Windows SharePoint Services

Windows SharePoint Services allows teams to generate Websites for information sharing & document collaboration, benefits that help increase individual & team productivity. Windows SharePoint Services is a component of the Windows Server 2003 information worker infrastructure & provides team services & sites to Microsoft Office Process & other desktop programs. It also serves as a platform for application development. Including such IT resources as portals, team workspaces, e-mail, presence awareness, & Web-based conferencing, Windows SharePoint Services enables users to locate distributed information quickly & efficiently, as well as connect to & work with others more productively.

How Windows SharePoint Services Works

Windows SharePoint Services allows teams to generate Websites for information sharing & document collaboration, benefits that help increase individual & team productivity. Windows SharePoint Services is a component of the Windows Server 2003 information worker infrastructure & provides team services & sites to Microsoft Office Process & other desktop programs. It also serves as a platform for application development. Including such IT resources as portals, team workspaces, e-mail, presence awareness, & Web-based conferencing, Windows SharePoint Services enables users to locate distributed information quickly & efficiently, as well as connect to & work with others more productively.

Individual Empowerment

Microsoft Office Technique programs use SharePoint site content. All of a site's collaborative content—for example, documents, lists, events, task assignments, & membership rosters—can be read & edited within Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, & Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. Picture editing of Web-based photo libraries is also possible. Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 allows SharePoint site event calendars to be viewed side-by-side with personal calendars, & it also creates meeting-specific workspaces to augment group appointments.
SharePoint site members can find & communicate with key contacts & experts, both by e-mail & with instant messaging. Site content can be easily searched, & users can also get alerts to tell them when existing documents & information have been changed, or when new information or documents have been added. Site content & layout can be personalized on a per-user basis, & Web Parts can be used to present targeted information to specific users on precise topics.

Administration and Deployment

Windows SharePoint Services can scale to thousands of websites within an system. It fully supports load-balanced Web farm and clustered database deployments. For website and server managers, quotas can be set and applied not only on memory, but on sites per-server and users per-site. Site usage can be monitored to detect and retire |still sites. Detailed security options are available and easily managed. Server managers can delegate to end users the ability to create their own sites. Sites and servers can be managed from a Web browser, command-line tools, or a Web service-accessible object model.