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FAQ About SharePoint 2007

 

What is SharePoint 2007?

 

SharePoint Portal Server 2007 is the scalable portal  that connects people, teams, and knowledge across business processes. It integrates information from various systems into one secure solution through single sign-on and enterprise application integration capabilities. It provides flexible deployment and management tools, and facilitates end-to-end collaboration through data aggregation, organization, and searching. SharePoint Portal Server 2007 also enables users to quickly find relevant information through customization and personalization of portal content and layout as well as through audience targeting. Audience targeting aims information and updates to individuals based on their organizational role, team membership, interest, security group, or any other membership criteria that can be defined using notifications or Web Parts.

 

What is Windows SharePoint Services? Is it part of SharePoint 2007?

 

Windows SharePoint Services is the engine that allows you to create Web sites for information sharing and document collaboration. A key piece of the information worker infrastructure is delivered in Windows SharePoint Services provides additional functionality to the Microsoft Office System and other desktop applications, as well as serving as a platform for application development.SharePoint sites provide communities for team collaboration, enabling users to work together on documents, tasks, and projects. The environment is designed for easy and flexible deployment, administration, and application development.

 

What is the relationship between SharePoint Portal Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services?

 

They both deliver highly scalable collaboration solutions with flexible deployment and management tools. Windows SharePoint Services provides sites for team collaboration, while SharePoint Portal Server 2007 connects these sites, people, and business processes—facilitating knowledge sharing and smart organizations.SharePoint Portal Server 2007 also extends the capabilities of Windows SharePoint Services by providing organizational and management tools for SharePoint sites, and by enabling teams to publish information to the entire organization.

 

Who is SharePoint Portal Server 2007 designed for?

 

 SharePoint Portal Server 2007 is designed for teams and individuals inside small, medium-sized and large organizations.

 

Why should organizations or teams consider using SharePoint Portal Server 2007?

 

 SharePoint Portal Server enables organizations to create and manage team and person sites, seamlessly integrate with previously disconnected sites, and enable teams and individuals to collaborate with each other. Customers will be able to locate and organize applications, teams, and people, as well as integrate and provision collaboration sites from one place. In addition, they can get access to contextually relevant information, including My Team, My Site, My Info, and have it serve as a very large and flexible enterprise solution. What's more, customers will get personal sites with public and private views; a rich collaboration experience with Office System integration; and knowledge management across personal, team, and enterprise spaces.

 

 

How much will SharePoint 2007 cost?

 This depends on the deployment option that you select. Hosted options thru our hosted option will save your business over 60% of the cost of a onsite dedicated server. Pricing information is included below in our FAQ.

 

 What is Office Integration?

 

The Microsoft Office System will provide significant integration with SharePoint, enabling users to work together more efficiently on an ad-hoc basis by using SharePoint sites and Document Workspace sites. These appear in a new task pane in Microsoft Office System documents.Other new features include version control, Meeting Workspace site-creation tools, live data linking from Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Microsoft Office Access 2007, and calendar sharing. Wth the use of Office 2007 and SharePoint Portal 2007 you will be able to take advantage of synch with calendars, contacts, publishing from Excel and much more.