what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

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what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

posted @ Thursday, February 24, 2005 8:51 AM | 13 Comments

inspired by scott hanselmen's post about What Great .NET Developers Ought to Know, as well as the rush of interviews i've been conducting lately to fill sharepoint positions, i started compiling a list of questions for what a sharepoint ~~consultant~~ developer/architect (or fill in your own title) ought to know...here it is...

please comment on more questions -- this was my 30 second list that i'll be adding to.

What SharePoint consultants Ought to Know

Everyone who can spell SharePoint

what is SharePoint?
what is the difference between SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services?
what is a document library?
what is a meeting workspace?
what is a document workspace?
what is a web part?

Mid-level SharePoint Consultant

what is the difference between a document library and a form library?
what is a web part zone?
how is security managed in SharePoint?
how are web parts developed?
what is a site definition?
what is a template?
how do you install web parts?
what is the difference between a site and a web?
what are the differences between web part page gallery, site gallery, virtual server gallery and online gallery?
what is the GAC?
what is a DWP?
what is CAML?
what are themes?
what is presence?
can web parts be connected? if so, how?
what is a personal view and what is a shared view?
what is an STP file?
what is an FWP file?
can you upload MP3's to SharePoint?
how does SharePoint support MS Outlook integration?
how can you extend lists in SharePoint?
explain the document versioning in SharePoint document libraries

Senior SharePoint Consultant

where are web part resources contained?
what are the different installation methods for deploying web parts? and what are the pros/cons?
what is a ghosted/unghosted page?
how is site data stored?
where is metadata for a web stored?
what is an audience and describe the use?
what are the trust levels and what is the default trust associated with SharePoint?
what are the two logging mechanisms for usage statistics?
what functionality does owssup.dll provide for client side activities?
what is the difference between a site owner and a site administrator?
what is STSAdm and what can it be used for?
can WSS search subsites?
can you register alerts for users?
are PDFs searchable?

SharePoint Architect

what is a SharePoint farm?
describe a large deployment
how can you synchronize custom Active Directory attributes to SharePoint?
if it is anticipated that our organization would need to store 1 terrabyte of documents, what is the recommended configuration and storage requirement?
describe the implementation of SharePoint and Project Server
what are the BKMs for workflow and SharePoint?
explain how you would deploy SharePoint on an extranet
what is the BKM for maximum number of virtual servers configured for SharePoint on a single box?
what are the migration strategies for moving sites around?
what are the archiving strategies?
describe the search strategies
can you implement forms-based authentication with SharePoint?
describe how single sign-on works

Comments

Micky Datsun

4/2/2005 8:56 AM | # re: what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

It would be great if some one gives the answeres for all the above questions.
Eli Robillard

5/19/2005 11:31 AM | # re: what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

Architects: "How would you implement a way for end-users to self-identify as belonging to an audience?" For example, you have news targeted for skateboarders, and don't want to require an admin to get someone in that group.
Girish

6/9/2008 12:08 AM | # re: what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

Can Some one please Provide Answers for all the above Questions
anonymous

6/11/2008 8:53 PM | # re: what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

What a lovely set of questions - you are really funny
vbn

6/18/2008 10:00 PM | # re: what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

hi its nice
priya

6/18/2008 10:04 PM | # re: what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

A sharepoint is a web-based platform for building a business application from which you store,share and manage digital informortion within your organization.
priya

6/18/2008 10:08 PM | # Answers

hope this link will give answers for these questions...

http://www.megasolutions.net/qs/Sharepoint_Portal_Interview_Questions.aspx
Manoj Iyer

7/8/2008 10:51 PM | # re: what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

Hi Tim,

I must thanks you for the wonderfull set of questions posed by you.
I am a founder member of sharepointkings (www.sharepointkings.com), with a passion to break through sharepoint challenges.

We deliver solutions free of cost, this is just a way of thanking the shrepoint developer community at large.

These questions will prove of great importance to all your readers.

Have a nice day.
Manoj Iyer
www.sharepointkings.com
Mohan BVS

10/23/2008 11:59 AM | # re: what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

very useful post, every one should go through this set of questions before he attend an interview for a sharepoint developer position
SharePoint_Consultant

10/28/2008 6:39 PM | # re: what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

Nice set of questions.

BM
Manish

11/22/2008 9:09 AM | # re: what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

See some questions which will help you to become SharePoint Consultant:

http://qmoss.blogspot.com/

Hope this helps
http://manish-sharepoint.blogspot.com/
Don

5/21/2009 10:42 PM | # re: what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

This is a good, comprehensive set of questions. What's interesting is that I find myself able to answer almost all of the architect questions and I'm at a loss for some the easier ones.

What most people miss about SP is that it's a platform, not a "server". Asking someone if they know SharePoint is like asking someone if they know computers. It's broad and you really have to focus on some aspect of it.

Something I have noticed in my dealings with SP and in hiring SP consultants is that the people who are .Net developers are able to go much, much further with it than administrators and end users. I think that's because developers understand the underlying technology. If you're an ASP.Net developer, you can quickly understand SP technically.

Understanding how to translate business needs (taxonomy, business goals, etc) is the hardest part of being a SP consultant and it's more about people hacking than system hacking. Good post.
maddy

12/19/2009 11:05 PM | # re: what a good sharepoint subject matter expert ought to know...

hi.. awesome post!!!