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Griffon Solutions Introduction To Share Point Administration And Governance
1. World Class Web Solutions
INTRODUCTION TO SHAREPOINT
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2. INTRODUCTION TO SHAREPOINT
Agenda
SharePoint Administration Overview
Membership and Role Providers
Logical Administration Levels
Farm Administration
Site Collection Administration
Site Administration
List and Library Administration
Workflows
The Importance of Best Practices
Governance
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3. INTRODUCTION TO SHAREPOINT
SharePoint Administration Overview
SharePoint is designed to be flexible and allow multiple ways of
authenticating and authorizing users
Authentication and Authorization uses the new standard .NET Provider
model = increases flexibility
It is also intended to offload the burden from the IT Team onto end users
– therefore it has to allow delegation of administration
The logical concepts in SharePoint – site collections, sites, lists, libraries,
and pages – can all be individually managed by non-technical people
OOTB Workflows even allow basic content approval for publishing
SharePoint manages its own groups, allowing staff to self-provision user
permissions
Information Management policies can be enforced to handle auditing
and usage, and there is full logging
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Membership and Role Providers
Authentication and Authorization uses the new standard .NET Provider
model – Membership and Role Providers
OOTB SharePoint uses the Active Directory providers. SharePoint can also
use Kerberos and Windows NT accounts, SQL Server database, and Web
Single SignOn (SSO).
Other Forms Based Authentication (FBA), ADAM, and LDAP integration
are possible
Configurations are done in the web.config of each application = a little
manual
In Central Administration you can set up different authentication “zones”
for a web application to support multiple authentication types (example
for an Extranet or Internet)
Shared Service Provider can import user profiles via these providers
These profiles can be added to SharePoint Groups
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Logical Administration Levels
The following are the major administration levels in SharePoint:
Central Administration – manage the whole farm
Shared Service Provider(s) – groups related settings like
search
Site Collection – Settings for toplevel site and all subsites
Site – Manage settings for an individual site and its elements
Page – Each page can be customized
Lists and Libraries – Permissions, metadata, and content
approval
Workspace – Documents can have workspaces (= a site)
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Farm Administration
A SharePoint Farm is a collection of servers connected to each other
Farm Administration manages the settings for all of these in 2 logical
levels:
Central Administration – manage the whole farm
Shared Service Provider(s) – groups related settings like search
settings or profile imports
In Central Administration you can specify the Farm Administrators
Service Accounts are used to run SharePoint services
Automatic Jobs are run on a schedule set by an administrator
Farm Admins can backup and restore entire content databases
IM Policies, Auditing, and Logging settings are specified here
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Site Collection Administration
Each Site Collection can have its own unique settings
Each Site Collection has its own gallery for web parts, master pages, and
site and list templates
Features can be turned on or off individually for an entire site collection
Metadata (Site Columns and Content Types) can be managed at the root
Site Collections have a recycle bin for administrators to restore
accidentally deleted content
When setting up a new site collection, you have to specify a primary and
secondary administrator
Several groups are created OOTB including Viewers, Contributors, and
Owners.
Unused site collections can be set to automatically be deleted to free up
space
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Site Administration
Each Site can have its own unique settings but will usually
inherit the parent site collection’s settings by default
Each Site has its own pages and lists
Features can be turned on or off individually for a site
Metadata (Site Columns and Content Types) can be managed
at the site level too
When setting up a new site, you have to specify a site owner
A site is created using a Site Definition (OOTB) OR a Site
Template (OOTB Site Def + customizations)
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List and Library Administration
Lists and libraries are created automatically if the site
definition or template includes them. You can always
manually add a new list or library
Security is inherited from the site level but can be
customized. Per item security is available
Users can have permission to read content in a list,
contribute to it (modify content), or manage the list settings
Views can be created or customized to show or hide list
columns
Settings on a list can include available workflows,
searchability, alerts, and RSS Feeds
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Workflows
OOTB Workflows can be used to handle approval and
delegation tasks
Available workflows include content publishing approval
(including for web page content) and translation
Many people use workflow created in Visual Studio,
SharePoint Designer, or a 3rd party workflow solution to
enhance the administration of SharePoint
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The Importance of Best Practices
“Best Practices” refers to the fact that in SharePoint there
are many ways to do something, but some ways are better
than others
Best Practices are encouraged because they avoid common
technical impediments and increase the chance of future
modifications being successful
Best Practices tend to be created by the SharePoint
community through trial and error, and require discipline to
research and apply them
Each year there is a dedicated Best Practices Conference and
many blogs speak about these and share their learning
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Governance
“Governance” is a Best Practice. It is considered critical to the
best use of a portal
It refers to the process of establishing and following a set of Best
Practice policies for managing a SharePoint Farm
Examples of Governance topics include: End user training and
support, establishing portal disaster recovery procedures, and
content approval and archiving guidelines
Governance is usually managed by a top-level team who help
decide what policies will be applied, and how
Governance varies for each organization as it is very Business-
focused rather than technical
Governance Lifecycle - ongoing process often predating the
creation of the SharePoint Portal and ending after the Portal’s
end of life
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13. INTRODUCTION TO SHAREPOINT
Summary
SharePoint Administration occurs at different levels
Farm, Site Collection, Site, Page, List / Library, Workspace
Authentication and Authorization model is very flexible and
relies on native .NET Provider Model
Administrators have lots of control over permissions, look
and feel, and functionality of a portal
Workflows can be used to manage content
Best Practices are important for best results with a portal
Governance is a Best Practice that is critical to a portal’s
success
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