General Questions Flashcards

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1) What are Web Applications in SharePoint?

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An IIS Web site created by SP.

Or could say an IIS virtual server

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2) What is an application pool?

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A group of one or more URLs that are served by one or set of worker processes.

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3) Why are application pools important?

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A way for multiple sites to run on the same server but still have their own worker processes and identity.

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4) What are zones?

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Different URLs for gaining access to the same SP Web App.

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5) What are Web Application Policies?

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Enables security policy for users at the WEB APP level, rather than at the site collection or site level.

Importantly, they override all other security settings.

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6) What is a site collection?

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Contains a top-level website

Can contain one or more sub-sites web sites that have the same owner and share administration settings.

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7) What are content databases?

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Can hold all the content for one or more site collections.

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8) What is a site?

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A site in SharePoint contains Web pages and related assets such as lists, all hosted within a site collection.

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9) What are My Sites?

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Personalised site and targeted for each user.

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10) What is the difference between Classic mode authentication and Claims-based authentication?

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classic authentication supports NT authentication types like Kerberos, NTLM, Basic, Digest, and anonymous.

Claims based uses claims identities against a trusted identity provider.

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11) When would you use claims, and when would you use classic?

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More commonly seen in upgraded 2007 environments whereas claims are the recommended path for new deployments.

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13) What are some of the tools that can be used when backing up a SharePoint 2010 environment?

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SharePoint farm backup and recovery
SQL Server
System Center Data Protection Manager

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14) What Microsoft tool can be used for incremental backups?

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System Center Data Protection Manager

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15) What is Managed Metadata?

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Collection of centrally managed terms.

You can define, and then use as attributes for items.

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16) What are Terms and Term Sets?

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A word or a phrase that can be associated with an item.

A term set is a collection of related terms.

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17) How do Terms And Term Sets relate to Managed Metadata?

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terms and term sets can be created and managed independently from the columns themselves.

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18) Are there different types of Term Sets?

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Local Term Sets
Global Term Sets

One created within the context of a site collection and the other created outside the context of a site collection.

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19) How are terms created and used?

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The most common is to use the Term Store Management Tool.

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21) What is a sandboxed solution?

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Components that are deployed to run within the sandboxed process rather than running in the production Internet Information Services (IIS) worker process.

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22) What are some examples of things that might run within the SharePoint sandbox?

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Web Parts
Event receivers
Feature receivers
Custom Microsoft SharePoint Designer workflow activities
Microsoft InfoPath business logic
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24) What is a content source in relation to SharePoint search? What’s the minimum amount of content sources?

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Specify what type of content is crawled, what URLs to crawl, and how deep and when to crawl.

You must create at least one content source before a crawl can occur.

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25) What is a search scope?

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A search scope defines a subset of information in the search index.

Users can select a search scope when performing a search.

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26) What is a federated location with SharePoint search?

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Federated locations provide information that exists outside of your internal network to your end-users.

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27) How does managed metadata affect search?

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Mapping crawled properties to managed properties.

Managed properties show up in search results and help users perform more successful queries.

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28) What is query logging in SharePoint 2010?

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Collects information about user search queries and search results that users select on their computers to improve the relevancy of search results and to improve query suggestions.

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29) What authentication type does the SharePoint crawler use?

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NTLM authentication.

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31) Please provide an example of one of these service applications.

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Access Services
Business Data Connectivity service
Excel Services Application
Managed Metadata service
PerformancePoint Service Application
Search service
Secure Store Service
State service
Usage and Health Data Collection service
User Profile service
Visio Graphics Service
Web Analytics service
Word Automation Services
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Subscription Settings Service