What is a SharePoint Farm?
In simple words Sharepoint Farm is a logical grouping of sharepoint servers that share a common resource provided by Microsoft, Most commonly the sharepoint Farm is operated stand-alone but can also use the resources shared by the other farms and it can also provide resources to another farm.
If an organization is using a sharepoint then it will have its own configurational database, which is managed by the Powershell interface . in the Microsoft sharepoint, each server can directly interface with the centralized configured database. Microsoft sharepoint servers use this to make sure the services are configured. A SharePoint farm can be hosted in a web-based cloud, in any company’s private data center, or across multiple data centers in different locations of the world.
Introduction to Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft SharePoint is basically a Web-based collaborative platform, it comes under the umbrella of Tech giant Microsoft, it was launched in 2001. It is mainly used to handle web application development and content management by providing powerful tools such as organizing content, providing collaborating, and managing information in a very structured way. it is primarily sold as document storage and management system. Microsoft Sharepoint is highly configurable and has a vast application among organizations, It is accessible anywhere in the world via a browser and the internet.
Microsoft also states that Microsoft SharePoint has Over 190 million active users across a massive 200,000 customer organization.
Microsoft Sharepoint has mainly 6 different areas which are stated below :
- Sites: managing and building websites
- Communities: Creating a social and collaborative environment
- Content: Managing your data and records
- Search: Search your info
- Composites: Work Together
- Insights: Digging for Business intelligence