Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure Vol 1 part 11. This course is intended for IT Professionals who use Microsoft SharePoint 2010 in a team-based, medium-sized to large environment. While they may have implemented a SharePoint deployment, they have limited experience in designing a SharePoint infrastructure. They likely work as a senior administrator who acts as a technical lead over a team of administrators. Members of this audience should have at least 6 months experience with SharePoint 2010. | Planning a Service Application Architecture 2-21 intranet site. Administrators can use the Service Applications page to change the protocol and port binding for each service application. Communication between service applications and Microsoft SQL Server takes place over the standard SQL Server ports or the ports that you configure for SQL Server communication. For the following service applications information is cached to improve performance Access Services Excel Services PerformancePoint Services Word Automation Services The Visio Graphics Service uses a binary large object BLOB cache which provides higher performance when it renders large drawings. Question What is the default port number for service application communication over HTTPS MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED 2-22 Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure Service Application Components Service application connection proxy Link between Web application and service application Service applications associated with all farm Web applications by default Service application proxy and Web application associations managed on a per-case basis Service application proxy groups Databases Naming Size and management Key Points A service application is made up of a number of components that work together to deliver service functionality to the end user. Service Application Connection Proxy When you deploy a service application you create a service application connection. This connection is more commonly known as a proxy. The proxy manages the connection information so that the service application can communicate with service requests from service consumers such as Web Parts. You can link and manage service applications against individual Web applications. This means that you have the flexibility to deploy multiple service application instances which you can isolate to match performance or security requirements. You should remember that by default service applications are associated with all of the Web .
