Core Solutions of Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2013 Flashcards

You transfer the content of the software updates and the SharePoint installation disc to your hard drive. In order to install a SharePoint server in the future, you must fulfill the setup criteria. What ought you to do?

Answer: Extract the content of each file to the Updates folder by running the /extract: command.

To prepare for a future SharePoint server installation by integrating software updates with the installation media, you must extract the content of each update file to the 'Updates' folder within the SharePoint installation directory. Running the `/extract:` command for each update file, specifying the 'Updates' folder as the path, ensures these updates are automatically applied during the initial SharePoint installation, streamlining the setup process and reducing post-installation patching.

Enterprise Search for SharePoint Server 2013 is put into use by a business. Some results sources' crawls do not finish. To decide how to change crawling, you must look at information about the status of the content that has been indexed. What ought to be examined?

Answer: the crawl log

To investigate why some results sources' crawls do not finish and to understand the status of indexed content in SharePoint 2013 Enterprise Search, the crawl log is the essential tool. The crawl log provides detailed information about the crawl process, including successes, failures, warnings, and errors for each item attempted to be crawled. This allows administrators to effectively diagnose and troubleshoot crawling issues, ensuring content is properly indexed.

Two online applications make up the SharePoint environment of a business. The business intranet is accessed through the first web application, while various custom apps are hosted by the second web application. Data from external systems is retrieved by the custom apps using Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS) Web Parts. The second web application's main page renders slowly and shows data from three bespoke apps. The custom app that is causing the delayed response times must be found. What instrument should you use?

Answer: SharePoint Health Analyzer

To identify the custom app causing slow response times on a SharePoint web application's main page, the SharePoint Health Analyzer is the appropriate tool. While the Developer Dashboard provides real-time metrics for a single page load, the Health Analyzer proactively scans the entire farm for potential configuration, performance, and security issues. It provides reports and actionable recommendations that can pinpoint problematic components or applications affecting overall farm health and performance, making it ideal for systemic issues.

In an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest, you oversee a SharePoint farm. You put SharePoint Online into action. Users of AD DS must be able to access SharePoint Online resources as well as sites hosted on-premises without needing to log in each time. For the SharePointfarm to validate incoming tokens, you change the default certificate. Make that SharePoint is using the new certificate. What service do you need to restart?

Answer: SharePoint Timer Service

When changing the default certificate for a SharePoint farm to validate incoming tokens, such as for SharePoint Online access, the SharePoint Timer Service needs to be restarted. This service is responsible for executing scheduled jobs, including those that refresh security configurations and certificate trusts. Restarting it ensures that the farm picks up the new certificate configuration and applies it correctly for token validation, enabling seamless authentication.

Implementing Office 365 authentication is necessary. What ought you to do?

Answer: Add adatum.com and proseware.com as Office 365 SSO domains and use the SupportMultipleDomain parameter.

To implement Office 365 authentication for multiple domains (adatum.com and proseware.com) with Single Sign-On (SSO), it is necessary to add both domains as Office 365 SSO domains. Crucially, the `SupportMultipleDomain` parameter must be used during the configuration of Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS). This parameter ensures that federation is correctly set up for multiple top-level domains within a single AD FS instance, allowing users from both domains to authenticate seamlessly.

The necessary web use report(s) for the projects.contoso.com website must be displayed. What ought you to do?

Answer: Navigate to the site, and then replace Pages/Default.aspx in the URL with _layouts/ usagedetails.aspx.

To display the web usage reports for a specific site within SharePoint 2013, the most direct method is to navigate to that site and then modify the URL. By replacing the default page (e.g., `Pages/Default.aspx`) with `_layouts/usagedetails.aspx`, you can directly access the usage details page for that particular site. This provides immediate insights into its web analytics and user activity.

A server farm for SharePoint Server 2013 exists at your business. A Business Connectivity Services (BCS) application is one you design. You install the app on the farm, Based on the BCS program, users make lists and add items to the lists. Users claim that when they conduct data searches, BCS items are not shown in the search results. The search results show further farm products. You must make sure that the search results include BCS data. The answer must require the least amount of administration. What ought you to produce?

Answer: a Line of Business Data content source

To ensure that Business Connectivity Services (BCS) data is included in search results with the least amount of administration, you must create a 'Line of Business Data content source.' This specific content source type is designed to crawl and index data from external systems exposed through BCS. This is the most direct and efficient way to integrate BCS data into the SharePoint search index, making it discoverable by users.