best Practices SPS 2003 and WSS Require Server 2003 WSS and SPS 2003 must reside in an NT

4.0, Windows 2000, or windows 2003domain Use SPS 2003 for larger organizations

with more than 2 GB of data

Use SPS 2003 to use categorization,audiences, topic area, news, personalsites, single sign on, site directory, or userprofiles

Works best with office 2003 and IE 6.0


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Comparison of Features http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?

scid=kb;en-us;830320


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Appendix Recommend Single Server Configuration

for SPS 2003

Dual Xeon 2.4 GHz

2 GB Ram

5 36 GB 10K RPM drives (2 NOS Raid 1, DB

Raid 5)


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Appendix Books

Microsoft Sharepoint 2003 Unleashed

0-672-32616-7

Microsoft Sharepoint: Building Office 2003Solutions

1-59059-338-3


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Appendix Links

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010909721033.aspx

http://www.sharepointu.com/

http://wss.collutions.com/default.aspx

Alternativeswww.dotnetnuke.com

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