This document provides an overview of SharePoint fundamentals including an introduction to SharePoint 2010, what it can be used for, hardware and software requirements, and the server and site architecture. It also demonstrates how to create a SharePoint web application and site collection, and how to work with lists, libraries, and pages. Key points covered include the capabilities of SharePoint Foundation 2010 vs Server 2010, prerequisites and steps for installing SharePoint, and how site columns and content types allow for reusable schemas.

1. MJ Ferdous
SharePoint Architect
Founder, SharePoint Expert Community

3. SharePoint Fundamentals
– Introduction to SharePoint 2010
– Understanding SharePoint(SP)
– What SharePoint can be Used for
– SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010
– HW/SW Requirements
– Development environment requirements
– SharePoint Server and Site Logical Architecture
– Demo (Site Creation, List & Libraries)
– SharePoint Installation

4. Introduction to SharePoint 2010
• Microsoft SharePoint is a web application platform developed
by Microsoft.
• SharePoint is typically associated with web content
management and document management systems, but it is
actually a much broader platform of web technologies, capable
of being configured into a wide range of solution areas.

5. Introduction to SharePoint 2010
• SharePoint is an Application that sits on top of ASP.net
(3.5 SP1 in the current SharePoint 2010)
• SharePoint overrides a lot of ASP.net built-in functionality
(they have their own .aspx Parser)
• SharePoint is build on ASP.Net. If you want to make
enterprise WebSites, go for SharePoint.

6. Understanding SharePoint(SP)
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7. Understanding SharePoint(SP)
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8. What SharePoint can be Used for
• People use basic templates for basic websites
(wordpress, joomla...), but most companies use
SharePoint, because management of enterprise websites with
SharePoint is really user friendly :)
• Basically my advice is: Use SharePoint when you absolutely
have to, avoid it whenever you can and stay with just ASP.net.

9. SharePoint Foundation and Server 2010
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10. SharePoint Foundation 2010
• The core features of SharePoint
– Scalable Data-Driven Architecture
• Supported Operating System
– 64-bit Windows Server 2008 (Production or development)
– 64-bit Windows 7 or Vista (Only development)
• Designed to be highly customizable by end-users
– Many customization can be done through browser
• Designed to be extended by developers
– Built on the top of ASP.Net (.Net Framework 3.5)
– Visual Studio 2010 includes tooling to assist in development
– SharePoint Designer is another IDE for site customization

11. Source : http://www.fpweb.net/sharepoint-hosting/2010/features/foundation-vs-server.asp
See Details Comparison at http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/pages/editions-comparison.aspx and
http://sharepointpolice.com/blog/2010/05/03/sharepoint-2010-feature-comparison-sharepoint-foundation-
2010-vs-sharepoint-2010-standardenterprise/

12. Hardware and Software
Production environment requirements
• Hardware
• Web Server
– Processor: 64-bit
– RAM: 8 GB for production use in a single server or multiple server farm
– Hard Disk: 80 GB for system drive
• Database Server:
– Same as above for small deployments
• Software:
– The 64-bit edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
– The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Data
Center, or Web Server with SP2

13. Visual Studio SharePoint Support
• Requires x64 operating system
– Windows 7
– Windows Vista SP1
– Windows Server 2008
– Windows Server 2008R2
• SharePoint 2010 must be installed locally
– SharePoint Foundation or SharePoint Server
• Visual Studio 2010

14. Server Architecture

15. Site Architecture
1. Each SPSiteobject, despite its singular name,
represents a set of logically related SPWeb objects .
Such a set is commonly called a "site collection," .
The SPSite.OpenWebmethod of the SPSite class
returns a specific Web site.
2. Each site collection includes any number of SPWeb
objects, and each object has members that can be
used to manage a site, including its template and
theme, as well as to access files and folders on the
site.
3. Each SPList object has members that are used to
manage the list or access items in the list.
4. Each SPField object has members that contain
settings for the field.
5. Each SPListItem object represents a single row in the
list.

