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SharePoint Roles & Responsibilities – A

Quick Overview
It is often not fully recognised how many different roles need to be appointed to manage a SharePoint
deployment. Below is a quick list of common roles and responsibilities:

Role Responsibility Comments

Responsible for SharePoint Farm
SharePoint administration, including
System installation/deployment, managing
Administrator Web Apps, Content Databases, Site
Collections, Security, Backups etc.
Active Directory Responsible for managing Active
(AD) Directory OU’s, User & Groups,
Administrator Distribution Lists etc.
Database Responsible for managing SQL Server
Administrator environment, including creation and
(DBA) monitoring of content databases, log
Typically a 1FTE IT function specific to
SharePoint administration.
IT function – an existing role that is
involved in the planning and administration
of AD for SharePoint. The role may extend
to security management in general using
products like Microsoft’s Forefront Identity
Manager (FIM), Claims-based
authentication, and Anti-Virus protection.
IT function – typically an existing role that
is involved in the planning, administration
and monitoring of SharePoint SQL Server
 files etc. database tables.
IT function – an existing role that is
Infrastructure Responsible for servers and network involved in the planning, administration
Administrator infrastructure. and monitoring of SharePoint servers and
network infrastructure.
Responsible for defining business IT or Business function – produces
Business Analyst
requirements. functional requirements.
Responsible for designing and
IT function – needs a thorough
configuring SharePoint site structure,
understanding of SharePoint (admin,
SharePoint metadata architecture, page layouts,
developing functions) including when and
Architect security model etc. Works closely with
how new components and web parts
SharePoint Developers translating
should be developed.
requirements to solutions.
Responsible for designing and
Technical IT function – performance monitoring,
configuring SharePoint server farm to
Architect capacity planning, server maintenance etc.
support business requirements.
Responsible for administering
SharePoint Search – including content IT function – may be part of SharePoint
Search
sources, result sources, search System Administrator role (depending on
Administrator
schema, index crawls, Search Centre scale and type of deployment).
configuration etc.
Disaster Recovery Planning –
IT function – may be part of SharePoint
Management of routine database
System Administrator role, or DBA, or
Backup/Restore backups, monitoring and database
Infrastructure Administrator role
Administrator restores. May extend to management
(depending on scale and type of
of file systems if Remote Blob Storage
deployment).
(RBS) is used.
Broad software development role –
including custom application
SharePoint IT function – experience typically includes
development for sandboxed solutions,
Developer Asp.Net, C#.Net, Ajax, JavaScript etc.
systems integration, custom web parts
and component development.
Customization of the SharePoint
IT function – experience typically includes
SharePoint Web solution such as re-branding, using
HTML, style sheet, CAML, XML, XSLT,
Designer products such as SharePoint Designer
JavaScript etc.
– some programming skills.
Responsible for administering site
collection – may include management
Site Collection IT or Business Function – requires Site
of permissions, web design, search,
Administrator Administration and Governance training.
content types & columns,
monitoring/reporting, functions etc.
Similar responsibility as Site Collection
Administrator, but specific to the site or Typically a Business Function – may be
Site Owner workspace. For example, Site Owner the same person as Site Collection
may be a Project manager responsible Administrator.
for their project workspace.
Creates and configures lists, libraries,
Typically an IT savvy Business user, who
web parts, permissions, features etc.
acts as a local department or team
Good all-round knowledge of
Power User “champion”. Fully conversant in
SharePoint product capabilities. Often
SharePoint Governance policies &
allowed to create sub-sites or
standards.
workspaces.
End-User Information workers. Those who use Business users who adopt SharePoint for
SharePoint on a day-to-day basis, also the collaboration and sharing of
 working with other products &
technologies such as MS Office and
scanning solutions.
Responsible for training different roles
how to administer and use SharePoint,
Trainer
in line with agreed SharePoint
Governance directives.
Responsible for testing custom
developed solutions on a Sandbox,
Tester Development/Staging environment.
Authorise deployment to SharePoint
Production system.
Responsible for providing support to
Support different roles, including help Desk
support to end-users, floor-walking etc.
information.
In-house trainers or external training
organisation, such as Combined
Knowledge or Learning Tree. Tailored
training programmes for different roles is
normally required, backed up by related
media.
IT or Business function – depending on
who has defined the requirements.
Usually share knowledge in FAQ forums
and feedback to Training/Governance
process. Commonly work to agreed SLA’s
to provide efficient response to requests or
queries.

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