What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Chapter 1 RI AL Microsoft Exam Objective Covered in This Chapter: Deploy new installations and upgrades CO PY RI GH TE D MA NN TE ÛÛ Installing and Configuring a SharePoint Environment
If you picked up this book, it’s because you’re committed to using and administering Microsoft SharePoint Server in some capacity. Either you are a current Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) administrator who is anticipating upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010 or you are planning a first-time SharePoint deployment for your production environment. You may also be someone who has yet to experience SharePoint but is looking to expand your skill set.
New Requirements Overview 3 There are a number of other specifics, but before you continue, you must have access to both the required Windows Server and SQL Server versions, as well as a 64-bit hardware platform. If you are using 32-bit hardware in either your production or testing environment, you will not be able to install or upgrade to SharePoint Server 2010. Also, earlier versions of Windows Server and SQL Server will not be adequate.
Chapter 1 n What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 access to almost unlimited virtual memory, as well as physical memory. Database servers are extremely resource intensive, and any database administrator will immediately see the advantages. Although the set of features available in 64-bit Windows Server 2008 is not appreciably different from its 32-bit counterpart, there are some important security considerations.
Requirements by Environment 5 Not all 64-bit processors are SharePoint Server 2010 friendly. The Intel Itanium 64-bit processor series uses a proprietary design that will not support any of the Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies. Before you choose to install or upgrade to SharePoint Server 2010, check the type of processors in your hardware.
Chapter 1 n What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 A Single Server with an Integrated Database The following is the required software for an integrated database (choose one of the following): NN NN 64-bit Windows Server 2008 Standard with SP2 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard All of the following are required, regardless of the Windows Server 2008 type: NN Web Server (IIS) role NN Application Server role NN Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.
Requirements by Environment NN Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 (x64) NN Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0 NN Microsoft Chart Controls for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 NN Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP3 NN SQL Server 2008 Native Client NN Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services ADOMD.NET NN 7 ADO.NET Data Services v1.
Chapter 1 8 NN NN NN n What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Windows Server 2003 and 2008 NN Internet Explorer 7 NN Internet Explorer 8 (32-bit) NN Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Windows 7 NN Internet Explorer 8 (32-bit) NN Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Windows Server 2008 R2 NN Internet Explorer 8 (32-bit) NN Mozilla Firefox 3.5 The following list includes the optional software: NN Microsoft Office 2010 client NN Microsoft Silverlight 3.
Requirements by Environment NN 9 UNIX/Linux 8.1 NN Mozilla Firefox 3.5 The following list includes the optional software: NN Microsoft Office 2010 client NN Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 For the non-Windows operating systems, Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Silverlight won’t be available. The previous list also assumes that the client computers will be running Microsoft Office 2007, although the official client compatibility information published by Microsoft doesn’t explicitly state this.
Chapter 1 n What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 E x e r c i se 1 . 1 ( c o n t i n u e d ) 4. Review the instructions for installing SharePoint Server 2010 as a single hardware server installation using a built-in database solution. 5. Save both links as favorites in your web browser and then close your web browser.
What’s New and Different with SharePoint Server 2010? 11 web application, the web application carried the load for all the services contained within the SSP. Service applications in SharePoint 2010 can be individually selected, so a web application supports only the services it consumes. Additionally, you can publish a service application and share it across a single server farm or, for some services, across multiple server farms. F i g u r e 1 .
Chapter 1 n What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Monitoring and troubleshooting of issues in SharePoint. Out-of-Box Usage Reports SharePoint.
What’s New and Different with SharePoint Server 2010? F i g u r e 1 . 2 A Backup and Restore page in Central Administration Determining a Need for Microsoft FAST Search Server You are a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 administrator for an enterprise-level company. The CIO has tasked you with investigating the costs and benefits of upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010 as opposed to maintaining the current MOSS 2007 infrastructure.