16. DEMO
Creating First SP Web Application, Site Collection

17. DEMO
Working with List
Walkthrough of a Site

18. List Summary
• The Data Storage Mechanism in SharePoint
• Virtually all content stored in list
• SharePoint Provisioning engine handles list creation and schema
management
• SharePoint provides interface to add, edit, delete and view items
• List support:
• Multiple views (for sorting, filtering, grouping)
• Simple Validation, Content approval
• Item versioning
• Simple relationships
• Data stored in rows and columns
• More Like Excel worksheets than database tables

19. SharePoint Installation
One of the biggest challenges for SharePoint
developers today is building a developer machine.
I have created the SharePoint PowerShell Setup
script to help automate the tasks of installing all of
the tools and software required for SharePoint.

20. SharePoint Installation
Step 1: Pre-Configure Operating System
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• I will provide the technique here to install in Host Machine
• You can choose to install everything in place on a clean
Windows 7 64-bit machine (Recommended)
• Install the following software on Windows 7 64-bit OS
machine
– MS Office 2010/2007 (Optional)
– SQL Server 2008 R2 (Optional)

21. SharePoint Installation
Step 2: Install the Prerequisites for SharePoint 2010
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SharePoint requires your operating system to have certain prerequisites installed
before installation begins.
• Download and copy the SharePointFoundation.exe installation file to a folder on
the computer where you are installing SharePoint and doing your development,
such as in the following path:
– C:SharePointFiles
• Extract the installation files by opening a Command Prompt window. For
SharePoint Foundation 2010:
– C:SharePointFilesSharePointFoundation.exe /extract:C:SharePointFiles
Note: You could have in some other format like iso/rar. You basically need to extract files to get
the installer

22. SharePoint Installation
Step 2: Install the Prerequisites for SharePoint 2010
==========================================
• Using a text editor such as Notepad, open the installation configuration
file, config.xml, located in the following path:
– c:SharePointFilesfilesSetupconfig.xml
– Add this line inside the <configuration> tag:
– <Setting Id="AllowWindowsClientInstall" Value="True"/>
• Save the configuration file.
• You will get the following setup error during installation (for Client OS) if you do
not add AllowWindowsClientInstall in config

23. SharePoint Installation
Step 2: Install the Prerequisites for SharePoint 2010
==========================================
• For Windows 7, install the following additional prerequisites
– Microsoft FilterPack 2.0
(Find at c:SharePointFilesPrerequisiteInstallerFilesFilterPackFilterPack.msi)
– Microsoft Sync Framework
– SQL Server Native Client
– Windows Identity Foundation (Windows6.1-KB974405-x64.msu)
– Chart Controls (Optional for SharePoint Foundation 2010)
– SQL Server Analysis Services - ADOMD.Net (Optional for SharePoint
Foundation 2010).

24. SharePoint Installation
Step 2: Install the Prerequisites for SharePoint 2010
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Manually enable each of the required Windows Features. You can do this quickly by
copying and running command (in note section) in a Command Prompt window.

25. SharePoint Installation
Step 1: Install SharePoint 2010
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• To install SharePoint Server 2010 or SharePoint Foundation 2010
– Run c:SharePointFilesSetup.exe
• Accept the Microsoft Software License Terms.
• On the Choose the installation you want page, click Standalone to install everything on one
developer workstation.
• If any errors occur in the installation, review the log file. To find the log file, open a Command
Prompt window, and then type
– cd %temp%
– dir /od *.log
• After the installation is complete, you are prompted to start the SharePoint Products and
Technologies Configuration Wizard.
• Since SQL Server 2008 R2 is already installed, You can configure SharePoint
• Install Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint Designer
• DONE 

26. SharePoint Installation
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28. SharePoint Installation

29. DEMO
Working with Libraries

30. Libraries Summary
• Same characteristics inherited from the list
• Each Item is associated with a document
– Any kind of document, Not just office documents
– Documents are stored in content Database
• Columns in Lib referred to as meta-data
• Libraries support
– Check in/out
– Major and minor version
– Integration with Office

31. Site Columns and Content Types
• Schema defined at the list level is not reusable
• Site Columns and Content Types allows schemas to be
reusable
• Site Columns are reusable column definitions
• Content Types are reusable list schemas
• Site Column and Content Type are appeared at site
level
• Items visible within the site and it’s children site

32. DEMO
Working with Page, List View Web part
Theme & Master page

33. MJ Ferdous
ferdouscs@gmail.com
01715015093