SharePoint - Code Access Security

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Code access security


A mechanism utilized by the common language runtime which uses managed code to grant permissions by security policy. These permissions are then enforced, helping to limit the operations that the code will be allowed to perform.

SharePoint - Client Context

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Client context


The object that is used to initiate actions with the client-side object model. It is the primary object for coordinating requests against corresponding objects in a site collection.

SharePoint - Claims-Based Identity

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Claims-based identity


A unique identifier that represents a user, application, computer, or other entity. It lets that entity gain access to multiple resources, such as applications and network resources, without entering their credentials multiple times. Additionally, it allows resources to validate requests from an entity.

SharePoint - Chrome Control

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Chrome control


An HTML and JavaScript control which renders the top chrome that is available to use in apps for SharePoint.

SharePoint - Child SIte

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Child site


A site located within a site collection that is a top-level site and then can have one or more child sites, known as subsites.  

SharePoint - Central Administration Site

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Central administration site


A particular SharePoint site where an administrator can oversee all sites and servers in a farm that is utilizing Microsoft SharePoint based technologies.

SharePoint - Capacity Planning

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Capacity planning


Process of classifying and preparing for an application, hardware, and network options to anticipate site traffic, growth and failover in order to attain site performance goals.

SharePoint - Calculated column

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Calculated column


A column in a table which utilizes a formula that is copied automatically to each record in the column or in another column if applicable.

SharePoint - Business Object

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Business object


An object which performs a set of operations, usually defined such as data validation or business rule logic, related to a business process or workflow.

SharePoint - Business Data Catalog (BDC)

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Business Data Catalog (BDC)


A service which collects information in regard to business application data that occurs outside the server farm. Such a service can be used to show business data in lists, web parts, search, user profiles, and custom applications.

SharePoint - Business Connectivity Services (BCS) Client Runtime

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Business Connectivity Services (BCS) Client Runtime


A runtime which reads and understands a configuration file and then executes the applicable instructions on the Microsoft Office applications. This is utilized primarily to display the user interface such as form regions in Microsoft Outlook, task panes, and ribbons.

SharePoint - App Definitions

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App

Features that a site owner or administrator can add to a SharePoint Site, such as document libraries, lists, calendars and tasks.

 

App catalog

A SharePoint document library that administrators can use to distribute apps for Office and SharePoint to users.



App custom action

A category of a custom action that is added to a host site by an app for SharePoint and which links to additional functionality that is contained by the app.



App for SharePoint

A cloud-enabled app that adds rich, scenario-focused functionality into a SharePoint environment.



App part

A module of an app for SharePoint that can be embedded on a site page to show the functionality of the app.



App web

A sub-web site where the SharePoint elements of an app are deployed when the app is installed on a host web.

SharePoint - Alternate Access Mapping

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Alternate access mapping


A mapping of URLs to Web applications. Incoming alternate access mappings are used to provide several URL access points for the same set of content. Outgoing alternate access mappings are utilized to confirm that content is rendered in the correct URL environment.

SharePoint - Alert Subscription

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Alert subscription


A request to receive an Internet message automatically when user-defined criteria are met. Such communication messages are generated automatically when items such as documents, Web pages, list items, sites, or other assets have changed.

SharePoint - Alert

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Alert


An Internet communication that is sent to subscribers automatically to notify them when certain criteria are met. Alerts are once set-up are automatically sent when items such as documents, Web pages, list items, sites, or other assets have changed.

SharePoint - After Event

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After event


An asynchronous event whose handler runs only after the action that raised the event is finished. Also called a "post-event." Unlike a before event, an after event handler doesn’t terminate the action that caused the event.

SharePoint - Activity Flow

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Activity flow


A running request of a workflow that contains a sequence of action occurrences and/or activity model requests. These action and activity instances can be sequenced in any order to build a single activity flow.

SharePoint - Activity Feed

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Activity feed


A feed that delivers information, notifications and updates constructed on people, documents, and tags one is following.

SharePoint - Activities

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Activities


Tracked updates associated to an explicit user. These items are often related to the user’s social collaboration within SharePoint (such as tagging, rating, likes, etc.).

SharePoint - Active selection

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Active selection


The present selection of cells, rows, or columns that comprises the active cell in a datasheet.

SharePoint - Active Directory

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Active directory

A directory service from Microsoft utilized in SharePoint for categorizing user login accounts in named groups.

SharePoint - Action

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Action

The tiniest component of work in a workflow system. An action can comprise one or more responsibilities that define work that needs done. Actions are deployed and registered in the workflow system to be triggered by protocol users. Additionally, this is a component of work that can be performed by a workflow and is usually defined in a workflow markup file.

SharePoint - Accessing resources remotely

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Accessing resources remotely


Permits users to access Office 365 (0365) system external to a network firewall. By default - O365 accepts user’s access from any device at any time.

SharePoint - Access URL

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Access URL

The core URL that is utilized by a crawler to classify and access an item.

SharePoint - Access control list (ACL)

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Access control list (ACL)

In Windows-based systems, a list of access control entries (ACE) that pertain to a complete object, a set of the object's properties, or a single property of an object, and that describe the access granted to one or more security principals.

SharePoint - Access control entry (ACE)

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Access control entry (ACE)

An entry in either a securable item’s discretionary access control list (DACL) or an item’s system access control list (SACL). In a DACL, the entry grants or denies permissions to a user or group. In a SACL, the entry identifies which security events to audit for a certain user or group or controls the Windows Integrity Level for the item.

SharePoint - Absolute reference

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Absolute reference

A reference to a set location on a sheet. An absolute reference constantly refers to the equal range, even if the formula that comprises it is moved or copied to a different location.

SharePoint - Absolute Path

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Absolute path

A string that displays the location of a file and starts with a drive identifier and root directory or network share and ends with the applicable file name. Example: C:\Documents\Work\testexample.txt and \\netshare\Documents\Work\testexample.txt.