November 13, 2008

SharePoint study: enterprise content management


MOSS’ Content Management tools significantly reduce the complexity and risk of content management in large organizations, and supply a wide-ranging set of tools for collaborative content and document management.

*Manage diverse content
*Satisfy compliance and legal requirements
*Efficiently manage multiple Web sites
*Streamline business processes

Consolidate Diverse Content

Most organizations have accumulated large amounts of electronic documentation (e.g. emails, instant messages, documents, videos and web pages) on their corporate networks that are hard to find, difficult to assign responsibility for, and may contain important information crucial to the organization. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) Content Management can help organizations consolidate diverse content from multiple file shares into a centrally managed repository. The benefits of this include increased knowledge sharing, improved efficiency and better communication.

Integrated Document Search

MOSS’ Content Management Collaboration tools help people work together to create, review, and approve documents in a structured way. Integrated search capabilities make it much easier to find documents, and access controls can manage who has access to particular documents.

Store and Protect Records

Integrated records management capabilities help organizations store and protect business records. Expiration policies applied to documents ensure timely review and retention periods, maintaining legal compliance. Audit trails can be used by internal and external auditors to determine that records have been retained appropriately. Documents under legal discovery can be placed under quarantine to ensure they are not deleted.

Streamlined Web Content Management

Web Content Management is simplified and streamlined with MOSS’ integrated authoring tools and built-in approvals processes. Templates can be created and used easily by anyone with permission to create Web content. Branding rules can be applied in all templates to ensure that all brands are used properly. All sites – external and internal – can be managed from one deployment, reducing cost and complexity for IT departments.

Electronic Forms

Content-driven collaborative business processes can be streamlined with automation, reducing administrative overhead. Electronic forms can be deployed to gather and validate input and feedback from employees.

November 12, 2008

SharePoint Study: SharePoint overview

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is one of the leading enterprise collaboration and document management tools available today.



The core features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 are:

Business Intelligence – share, reuse and control crucial business intelligence and provide better reporting tools for your key decision makers.
Content & Document Management – centrally store and organise all your electronic documents, and provide standard templates for content deployment.
Enterprise Search - Discover crucial business data from multiple repositories across your network.
Excel Services – easily publish Excel workbooks and sheets over the web or intranet.
Intranet Design – deploy rich intranet content to all your employees and allow them to customise their own pages with their key business tools.
Web Forms – use electronic forms to reduce administrative overhead and automate business processes and workflows.

And don't ignore the "platform service":
Workspace, Mgmt, Security, Storage, Topology, Site Model


SharePoint resource:

SharePoint Products and Technologies Home Page
MSDN Dev Center for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
MSDN Dev Center for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
TechNet Tech Center for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
TechNet Tech Center for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Customer Evidence Case Studies
More Customer Evidence Case Studies
Public websites powered by Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Books about SharePoint Products and Technologies