Appendix B -- For More Information

Appendix B

For More Information

The following resources provide additional information about the topics in this resource kit, Microsoft® SharePoint Portal Server 2001, and related Microsoft products and technologies.

For more information about SharePoint Portal Server, including documentation that shipped with the product, see http://www.microsoft.com/SharePoint/.

Chapter 2: Introducing SharePoint Technologies

This chapter presents an overview of the features of SharePoint Portal Server 2001 and Microsoft SharePoint Team Services, in addition to an overview of how the SharePoint technologies are best used together to provide the appropriate level of information management across an enterprise.

For more information about SharePoint Team Services, see http://www.microsoft.com/technet/.

Chapter 4: Introducing the Dashboard Site

This chapter introduces the default dashboard site and presents information about customizing the dashboard site. It reviews the components of the dashboard site and describes the primary management tasks and security issues associated with it.

See the SharePoint Portal Server Software Development Kit (SDK), available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/, for more information about the following topics:

  • Developing additional solutions for SharePoint Portal Server.
  • Creating custom search queries.
  • Using the thesaurus to expand a search query.

See the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit, available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/, for more information about the following topics:

  • Digital Dashboard technology
  • Creating Web Parts.

See the Dashboard Site Help for SharePoint Portal Server, available from the Help link in the upper right corner of the dashboard site, for more information about the following topics:

  • Creating personal dashboards.
  • Changing dashboard settings.
  • Customizing dashboard content.
  • Adding content to default Web Parts.
  • Modifying Web Parts.

Chapter 5: Introducing Microsoft Full-Text Search Technologies

This chapter describes full-text search technology that is used in a variety of Microsoft products. This chapter can help you to choose the Microsoft products that are best suited for your information retrieval needs.

See the Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for more information about the following topics:

  • API, see the white paper "Using Custom Filters with Indexing Service."
  • Query dialects
  • A list of features new to Indexing Service 3.0 included with Microsoft Windows® 2000 is available in the Platform SDK.
  • The ranking formulae used in Indexing Service.
  • HTTPDAV protocol and DASL.

See Microsoft Research at http://research.microsoft.com/ for more information about the following topics:

  • The ranking formula developed by Microsoft Researcher and City University Professor Stephen Robertson, winner of the prestigious Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (ACM SIGIR) 2000 Salton Award.

See the SQL Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/sql for more information about the following topics:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000
  • Full-text search in SQL 7.0, see the white paper, "Textual Searches on Database Data Using SQL Server 7.0."
  • Combining file system and SQL table searches using SQL Server full-text search, see the white paper "Textual Searches on File Data Using Microsoft SQL Server 7.0."

See the Site Server Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/siteserver/ for more information about the following topics:

  • Site Server object model

See the Exchange Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/ for more information about the following topics:

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2000
  • Full-Text Indexing in Exchange, see the white paper "Best Practices for Deploying Full-Text Indexing."

See the Microsoft Office Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/office/ for more information about the following topics:

  • Office extensibility and programmability

For information about Microsoft E-Commerce Business Solutions and Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition, see http://www.microsoft.com/business/ecommerce/.

Chapter 7: Planning Server Capacity

This chapter identifies the technical boundaries of SharePoint Portal Server to assist you in planning for maximum capacity usage. It also provides suggestions about where to increase resources to scale SharePoint Portal Server to maintain optimal performance.

For more information about setting resource usage for searching and index creation, see MMC Help in the SharePoint Portal Server Administration console (Administrator's Help)

See the SharePoint Portal Server SDK for more information about the SharePoint Portal Document Management Server object, Successful Checkins Latency, Successful Copies Latency, and Successful Publishes Latency counters.

Chapter 8: Planning Security

This chapter presents an overview of the advantages of using Windows 2000 security features with SharePoint Portal Server. It reviews the elements of Windows 2000 security that allow you to secure access to content on your corporate portal and the role-based security model for SharePoint Portal Server. It presents an overview of SharePoint Portal Server security architecture, including the publishing model and provides suggestions for securing content for search and content aggregation.

