What is SharePoint

SharePoint is an initiative information portal site, from Microsoft, that can be corporate to run Intranet, Extranet and Net sites. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides people, teams and expertise to connect and collaborate. A SharePoint enterprise portal is composed of both SharePoint Portal and Windows SharePoint Services, with SharePoint being made upon WSS. WSS is typically used by little teams, projects and companies. SharePoint Server is designed for individuals, teams and projects within a average to large company wide enterprise portal.

SharePoint facts

• SharePoint is the fastest growing product in Microsoft history
• Over 100 million licenses of SharePoint have been sold worldwide
• SharePoint has been adopted by more than 17,000 companies worldwide
• SharePoint is listed, by Forrester, as the number 1 portal product
• SharePoint is positioned as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals products
• In SharePoint 2008 sales exceeded 1 billion U.S. $

Why should we use SharePoint?

• As companies grow so does the amount of your files. It soon becomes difficult to keep track of the documents of multiplication and their locations. SharePoint overcomes this by allowing you to store and share your files on a central site.
• job sharing files through email is a cumbersome process. SharePoint eliminates this by allowing files to be stored in one place, allowing easy access to all team members.
• Business Intelligence has traditionally remained in the hands of a few key decision makers in organizations. Over the years, has been the target of the BI vendors to "democratize business intelligence, by making it available to all levels of employees in enterprises. With the addition of PerformancePoint to the Enterprise version of SharePoint SharePoint, this vision is realized, finally taking business intelligence of a few hands and the hands of many.
• Today's work occurs in multiple locations, either in different countries, offices, separate or home office. SharePoint enables teams and individuals to connect and collaborate together regardless of where they are.
• Studies have shown that employees can take up to 20 to 30% of their time looking for data and information. SharePoint eliminates this drag on productivity by providing powerful search functionality to find the necessary information and