Sharepoint Interview Questions and Answers


 

Interview Question in Sharepoint

Microsoft Active Directory (LDAP) General Question,

Hi,

I am extending my active directory home network to include O3Spaces (a Sharepoint similar application, only open source), I am tying it in with my AD domain, and am prompted for "Start Location" and "Tree Location 1" (There are 5 places for tree locations, only 1 is required). Anyways, if my domain was "network.example.com", how do I label this in the format that I have seen before like "DN=???,DN=???". If you have ANY ideas on this I would really apprieciate it, I am not that great with active directory, its new to me.

Thank you in advance!

HP Laptop, Vista won't upgrade

I have an HP DV7-1175nr with Vista Home Premium and an MSDN subscription. My Vista disk labeled July 2008 Vista with SP1 will not upgrade this to Ultimate.

1. Running the upgrade while entering the key and selecting the option to update the install process returns an error "An error has occurred Windows installation will have to restart"
2. Running the upgrade bypassing the authentication simply disables the upgrade option.
There is plenty of disk space (200GB) and I am selecting the correct 64 bit version of Ultimate.

Please help. I need to upgrade so I can use Virtual PC 2007 for a Sharepoint Development Server.

Network File Share

I run a small businesses, I would like to be able to set up a way for my users to access a web-based application, or whatever so they can download documents and/or applications. Microsoft Sharepoint seams to much for what i need, Like I said I just have Files, documents, applications I would like anyone on my network to view, and ideas of what to do?? Thanks

Adobe Dreamweaver vs. Microsoft Frontpage/Share Point/Expressions

I am currently in the process of commiting to a web designin platform. I currently use Microsoft Frontpage, but will be upgrading from that.

For a person who is intermediate with web design (I am not fluent in HTML or other more advanced languages, but know my way around Frontpage), which platform woudl you recommend?

Additionally, if you can offer a comparison between Expressions and Sharepoint with Frontpage being a baseline, that would be great (as I currently use frontpage and am ticked that the product has split into two)

I am looking for comparison between:
- user friendliness
- ability to learn more within the program and for the prgram to adapt to that learning curve (i.e. I fully intend to learn, for example, Java and want to be able to integrate it)
- ability to integrate multimedia
- accessibility - TRUE accessibility as the web content is for people with diasabilities
- any other thoughts?

Thanks a lot!

Say you're a software developer. Which job would YOU choose

Job 1: Developer role, large bank, 6 month contract that will likely be extended, working with .NET, not the most exciting work, not much room to grow to a senior position, pay is between $1700 and $2000 per week depending on hours worked (overtime/weekends are sometimes required)

Job 2: Technical lead role, large IT services provider, permenant, working with .NET and possibly Sharepoint, Silverlight, etc, working with a lot of different clients on web-based projects, could grow to team lead then project manager, pay is around $1200 per week, hours are 9-5.

I need an easy, convenient way to allow mobile users to view my intranet

I have an intranet that uses MS Sharepoint Services 2003. This has a lot of information that I would like to be made viewable to my mobile users. I have authentication set up so that isnt an issue, I was wondering if I need to make a new view for them, or add a few lines of code in the exhisting page or what. What would be the easiest way?

We are all using Blackberry 8830 series.

I know a lot about web design, except this WAP and mobile stuff is new to me.

What software would allow me to create a website like this

Please look at this website:

http://atlanta.citysearch.com/yellowpage...

I want to create a website that has a business directory like the above site. I really like the layout but I am curios what they used to create that site? I have tried DotNetNuke but it seems very limited. I am looking for a CMS that will allow me to perform the same features.

Can this be done in Sharepoint? Any help would be EXTREMELY appreciated.

Thanks!!

Sharepoint Question

Hi, I have to create a Sharepoint questionnaire to find out how people feel about using it, saving docs, finding things etc. I am struggling to find the right questions to ask. Could anyone help me with this?

Thanks

My job title dilemna

I have been working for my current company for about 4 years now. I started off as a help desk analyst, but quickly busted my butt and studied and got promoted to Senior Help Desk Analyst about 2 years or so ago.

Thing is that they said they want me to do alot of tasks relating to engineering and administrator functions. They said that I would get a job title with Associate Systems/Network Engineer, but that was like two years ago. When I ask them about it now, they keep avoiding the situation and are complete asses about it all. I am getting screwed in the pay also, and thinking that maybe if they bump me up to that title, they will have to pay me more.

