Sharepointfeaturesservices-10

Understanding and troubleshooting SharePoint 2010 technology Features and services

SharePoint 2010 technology Technical Article

Writer: Mark Gillis

Published: June, 2010
Applies to: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 technology
Version: 1.0

Summary: Provides insight into variations in the way SharePoint 2010 technology is configured including: what SharePoint 2010 edition or other productsyou need to use specific SharePoint Features, what SharePoint Features are activated and the related services that must also be started, troubleshooting SharePoint Feature and service functionality that is missing or does not work, and other important features that are not behaving as expected and might require re-configuration.

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Contents
Introduction 6
Overview of Features and Services 7
What is a SharePoint Feature? 7
What is a SharePoint service? 7
Features and Services 8
SharePoint 2010 is organized like a hierarchy of containers 9
Server Farm 9
Site Collection 12
Sites andsubsites 13
My Sites 13
Consequences of deactivating a SharePoint Feature or stopping a service 14
Enabling the license type and Enterprise Features on all sites 14
Other important features that may not work as expected 15
Troubleshooting problems with SharePoint Features and services 16
Summary of SharePoint Features 17
Access Services Farm Feature 17
Advanced Web Analytics 17Connect to Office Ribbon Controls 17
Content Organizer 17
Content Type Syndication Hub 18
Custom Site Collection Help 18
Data Connection Library 18
Disposition Approval Workflow 19
Document ID Service 19
Document Sets 19
Document Sets Metadata Synchronization 20
E-mail Integration with Content Organizer 20
Excel Services Application Edit Farm Feature 20
Excel ServicesApplication View Farm Feature 20
Excel Services Application Web Part Farm Feature 21
FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Master Job Provisioning 21
Global Web Parts 21
Group Work Lists 21
Hold and eDiscovery 22
In Place Records Management 22
Library and Folder Based Retention 22
Metadata Navigation and Filtering 23
Office Web Apps 23
Office.com Entry Points from SharePoint 23...