Glossary

Terms and Definitions
All SharePoint Common Microsoft 365 Dynamics 365

App Catalog

SharePoint

App Catalog is a special SharePoint site that stores apps for SharePoint, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services. Global or SharePoint administrators can upload and manage applications from AppSource marketplace, custom-developed apps, or 3rd party apps for your organization's internal use. There can be only one App Catalog in a tenant.

AppSource

Microsoft 365

Microsoft App Source is a global online marketplace with applications and services created for Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power BI, Power Platform, and other Microsoft services. AppSource allows you to purchase and deploy applications in the organization's tenant.

Azure AD (Active Directory)

Microsoft 365

Azure Active Directory is a cloud-based identity provider which allows employees in your organization sign in and get access to Microsoft 365 as well as many other SaaS applications.

Azure DevOps

Microsoft 365

Azure DevOps Services (formerly Visual Studio Team Services) is a cloud-based product that provides version control, requirements management, automated pipelines for builds and releases, and testing capabilities.

CAML

SharePoint

Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) is a case-sensitive XML-based language used in SharePoint to define data definition objects such as lists, document libraries, views, content types, fields, and data rendering elements. For example, CAML can be used to build a query to filter and retrieve data from lists or libraries.

Classic SharePoint UI

SharePoint

User interface (UI) that is available in SharePoint 2013/2016/2019/Online. Classic UI based on server-side rendering.

Crawled Property

SharePoint

A crawled property in SharePoint search stores content and metadata that is extracted from an item by the crawler, such as a text of a document, author, or title. Crawled property is not retrievable but may be mapped to one or more managed property.

Custom Action

SharePoint

Custom action represents a link, ribbon component, menu item, or toolbar item. Custom action can be bound to list type, content type, or file type.

Document Library

SharePoint

A special type of list that stores files, folders, and information about them. Document Library, as well as List, can contain personal or shared views, item-level permissions, and so on.

Dynamics 365

Dynamics 365

Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a cloud-based set of SaaS applications and services that combines customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP).

Event Receiver

SharePoint

An Event Receiver allows handling the events within Site, List, or Document Library.

Farm

SharePoint

A Farm is a group of servers that work in concert to provide SharePoint services to deliver functionality for the end-users.

Farm Solution

SharePoint

Farm solution is a package that can be deployed to an on-premise SharePoint Farm. Farm solution has full access to system resources and other sites on the farm.

Feature

SharePoint

A feature is a set of SharePoint elements (artifacts) such as the following: site column, content type, web part, application page, custom actions, list template, list instance, and others.

Feature Scope

SharePoint

A Feature Scope at which a feature is defined for. A Feature can be defined for Farm, App, Site, or Web.

Hub Site

SharePoint

A promoted SharePoint site that allows you to associate other site collections to it and provide common navigation, search within associated sites, news, and site activities. There may be more than one hub site in a SharePoint Online tenant, but a site can be associated only with a single Hub Site.

List

SharePoint

A list is a storage unit in SharePoint. The list can contain columns of different types, content types, views. Document Library is a special type of List and therefore Library inherits the functionality of List.

Managed Property

SharePoint

A Managed property in the SharePoint search schema defines what data from crawled properties are included in the search index. Managed properties have a large number of settings to determine how the contents are shown in search results. Managed Properties may be referred to in search queries to specify which information you need to return.

Microsoft Graph

Microsoft 365

REST API secured with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and Open Authorization (OAuth 2.0) provides a single endpoint to provide access to data and services in Microsoft 365 such as SharePoint, Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, and others.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft 365

A chat-based collaboration platform for business communications with useful features for online meetings, live events, document sharing.

Modern SharePoint UI

SharePoint

Modern SharePoint UI is available in SharePoint 2019 and SharePoint Online. Modern SharePoint UI is not compatible with Classic SharePoint UI. Server-side web parts and other UI extensions such as Ribbon Elements, User Controls not supported by Modern UI.

OneDrive for Business

Microsoft 365

OneDrive for Business (previously SkyDrive Pro) is a managed cloud storage for work or school organizations that lets you share and collaborate on work documents with co-workers. Physically hosting infrastructure for OneDrive for Business can be hosted on-premises or in the cloud as a purchased service.

Profile Card

Microsoft 365

Profile cards in Microsoft 365 display information related to a person, such as contact details, organizational chart view, recently used documents, emails, and others. The profile card may look different depending on the application you use. Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and other Microsoft 365 services support the profile card.

QR Code

Common

Quick Response (QR) Code is a two-dimensional barcode that stores information. It can be scanned using a QR Code reader or a mobile device's camera, providing quick access to the encoded data.

REST API

Common

REST API (Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface) is a standardized way for software applications to communicate over the internet. It enables clients to request and manipulate data from a server using standard HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE. REST APIs are widely used for building web services that are scalable, flexible, and can be accessed by various client applications.

Search Service

SharePoint

SharePoint Search Service Application provides enterprise search functionality, including crawling, indexing, and searching, and allows you to find the most relevant information. The Search Service Application is available for both on-premises SharePoint Server deployment and SharePoint Online.

SharePoint

SharePoint

SharePoint is a web-based collaboration platform that provides content management, document management, workflow applications, search service, and other tools to empower employees and teams to work together. In addition, SharePoint is a secure place to store, organize, and access shared information.

SharePoint App Catalog

SharePoint

A special SharePoint site collection to store SharePoint and Office applications to make them available within the web application where the App Catalog is configured.

SharePoint Framework (SPFx)

Microsoft 365

Model for building client-side web-part, components, and extensions for SharePoint Online, SharePoint On-premises, and Microsoft Teams. SPFx customizations are based on JavaScript and support Modern UI natively.

SharePoint Online

SharePoint

Cloud version of SharePoint, a web-based collaborative platform within Microsoft 365 provides an extensive range of capabilities to store, share, and manage digital information, content, and knowledge of an organization.

Site

SharePoint

A SharePoint Site is essentially a container for information within the SharePoint platform. SharePoint Sites typically offer a range of features including document libraries, lists, calendars, discussion boards, and workflows, facilitating efficient collaboration, communication, and document management within teams or across departments. These sites can be customized and configured to suit the specific needs and workflows of an organization.

Site Collection

SharePoint

A SharePoint Site Collection is a grouping or container within the SharePoint platform that consists of one or more SharePoint sites, subsites, and related content. A SharePoint Site Collection typically shares common settings, permissions, and configurations, providing a cohesive environment for users to work together on projects, departments, or specific areas of focus. Site Collections are often used to segregate content and control access rights based on organizational structure, security requirements, or project needs.

Tenant

Microsoft 365

A Microsoft 365 tenant is a dedicated virtual instance of the Microsoft 365 services. The tenant holds the organization's information, such as users and domains (Azure AD), configurations, subscriptions, and services. The organization receives a tenant by signing up for Microsoft 365 services.

Unified Interface (Dynamics 365)

Dynamics 365

Unified Interface based on responsive web design principles to ensure all Microsoft Dynamics 365 applications provide a consistent viewing experience for any device (desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone) and any screen size.

User Profile

SharePoint

A user profile is a set of properties that describe a user. The properties include basic information about the user, contact details, and other data. The user profile is used for such services as Delve, My Site, and others

UTM Paremeters

Common

UTM (Urchin Tracking Module) parameters also called UTM tags or codes are text paremeters that you add to URL to help track the effectiveness of marketing campaigns or webpage.
There are five UTM parameters: utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_term, utm_content.

Web Part

SharePoint

Web Part is an essential primary component of functionality or content placed on a SharePoint page. In addition, some web parts support customization, such as a configuration of a specific web part or its appearance.