See the Windows 2000 Platform SDK, available at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/, for more information about the following topics:

  • PKI and Public Key cryptography, see the white paper "Microsoft Windows 2000 Public Key Infrastructure."
  • Kerberos, see the white paper "Security Support Provider Interface/About SSPI/Overview of the Kerberos Protocol."
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory directory service, see the white paper, "Microsoft Windows NT Active Directory Technical Summary."
  • Trust relationships in a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 environment, see the white paper, "Domain Planning Guide."

See the Windows 2000 Deployment Planning Guide, available at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/ for more information about the following topics:

  • Trust relationships in native and mixed mode environments, see "Chapter 10: Determining Domain Migration Strategies."

See the Microsoft Security Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/security/ for more information about the following topics:

  • Microsoft Internet security.

For more information about Windows 2000 and Windows NT Server, see http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/ and the Windows NT Server Forum on the Microsoft Network (GO WORD: MSNTS).

Chapter 9: Planning Taxonomies

This chapter describes the tools available in SharePoint Portal Server that help organize information for delegated coordination, collaboration, and browsing. This chapter also presents a method that coordinators can use to import an existing folder hierarchy into a workspace in a way that takes advantage of the capabilities provided by SharePoint Portal Server.

See the SharePoint Portal Server Software Development Kit (SDK), available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/, for more information about the following topics:

  • Creating scripts to build a workspace taxonomy, import content, and apply metadata

Chapter 10: Planning Web Discussions

This chapter describes how to implement and use Web discussions with SharePoint Portal Server. This chapter describes the relationships among Office, your existing Web browser, and SharePoint Portal Server, and assists you in troubleshooting and addressing any incompatibilities.

See "IFS Drive and the Microsoft Web Storage System" in the Readme file, located on the SharePoint Portal Server installation disk, for more information about the following topics:

  • Mounting the Web Storage System drive

See the SharePoint Portal Server Software Development Kit (SDK), available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/, for more information about the following topics:

  • Deleting discussions by using Microsoft ActiveX® Data Objects (ADO)

Chapter 11: Installing SharePoint Portal Server

This chapter provides installation procedures and troubleshooting information. In addition, this chapter provides information about the operating system and browser support, the installable file system (IFS) drive and the Microsoft Web Storage System, and proxy server settings used by SharePoint Portal Server.

For more information about planning your deployment, see Planning and Installation and Managing Content, located on the SharePoint Portal Server installation disc.

Chapter 12: Deploying SharePoint Portal Server in an Extranet Environment

This chapter provides the procedures to follow if you want to deploy SharePoint Portal Server across an extranet. Once you complete these procedures, you can access your SharePoint Portal Server in both an intranet and an extranet environment.

For more information about Domain Name System (DNS), see MMC Help in the DNS console.

For the latest information about implementing IIS security configurations to secure your server, see http://www.microsoft.com/SharePoint.

For more information about the Web Storage System Explorer, see the Web Storage System SDK, available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/.

Chapter 13: Searching in a Multilingual Environment

This chapter describes MSSearch, the full-text search component of SharePoint Portal Server, functions in a multilingual environment. In addition, it reviews the process MSSearch applies when crawling, filtering, and querying the full-text index for content. It also provides an explanation of other factors to consider when crawling, filtering, and conducting search queries in a multilingual environment.

See the SharePoint Portal Server Software Development Kit (SDK), available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for more information about the following topics:

  • Detailed explanation of MS Search technology
  • Extending MS Search features and functionality in an sharepoint Portal Server deployment scenario
  • Extending SharePoint Portal Server through custom queries

Chapter 14: Deploying SharePoint Portal Server with RapPort

This chapter presents a technical overview of the RapPort deployment. It reviews the process, called portal provisioning, required to create multiple intranet portals by using RapPort. In addition, this section provides planning information, installation procedures, administration tasks, and key procedures for using RapPort to deploy SharePoint Portal Server across multiple sites.

For detailed information on the application structure, see the white paper "RapPort Application Component Details" available at http://www.microsoft.com/SharePoint/.

For more information about creating workspaces and customizing them, see SharePoint Portal Server Administrator's Help.

