Understanding SharePoint Technology

SharePoint is a business solution from Microsoft that provides a server infrastructure to support the needs of information gatherers and workers of any organisation.

These needs include collaboration, knowing who's online, document storage, and the ability to inform and be informed. Different organisations needs to assure information workers the need to audit, monitor, organise, retain, and protect collected information.

SharePoint makes it possible for companies to engage all their information workers through the tools they are using already - Office clients (such as Word, Excel & PowerPoint), Internet browsers (such as Internet Explorer), and email clients (such as Outlook).

Obviously, SharePoint works best with Office 2007. Whether you're using Office 2007 or OpenOffice, SharePoint gives employers a means to connect with workers where they work - at their desktops.