LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. –
As the volume of Community of Practices, intranet content and share drives continues to grow, administrators and users are increasingly looking for ways to manage the volume of information.
Application vendors have created many packages that allow their customers to aggregate their intranet content into corporate portals, such as our Air Force Portal.
Like most portal products, SharePoint Portal Server allows visitors to create custom views of the Web site. This customization can be very simple or very complex, depending on the type and version of the product that is installed.
In addition, SharePoint has a powerful collaboration model that is tightly integrated with the Office 2007 suite and contains all of the features one would expect from a portal or collaboration tool:
-Browser-based customization of page
-Browser-based content administration
-Aggregation capabilities
-Document Repository
-Message board
-Ad-hoc data storage
-Email notifications
-Announcements, event calendar and contact list
In addition to being the default intranet portal, there are many additional uses for SharePoint.
Microsoft has included pre-defined templates for Web sites to facilitate meetings, manage projects and create documents. Combined with the "self-service" site creating feature, teams can create and use a Web site with minimal assistance from the 1st Communications Squadron Knowledge Operations office.
Langley users can learn more about SharePoint and its many features by logging in to the Air Force Portal, selecting the Force Development link, clicking on IT-E-learning, searching for SharePoint Essentials 2007 and completing computer-based training. For more information about the future SharePoint deployment, call 225-1303 or 764-4232.