Chapter 1 14 n What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 SharePoint Enterprise Search SharePoint search enables you to define a custom ranking model to use for search queries and uses Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS) to crawl and index external data. End users will appreciate the new search capacities, especially connectors for Windows 7, which allows the same search of SharePoint sites to be conducted directly from Windows 7 and offers preview and drag-and-drop options.
What’s New and Different with SharePoint Server 2010? 15 This makes it a natural fit with Office 2010. Word 2010 documents can be copied and pasted directly into a SharePoint 2010 site, and document formatting options within SharePoint are exactly the same as in Word. F i g u r e 1 . 3 Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Ribbon Blogs and wikis, as shown in Figure 1.3, were first made available in MOSS 2007 and have been improved.
Chapter 1 n What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Summary In this chapter, you were introduced to SharePoint Server 2010, including many of its new features and upgrades from Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007). NN NN NN NN NN The requirements of the hardware and software platform for SharePoint Server 2010 include 64-bit server hardware and 64-bit Windows Server 2008 Standard or 64-bit Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 and 64-bit SQL Server 2005 or 2008.
Review Questions 17 Review Questions 1. You are a SharePoint administrator of a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment, and you have been tasked by your CIO to investigate the viability of upgrading your production system to SharePoint Server 2010. Which of the following options are true? (Choose all that apply.) A. SharePoint Server 2010 is a 64-bit only application. 2. B.
Chapter 1 18 4. n What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 You are a SharePoint administrator of a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment, and you have been tasked by your CIO to investigate the feasibility of upgrading to 64-bit SharePoint Server 2010. As part of your investigation, you look into the security advantages of upgrading to a 64-bit hardware and software platform. Which of the following do you report as advantages? (Choose all that apply.) A.
Review Questions 7. 19 You are the CIO for an enterprise-level company. You have been asked to prepare a report on the feasibility of upgrading your SharePoint system to 64-bit hardware and software by the CEO. This includes the specific minimum hardware requirements for installing SharePoint Server 2010. You visit the related website at Microsoft and discover which of the following requirements? (Choose all that apply.) A.
Chapter 1 20 n What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 11. You are a SharePoint administrator of a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment, and you have been tasked by your CIO to investigate the feasibility of upgrading to SharePoint 2010.
Review Questions 21 14. You are a SharePoint administrator of a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment, and you have been tasked by your CIO to investigate the feasibility of upgrading to SharePoint 2010. As part of your feasibility study, you are exploring new and upgraded features of the SharePoint platform. Which of the following are true? (Choose all that apply.) A.
Chapter 1 22 n What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 17. You are a SharePoint administrator of a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment, and you have been tasked by your CIO to investigate the feasibility of upgrading to SharePoint 2010. You are currently reviewing material regarding Word Automation Services. Which of the following options are true? (Choose all that apply.) A. Word Automation Services is a shared service first introduced in MOSS 2007. B.
Answers to Review Questions 23 20. You are the CIO for an enterprise-level company. You have been asked to prepare a report on the new features in SharePoint Server 2010 as related to a possible plan to upgrade from MOSS 2007. Among the new features and services you’ve added to your report, which of the following statements have you discovered? (Choose all that apply.) A.
Chapter 1 n What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Answers to Review Questions 1. A, D. In option B, Windows cannot use 64-bit Windows Server 2003, and in option C, Windows can also use 64-bit SQL Server 2005 for database services. 2. A, C, D. In option B, 32-bit systems can support only 4 GB of RAM, while 64-bit systems support up to 1024 GB of RAM. 3. B. A 64-bit Windows Server 2008 machine can use up to 1024 GB of physical memory and up to 16 terabytes of virtual memory. 4. B, C.
Answers to Review Questions 25 14. B, C, D. For option A, Remote BLOB Storage is used for server farms to provide high storage capacity by allowing BLOBs from the all_docs table and customized pages in a database to be housed in a file system outside the SQL Server database, reducing the amount of storage required on the SQL Server itself. 15. B, D. For option A, backup and restore can be performed from either the Central Administration website or using Windows PowerShell.
