Our customer says: “I want our new system to have a response time of no more than two seconds!!”
Our IT Director says: “We must cut cost!! All new development efforts must fit within our existing environment, using existing tools.”
We have faced these challenges many times and are used to design challenges that have both stringent customer requirements and built-in IT constraints due to existing environment or technology realities.
So what do you do in such cases? You dig deep and become very creative. You pull out all your design skills. What does that mean? If you are like us, you have a solid foundation in design methodology, you have strong technical skills, and you have wellhoned ‘people skills’ like negotiating and communicating. Then, you put them all together and get to work!
As Architects, we have found that in order to meet the challenges placed on us by both the customer and our Information Technology leadership, we must understand the whole system of interconnected elements that participate in, impact, and influence the design process. The scope of a software architect’s world is awesome, as the breadth of experience documented in this book demonstrates...
Extract from ITABOK.
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11 January, 2010
Becoming an Architect in a System Integrator
So inspired by Amit Unde after reading this article.
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Being an architect is tough! What architects do is a mystery to much of the world; this is hardly surprising, because an architect's work is intangible—"thought-ware," if you will—and it happens in the background. That makes many wonder about the architect's role in an organization. Architects interact with many stakeholders—CIOs, project managers, business users, and developers—and each expects them to work differently. While the CIO expects an architect to derive a solution road map for implementing the company's IT vision, the developer expects the architect to provide direction on the technical problem. The architect needs to have a bird's-eye view in one scenario, while in some other scenarios, the architect needs to dive deep into the problem area. The architect is expected to be both a generalist and a specialist.
Many companies try to reduce the ambiguity by introducing different flavors of the role, such as enterprise architect or solution architect. Ironically, differentiation within the role can add to the confusion since there is no standardization of the designations across companies. Let's find the commonalities and define these different flavors of the role.
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Read more here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/cc505970.aspx
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Being an architect is tough! What architects do is a mystery to much of the world; this is hardly surprising, because an architect's work is intangible—"thought-ware," if you will—and it happens in the background. That makes many wonder about the architect's role in an organization. Architects interact with many stakeholders—CIOs, project managers, business users, and developers—and each expects them to work differently. While the CIO expects an architect to derive a solution road map for implementing the company's IT vision, the developer expects the architect to provide direction on the technical problem. The architect needs to have a bird's-eye view in one scenario, while in some other scenarios, the architect needs to dive deep into the problem area. The architect is expected to be both a generalist and a specialist.
Many companies try to reduce the ambiguity by introducing different flavors of the role, such as enterprise architect or solution architect. Ironically, differentiation within the role can add to the confusion since there is no standardization of the designations across companies. Let's find the commonalities and define these different flavors of the role.
Read more here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/cc505970.aspx
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01 November, 2006
Developer maps for Office, SharePoint and InfoPath
You can download them via:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=771AEB45-9D27-4D1F-ACD1-9B950637D64E&displaylang=en.
ASP.NET AJAX
ASP.NET AJAX is a free framework for quickly creating a new generation of more efficient, more interactive and highly-personalized Web experiences that work across all the most popular browsers.
Read the
ASP.NET AJAX Showcase
This is a cool site developed using ASP.NET AJAX
http://www.pageflakes.com/
Microsoft is spending lots of $$$ on catching up these Web 2.0 things. I guess more will come soon :)
Read the
ASP.NET AJAX Showcase
This is a cool site developed using ASP.NET AJAX
http://www.pageflakes.com/
Microsoft is spending lots of $$$ on catching up these Web 2.0 things. I guess more will come soon :)
02 October, 2006
Web 2.0 in the Enterprise
A very nice article on Web 2.0 by Arpan Shah's Blog
Quote:
Web 2.0 is a popular term used to describe a number of web applications on the Internet. Terms like Enterprise 2.0 and Office 2.0 have also made their way into mainstream Tech vernacular. As a Technical Decision Maker, as an Architect, as a Business Decision Maker - what does Web 2.0 mean to you?
I've had a number of conversations with technologists, analysts and product managers over the last few months to really understand what Web 2.0 for the Enterprise means to them. To sum up what I think Web 2.0 means for the Enterprise: it's all about turning users into participants allowing them to easily create, share and connect with information, applications and people. That's it.
