Microsoft SharePoint is also known as Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, is a collection of products and software elements that includes, among a growing selection of components, web browser based collaboration functions, process management modules, search modules and a document-management platform. SharePoint can be used to host web sites that access shared workspaces, information stores and documents, as well as host defined applications such as wikis and blogs.
The SharePoint user interface is a web interface accessed through a browser. While all browsers are supported, only Internet Explorer, which Microsoft designates as a "Level 1" browser, is fully integrated and able to utilize the full functionality of a SharePoint Solution.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated suite of server capabilities that can help improve organizational effectiveness by 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.
Keypoints of Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft SharePoint is a browser-based collaboration and document management platform from Microsoft – Wikipedia
- Microsoft's content management system. It allows groups to set up a centralized, password protected space for document sharing. Documents can be stored, downloaded and edited, then uploaded for continued sharing.
- SharePoint is a web-based intranet that can help improve your organisation’s effectiveness by streamlining the management of and access to data.
- SharePoint is an enterprise information portal, from Microsoft, that can be configured to run Intranet, Extranet and Internet sites.
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 included the following features:
- New user interface, including the new Office Ribbon.
- Web Edit, allowing easy customization of a site.
- Silverlight web part, allowing rapid integration of rich Silverlight applications.
- Rich Theming, allowing simplified skinning of a SharePoint 2010 site
- Multiple browser support, including Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari amongst others.
- Enterprise Metadata Management ("SharePoint taxonomy"), which enables a centralized taxonomy.