Chapter 15: Optimizing Performance of SharePoint Portal Server

This chapter describes steps for optimizing SharePoint Portal Server. You can modify settings in four areas in order to improve the performance and increase the scalability of the application. In addition, it is also important to use the appropriate hardware for your deployment goals. By monitoring performance, you can identify potential bottlenecks and address them before performance degrades.

See Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article Q266096, "XGEN: Exchange 2000 Requires /3GB Switch with More Than 1 Gigabyte of Physical RAM." For more information about the following topics:

  • Increasing virtual address space

    See the Web Storage System Software Development Kit (SDK) available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for more information about the following topics:

  • How to create and use a persistent search folder

    See Microsoft Web Application Stress tool at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for information about the following:

  • The Microsoft Web Application Stress (WAS) tool lets you create or record a script that can used to put stress on a server.

    See the Exchange Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/Exchange/ for more information about the following topics:

  • Optimizing Exchange see Exchange 2000 Internals: Quick Tuning Guide.

    See Microsoft Product Support Services at http://support.microsoft.com/ for more information about the following topics:

  • Tuning the Performance and Scalability of ASP Web Applications

Chapter 16: Improving Query Performance

This chapter described factors that affect query latency and also gave suggestions for how to improve query performance for your deployment.

See the SharePoint Portal Server Software Development Kit (SDK), available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/, for more information about the following topics:

  • Query performance
  • How traversal affects query execution (see "Search Query Path")
  • Using WebDAV features (see "WebDAV/DASL Request and Response Syntax")
  • Cache Document Properties

See Planning and Installation, located on the SharePoint Portal Server installation disk, for more information about the following topics:

  • Configuring a server dedicated to indexing
  • Client, Server, and Network Planning
  • Multiple Server Scenarios

See SharePoint Portal Server Administrator's Help for more information about the following topics:

  • Configuring query time-outs
  • Propagating an index
  • Performance monitors

Chapter 18: Building a Corporate Portal with Office XP

This chapter presents the advantages of using SharePoint Portal Server to create a corporate portal. It reviews how Microsoft Office XP can help you customize the default dashboard site to create your own custom portal solution and how SharePoint Team Services can add further value to your portal solution.

See the Dashboard Site Help for SharePoint Portal Server, available from the Help link in the upper right corner of the dashboard site, for more information about the following topics:

  • Creating personal dashboards

Chapter 19: Architecting Web Parts for Business Applications

This chapter describes how to build and deploy Web Parts to distribute mission-critical information from a variety of business applications. This chapter includes information about how to architect a Web Part for business applications, the tools and skill sets needed to build Web Parts, and the challenges that a developer must overcome in the process. This chapter was prepared in conjunction with Avanade.

See the Digital Dashboard Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/digitaldashboard/ for more information about the following topics:

  • Instructions to download and install the SAP and Siebel Toolboxes from the Microsoft Web Part Gallery
  • The latest versions of Web Parts and tools, including the Microsoft Avanade SAP and Siebel Web Parts, in the online Web Parts Gallery.

See the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit, including the Web Parts Development Kit, available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for more information about the following topics:

  • The DDSC and digital dashboard factory.
  • Creating Web Parts.

Chapter 20: Creating Web Parts for Multiple Environments

This chapter provides recommendations for creating Web Parts. In addition, it provides a code sample of a stand-alone Web Part by using Active Server Pages (ASP), Microsoft Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript), and a code sample of a Web Part to illustrate the recommended strategies.

See the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit, including the Web Parts Development Kit, available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for more information about creating Web Parts.

Chapter 21: Creating Custom Web Parts with Office XP Developer

This chapter describes how you can use Office XP Developer to customize SharePoint Portal Server 2001. It also discusses coding practices for reusable Web Parts, and describes how to save Web Parts in order to move them from SharePoint Portal Server to another application that uses digital dashboards.

See the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit, including the Web Parts Development Kit, available at http://msdn.microsoft.com for more information about the following topics:

  • Web Parts
  • Digital dashboards

See the MSDN Office Developer Center at http://msdn.microsoft.com/office for the updated information about Web Parts and digital dashboards.

