Microsoft SharePoint is a customizable, enterprise grade, collaborative web application. It makes a great platform to
run corporate intranets on, but it can also be used for ticketing systems, document management, custom database storage,
data warehousing, and many other things. Microsoft SharePoint is both a development platform, and a fully featured website
application. Anyone can download the free version from Microsoft, install it on their server, and have a SharePoint site
running in less than a day.
SharePoint works great on Microsoft Windows networks since it integrates directly with Active Directory. If you are considering
running SharePoint on your network, you should read the getting
started guide from Microsoft. While it is possible for most people with a technical background to install SharePoint and
get it up and running, it is probably a good idea to hire a SharePoint
consultant to help get everything running smoothly.
SharePoint has a lot of services and other configuration options and at times it can be difficult to troubleshoot.
Business Edge Services & Technologies, a
SharePoint development company,
has created SharePoint intranets for many of their clients.
They have SharePoint experts on staff (no outsourcing or subcontracting) and can advise and consult just about any type of
company on their SharePoint implementation. In addition to installing and configuring the base products, Business Edge can
create custom SharePoint webparts where necessary, and can integrate SharePoint into other backend systems.
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 has a lot of new features, we've outlined some of these below:
New User Interface
- New ribbon interface, similar to Microsoft Office
Collaboration
- Co-authoring feature lets you work on Word documents and Powerpoint slides simultaneously with other team members
- Improved calendaring with drag and drop, and group calendars
- New Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010 to work with SharePoint sites, libraries, and lists offline and synchronize your changes when you reconnect to your corporate network
- Improved wiki and team sites to share information with others more easily
- Manage multiple items in your SharePoint lists simultaneously
- Improved tools for managing blogs
- Mobile device access
Social Computing
- Newsfeeds, social tagging and ratings
- Enhanced interaction using new and improved My Sites
- Ability to follow people and interests
Enterprise content management for documents, records, digital assets and Web content
- New Managed Metadata features to manage taxonomy across SharePoint sites
- Store multiple documents in Document Sets
- Improved document center site template
- Flexible policy and records management features
- Improved web content management features
Search
- Search refinement features
- Prepopulated search suggestions
- Phonetic name lookup to find similar sounding names
- Search includes the metadata information for documents
Site Management and Customization
- New permission management tool to view and adjust permission levels easily
- New theme files to change colors and fonts
- International language options for powerful localization
Business Intelligence
- Enhanced business intelligence capabilities with Excel Services
- New formatting and editing capabilities for Excel Web App
- Rich charts now available using the new Chart Web Part
- Performance Point services can be used to monitor business performance
- Improved scorecards to easily drill down and access more information
SharePoint customization using InfoPath and SharePoint Designer
- Customize SharePoint's list forms
- Full control over the look and feel of forms
- Customize SharePoint workflows
When you're ready to install your
Custom Sharepoint Intranet, give Business Edge a call and get started today!