Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Microsoft SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 is a business collaborative platform for the enterprise and the web. 

Overview:- 

SharePoint is a .net based technology that can be used to create dynamic and secure websites using predefined site templates. These sites allow information to be stored, shared, searched and presented in a secured manner. SharePoint is set of products and technologies. 

SharePoint Products include:

• SharePoint Foundation 2010 (Free)
• SharePoint Server 2010 (Licensed) - (SharePoint Foundation + Extra Features)
• SharePoint Designer 2010 (Free)

Web Application:-

A SharePoint web application is an IIS website extended by SharePoint and is associated with an SQL Server content database. It can contain up to 50000 site collections.

Site Collection:-

A Site Collection is a group of related websites with a top level site that may contain one or more sub sites and so on.

Note:- User can create a multiple site collections inside a web application based on the requirement instead of creating a new web application because each web application utilizes 500MB memory.  


Pages in the SharePoint are of two types.

• Site Pages: 

Site Pages are used to display site content they are customizable site wise using a browser or SharePoint designer.

• Application Pages:

Application pages are shared by all sites they are generally used to administer a SharePoint site.