Exercises

1.	Explain the difference between a SharePoint site group and an audience.
2.	True or False: By targeting content to users, you can ensure that only the right people have access to view items.
3.	What are the three different types of audiences that you can create in SharePoint 2007?
4.	What are the different levels of access that you can control in SharePoint?
5.	Explain from what source you can import user profile information.

Answers

1.	A SharePoint site group is a role in SharePoint to which users can be assigned. It can be associated with a specific set of permissions to perform tasks and duties. An audience is a membership group that helps target relevant content to users based on personal profile properties or memberships within Windows or SharePoint groups.
2.	False. Targeting content to users via audiences has no impact on the user’s access to an item. Instead, audiences filter through large amounts of data and target specific items as those to which a member will most likely have an interest.
3.	You can create audiences in SharePoint 2007 based on Windows Group Memberships (distribution list or security groups), Profile Properties, or SharePoint Site Group Membership.
4.	There are several levels of access to information including: Site Level Access List or Library Level Access Item Level Access
5.	Users can update their profile information. They can also import it from external systems such as Active Directory, LDAP servers, or Business Data Catalog applications.