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Sharepoint Interview Question - 76 : -

what is the difference between SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services?

Sharepoint Interview Answer - 76 : -

SharePoint Portal Server is the global portal offering features like global navigation and searching. Windows SharePoint Services is more content management based with document libraries and lists. You apply information to certain areas within your portal from Windows SharePoint Services or directly to portal areas.

Sharepoint Interview Question - 77 : -

Write the features of the search component of Office SharePoint Server 2007?

Sharepoint Interview Answer - 77 : -

The search component of Office SharePoint Server 2007 has been significantly enhanced by this release of SharePoint Products and Technologies. New features provide:
* A consistent and familiar search experience.
* Increased relevance of search results.
* New functions to search for people and expertise.
* Ability to index and search data in line-of-business applications and
* Improved manageability and extensibility.

Sharepoint Interview Question - 78 : -

Does SharePoint work with NFS?

Sharepoint Interview Answer - 78 : -

Yes and no. It can crawl documents on an NFS volume, but the sharepoint database or logs cannot be stored there.

Sharepoint Interview Question - 79 : -

How secure are Windows SharePoint Services sites hosted by Microsoft?

Sharepoint Interview Answer - 79 : -

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Technical security measures provide firewall protection, intrusion detection, and web-publishing rules. The Microsoft operation center team tests and deploys software updates in order to maintain the highest level of security and software reliability. Software hot-fixes and service packs are tested and deployed based on their priority and level of risk. Security related hot-fixes are rapidly deployed into the environment to address current threats. A comprehensive software validation activity ensures software stability through regression testing prior to deployment.

Sharepoint Interview Question - 80 : -

how is security managed in SharePoint?

Sharepoint Interview Answer - 80 : -

Security can be handled at the machine, domain, or sharepoint level.

Sharepoint Interview Question - 81 : -

Can SharePoint be linked to an external data source?

Sharepoint Interview Answer - 81 : -

SharePoint data can be opened with Access and Excel as an external data source. Thus, SharePoint can be referenced as an external data source. SharePoint itself cannot reference an external data source.