I mean I am doing a huge things not help desk related ranging from a huge VMWare Ace rollout to thousands of computers, and lots of VMWare server ESX migrations and administration. I also assisted in other tasks such as making the whole 4 story building wireless ready and implementing/configuring WAP points. Recently I have been in charge of the help desk (basically manager over 15 help desk reps) and tons other duties including lots of a range of subjects related to everything imaginable. The good thing about working for a company with about 6000 workers I guess.

I am not the only person they are screwing. The main SDE service desk admins and sharepoint admin left the company a couple weeks ago, and they took one of my coworkers and gave him both responsibilities of SDE and Sharepoint admin. This is obviously alot of work for both responsibilities to have someone do, and they are keeping his title as "Help Desk Analyst" and refuse to change his title. Again probably cause they are paying him help desk salary and they are cheap and dont want to bump him up in scale.

Question is, I spend 30 hours a week studying a wide array of materials ranging from OS to Vmware to Cisco networking and honestly if you see the things I am doing for the title "help desk" is unbelievable.

How does all this work, for when another company wants to call my current employer. They will call and see that my title is help desk analyst. Like they are going to believe me when I put all the things I do on the job. Can they even ask my current employer what my current job title is or what I do?

Any help or tips would be great

Thanks

Shareportal Server 2003 installation

Hi, I have Sharepoint Portal 2003 Server installed on one server, about 1 GB DB. I want to test uninstalling it (I have it replicated on a test box), of course creating a backup with the backup data utility and then reinstalling and restoring it. I uninstalled it completely, reinstalled it and went into the backup/restore utility however I am at a standstill because I get all these errors like there is no portal site found to restore it to. Is what I'm doing possible, and if so what are the right steps (having the backup SP files of course) in restoring a portal site completely from a fresh install of the SP Portal 2003 server program on that replicated {Replicated name/static ip and everything} machine?

Finding a programming position in UK, get sponsored, and then emigrate to the UK

Little bit about myself.

-> Programmer with over 4 years of financial market experience in NYC.
-> Expert knowledge of C#, Asp.Net, Sql Server 2005, and Sharepoint 2007
-> Masters in Computer Science from NYU.

I want to emigrate to the UK but I want to get a job first and then move there instead of going there and then looking for jobs - helps me apply for work permit before hand.

Whats the best way of doing this? Anyone has had any experience doing this before hand?

What is the best way to organize an Operations Manual for a large enterprise

We have manuals for each of our departments (it's a large construction company) for how we do business. Estimating, Project Management, General Administration, IT, etc. etc. We are exploring Wiki's, Sharepoint, etc. And just need an efficient and effective way to:
1) Manage Change (i.e. making it super easy to update these documents);
2) ensuring QA/QC around the Changes;
3) Making it easy to search and find relevant information;
4) Making it easy to access, read (i.e. a global tree or index) and potentially print (although this is diminishing) the documents);

Right now all the documents are in separate word or PDF files in a basic sharepoint implementation.

Any assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

My job title dilemna

I have been working for my current company for about 4 years now. I started off as a help desk analyst, but quickly busted my butt and studied and got promoted to Senior Help Desk Analyst about 2 years or so ago.

Thing is that they said they want me to do alot of tasks relating to engineering and administrator functions. They said that I would get a job title with Associate Systems/Network Engineer, but that was like two years ago. When I ask them about it now, they keep avoiding the situation and are complete asses about it all. I am getting screwed in the pay also, and thinking that maybe if they bump me up to that title, they will have to pay me more.

I mean I am doing a huge things not help desk related ranging from a huge VMWare Ace rollout to thousands of computers, and lots of VMWare server ESX migrations and administration. I also assisted in other tasks such as making the whole 4 story building wireless ready and implementing/configuring WAP points. Recently I have been in charge of the help desk (basically manager over 15 help desk reps) and tons other duties including lots of a range of subjects related to everything imaginable. The good thing about working for a company with about 6000 workers I guess.

