Speedup your website with SharePoint.

Like most portal products, SharePoint allows visitors to create custom views of the Website. This customization can be very simple or very complex, depending on the type and version of the product that is installed. In addition, SharePoint has a powerful collaboration model that is tightly integrated with the Office 2003 suite.

In addition to being the default intranet portal, there are many additional uses for SharePoint. Microsoft has included pre-defined templates for Web sites to facilitate meetings, manage projects and create documents. Combined with the "self-service" site creating feature, teams can create and use a Web site with minimal assistance from the Information Technology department. The Document Workspace template will allow a group to work on a document. The template combines a document repository with a task list and a links list. While using Word 2003, a user can have the document open and at the same time view the task or links list. Changes made to the task list are immediately visible to site visitors. And the document library allows versioning, so edits are not lost.

The Meeting Workspace template combines the agenda, attendee list and Outlook's calendar function. When sending a meeting request in Outlook 2003, a user can create a workspace on the server. The URL of the workspace is automatically included in the message and the attendees are added to the site. The materials required for the meeting can be centrally located, which is preferable for attendees who travel frequently.

The browser-based customization feature, combined with the ability to create ad-hoc lists allows an advanced user to create a site for almost any purpose. A user group could host its meeting schedule, complete handouts. A youth sport organization can post its schedule and roster. An individual can host a blog. The possibilities are endless.

Features of SharePoint:

Windows SharePoint Services provides your team site with document storage and retrieval, with check-in and check-out functionality, version history, custom properties, and flexible, customizable views. Your team members can easily find and share documents and other files.

Your team can take collaboration to a new level with Windows SharePoint Services. Team members can easily create collaborative workspace sites to share and manage their team information. Threaded discussions, surveys, shared calendars, task lists and other collaboration features help keep you and your teammates connected and productive.

Team sites based on Windows SharePoint Services are useful right out of the box. However, if you are a member of the Web Designer or Administrator site groups, you can customize your site, changing its appearance and adding functionality without using other applications or doing any programming.

Work with Office Applications:

Deep integration with Office 2003 programs lets your team members collaborate by using the familiar tools they use every day. Here are some of the ways you can use Office 2003 programs with your team site:

1.  Save documents to document libraries from Office Excel 2003,

     Office Outlook 2003,  Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003,

     Microsoft Office Visio® 2003, or office Word 2003.

2.  Use Microsoft Office Access 2003 or Office Excel 2003

     to view and edit data stored in lists on your team site.

3.  Synchronize your Office Outlook 2003 calendar and contact

     lists with your team site.  

4.  Create a Document Workspace site from Office Word 2003.

CATT Ltd development team of SharePoint developers helps to configure, customize and develop intranet and internet portals based on Microsoft SharePoint 2007. CATT Ltd use Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) as an application development framework for a document collaboration platform, MOSS 2007 can be used for corporate intranet portals, business and reporting applications.

Posted By: Gopi Krishnan