Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS)

WSS

Windows SharePoint Services is a versatile technology in Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 that organizations and business units of all sizes can use to help increase the efficiency of business processes and improve team productivity. With tools for collaboration that help people stay connected across organizational and geographic boundaries, Windows SharePoint Services gives people access to the information they need.


Collaborate Easily and Effectively

Windows SharePoint Services helps teams stay connected and productive by providing easy access to the people, documents, and information they need to make more informed decisions and get the job done. Enhancements in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 make it easier than ever to share documents, track tasks, use e-mail efficiently and effectively, and share ideas and information.

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Sharepoint - An Introduction

What is Sharepoint?

A collaboration and document management platform that “helps organizations, teams, and business units to be more effective by connecting people and information.”

Structure of Sharepoint

Sharepoint is organized into sites.
Sites contains list, libraries and web parts.
List and libraries hold many types of information -- from docs to photos to contacts.
SharePoint allows you to customize and uniquely organize all of these things.

Sharepoint Server - My First view

Sharepoint server is an integrated suit of server capabilities that help to improve the organizational effectiveness. It providing comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating shared business processes, and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries for better business insight.

Additionally, this collaboration and content management server provides IT professionals and developers with the platform and tools they need for server administration, application extensibility, and interoperability.