Software Testing Fundamentals: Methods and Metrics

In this chapter you learned:

• q Follow the KISS design rule: "Keep it simple, stupid!"

• q Use WSS to build simple intranets that do not require advanced features like web content management, Global searching, Excel Services and Forms Service.

• q Use MOSS to make an advanced intranets with web content management.

• q Try to find out what the intranet will be used for - do not simply create a copy of the old intranet, but try to see what features in SharePoint that will help users work more easily and faster.

• q MOSS Enterprise Edition has 57 Web Parts by default, WSS has 8.

• q WSS does not have a RSS Feed Web Part, but you can configure the XML Web Part for this purpose.

• q Use the same site collection for all sites in your intranet, unless you have a good reason to create a new site collection, such as a demand for separate security settings.

• q The Web Content Management System (WCMS) in MOSS allows web content authors to update the production server directly, while still being able to use version history, workflows, and so on.

• q WCMS in MOSS is built on MS Content Management Server (MCMS), and has been extended with a lot of new features, such as workflows.

• q The News site in MOSS allows content authors to create news items with the same control as any web page, using WCMS.

• q The scheduling of News items is not enabled by default. It requires that the document library have Content Approval and Major and Minor Version history enabled.

• q The Site directory in MOSS makes it easy for a user to locate a specific web site, regardless of the type (i.e., top site, subsite, meeting workspace, etc.).

• q Before you can use Excel Services, you must define a trusted location where these spreadsheet files will be stored.

• q You must use the new Excel 2007 file format in order to present files using Excel Services.

• q Enable links from any document library to a document archive. This will create a copy of the document in the archive.

• q Building public Internet sites is very similar to building an intranet site. Make sure that you know what you will use it for before you start.

• q WSS can be used for public Internet sites, but it will lack the WCMS feature as well as other MOSS features.

• q Use MOSS for Internet sites when you need full control of their content.

• q Plan very carefully how external users will access your public Internet site from the Internet.

• q Best practice is to use an application proxy server that will act as the Internet site, instead of allowing external users to access the site directly.

• q Best practice is to use a separate web application for the Internet site, if you want to use the same SharePoint server for both intranet and Internet sites.

In the next chapter, you learn more about designing SharePoint sites.