Services in SharePoint 2010 Products Updated services infrastructure Services Service applications Description Stores Cross- SharePoint SharePoint SharePoint data? farm? Foundation Server 2010 Server 2010 2010 Standard Enterprise
In Microsoft® SharePoint® Server Sharing services across farms Service groups Connecting service applications to Access Services View, edit, and interact with Microsoft® Access® 2010 Cache 2010, services are no longer contained · Some services can be shared across server farms. Farm 1 · By default, all service applications are included in Web applications databases in a browser. Other services can be shared only within a single Business Data Connectivity Access line-of-business (LOB) data systems. DB within a Shared Services Provider IIS Web site—“SharePoint Web Services” the default group, unless you change this setting · When you create a service application, a server farm. Services that support sharing across for a service application when it is created. You Excel Services Application Viewing and interact with Excel files in a browser. Cache (SSP). Instead, the infrastructure for Application pool connection for the service application is created at farms can be run in a central farm and consumed can add and remove service applications from the the same time. A connection is a virtual entity that Managed Metadata Service Access managed taxonomy hierarchies, keywords and hosting services moves into from regional locations. default group at any time. social tagging infrastructure as well as Content Type DB connects Web applications to service applications. publishing across site collections. SharePoint® Foundation 2010 and the · Each Web application can be configured to use Service A Service C Service F · When you create a Web application, you can · In Windows PowerShell these connections are PerformancePoint Provides the capabilities of PerformancePoint Services. Cache configuration of service offerings is services from different farms. For example, you can select the default group or you can create a called proxies. The term “proxy” also appears at the Service B Service D Search Crawls content, produces index partitions, and serves share the User Profile Service across Web custom group of services. You create a custom DB much more flexible. Individual services end of the type description for connections on the search queries. applications in several server farms while using group of services by selecting only the service Service E Manage Service Applications page in Central Secure Store Service Provides single sign-on authentication to access can be configured independently and DB some services, such as the Business Data applications that you want the Web application to Administration. multiple applications or services. third-party companies can add Connectivity, locally. use. State Service Provides temporary storage of user session data for · Connections for services in the local farm are not DB SharePoint Server components. services to the platform. · In large environments, computing-intensive · Custom groups are not reusable across multiple created by the administrator, but these appear Usage and Health Data Collects farm wide usage and health data and provides services can be run in a central farm to minimize Web applications. Each time you select “custom” along with the list of service applications in Central DB Default group Custom group Collection the ability to view various usage and health reports. administration overhead and to scale out easily and when creating a Web application, you are selecting Administration. More granular configuration of User Profile Adds support for My Sites, Profiles pages, Social efficiently as requirements grow. services only for the Web application you are DB services · Some connections might include settings that can Tagging and other social computing features. For more information about sharing services across creating. be modified. For example, if a Web application is Visio Graphics Service Viewing and refresh of published Microsoft® Visio® Blob · You can deploy only the services that are needed farms, see the model Cross-farm services in connected to multiple instances of the Managed diagrams in a Web browser. cache to a farm. Services that are deployed are called SharePoint Products and Technologies. Application pool Metadata service, you must indicate which of the Web Analytics Provides Web Service interfaces. service applications. You can choose the service applications for a Web Deploying services connections is connected to the primary service application when you create the Web application. You Web application Web application Word Automation Services Performs automated bulk document conversions. DB · Web applications can be configured to use only the You deploy service applications within a farm by one of application which hosts the corporate taxonomy. can also modify the services that are associated with a Logical architecture Microsoft SharePoint Tracks subscription IDs and settings for services that services that are needed, rather than the entire set the following methods: Foundation Subscription are deployed in partitioned mode. Windows PowerShell DB Web application later. Settings Service of services that are deployed. See the screen shot, · All service applications in a farm are deployed to only. Application pool · Selecting services while running the Initial Services administration right. the same IIS Web site. Configuration Wizard. · Services are managed directly in Central · You can deploy multiple instances of the same · Service applications can be deployed to different Web application · Adding services one by one on the Manage Service Administration rather than on a separate Additional services provided by other Microsoft products service in a farm and assign unique names to the application pools to achieve process isolation. Applications page in the Central Administration site. administration site. Service Applications Description Stores Cross- resulting service applications (see Farms B and C However, farm performance is optimized if services Data? farm? below). are contained within one application pool. · Using Windows PowerShell. · Services can be monitored and managed remotely. Office Web Apps services: Office Web Apps is a new Web-based productivity offering from Microsoft® Office 2010 This diagram illustrates two different groupings of service · Services can be managed and scripted by · You can share services across multiple Web · To achieve physical isolation of services, create · Microsoft® Word 2010 suites. Office Web Apps services include companions to Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft applications: the default group and a custom group. Windows PowerShell. Viewing Excel 2010, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, and Microsoft OneNote 2010. These Web-based applications within the same farm. separate instances of service applications and applications are stand-alone applications focused on offering access to Word 2010, · Microsoft® PowerPoint® PowerPoint 2010, Excel 2010, and OneNote 2010 documents through any browser across place them in different application pools (see Farm · Remote farms do not need direct permissions to the 2010 No multiple platforms, lightweight creation and editing capabilities in standard formats, · Excel® Services in B below). parent farm's configuration or services databases. sharing and collaboration on those documents through the browser, and a variety of Web- SharePoint® Server 2010 enabled scenarios. Documents created by using Web Applications are no different than · Microsoft OneNote 2010 ® documents created by using the corresponding desktop applications. The associated services are used to prepare documents for viewing and editing in a Web browser.