Web 2.0 generally refers to the notion of rich browser applications that are developed using technologies like AJAX. But not all rich browser applications are Web 2.0 and Web 2.0 isn't just about AJAX/technology. Technology is an enabler... nothing more; nothing less. Having said that, as a Technical Decision Maker, you must think about how your organization can allow its users to very easily and efficiently create the applications they want. This means having an agile platform capable of hosting a variety of applications.
So why do people make a big deal about AJAX, XML, Services and why should you care?
AJAX - Stands for Asynchronous Javascript and XML. This is not a new concept. In fact, Microsoft was one of the first pioneers here with Outlook Web Access 2000. AJAX leads to a smooth, immersive experience... almost client-like... reducing the amount of browser post-backs. AJAX is becoming an increasingly popular development technique on the Internet because of broadband ubiquity.. so the footprint of web applications no longer has to be a couple KB. Having rich, browser accessible applications in your Enterprise is a good thing... this allows for easy access to applications and services from anywhere.
XML - There's been an industry buzz around XML for years. XML allows systems to interact with one another seamlessly. As technologies, this is important to consider when making investments in different technologies. Beyond serving as a common way to communicate, XML also had some other great benefits that include the separation of data and presentation allowing content to be easily syndicated and used in different ways. A very common example of this today is RSS.
Services - A services-oriented architecture is important for Enterprises to gain maximum value of the investments, adoption and usage. Mash-ups are examples of how applications can quickly take advantage of services to create a rich application. In the Enterprise, a close parallel to mash-ups are composite applications.
more ...
http://blogs.msdn.com/arpans/archive/2006/10/01/780380.aspx
Quote:
Web 2.0 is a popular term used to describe a number of web applications on the Internet. Terms like Enterprise 2.0 and Office 2.0 have also made their way into mainstream Tech vernacular. As a Technical Decision Maker, as an Architect, as a Business Decision Maker - what does Web 2.0 mean to you?
I've had a number of conversations with technologists, analysts and product managers over the last few months to really understand what Web 2.0 for the Enterprise means to them. To sum up what I think Web 2.0 means for the Enterprise: it's all about turning users into participants allowing them to easily create, share and connect with information, applications and people. That's it.
Web 2.0 generally refers to the notion of rich browser applications that are developed using technologies like AJAX. But not all rich browser applications are Web 2.0 and Web 2.0 isn't just about AJAX/technology. Technology is an enabler... nothing more; nothing less. Having said that, as a Technical Decision Maker, you must think about how your organization can allow its users to very easily and efficiently create the applications they want. This means having an agile platform capable of hosting a variety of applications.
So why do people make a big deal about AJAX, XML, Services and why should you care?
AJAX - Stands for Asynchronous Javascript and XML. This is not a new concept. In fact, Microsoft was one of the first pioneers here with Outlook Web Access 2000. AJAX leads to a smooth, immersive experience... almost client-like... reducing the amount of browser post-backs. AJAX is becoming an increasingly popular development technique on the Internet because of broadband ubiquity.. so the footprint of web applications no longer has to be a couple KB. Having rich, browser accessible applications in your Enterprise is a good thing... this allows for easy access to applications and services from anywhere.
XML - There's been an industry buzz around XML for years. XML allows systems to interact with one another seamlessly. As technologies, this is important to consider when making investments in different technologies. Beyond serving as a common way to communicate, XML also had some other great benefits that include the separation of data and presentation allowing content to be easily syndicated and used in different ways. A very common example of this today is RSS.
Services - A services-oriented architecture is important for Enterprises to gain maximum value of the investments, adoption and usage. Mash-ups are examples of how applications can quickly take advantage of services to create a rich application. In the Enterprise, a close parallel to mash-ups are composite applications.
more ...
http://blogs.msdn.com/arpans/archive/2006/10/01/780380.aspx
Gates Advises CEOs: Software Puts Information to Work for People
Gates Advises CEOs: Software Puts Information to Work for People
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-17CEOSummit06PR.mspx
REDMOND, Wash. – May 17, 2006 – Speaking to more than 100 CEOs gathered here for the 10th annual Microsoft® CEO Summit, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates today said trends in the “new world of work” create a need for companies to rethink how employees find, analyze and act on vital corporate information. Gates described how current and future Microsoft offerings address the key issues of information overload and information “underload” – the difficulty employees face trying to act on information once they have found it.
