Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Frequently Asked
Questions
Find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) about
Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server 2007.
General Information
Q. What is Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
2007?
A. Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated suite of
easy-to-use server applications that improves organisational
effectiveness by:
- Managing content comprehensively, to derive increased business
value from information assets.
- Accelerating internal and external shared business
processes.
- Efficiently finding and accessing information to drive
better-informed decisions.
- Sharing business information with greater confidence within and
outside organisational boundaries.
- Providing IT with a single, integrated, extensible platform to
manage intranet, extranet, and Internet applications across the
organisation.
Q. What is Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
technology?
A. Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is the technology in
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 that people can use to collaborate in
browser-based workspaces while it provides a manageable
infrastructure and extensible application platform for process
efficiency gains. Windows SharePoint Services is a platform for
collaboration applications that is easy to adopt and use through
integration with everyday and familiar tools such as the Microsoft
Office system. Users can publish, store, share, and keep track of
information workflow and documents. Organisations can
cost-effectively tailor application templates to specific sets of
tasks and processes.
Q. How does the new Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
2007 differ from Windows SharePoint Services
technology?
A. Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server 2007 builds on the Windows SharePoint
Services platform to help organisations integrate business
processes and applications through a full set of collaboration and
personalisation features for information workers. With
Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server 2007, companies can aggregate, search,
share, and target content in a more efficient way.
Q. How does Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
build on Windows SharePoint Services?
A. Windows SharePoint Services provides a platform foundation to
collaboration applications, offering a common framework for
document management and a common repository for storing documents
of all types. Additionally, it provides common administration and
deployment tools. Finally, it builds on and exposes key Windows
Server services like Windows Workflow Services (WWS) and Windows
Rights Management Services.
Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server 2007 delivers highly scalable
collaboration solutions with flexible deployment and management
tools. It connects sites, people, and business
processes-facilitating knowledge sharing and smart organisations.
It also extends the capabilities of Windows SharePoint Services by
providing organisational and management tools for SharePoint sites,
and by making it possible for teams to publish information to the
entire organisation.
Q. Who is Office SharePoint Server 2007 designed
for?
A. Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server 2007 can be used by information
workers and IT administrators.
Q. What are the main benefits of Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server 2007?
A. Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides a single integrated
platform to manage intranet, extranet, and Internet applications
across the enterprise.
- Business users gain greater control over the storage, security,
distribution, and management of their electronic content, with
tools that are easy to use and tightly integrated into familiar,
everyday applications.
- Organisations can accelerate shared business processes with
customers and partners across organisational boundaries using Forms
Services-driven solutions.
- Information workers can find information and people efficiently
and easily through the facilitated information-sharing
functionality and simplified content publishing. In addition,
access to back-end data is achieved easily through a browser, and
views into this data can be personalised.
- Administrators have powerful tools at their fingertips that
ease deployment, management, and system administration, so they can
spend more time on strategic tasks. Using the
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 out-of-the-box
workflows frees IT staff from having to write server-side
code.
Q. How do I get Windows SharePoint
Services?
A. Windows SharePoint Services, a component of Microsoft Windows
Server 2003, is currently in version 2 Service Pack 2 (SP2), and is
also offered as a free download. Windows SharePoint Services also
comes as part of the recently released Windows Server 2003 R2
media. Windows SharePoint Services (version 3) is now available in
beta.
Pricing, Licensing, and Ordering
Q. When will Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 be
available?
A. Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server 2007 will be available in the second
half of 2006.
Q. How do I buy Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
2007?
A. Purchasing options will be announced closer to the release
date.
Q. How much does Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
cost?
A. Find pricing and licensing information on the 2007 Microsoft
Office System Pricing page.
Q. How will Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 be
licensed?
A. Detailed licensing information will be available in the
second half of 2006. For estimated retail pricing, see the 2007
Microsoft Office System Pricing page.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Integration
with the Microsoft Office System
Q. How does Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
integrate with the Microsoft Office system of products and
technologies?
A. Tight integration with familiar client applications such as
Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook, and browsers gives employees
a simple, consistent user experience. It also provides greater
visibility into everyday business activities.
System Requirements and Service
Pack/Upgrade
Q. What are the system requirements for Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server 2007?
A. See the system requirements for Microsoft Office SharePoint
Server 2007.
Q. If I have Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or
Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001, can I upgrade to Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server 2007?
A. You can upgrade only if you have
Microsoft Office
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 with SP2.