I am not the only person they are screwing. The main SDE service desk admins and sharepoint admin left the company a couple weeks ago, and they took one of my coworkers and gave him both responsibilities of SDE and Sharepoint admin. This is obviously alot of work for both responsibilities to have someone do, and they are keeping his title as "Help Desk Analyst" and refuse to change his title. Again probably cause they are paying him help desk salary and they are cheap and dont want to bump him up in scale.

Question is, I spend 30 hours a week studying a wide array of materials ranging from OS to Vmware to Cisco networking and honestly if you see the things I am doing for the title "help desk" is unbelievable.

How does all this work, for when another company wants to call my current employer. They will call and see that my title is help desk analyst. Like they are going to believe me when I put all the things I do on the job. Can they even ask my current employer what my current job title is or what I do?

Any help or tips would be great

Thanks

My job title dilemna

I have been working for my current company for about 4 years now. I started off as a help desk analyst, but quickly busted my butt and studied and got promoted to Senior Help Desk Analyst about 2 years or so ago.

Thing is that they said they want me to do alot of tasks relating to engineering and administrator functions. They said that I would get a job title with Associate Systems/Network Engineer, but that was like two years ago. When I ask them about it now, they keep avoiding the situation and are complete asses about it all. I am getting screwed in the pay also, and thinking that maybe if they bump me up to that title, they will have to pay me more.

I mean I am doing a huge things not help desk related ranging from a huge VMWare Ace rollout to thousands of computers, and lots of VMWare server ESX migrations and administration. I also assisted in other tasks such as making the whole 4 story building wireless ready and implementing/configuring WAP points. Recently I have been in charge of the help desk (basically manager over 15 help desk reps) and tons other duties including lots of a range of subjects related to everything imaginable. The good thing about working for a company with about 6000 workers I guess.

I am not the only person they are screwing. The main SDE service desk admins and sharepoint admin left the company a couple weeks ago, and they took one of my coworkers and gave him both responsibilities of SDE and Sharepoint admin. This is obviously alot of work for both responsibilities to have someone do, and they are keeping his title as "Help Desk Analyst" and refuse to change his title. Again probably cause they are paying him help desk salary and they are cheap and dont want to bump him up in scale.

Question is, I spend 30 hours a week studying a wide array of materials ranging from OS to Vmware to Cisco networking and honestly if you see the things I am doing for the title "help desk" is unbelievable.

How does all this work, for when another company wants to call my current employer. They will call and see that my title is help desk analyst. Like they are going to believe me when I put all the things I do on the job. Can they even ask my current employer what my current job title is or what I do?

Any help or tips would be great

Thanks

Move from Developer to Architect or Manager

I'm a Senior Software Developer with some architecture skills. In fact I've attempted to design and lead our new CRM redevelopment. Things are going ok, although, not everything has been designed perfectly as I'd like. Anyway, I've been at this company for 8 years, started as a Programmer. There is no technical person above me, only a Dev Manager, Project Manager and GM of IT (CIO)... How do I progress my career??? I'm chasing dollar signs here and need to get ahead. I'm thinking of moving to the US or Europe to gain broader experience.... I'm not liking the coding work these days, I think 10 years of it is enough. What can I do? Sharepoint developers get a stack of money, but we've only just got sharepoint and I'm not involved in the project. Hmmm, so many questions and paths, not sure what to do... I'm thinking the only way is up the chain, but how do I get there??? I need to somehow score an Architect position where there is a Chief Architect...........

Web portal and Active Directory

I'm running Win2k3 domain, with Exchange & Sharepoint. Not all of our workstations use active directory. I am trying to create an employee web portal that provides a single sign-on to exchange & sharepoint, as well as some other resources at the same time. I know it can be done, I just can't find any example scripts/tutorials that would help. Where do I begin?

Thanks.

Compare different office 2007 versions, suites, and singles

I need to compare the following office 2007 suties:
-Standard
-Professional Plus
-Enterprise
-Project Professional
-Viso
-Sharepoint

I found: Standard, Professional Plus, Enterprise.

Are Visio, Project Professional, and Sharepoint single things? I can't find them included in anything. Please help me out. And what are those three?? What do they do?

