Sharepoint Interview Questions with Answers Part 4

How long does it take to set up the initial team Web site?

It only takes a few minutes to create a complete Web site. Preformatted forms let you and your team members contribute to the site by filling out lists. Standard forms include announcements, events, contacts, tasks, surveys, discussions and links.

Can I create custom templates?

Yes you can. You can have templates for business plans, doctor’s office, lawyer’s office etc.

How can I make my site public?

By default, all sites are created private. If you want your site to be a public Web site, enable anonymous access for the entire site. Then you can give out your URL to anybody in your business card, e-mail or any other marketing material. The URL for your Web site will be: http:// yoursitename.wss.bcentral.com Hence, please take special care to name your site. These Web sites are ideal for information and knowledge intensive sites and/or sites where you need to have shared Web workspace. Remember: Under each parent Web site, you can create up to 10 sub-sites each with unique permissions, settings and security rights .

How do the sub sites work?

You can create a sub site for various categories.

For example:

* Departments – finance, marketing, IT

* Products – electrical, mechanical, hydraulics

* Projects – Trey Research, Department of Transportation, FDA

* Team – Retention team, BPR team

* Clients – new clients, old clients

* Suppliers – Supplier 1, Supplier 2, Supplier 3

* Customers – Customer A, Customer B, Customer C

* Real estate – property A, property B

The URLs for each will be, for example:

* http://yoursitename.wss.bcentral.com/finance

You can keep track of permissions for each team separately so that access is restricted while maintaining global access to the parent site.

How do I make my site non-restricted?

If you want your site to have anonymous access enabled (i.e., you want to treat it like any site on the Internet that does not ask you to provide a user name and password to see the content of the site), follow these simple steps: # Login as an administrator # Click on site settings # Click on Go to Site Administration # Click on Manage anonymous access # Choose one of the three conditions on what Anonymous users can access: ** Entire Web site ** Lists and libraries ** Nothing Default condition is nothing; your site has restricted access. The default conditions allow you to create a secure site for your Web site.

Can I get domain name for my Web site?

Unfortunately,  no. At this point, we don’t offer domain names for SharePoint sites. But very soon we will be making this available for all our SharePoint site customers. Please keep checking this page for further update on this. Meanwhile, we suggest you go ahead and set up your site and create content for it.