FAQs!?
Well, they're not too frequent, but here's some questions customers and partners have asked me about SharePoint lately.
Q: Where's the Arabic Language Pack?
A: At this stage, we do have WSS 3.0 language packs for Arabic. Please download them from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=36EE1BF0-652C-4E38-B247-F29B3EEFA048&displaylang=en
Q: Where can I find out about the Content Deployment feature in SharePoint?
A: Here's the material on Content Deployment: https://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/edcdacca-8013-460e-95a0-d2b83b6cc7ef1033.mspx?mfr=true
And here's an easy to read blog entry on the feature: https://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2006/05/02/588140.aspx
Q: What's the difference between WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007, and other MOSS editions?
A: https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/FX101758691033.aspx
Q: SharePoint 2003 lists had some limitations. Is there any guidance about MOSS lists?
A: Here's a great entry from Joel Oleson's blog: https://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2006/06/09/2003-2007-performance-and-scalability-capacity-planning.aspx
Object |
Scope |
Guideline |
Site collections |
Database |
50,000 |
Web sites |
Site collection |
250,000 |
(sub) Web sites |
Web site |
2,000 |
Lists |
Web site |
2,000 |
Items |
List |
10 M |
Documents |
Doc Library |
2 M |
Documents |
Folder |
2,000 |
Document size |
File |
2 GB |
Indexed Documents (MOSS) |
SSP |
50 M |
Search Scopes (MOSS) |
Site Collection |
1,000 |
# Profiles (MOSS) |
SSP |
5 M |
Numbers based around B2. RTM may have better performance.
Q: How can upgrade from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007?
A: https://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/396c85d9-4b86-484e-9cc5-f6c4d725c5781033.mspx?mfr=true
You should find this sufficient. Also please do look at the blogs on https://www.sharepointblogs.com
Or https://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint - you'll find some great links from there.
Q: Where can I find trainings on SharePoint 2007? (Europe & Middleeast)
A: https://www.u2u.be/Calendar.aspx
Scroll down to the bottom and you'll find the SharePoint 2007 trainings.
Q: How can I try out the Wave 12 products?
A: SharePoint Technologies download and installation resources – https://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2006/11/16/announcing-the-rtw-of-wss-and-office-sharepoint-server-2007-standard-and-enterprise-evaluation.aspx
For Office 2007 Desktop Apps, we've got the Testdrive.
Do continue to send me your questions!