Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft Windows SharePoint
Services
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) comes free
with Windows Server 2003. WSS is an integrated portfolio of
collaboration and communication services designed to connect
people, information, processes and systems.
Instead of storing files into directories, WSS supplies Web
sites with document storage and retrieval that allow users to find
and share information with the added assurance that data will not
be lost.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)
MOSS integrates with WSS and adds more functionality to it,
including better document management, indexed search functionality,
navigation features, RSS support, and blogs, as well as features
from Microsoft Content Management Server. It also includes features
for business data analysis as well as integration with Microsoft
Office applications, such as project management capabilities or
exposing Microsoft Office InfoPath forms via a browser. It can also
host specific libraries, such as PowerPoint Template Libraries
provided the server components of the specific application are
installed. MOSS was previously known as SharePoint Server and
SharePoint Portal Server
Why use SharePoint?
MOSS is a secure, scalable, enterprise portal server built
upon Windows SharePoint Services. It allows users to create,
manage, and build their own collective intranet or web sites
throughout the organisation. Sharing information with partners,
co-workers and customers is made easy with functions such as
navigation, search, application integration and
personalisation.
Integration with 2007 Microsoft Office System
Office SharePoint Server 2007 is designed to work
effectively with other programs, servers, and technologies in the
2007 Office release. For example, with Microsoft Office PowerPoint
2007, you can create a slide library on an Office SharePoint Server
2007 site that allows other users to pick specific slides for their
own presentation and receive notifications and updated versions
when the slides have been modified.
Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies
SharePoint Products and Technologies provide
enterprise-scale capabilities to meet business-critical needs like
managing content and business processes, simplifying how people
find and share information across boundaries, and enabling better
informed decisions. Using the combined collaboration features of
Windows SharePoint Services and Office SharePoint Server 2007, plus
the design and customisation capabilities of Office SharePoint
Designer 2007, organizations can enable their users to create,
manage, and easily build their own SharePoint sites, and enable
these sites to be discovered throughout the organization.
Flexibility
With SharePoint Portal Server employees create online workspaces
on-the-fly using a ready made library of 'web-parts' including:
discussion forums, document libraries, task lists, attendee
invitations and more.
Find documents and information easily
Is your shared drive full of outdated information? Is it
organised differently according to department? SharePoint allows
content to be tagged so it can appear in multiple locations and
accessed by audience profile. To encourage collaboration across
departments, content can be accessed via team or project. Discover
the new way of communicating and collaborating with SharePoint.
Advanced document management
SharePoint allows automated versioning, check-in and check-out
and document collaboration.
Powerful Search
Web servers, secure Web servers, file servers, Exchange Public
Folders, Lotus Notes and SharePoint sites.
Personalisation
With SharePoint users can subscribe to alerts and be
automatically notified of changes.