Microsoft® Project Server Microsoft Project Server 2010 hosts one or more Microsoft® Project Web Access instances, 2010 exposes scheduling functionality and other middle-tier calculations on Microsoft® Project DB No data, and exposes Web services for interacting with Microsoft Project 2010 data. Architecture examples Single-farm, single service group Single-farm, multiple service groups
Description Recommendations Description Recommendations · The default group of services is used for all This is the recommended configuration for most IIS Web Site—“SharePoint Web Services” · Targeted service applications are deployed for This configuration works well for companies with Farm B IIS Web Site—“SharePoint Web Services” Web applications in a farm. companies, at least initially. This configuration Farm A dedicated use by one or more groups within an divisions or teams that require dedicated services Application pool Application pool Application pool · All sites have access to all of the service works well for hosting a large number of sites for a organization. For example, in or isolated service data, or for sites that are set up applications that are deployed in the farm. single company on the same farm. Access Excel Managed User Profile Farm B (right), an additional instance of Excel with a narrower scope, such as partner Excel Managed User Profile Excel Access Use this configuration if: Services Services Metadata Services Application is deployed for the Finance collaboration. Services Metadata Services Services Application group (bottom-right Web application). Access Application Application Advantages · You want to optimize the resources required to Configuring multiple groups of services allows Services is also deployed for this group. teams and sites to consume services that are · Simplest architecture. run services within a farm. · One or more Web applications are created using a offered enterprise-wide, such as profile and search · You are sharing content and profile data · All services are available to all Web Business Data Secure Store Search custom group of services. The SharePoint services, while at the same time isolating the use of Business Data Secure Store Search across sites that otherwise require process Connectivity applications. Service administrator selects the service applications that targeted services for security or performance Connectivity Service isolation, for performance or security reasons. · Most efficient use of farm resources. are included in the custom group. In Farm B, the reasons. · All services are managed centrally. custom group includes the two dedicated service Services commonly deployed for dedicated use by applications as well as most of the services that are an individual team or department include: deployed to the farm. Disadvantages · Excel Services Application — To optimize · More than one custom group can be created. In performance for a targeted group or to isolate · Does not allow isolation of service data. Default group Farm C (below), dedicated service applications for sensitive data. Default group Custom group the Business Data Connectivity and the Managed · Individual departments or groups cannot · Managed Metadata — To allow a team or Metadata services are deployed to the farm for use manage service applications on their own. department to manage their own taxonomy, by the HR department, resulting in a second custom hierarchies, keywords, and so on. SharePoint group (in addition to the dedicated services and Server 2010 combines the results of multiple group that are created for the Finance group). instances of the Managed Metadata Web Application pool Application pool Application pool Application pool · In some cases, a dedicated group of services is service, and so taxonomies, content types, and Web application—Finance Web configured to narrow the list of services that are other elements can be shared across an Web application—Company Web Web application—My Sites Web application—Published Intranet Content Web application—My Sites Web application—Team Sites used by a Web application. For example, a partner organization. collaboration site can be configured to consume a · Business Data Connectivity — Individual sub-set of the services that are offered by the farm. http://companyweb http://finance http://team teams or departments can integrate with their http://my http://Fabrikam http://my · Farm B achieves process isolation for services that own line of business data systems and keep the are deployed for the Finance group by placing these data isolated from the rest of the organization. http://my/personal/
Advantages Disadvantages · Accommodates multiple organizational goals · More complex to configure and manage. on the same farm. · Farm resources support multiple instances of · Service data can be isolated. some services. · Allows individual teams or departments to manage the services that are dedicated for their groups. · Sites can be configured to use a subset of Manage Service Applications page Service Application Associations services. Farm C
Add service applications by clicking New Service application connections are also listed IIS Web Site—“SharePoint Web Services” A service connection (“proxy” in Windows PowerShell) is the logical element that page Deployed service applications are listed connects a Web application to a specific instance of a service. Administrators do not Manage the association of services to Web applications Application need to create or manage these. Some connections have settings that can be pool configured by administrators, for example, the Business Data Connectivity connection. The grouping of services for a Web application is configured when you first create a Web application. Use Managed Excel User Profile Managed Excel Access this page in Central Administration to edit the associations. Metadata Services Metadata Services Services On this page: Application Application · Click a Web application to edit the services within the group or to select the default group of service Managed applications. Metadata Business Data Managed Secure Store Search Business Data · Click a service group (proxy group) to edit the services associated with the group. Connectivity Metadata Service Connectivity The service group assignment is either the default group or a custom group. Custom service groups are not re-usable across multiple Web applications. If you select “custom”, you are creating a new set of associations for the Web application. View which services are associated with a Web application Connecting to multiple instances of the Managed Metadata Service · A grouping of services can include multiple instances of the Managed Metadata service. Custom group Default group Custom group For example, in the illustration (right), both of the custom groups include two instances of the Managed Metadata service. · In this scenario, the sites within the Web applications display taxonomy, social tagging, Application pool Application pool Application pool and other features provided by this service from both of instances of the services. Web application—HRWeb Web application—Company Web Web application—My Sites Web application—Finance Web · If there are multiple instances of this service, one of the instances must be designated as (http://CentralAdminSite) http://hrweb http://companyweb http://finance the primary service which hosts the corporate http://my taxonomy. All other instances of this service (http://FabrikamFinanceWeb) are then secondary instances, providing http://my/personal/
instances of the Managed Metadata service. Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 (http://mysites) (http://teamsites)
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