Put Information to Work
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 enables a single point of access to multiple systems such as Microsoft Office System programs, business intelligence and project management systems and existing line-of-business applications, including third-party and industry-specific programs. The portal, built on a scalable, highly distributed architecture, provides flexible tools for deployment, development and management, all of which enable the portal to grow with your organizations needs.
These integration features enable you to harness information to make use of your company's resources. Users can extract and reuse timely and relevant information from systems and reports and quickly locate and access documents, projects and best practices across the company. The portal features search technology developed by Microsoft Research that enables you to search file shares, Web servers, Microsoft Exchange Server public folders, Lotus Notes and Windows SharePoint Services sites out of the box. In addition, you can organize documents and information by topic and browse for relevant content. Alerts notify you when new information is added or existing information changes to help you better use the data.
Connect Collaborative People and Spaces
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides a powerful team collaboration environment that enables organizations to aggregate, organize, find and provision SharePoint sites across the enterprise. SharePoint sites for teams, documents, and meetings can also be extended to customers and partners, augmenting the reach and efficiency of existing collaboration methods.
SharePoint further facilitates end-to-end collaboration by delivering document and content collaboration to individuals, teams, business units and the enterprise. Document versioning, approval workflow, check in and check out, document profiling and publishing facilitate easy collaboration on documents, projects, and tasks. In addition, the portal enables information workers to easily find and make use of people, teams and existing best practices rather than reinvent the wheel with each project.
Target and Tailor Information to Be More Productive
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 enables IT departments and users to customize and personalize the portal experience. Relevant content, such as line-of-business and Office programs, Web services, news, sales and other company data, is delivered to the portal through Web Parts. Web Parts can be downloaded from Microsoft and industry partners by IT departments, or they can be developed using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
Authorized users can add Web Parts to organizational or divisional portals from Web Part galleries, without the need for any Web development experience. In addition, IT departments can "lock down" specific Web Parts or page zones so that organizations can distribute important information to all employees through the portal. Users are also provided personal portal pages, called My Site, where they can organize the information, programs and SharePoint sites they access throughout the day.