Inside MS WSS 3.0 – Pattison & Larson
Chapter 1 – Getting Started
· WSS is a Site Provisioning (Creating) Engine
· Multiple SQL DBs (2005 / 2000 / Express) store content & configuration data
· Farm – one or more computers providing WSS to users
· Configuration DB – farm wide settings
o Server names
o User roles
· Content DB – one per WSS Application
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· WSS runs on top of IIS
· Needs IIS to handle incoming HTTP requests
· The IIS Default Site has listener that passes HTTP requests to sharepoint/home grown sites
o Each custom site has
§ Ports
§ IP addresses
§ Host headers
§ Separate security
· Authentication
· Authorization
· Network Settings
· ISS Site that runs WSS = Web Application
· WSS Central Administration
o Can Convert standard site to WSS Site
WSS Site Collection – formerly called 'Site'
- Contains WSS Sites
- A scope of
- Admin privileges
- User membership
- Security Authorization Groups
- Deploy, Backup & Restore
- Custom Queries
- Site Elements
WSS Site - formerly called 'Web'
- Has one Content DB
- One configuration – users, roles, permissions
- Users
- Can inherit from Parent Site
- Or override
- Authentication – done by IIS & ASP.NET
- Authorization – Performed by WSS
- Site Administrator can
- Customize Web Part Pages
- Add, change, delete Web Parts
- Site User can
- Personalize Web Part Pages
- Add, change, delete Web Parts