Microsoft asserts that although finding information and people through powerful search tools is critical to enabling information workers to more effectively do their job, the intelligent enterprise requires secure, customizable solutions that help their employees collaborate and act on information to drive business success. The company believes that enterprise search is just one facet of effective Enterprise information management in a people-ready business, and Microsoft is addressing this by providing new solutions that enable employees to find relevant people and information quickly through their desktop, within the corporate network or on the Internet.
“Everyone inside an organization – from the CEO to the newly hired information worker – has to be able to find the information they need and then use it to drive smart decisions and take action,” said Kevin Johnson, co-president of the Platforms and Services Division at Microsoft. “Search is just one piece of the solution. Organizations that enable employees to create, access, use and share information efficiently will be more successful at building customer relationships and better at getting great results from their people.”
Enabling Information Management With Enhanced Search Solutions
Microsoft today shared its vision of how enterprise search fits in the broader context of software technologies and services that maximize employee productivity and effectiveness. Enterprise search is just a component of information management, which is far more than browser toolbars and appliances or a keyword search of a set of documents on a network. An optimal enterprise search solution improves productivity by quickly, seamlessly and securely connecting people with the right information so they can effectively apply it to their organization’s needs. It also allows organizations to deal with very large amounts of content, addressing information overload and underload by giving information workers the right tools to make better decisions, find and instantly share the knowledge within the enterprise and beyond, and prevent duplication of content and effort.
Finding, Using and Sharing Information Through a Single Point of Entry: Windows Live Search
Microsoft’s goal is to create and deliver groundbreaking search solutions that present information workers with a simple, unified way to get at the information they need, no matter where it resides.
• Simple. Microsoft’s approach to enterprise search lets information workers search in Windows Vista™ and the Microsoft Office applications they work in every day to quickly obtain relevant information, and recognize that people are information sources too.
• More secure and adaptable. Unlike the Internet, company networks require rules-based information access to help provide security, employee privacy and regulatory compliance and keep company information more secure.
• Single point of entry. Windows Live™ Search provides a single, comprehensive user interface, which uniquely brings together content from previously separate systems including the Internet, desktop and corporate networks.
New Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search Solutions
Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 provides integrated information management capabilities such as portal and collaboration, enterprise content management, business process and forms, business intelligence, and enhanced search. Enterprise search is also a core investment area with enhancements in increased relevancy, security and scalability. In addition, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server will provide new capabilities through its Business Data Catalog to search against structured data sources in line-of-business applications including those from Siebel and SAP.
Office SharePoint Server also furthers Microsoft’s investment in people and expertise location through a breakthrough innovation called Knowledge Network for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. By automating the discovery of undocumented knowledge and relationships, Knowledge Network can provide customers with the shortest path to key contacts, enabling them to make better decisions more quickly. Knowledge Network will do the following:
• Make finding people based on their expertise more efficient by searching automated profiles
• Help users quickly connect with influential and knowledgeable people
• Help keep personal information private
As a response to customer feedback from the Microsoft Office 2007 system beta, Microsoft is also announcing a new product called Microsoft Office SharePoint Server for Search 2007. A subset of the complete SharePoint Server offering, SharePoint Server for Search will provide midmarket and departmental enterprise customers with core search capabilities, crawling content in common data repositories including file shares, Web sites, SharePoint sites, Exchange Server and Lotus Notes. It can also be extended to search other repositories using third-party or custom-built connectors, and is upgradeable to the full SharePoint Server offering.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-17CEOSummit06PR.mspx
REDMOND, Wash. – May 17, 2006 – Speaking to more than 100 CEOs gathered here for the 10th annual Microsoft® CEO Summit, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates today said trends in the “new world of work” create a need for companies to rethink how employees find, analyze and act on vital corporate information. Gates described how current and future Microsoft offerings address the key issues of information overload and information “underload” – the difficulty employees face trying to act on information once they have found it.
