The document discusses SharePoint fundamentals presented by LaBrina Loving. It covers what SharePoint is, why organizations use it, its building blocks and terminology. Key points include that SharePoint is a platform used by 80% of Fortune 500 companies to manage documents, automate processes and collaborate. It discusses the SharePoint technology stack including farms, web applications, and content databases. Career opportunities and certification paths in SharePoint administration and development are also presented.

1. SharePoint
Fundamentals
LaBrina Loving

2. A Little About Me
O Originally from Chicago
O Been in DMV for 4 years
O Over 14 Years of Experience in IT
O Jack of All Trades in IT: Websites, Mobile
Apps, SharePoint, Database….
O Been working in SharePoint since 2008
O Currently work at AARP as a Solution
Architect

3. Agenda
O What Is SharePoint
O Why SharePoint
O SharePoint Building Blocks
O SharePoint Terminology
O Deep-Dive & Demos
O SharePoint Careers
O SharePoint Resources
OWrap-up & Questions

4. What Is SharePoint
If you ask 10 people, you’ll get 10 answers
It’s a place to manage
our documents
It’s a place to automate
our business processes
It’s where I search for
information in my
company
It’s where I share
content with my
colleagues
It’s a place to let users
build their own
websites
It’s where I share
content with my
partners
It’s where I search for
people and expertise
It’s a place to
collaborate on Office
Documents
It’s a place to share
dashboards and
reports
We have a lot of
business applications
in SharePoint

5. SharePoint IS…
O A Product
O You Install It
O You Configure It
O You Maintain It
O A Platform
O You extend it
O You use it to build other things
O You integrate it to other systems

6. Why should I Learn
SharePoint
O It is one of the most widely deployed platforms
in the world.
O As of 2013, SharePoint had over 150 million
licenses sold
O Microsoft is adding about 20,000 SharePoint
users every day
O 80% of Fortune 500 companies use
SharePoint
O Federal Government is one of the biggest
users of SharePoint

7. SharePoint Flavors
Microsoft
SharePoint
Foundation
Microsoft
SharePoint
Server
Office
365/SharePoint
Online

8. SharePoint Technology Stack

9. SharePoint Structure

10. SharePoint Farm
O SharePoint deployment is called a farm
O Consists of one or more servers
O At a minimum a farm must have
SharePoint and SQL Server Deployed
O Simplest farm contains one server, but
farms can consist of hundreds of servers
O An organization can have multiple farms
for different purposes
O Administrator’s role is to manage the farm

11. Web Application
O SharePoint Web Applications are
extended IIS sites
O There are virtual directories that point to
the physical SharePoint folders
O A web application can have one or more
site collections
O An organization can have multiple web
applications for different security models

12. Application Pool
O Separates sets of IIS worker processes
O Used to separate web applications and
isolate for availability, security
O Administrator determines how application
pools should be configured to support
farm

13. Content Database
O Stores all configuration and settings of
SharePoint deployment
O Stores all content for all sites

14. Deep-Dive: Central Admin

15. SharePoint Site Architecture

16. Site Collection
O Logical collection of sites(1 or more)
O Sites form a tree structure
O One site is root or top-level
O Site collection’s content is stored in
content database

17. Site
O Sites are a
collection of
content --lists,
libraries, and
pages
O Sites are created
based on a
template(SharePoi
nt has many
templates or you
can create your
own)
O Sites are grouped
into one site
collection

18. Deep Dive – Creating Sites and
Site Collections

19. SharePoint Site Building
Blocks
Lists
Libraries
Content Types
Site Columns
Web Parts

20. Lists
O Data storage for all content in SharePoint
(everything is really a list)
O Users can add, edit, delete items in a list
O Multiple views can be created in lists
O Lists have other interesting features like:
O Workflow
O Versioning
O Data is stored in rows and columns like
Excel

21. Libraries
O A special kind of list
O Each item in the list is associated with a
document
O Libraries special features include:
O Check-in/check-out
O Versioning
O Integration with Office(Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, etc.)

22. Site Columns and Content
Types
O Provide a way to describe and reuse
content in SharePoint
O Site Column describes a single attribute of
content(Create Date, Created By,
Name…)
O Content Type is made up of several site
columns

23. Web Parts
O Reusable building blocks of functionality
O Generally used in portal style sites(think
MSN)
O SharePoint comes with many web parts or
you can create your own

24. Deep Dive: Creating Content

25. Securing Your SharePoint Site
O Administrators can grant access at several
levels:
O Site Collection
O Site
O List/Library
O Row-level
OMain permission groups are:
O Owners: administrative privilege within the
context
O Members: can contribute to and manage lists
and libraries
O Visitors: read-only access to content

26. SharePoint Career
Opportunities
Administrator Branding/User
Experience
Developer

27. SharePoint Admin Description
O Skills Required:
Working knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint site administration – permission
management, create/manage views of lists and document libraries.
Knowledge in the customization, configuration, and administration
of SharePoint, including creating sites, document libraries and metadata.
Experience with Microsoft Business Intelligence, PerformancePoint analytics,
SQL Server including SQL Server Reporting Services or other relational
database systems.
Exhibits creative thinking with ability to act as a change agent.
Excellent oral and written communications.
Effective interpersonal skills.
Good decision making skills, with ability to consider the business implications
of the application of technology to the current and future business
environment.
Strong analytical skills.
Working Knowledge of accounting that includes spreadsheets and relational
data bases programs for data processing techniques.
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

28. Certification Paths
O New 2013 exams broken down by Server
Admin and Developer paths
O Server Admin Certification require Windows
Server 2012 exams
O 2010 exams are still available and just have
one exam
O For more information:
https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/
sharepoint-certification.aspx

29. Continuing the SharePoint
Journey
O Great Training Resources
O Technet - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/
sharepoint/fp123606.aspx,
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/
library/cc262880(v=office.15).aspx
O Pluralsight(pay, but free trials and I have
vouchers) http://www.pluralsight.com
O Safari Books Online(pay, but free trials and
I have vouchers)
O End User SharePoint

30. Continuing The Journey
O Setting Up Your own Environment
O Download free trial of SharePoint
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh973397.aspx
O Review installation guide
O http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/14209.s
harepoint-2013-installation-step-by-step.aspx
http://stevegoodyear.wordpress.com/sharepoint-2013-build-guide/
O Use Windows Azure or Cloudshare to practice installation
O Windows Azure -
http://www.pointbeyond.com/2012/07/06/building-multi-server-sharepoint-
farm-in-windows-azure/
O Cloudshare - http://www.cloudshare.com/
O Sign-up for Office365 SharePoint http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/
try/

31. Continuing The Journey
O SharePoint Networking Events
O SharePoint Saturday
http://www.spsevents.org/
O FEDSPUG -
http://www.meetup.com/fedspug-wspdc/

32. My Contact Info
O Email: labrina.loving@gmail.com
O Twitter: @chixcancode
O LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chixcancode

33. Questions