What Is SharePoint?
Microsoft Office SharePoint is a Web Portal
which belongs to the Microsoft Office family.
It is a collaborative portal application based
on the Windows SharePoint Services platform. Windows SharePoint Services
offers online publishing of standard file formats. It also has version control,
document approval and a basic search facility.
New SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated suite of server
capabilities that can help improve organizational effectiveness by providing
comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating shared
business processes, and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries
for better business insight. Office SharePoint Server 2007 supports all
intranet, extranet, and Web applications across an enterprise within one
integrated platform, instead of relying on separate fragmented systems.
Group Collaboration Features
Microsoft Office System integration
Deep integration with Microsoft Office System programs allows teams to collaborate
using the familiar tools they use every day.
Document collaboration
Document workspace sites created using Microsoft Office Word 2003 take advantage
of platform features by providing a document collaboration space.
Check-in and check-out
Documents can be reserved by individual users for updating purposes.
Document versions
Document changes are tracked and assigned different version numbers for
auditing and rollback.
Browser-based customization
Changes can be made in a Web browser by dragging Web Parts onto personal
or public pages, and then customizing them. Themes can also be applied using
a browser.
Presence integration
Users can determine the online status of site members quickly by sending
e-mail or an instant message, adding the member to a contact list, and viewing
current free/busy status.
Alerts
A user or site manager can add an alert to a list or list item so that they
receive an e-mail notification when changes are made.
Presence Contact List
This is a contact list modified to show presence information as
a drop-down associated with the e-mail field.
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