Overview

• Overview of SharePoint Services

• SharePoint Components

• Customizing the SharePoint Website

• Advanced SharePoint Administration

• Backing up and Restoring SharePoint Files

The End Result

By the end of this chapter, you ll understand what SharePoint Services is, how it can be used by your organization, and what the components of a SharePoint website are. You ll also know how to modify and manage the SharePoint website and you ll have a good understanding of some of the advanced features available to you in SharePoint Services.

Overview of SharePoint Services

SharePoint Services is a feature in Windows Small Business Server 2003 (SBS) that you may not be familiar with. It s a great addition to the SBS family and a tool you might find indispensable once you become acquainted with the various components and the ease with which you can work with them. SharePoint Services essentially installs a default internal website for your company when you install SBS. The default website has a number of components that make sharing information and collaborating with others easy.

SharePoint Services is a website that has a number of built-in, pre-defined components. Most of the components can be added, removed, modified, or re-arranged to suit your needs. In this chapter, we ll look at the various components and what you can do with them. We ll look at the individual components in the next section in detail.

The SharePoint website can be administered in two ways. In the Server Management console, click Internal Web Site to access management options. You can also...