CMS ArchitectureComponent Discussion

CMS Architecture Component Discussion

These are the CMS components:

• CMS server

• CMS database

• Web Author

• Web Author .NET

• Authoring Connector

• Templates and placeholder server controls

• Placeholder objects

• Site Manager

• Visual Studio .NET client

• Publishing API

• Site Deployment/SDAPI

• Sample data

• Database Configuration Application (DCA)

• Server Configuration Application (SCA)

• Content Connector (provided with the Microsoft Solution for Internet Business, or MSIB)

Essentially all the parts can be categorized according to four distinct purposes:

• Managing and rendering content

• Authoring content

• Developing CMS templates

• Managing CMS servers