Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is a new server program that is part of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. First Tech Direct can help your organization utilize Office SharePoint Server 2007 to facilitate collaboration, provide content management features, implement business processes, and supply access to information that is essential to organizational goals and processes.

You can quickly create SharePoint sites that support specific content publishing, content management, records management, or business intelligence needs. You can also conduct effective searches for people, documents, and data, participate in forms-driven business processes, and access and analyze large amounts of business data.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides a single, integrated location where employees can efficiently collaborate with team members, find organization resources, search for experts and corporate information, manage content and workflow, and leverage business insight to make better-informed decisions.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Capabilities

• Collaboration
• Portals
• Enterprise Search
• Enterprise Content Management
• Business Process and Forms
• Business Intelligence

You may ask, "How are Mircorosft Office SharePoint Server 2007and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services related?"

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is an enabling technology that is included in Microsoft Windows Server 2003. It helps teams stay connected and productive by providing easy access to the people, documents, and information that they need to make well-informed decisions and get work done. Office SharePoint Server 2007 relies on the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 technology to provide a consistent, familiar framework for lists and libraries, site administration, and site customization. Any features that are available in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 are also available in Office SharePoint Server 2007.

However, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 offers enhanced and additional features that are unavailable on a Windows SharePoint Services site. For example, both Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services include site templates for collaborating with colleagues and setting up meetings. However, Office SharePoint Server 2007 includes a number of additional site templates related to enterprise and publishing scenarios.

First Tech Direct can help you find solutions that can give you and your employee's better insight into business performance.  To find out more about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, contact First Tech Direct, your Microsoft Gold Certified Partner at 248.291.0138 or send an email to Valerie Silvani, Director of Marketing.