1 - 2007 Microsoft Office System

Abstract

SharePoint Server 2007 is part of the 2007 Microsoft Office System—a suite of desktop and server products designed to work together and streamline the way people work. The focus of SharePoint has expanded significantly in the interim years to meet the many different ways in which people communicate and collaborate, and much more than a portal is required to meet ever-changing business requirements. SharePoint targets much more than just collaboration between groups of people. Rather, it targets connecting people, processes, and information across organizational boundaries. With SharePoint Server 2007, there is a much more complete picture with the introduction of other solution areas and a rich set of platform services. It offers an integrated suite of server capabilities for enterprise search, content management, business process facilitation, simplified information sharing, and enhanced business insight. This chapter provides an introduction to the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. It also provides an overview of this book, which focuses on Windows SharePoint Services V3.0, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and complementary offerings such as SharePoint Designer 2007. It uses WSS 3.0 to refer to Windows SharePoint Services V3.0. MOSS, SharePoint Server 2007, and SharePoint 2007 are used to explicitly refer to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.