SharePoint 2010 Basic Interview Questions-Part 4

61) What is a workspace?

      A site or workspace is when you want a new place for collaborating on 

      Web pages, lists and document libraries. For example, you might create a 

      site to manage a new team or project, collaborate on a document or 

      prepare for a meeting.

62) What are the various kinds of roles the users can have?

        A user can be assigned one of the following roles
        * Reader - Has read-only access to the Web site.
        * Contributor - Can add content to existing document libraries and lists.
        * Web Designer - Can create lists and document libraries and customize 

   pages in the Web site.
* Administrator - Has full control of the Web site.

63) Can more than one person use the same login?

       If the users sharing that login will have the same permissions and there 

      is no fear of them sharing a password, then yes. Otherwise, this is 

      discouraged.

64) How customizable is the user-to-user access?

       User permissions apply to an entire Web, not to documents themselves. 

      However, you can have additional sub webs that can optionally have their

      own permissions. Each user can be given any of four default roles. 

      Additional roles can be defined by the administrator.

65) Can each user have access to their own calendar?

       Yes there are two ways to do this,

* by creating a calendar for each user, or
* by creating a calendar with a view for each user

66) How many files can I upload?

       There is no restriction in place except that any storage consumed beyond 

      that provided by the base offering may have an additional monthly charge 

      associated with them.

67) What types of files can I upload / post to the site?

        The only files restricted are those ending with the following extensions: 

       .asa, .asp, .ida, .idc, .idq. Microsoft reserves the right to add additional 

       file types to this listing at any time. Also, no content that violates the

       terms of service may be uploaded or posted to the site.

68)  Can SharePoint be linked to an external data source?

        SharePoint data can be opened with Access and Excel as an external data 

       source. Thus, SharePoint can be referenced as an external data source. 

       SharePoint itself cannot reference an external data source.

69) Can SharePoint be linked to a SQL database?

       This is possible via a custom application, but it not natively supported by 

      SharePoint or SQL Server.

70) Can I customize my Windows SharePoint Services site?

       YES! Windows SharePoint Services makes updating sites and their content 

      from the browser easier then ever.

      SharePoint includes tools that let you create custom lists, calendars, page 

      views, etc. You can apply a theme; add List, Survey and Document Library 

      WebParts to a page; create personal views; change logos; connect 

      WebParts and more.

      To fully customize your site, you can use Microsoft FrontPage 2003. 

      Specifically, you can use FrontPage themes and shared borders, and also 

      use FrontPage to create photo galleries and top ten lists, utilize standard 

      usage reports, and integrate automatic Web content.

71) Will Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 run on a 64-bit version of 

       Microsoft Windows?

       Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Office SharePoint Server 2007, Office 

      Forms Server 2007, and Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search will 

      support 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003.

72) What are the advanced features of MOSS 2007?

       * User Interface (UI) and navigation enhancements

      * Document management enhancements

      * The new Workflow engine

      * Office 2007 Integration

      * New Web Parts

      * New Site-type templates

      * Enhancements to List technology

      * Web Content Management

      * Business Data Catalog

      * Search enhancements

      * Report Center

      * Records Management

      * Business Intelligence and Excel Server

      * Forms Server and InfoPath

      * The “Features” feature

      * Alternate authentication providers and Forms-based authentication

73) What are the actual advantages of SharePoint Portal Services (SPS) 

       over SharePoint Team Services (STS)?

       SharePoint Portal Services (SPS) has MUCH better document management. 

      It has check-in, check-out, versioning, approval, publishing, subscriptions,

      categories, etc. STS does not have these features, or they are very scaled 

      back. SharePoint team Services (SPS) has a better search engine, and can

      crawl multiple content sources. STS cannot. STS is easier to manage and 

      much better for a team environment where there is not much Document 

      Management going on. SPS is better for an organization, or where 

      Document Management is crucial.

74) How Does SharePoint work?

      The browser sends a DAV packet to IIS asking to perform a document   

      check in. PKMDASL.DLL, an ISAPI DLL, parses the packet and sees that it 

      has the proprietary INVOKE command. Because of the existence of this 

      command, the packet is passed off to msdmserv.exe, who in turn 

      processes the packet and uses EXOLEDB to access the WSS, perform the 

      operation and send the results back to the user in the form of XML.

75) What newsgroups are available?

       There are two,

* microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver and
* microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver.development.

76) What is SharePoint?

      Microsoft often defines SharePoint as a business collaboration platform.

      In other way its is also a rich  framework for developing business 

      collaboration solutions. SharePoint is a platform for building websites,

      both intranet and internet web sites.

      It is a collaboration platform for users, customers or whoever using the

      SharePoint web site.

77) What is the menimun software and hardware requirements to install 

       SharePoint 2010? 

      Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or Microsoft Windows 

      Server 2008 R2, but for  development purpose you can install SharePoint 

      2010 on Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Vista SP1/SP2. All operating 

      system should be 64 bit. 

      Database: SharePoint 2010 requires database of Microsoft SQL Server 

      2005 SP3 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or R2. Also all should be 64bit.

      Application Server: SharePoint 2010 requires IIS7 +.

       .Net Framework: SharePoint 2010 requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

      and SP1 is preferable. 

77) What are SharePoint 2010 main features?

        Sites: Ribbon UI, SharePoint Workspace, SharePoint Mobile etc.

  

        Communities: Tagging, Tag Cloud, Rating, Social Networking feature, 

       My Sites, Blogs and Wikis, My Profile etc.

       Content: Enterprise content type, Metadata and navigation, Document 

       sets, Remote BLOG Storage, Audio and Video Content types, List 

       Enhancements etc.

       Search:FAST Search integration, Social Relevance.

       Insights: Excel services, Visio services, web analytics, SQL server 

       integration etc.

        Composites: Business Connectivity Services, Info path form services, 

       External lists, Workflows, SharePoint designers, Visual studio, REST etc.

78) What is SharePoint Central Administration?

      This is designed to administer and monitor a SharePoint server farm. Here 

      you can configure servers and servers’ roles, define farm topology, and 

      create new web applications and Site Collections. This basically a 

      SharePoint site. The main features included here are: Application 

      Management, Monitoring, Security, General Application Settings, System 

      Settings, Back Up and Restore, Upgrade and Migration and Configuration 

      wizard.

                                                                                                                                                                                                

79) What is a Site collection and Web application?

      A Site Collection is a logical container that holds a set of websites, 

      hosted in a web application. If you want to publish internet or intranet 

      web site then you need at least a web application and one site collection.

      To create a new Site Collection we need a parent web application.

80) What are the site templates available in SharePoint?

      There are 5 different site templates available in SharePoint 2010, from 

      which you can create sites. And They are:

       Collaboration: It has templates for Team Site, Blank Site, Document 

      Workspace, Blog, Group Work Site etc.

      Meetings: It has templates for Basic Meeting Workspace, Blank Meeting 

      Workspace, Decision Meeting Workspace, Social Meeting Workspace, and 

      Multipage Meeting Workspace.

      Enterprise: It has templates for Document Center, Records Center,  

      PowerPoint Broadcast Site, Business Intelligence Center, Enterprise 

      Search Center, My Site Host, Basic Search Center, and FAST Search 

      Center.

      Publishing: It has templates for Publishing Portal and Enterprise Wiki 

      Custom: Here you can define your own custom templates.