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Here is a agglomeration of free online videos on SharePoint for Developers.

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Is also called . SharePoint is a cluster of products that include these:

  • Web browser based collaboration functions
  • Process management modules
  • Search modules and a document-management platform

SharePoint can be used to host web sites that access:

  • Shared workspaces
  • Host defined applications such as wikis and blogs
  • Information stores
  • Documents

All users can manipulate or interact with:

  • Lists
  • Document libraries
  • Web parts

History:

SharePoint is more than a base platform. It is also a variety of services. The platform is Windows SharePoint Services (WSS), which is included with Windows Server and available as a free download for those with Windows Server licenses. (Vista users can use a helper application from Bamboo Nation to allow them to run SharePoint without having to have Windows Server installed.) Services such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) provide additional functionality and features and are licensed accordingly.

SharePoint Collection of Products:

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Here are the current SharePoint products and technologies:

  • Search Server 2008
  • Forms Server 2007
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 MOSS Standard
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 MOSS Enterprise
  • Microsoft Office Groove Server 2007
  • Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer
  • Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS)
  • Search Server 2008 Express

SharePoint is not meant to be a single use solution that replaces a full file server. Instead, it is geared and positioned to play numerous roles in the business and enterprise environment. These many solutions that SharePoint provides fall under three different heads: Collaboration, Processes, and People.

Users access SharePoint through a web browser. All browsers are supported, but only Internet Explorer provides you with full functionality.

SharePoint sites are functionally ASP.NET 2.0 web applications, which are served using IIS and use a SQL Server database as a data storage back end. All site content data, such as items in document libraries and lists, are stored within an SQL database named by default as “WSS_Content_ID”.

Microsoft Search Server:

Microsoft Search Server (MSS) is an enterprise search platform from Microsoft. It builds on the search capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. MSS is based on the Windows Search platform, and they both use the same querying engine and indexer. MOSS search allows one to search metadata attached to documents.

Microsoft has made Microsoft Search Server available as Search Server 2008, published March 2008. A free version, Search Server 2008 Express, is also available. The express edition features the same feature set as the commercial edition, including no limitation on the number of files indexed. However, it is limited to a stand-alone installation and cannot be scaled out to a cluster.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer:

Administrators can customize SharePoint sites using Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer. It is a free WYSIWYG HTML Editor that replaces Microsoft FrontPage.

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