***If you just send me the link the the Office 2007 Compare page on Microsoft's webpage, you will not be chosen as the best answer no matter what.***

Thanks for your help!! :)

Excel workbook becoming unshared when edited by others

I'm currently trying to manage a large spreadsheet that gets sent out to a team of people every day by a uploading/downloading via a Sharepoint site. Each person modifies a different section of the document, then uploads their copies. Since the document started out as one Shared Workbook, and I turned "protect shared workbook" on, I can merge most of the users' workbooks back into one. For some reason, two users always return their spreadsheets with Sharing and Track Changes turned off (in spite of it being 'protected'). They swear they aren't messing with the spreadsheet except to add data to their assigned cells, and they've tried emailing the files back instead of using the Sharepoint. Could their computer or version of Excel somehow be disabling Shared Workbooks? I'm using Excel 2003, but if they had an old version, could this be deleting the change history/unsharing the workbook when they open the file? Thanks in advance!

My job title dilemna

I have been working for my current company for about 4 years now. I started off as a help desk analyst, but quickly busted my butt and studied and got promoted to Senior Help Desk Analyst about 2 years or so ago.

Thing is that they said they want me to do alot of tasks relating to engineering and administrator functions. They said that I would get a job title with Associate Systems/Network Engineer, but that was like two years ago. When I ask them about it now, they keep avoiding the situation and are complete asses about it all. I am getting screwed in the pay also, and thinking that maybe if they bump me up to that title, they will have to pay me more.

I mean I am doing a huge things not help desk related ranging from a huge VMWare Ace rollout to thousands of computers, and lots of VMWare server ESX migrations and administration. I also assisted in other tasks such as making the whole 4 story building wireless ready and implementing/configuring WAP points. Recently I have been in charge of the help desk (basically manager over 15 help desk reps) and tons other duties including lots of a range of subjects related to everything imaginable. The good thing about working for a company with about 6000 workers I guess.

I am not the only person they are screwing. The main SDE service desk admins and sharepoint admin left the company a couple weeks ago, and they took one of my coworkers and gave him both responsibilities of SDE and Sharepoint admin. This is obviously alot of work for both responsibilities to have someone do, and they are keeping his title as "Help Desk Analyst" and refuse to change his title. Again probably cause they are paying him help desk salary and they are cheap and dont want to bump him up in scale.

Question is, I spend 30 hours a week studying a wide array of materials ranging from OS to Vmware to Cisco networking and honestly if you see the things I am doing for the title "help desk" is unbelievable.

How does all this work, for when another company wants to call my current employer. They will call and see that my title is help desk analyst. Like they are going to believe me when I put all the things I do on the job. Can they even ask my current employer what my current job title is or what I do?

Any help or tips would be great

Thanks

My job title dilemna

I have been working for my current company for about 4 years now. I started off as a help desk analyst, but quickly busted my butt and studied and got promoted to Senior Help Desk Analyst about 2 years or so ago.

Thing is that they said they want me to do alot of tasks relating to engineering and administrator functions. They said that I would get a job title with Associate Systems/Network Engineer, but that was like two years ago. When I ask them about it now, they keep avoiding the situation and are complete asses about it all. I am getting screwed in the pay also, and thinking that maybe if they bump me up to that title, they will have to pay me more.

I mean I am doing a huge things not help desk related ranging from a huge VMWare Ace rollout to thousands of computers, and lots of VMWare server ESX migrations and administration. I also assisted in other tasks such as making the whole 4 story building wireless ready and implementing/configuring WAP points. Recently I have been in charge of the help desk (basically manager over 15 help desk reps) and tons other duties including lots of a range of subjects related to everything imaginable. The good thing about working for a company with about 6000 workers I guess.

I am not the only person they are screwing. The main SDE service desk admins and sharepoint admin left the company a couple weeks ago, and they took one of my coworkers and gave him both responsibilities of SDE and Sharepoint admin. This is obviously alot of work for both responsibilities to have someone do, and they are keeping his title as "Help Desk Analyst" and refuse to change his title. Again probably cause they are paying him help desk salary and they are cheap and dont want to bump him up in scale.

Question is, I spend 30 hours a week studying a wide array of materials ranging from OS to Vmware to Cisco networking and honestly if you see the things I am doing for the title "help desk" is unbelievable.

How does all this work, for when another company wants to call my current employer. They will call and see that my title is help desk analyst. Like they are going to believe me when I put all the things I do on the job. Can they even ask my current employer what my current job title is or what I do?

Any help or tips would be great

Thanks
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