Chapter 22: Creating a Corporate Web Part Catalog

After you build or collect a set of Web Parts for your company, you can make them available to your users for use in a digital dashboard for SharePoint Portal Server, SQL Server 2000, or Exchange 2000. To do this, you can create a corporate Web Part catalog. This chapter explains how to set up a catalog using SharePoint Portal Server or the SQL Server dashboard that is included in the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit (DDRK) 3.0.

See the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit, including the Web Parts Development Kit, available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for more information about the following topics:

  • Tools and instructions on building Web Parts.
  • Creating Web Part catalog, see "Working with Catalogs."

Chapter 23: Deploying Digital Dashboards to Multiple Stores

This chapter outlines how to facilitate deploying digital dashboards across different stores and deploying Web Parts from one server to another. This chapter describes how to package and deploy Web Storage System dashboards from one server to another. It also shows how to import and export Web Parts from different data sources such as a SharePoint Portal Server, Exchange 2000 computer or a computer running a SQL Server dashboard.

See the Web Storage System Developer Tools, available from http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for use with the Application Deployment Wizard.

Chapter 24: Analyzing the Default Query for the Dashboard Site

This chapter describes the default query for the dashboard site. It reviews the syntax for the query and provides suggestions for how to customize the default query for your deployment.

See the SharePoint Portal Server Software Development Kit (SDK), available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/, for more information about the following topics:

  • Customizing Search for SharePoint Portal Server
  • Search SQL Syntax used to write queries for SharePoint Portal Server, see the "SharePoint Portal Server Search SQL Syntax."
  • Advanced search applications, see "Searching SharePoint Portal Server."

See Microsoft Research at http://research.microsoft.com/ for more information about the following topics:

  • Rank coercion algorithms

Chapter 25: Crawling Custom Metadata

This chapter provides the steps necessary to promote metadata from externally crawled content into SharePoint Portal Server content indexes. This chapter also includes a utility script that allows you to automate the process by editing an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file and running a script.

See the Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) available from http://msdn.microsoft.com/ for the following tools:

  • PROPDUMP utility
  • ENUMALL utility
  • FILTDUMP utility
  • IFILTTST utility

Chapter 26: T-Systems: Technology Center Bids Piles of Files a Final Farewell

Deutsche Telekom Innovationsgesellschaft's Technology Center is one of the first German company to use the new SharePoint Portal Server for sophisticated document management. The Center expects significant optimization of project workflow from highly efficient retrieval capabilities and universal transparency throughout the complete document life cycle. Under the terms of an Enterprise Agreement, Microsoft is supporting the pioneering user with authorized consulting services.

For more information about T-Systems and the T-Nova Deutsche Telekom Innovationsgesellschaft mbH, contact:

Technologiezentrum [Technology Center]
64307 Darmstadt
Mr. Uli Grün
Telephone: +49 6151 83-8375
Fax: +49 6151 83-5570
E-mail: uli.gruen@t-systems.de

Chapter 27: MSW: Migrating from Site Server 3.0 to SharePoint Portal Server 2001 for Enterprise Search at Microsoft

This chapter describes the Information Technology Group (ITG) deployment plan of SharePoint Portal Server and the subsequent results in the Microsoft corporate environment. It provides detailed information and recommendations based on this deployment. It includes technical information on the existing environment, design decisions, deployment steps, and testing considerations. It concludes with a summary of recommendations based on this experience.

See Microsoft Official Curriculum Course 2095: Implementing Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001 for additional background on the design of proper rules.

See the SharePoint Portal Server User's Help for more information about adding content sources.

See the SharePoint Portal Server Software Development Kit (SDK), available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/, for more information about the following topics:

  • Mapping the HTML META tags to SharePoint Portal Server properties for inclusion in the index workspace (sample script)
  • Using workspace level scope to restrict results to one of the index workspaces
  • Group aliasing
  • Freetext and rank coercion
  • Sample scripts

For questions, comments, or suggestions about this document, or to obtain additional information about Microsoft Information Technology (IT) Showcase, please send e-mail to showcase@microsoft.com. To view additional IT Showcase material, see http://www.microsoft.com/technet/showcase/.



Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server 2001 Resource Kit
Microsoft SharePoint(TM) Portal Server 2001 Resource Kit (Examples & Explanations Series)
ISBN: 0735615624
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 231

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