SharePoint is made up of a lot of moving pieces. While it's frequently used as an intranet or document collaboration workspace, it's also a robust application development platform, as mentioned earlier in this chapter. The SharePoint Server experience is fully customizable, and as a framework and platform for development, it is really only limited by the creativity of designers, developers, and administrators.
Many of SharePoint Server's features are made available through service applications. A service application can be thought of as a set of software and configuration components that make features and web applications available to users or other services. The following table lists the core SharePoint Server service applications and their functions:
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Service application |
Description |
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Access Services |
Access Services in SharePoint Server provides service applications that enable you to share Access 2013 solutions... |