Microsoft asserts that although finding information and people through powerful search tools is critical to enabling information workers to more effectively do their job, the intelligent enterprise requires secure, customizable solutions that help their employees collaborate and act on information to drive business success. The company believes that enterprise search is just one facet of effective Enterprise information management in a people-ready business, and Microsoft is addressing this by providing new solutions that enable employees to find relevant people and information quickly through their desktop, within the corporate network or on the Internet.
“Everyone inside an organization – from the CEO to the newly hired information worker – has to be able to find the information they need and then use it to drive smart decisions and take action,” said Kevin Johnson, co-president of the Platforms and Services Division at Microsoft. “Search is just one piece of the solution. Organizations that enable employees to create, access, use and share information efficiently will be more successful at building customer relationships and better at getting great results from their people.”
Enabling Information Management With Enhanced Search Solutions
Microsoft today shared its vision of how enterprise search fits in the broader context of software technologies and services that maximize employee productivity and effectiveness. Enterprise search is just a component of information management, which is far more than browser toolbars and appliances or a keyword search of a set of documents on a network. An optimal enterprise search solution improves productivity by quickly, seamlessly and securely connecting people with the right information so they can effectively apply it to their organization’s needs. It also allows organizations to deal with very large amounts of content, addressing information overload and underload by giving information workers the right tools to make better decisions, find and instantly share the knowledge within the enterprise and beyond, and prevent duplication of content and effort.
Finding, Using and Sharing Information Through a Single Point of Entry: Windows Live Search
Microsoft’s goal is to create and deliver groundbreaking search solutions that present information workers with a simple, unified way to get at the information they need, no matter where it resides.
• Simple. Microsoft’s approach to enterprise search lets information workers search in Windows Vista™ and the Microsoft Office applications they work in every day to quickly obtain relevant information, and recognize that people are information sources too.
• More secure and adaptable. Unlike the Internet, company networks require rules-based information access to help provide security, employee privacy and regulatory compliance and keep company information more secure.
• Single point of entry. Windows Live™ Search provides a single, comprehensive user interface, which uniquely brings together content from previously separate systems including the Internet, desktop and corporate networks.
New Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Search Solutions
Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 provides integrated information management capabilities such as portal and collaboration, enterprise content management, business process and forms, business intelligence, and enhanced search. Enterprise search is also a core investment area with enhancements in increased relevancy, security and scalability. In addition, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server will provide new capabilities through its Business Data Catalog to search against structured data sources in line-of-business applications including those from Siebel and SAP.
Office SharePoint Server also furthers Microsoft’s investment in people and expertise location through a breakthrough innovation called Knowledge Network for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. By automating the discovery of undocumented knowledge and relationships, Knowledge Network can provide customers with the shortest path to key contacts, enabling them to make better decisions more quickly. Knowledge Network will do the following:
• Make finding people based on their expertise more efficient by searching automated profiles
• Help users quickly connect with influential and knowledgeable people
• Help keep personal information private
As a response to customer feedback from the Microsoft Office 2007 system beta, Microsoft is also announcing a new product called Microsoft Office SharePoint Server for Search 2007. A subset of the complete SharePoint Server offering, SharePoint Server for Search will provide midmarket and departmental enterprise customers with core search capabilities, crawling content in common data repositories including file shares, Web sites, SharePoint sites, Exchange Server and Lotus Notes. It can also be extended to search other repositories using third-party or custom-built connectors, and is upgradeable to the full SharePoint Server offering.
10 July, 2006
The Wired 40
01. GOOGLE
2005 Rank: 02
Less cuddly but more profitable than ever, the monster from Mountain View has rivals but no peers. Is it a search engine? A media company? A software provider? Who cares? Microsoft, for one. Get ready for the grudge match of the decade.
02. APPLE
2005 Rank: 01
In the drama of Apple’s resurgence, act one was forging the iTunes/iPod axis. Act two was bundling the iLife suite of creative tools with new computers. Adapting the Mac OS to run Windows apps natively would make a triumphant conclusion.
03. SAMSUNG
2005 Rank: 03
Smart design and rapid product development made Samsung tops in consumer electronics. What will the company do with its newly doubled research staff of 32,000 and a $40 billion budget? Next iPod, please!
http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.07/wired40.html
2005 Rank: 02
Less cuddly but more profitable than ever, the monster from Mountain View has rivals but no peers. Is it a search engine? A media company? A software provider? Who cares? Microsoft, for one. Get ready for the grudge match of the decade.
