Portals
Portal sites connect your people to business critical information, expertise, and applications. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is a world class Enterprise Portal platform that makes it easy to build and maintain portal sites for every aspect of your business.
Connect your people to information and expertise
Quick, easy access to critical information and expertise means better decisions and more rigorous execution.
Connect your people to key business applications
Consolidated access to existing business applications drives consistent performance of common business tasks. Streamlined development of new composite applications can lead to order of magnitude improvements in important business processes.
Connect your people to role-specific resources
Personalized information delivery increases the relevance and value of information.
Learn more about these Portals Features.
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Introduction to My SiteMy Site is a personal site that gives users a central location to aggregate information "for me," "by me," and "about me." This page includes an overview of My Site and the different ways you can use it to manage and store your documents, content, links, and contacts.
Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My SitesThese are custom templates, designed for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the My Site functionality, and tailored to address the unique needs and requirements of specific roles within an organization. This page includes additional information about each template and how to download them for free.
Community Kit for SharePointThe Community Kit for SharePoint is a set of best practices, templates, Web Parts, tools, and source code that enables practically anyone to create a community website based on SharePoint technology for practically any group of people with a common interest.
MSDN Library: What Are Composite Applications?A composite application is a collection of software assets that have been assembled to provide a business capability. This MSDN white paper will introduce the notion of composite applications as an architectural pattern to provide the right platform for enabling composition that is contextual, collaborative, easy-to-use, role-based, and configurable.
Resources for Interoperability with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) provides enterprises with a scalable business platform for managing content and integrating line of business systems.
Webcasts
Developer-Oriented Videos on Building PortalsDownload this series of videos from Microsoft Office System Developers Conference 2006 to view breakout sessions about building custom portal interfaces, providing personalized views, and aggregating connections to line-of-business data.
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Related News and Reviews
SharePoint Server 2007 Taking Leads in Collaboration Business Software MarketApril 24, 2007: The Wall Street Journal Online, Robert A. GuthMiami-Dade County Public Schools created a SharePoint application to help students and teachers collaborate, with over 50,000 students accessing the system within the first two months. (Subscription required for full WSJ.com article)
Microsoft cures its connectile dysfunction: Redmond has injected SharePoint with a potent collaboration boost
