Chapter 1: Introduction to Windows SharePoint Services

Chapter at a Glance

Locate your SharePoint site, page 4. Provide user name and password, page 4. Familiarize yourself with SharePoint home page, page 5. Launch Windows SharePoint Services Help, page 6.

In This Chapter, You will Learn to:

• What is Windows SharePoint Services.

• How Windows SharePoint Services enables team collaboration and sharing.

• What user permissions are found in Windows SharePoint Services.

• What differences exist between versions of Windows SharePoint Services.

• How Microsoft Office integrates with Windows SharePoint Services.

• What relationships exist between Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer.

In the modern business environment, with its distributed workforce that assists customers at any time and in any location, team members need to be in closer contact than ever before. Effective collaboration is becoming increasingly more important; however, it is often difficult to achieve. Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services addresses this problem by incorporating essential collaboration and communication technologies into a single Web-based environment that integrates easily with desktop applications, such as Microsoft Office.

In this chapter, you will learn what Windows SharePoint Services is and how it works with Microsoft Office applications, providing enhanced productivity environments for users and teams. You will also learn the differences between versions of Windows SharePoint Services, as well as the relationships between Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and how to decide which product is right for you.

Important  

The exercises in this book use a fictitious business called Wide World Importers. In the scenarios used in the book, Wide World Importers is setting up a SharePoint environment for team collaboration and information sharing. There are three people involved in setting up and providing content for this environment: Olga Kosterina, the owner of Wide World Importers; Todd Rowe, her assistant; and Bill Malone, the head buyer.

Important  

There are no practice files for this chapter.