Business Continuity Solutions

SharePoint

Microsoft offers two interesting information and content management portals: Windows SharePoint Server Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Between them both products scale from information sharing amongst team members to company wide information management and can incorporate intranet /extranet / document management and information requirements are tailored for companies looking to consolidate some or all of their information (personal folders, shared network drives, e-mail attachments etc) into a central management system that is indexible and searchable.

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (MWSS 3.0)

MWSS 3.0 is a versatile technology that organisations and business units of all sizes can use to increase the efficiency of business processes and improve team productivity. With tools for collaboration that help people stay connected across organisational and geographic boundaries, Windows SharePoint Services gives people access to information they need.

Built on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows SharePoint Services also provides a foundation platform for building Web-based business applications that can flex and scale easily to meet the changing and growing needs of your business. Robust administrative controls for managing storage and Web infrastructure give IT departments a cost-effective way to implement and manage a high-performance collaboration environment. With a familiar, Web-based interface and close integration with everyday tools including the Microsoft Office system, Windows SharePoint Services is easy to use and can be deployed rapidly.

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.

Provide a single workspace for teams to coordinate schedules, organize documents, and participate in discussions—within the organisation and over the extranet.
Easily author and manage documents, and help to ensure their integrity with enhanced features including the option to require document checkout before editing, the ability to view past revisions and restore to previous versions, and the ability to set document-specific security.
Help people and teams stay on task with a variety of communication features that let users know when actions are required or important changes are made to existing information or documentation, including announcements, sophisticated alerts, surveys, and discussion boards.
Provide creative forums for brainstorming ideas, building knowledge bases, or simply gathering information in an easy-to-edit format with new templates for implementing blogs (also known as weblogs) and wikis (Web sites that can be quickly edited by team members—no special technical knowledge required).
Stay productive while mobile with enhanced support for offline synchronization through Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 that users can use to manage document libraries, lists, calendars, contacts, tasks, and discussion board’s even offline, and to synchronize changes when reconnected to the network.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007)

MOSS 07 is an integrated suite of server applications that improves organisational effectiveness by helping organisations and employees:

Derive increased business value from information assets by being able to efficiently find, share and manage information across boundaries
Accelerate internal and external shared business processes through optimised interaction of people, business data and processes.
Make better-informed decisions through simplified, enterprise wide-access to one consistent version of information
Share business information with greater confidence through more secure integration of members from external organisations
Give IT professionals a single integrated, extensible platform for managing intranet, extranet and Internet applications across the organisation.

MOSS 2007 for Search is a security-enhanced, scalable, extensible and manageable search solution that can help you meet the core search needs of your enterprise while offering the simplicity and ease of use desired by small and medium sized businesses.