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Although SharePoint rests on a database management system and has some similar functionality, the platform itself is not a database. If all you need is just structured and secure storage for several thousands of documents, SharePoint can easily meet your needs.
“SharePoint as a Backend!” SharePoint as a Backend. Here, SharePoint is used as a replacement for a SQL database! All the required tables will be created as SharePoint Lists. Any additional document storage will be managed using SharePoint libraries.
What are the different types of SharePoint databases?
Database types and descriptions in SharePoint Server. 1 SharePoint Server system databases. The following databases are part of all SharePoint Server deployments. These databases are installed when any 2 SQL Server system databases. 3 SQL Server Reporting Services databases. 4 See also.
How to add a database to a SharePoint Server?
The following articles and related resources provide information about database management with SharePoint Server. Adding a content database to an existing Web application is a common task. This article describes how to add a content database to an existing SharePoint Server implementation.
Data is stored in SharePoint lists. All of your tables become SharePoint lists, and records become list items. This lets you use SharePoint permissions to control access to your web database, as well as take advantage of other SharePoint capabilities. Queries and data macros run in the service. All SQL processing happens on the SharePoint service.
This article describes how to move content databases between servers that are running SQL Server, between instances of SQL Server, or from one SharePoint Server Web application to another. You can also move a content database to load balance a database server or Web application.