02. APPLE
2005 Rank: 01
In the drama of Apple’s resurgence, act one was forging the iTunes/iPod axis. Act two was bundling the iLife suite of creative tools with new computers. Adapting the Mac OS to run Windows apps natively would make a triumphant conclusion.
03. SAMSUNG
2005 Rank: 03
Smart design and rapid product development made Samsung tops in consumer electronics. What will the company do with its newly doubled research staff of 32,000 and a $40 billion budget? Next iPod, please!
http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.07/wired40.html
17 May, 2006
Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2006 (Day 2)
Here comes to SharePoint Conference 2006, Day 2.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)
- Administering SharePoint Technologies: Part 1 - Installation and configuration
- Administering SharePoint Technologies: Part 2 - Onging Management
It's all about how to install MOSS 2007, your design gold, planning and management.
- MS Office System Client Integration with MOSS 2007
Describes how Office clients, e.g. Words, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint Designer, work together with MOSS 2007.
- Security and SharePoint: From Services to Item-Level Access
Great, MOSS security can go into a deeper level of security.
- Customizing Your SharePoint Sites with SharePoint Designer 2007
Frontpage is out. Come along with Office System, SharePoint Designer is in and so powerful that allow you easily to customize site layout and manage workflow to get please your customers. SharePoint Designer does a pretty nice job in this area than FP.
- MOSS 2007: Taxonomy and Governance
Describes how to manage content types in MOSS 2007.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)
- Administering SharePoint Technologies: Part 1 - Installation and configuration
- Administering SharePoint Technologies: Part 2 - Onging Management
It's all about how to install MOSS 2007, your design gold, planning and management.
- MS Office System Client Integration with MOSS 2007
Describes how Office clients, e.g. Words, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint Designer, work together with MOSS 2007.
- Security and SharePoint: From Services to Item-Level Access
Great, MOSS security can go into a deeper level of security.
- Customizing Your SharePoint Sites with SharePoint Designer 2007
Frontpage is out. Come along with Office System, SharePoint Designer is in and so powerful that allow you easily to customize site layout and manage workflow to get please your customers. SharePoint Designer does a pretty nice job in this area than FP.
- MOSS 2007: Taxonomy and Governance
Describes how to manage content types in MOSS 2007.
Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2006 (Day 1)
I am in Seattle to attend the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2006 on the latest Office SharePoint 2007 technology. In this blog, I will keep you post my update everyday. Hope you enjoy it.
15 May 2006 Day 1
- Opening keynote by Bill Gates. First time to see the REAL Bill Gates, it's cool. Seems like everyone loves to see him, just like a star in the hall :)
- Breakout 1: Overview of the Web Content Management Features of MS Office SHarePoint Server 2007
- Breakout 2: Building a Community, Wikis and RSS
- Breakout 3: Compliance and Record Management with MS SharePoint Server 2007
- Hands-on lab until 8pm
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Operating System and Database Services
Office SharePoint Server 2007 is built on the technologies and services provided by Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and SQL Server 2005 (as well as SQL Server 2000).
The core and development-platform operating system services include:
• Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework which comprises:
• ASP.NET 2.0 master pages, content pages, and Web Parts
• Pluggable service-provider models for personalization, membership, navigation, and enhanced security
• Database access services
• Internet Information Services
• Windows Workflow Foundation
• Windows desktop indexing and search services
SQL Server is the relational database used for storing all content, data and configuration information used by Office SharePoint Server 2007. SQL Server 2005 is recommended; SQL Server 2005 Express is included as a default part of the installation. SQL Server 2000 can be used as an alternative.
Windows SharePoint Services
Windows SharePoint Services (version 3) builds on the operating system and database services to support requirements ranging from a team site for a workgroup, to large enterprise portal solutions serving over 100,000 employees and staff (such as Office SharePoint Server 2007), to a corporate Internet portal supporting millions of users.
Windows SharePoint Services platform services provide the following security-enhanced, scalable, reliable, high-performance capabilities:
• Storage
• Management
• Deployment
• Site Model
• Extensibility
In addition, Windows SharePoint Services, a feature of Windows Server 2003, implements the collaboration features of the 2007 release of Office SharePoint Products and Technologies:
• Document collaboration
• Wikis and Blogs
• Really Simple Syndication (RSS) support
• Discussions
• Project task management
• Contacts, Calendars, and Tasks
• E-mail integration
• Integration with the 2007 Microsoft Office system client applications
• Offline support for SharePoint lists and document libraries, using Office Outlook 2007 as the offline client application.
Office SharePoint Server 2007: Applications and Services
Architecturally, Office SharePoint Server 2007 consists of a common set of Shared Services that support five server application components.
Server Applications
Office SharePoint Server 2007 comprises five application components:
• Portal
• Search
• Content management
• Business process
• Business intelligence
Each of these is built upon the platform services and collaboration components of Windows SharePoint Services and the Shared Services components of Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Shared Services
Conceptually similar to Shared Services in SharePoint Portal Server 2003, the Shared Services component has been completely restructured and redesigned in the Office SharePoint Server 2007 using a new services provider model.
Shared Services include virtually all of the services that are used by multiple applications in Office SharePoint Server 2007:
• Full-text and property indexing and search services
• Business Data Catalog
• Notification service for generating alerts
• User profile store
• Audiences
• Usage reporting
• Single sign-on services
15 May 2006 Day 1
- Opening keynote by Bill Gates. First time to see the REAL Bill Gates, it's cool. Seems like everyone loves to see him, just like a star in the hall :)
- Breakout 1: Overview of the Web Content Management Features of MS Office SHarePoint Server 2007
- Breakout 2: Building a Community, Wikis and RSS
- Breakout 3: Compliance and Record Management with MS SharePoint Server 2007
- Hands-on lab until 8pm
----
Operating System and Database Services
Office SharePoint Server 2007 is built on the technologies and services provided by Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and SQL Server 2005 (as well as SQL Server 2000).
The core and development-platform operating system services include:
• Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework which comprises:
• ASP.NET 2.0 master pages, content pages, and Web Parts
• Pluggable service-provider models for personalization, membership, navigation, and enhanced security
• Database access services
• Internet Information Services
• Windows Workflow Foundation
• Windows desktop indexing and search services
SQL Server is the relational database used for storing all content, data and configuration information used by Office SharePoint Server 2007. SQL Server 2005 is recommended; SQL Server 2005 Express is included as a default part of the installation. SQL Server 2000 can be used as an alternative.
Windows SharePoint Services
Windows SharePoint Services (version 3) builds on the operating system and database services to support requirements ranging from a team site for a workgroup, to large enterprise portal solutions serving over 100,000 employees and staff (such as Office SharePoint Server 2007), to a corporate Internet portal supporting millions of users.
Windows SharePoint Services platform services provide the following security-enhanced, scalable, reliable, high-performance capabilities:
• Storage
• Management
• Deployment
• Site Model
• Extensibility
In addition, Windows SharePoint Services, a feature of Windows Server 2003, implements the collaboration features of the 2007 release of Office SharePoint Products and Technologies:
• Document collaboration
• Wikis and Blogs
• Really Simple Syndication (RSS) support
• Discussions
• Project task management
• Contacts, Calendars, and Tasks
• E-mail integration
• Integration with the 2007 Microsoft Office system client applications
• Offline support for SharePoint lists and document libraries, using Office Outlook 2007 as the offline client application.
Office SharePoint Server 2007: Applications and Services
Architecturally, Office SharePoint Server 2007 consists of a common set of Shared Services that support five server application components.
Server Applications
Office SharePoint Server 2007 comprises five application components:
• Portal
• Search
• Content management
• Business process
• Business intelligence
Each of these is built upon the platform services and collaboration components of Windows SharePoint Services and the Shared Services components of Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Shared Services
Conceptually similar to Shared Services in SharePoint Portal Server 2003, the Shared Services component has been completely restructured and redesigned in the Office SharePoint Server 2007 using a new services provider model.
Shared Services include virtually all of the services that are used by multiple applications in Office SharePoint Server 2007:
• Full-text and property indexing and search services
• Business Data Catalog
• Notification service for generating alerts
• User profile store
• Audiences
• Usage reporting
• Single sign-on services
18 February, 2006
The world is flat
How would we live in the information world?
Is the world a village?
This book is pretty interesting.
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