SharePoint Technologies Highlights

SharePoint Team Services is the team Web site solution that allows teams to create improvised workspaces to manage group activities, work together effectively, and advance on shared deliverables.

The following table describes key features in SharePoint Team Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2001

Table 2.2   SharePoint Team Services Features

Feature	Description
Team Web site template	Out of the box, SharePoint Team Services creates fully functional, fully designed, and configured team Web sites.
Browser-based document creation	Team members with appropriate permissions can create documents directly on the Web site from Internet Explorer 4 or later.
Pre-formatted team lists	Share team information in a structured and uniform way using built-in lists such as events, announcements, discussions, and tasks.
Document Libraries	Document libraries allow you to upload documents, assign templates to libraries, and custom properties to documents within libraries.
Subscriptions and Notifications	Subscribe to lists and document libraries and receive notification when changes meet the criteria you specify.
Document discussions	Team members can use the Web discussions feature to conduct inline discussions on documents and other Web pages without affecting the original document.
Surveys	Get a sense of where your team stands on issues that affect them by creating a team survey.
Delegated administration	Site owners and those with administrative privileges can set up user accounts for team Web sites through the browser.
Three click installation	SharePoint Team Services automatically installs the software required to search (Index Server) Web sites created with SharePoint Team Services. It stores data by using Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE).
Roles-based memberships	Web sites created with SharePoint Team Services allow site owners to assign five different levels of permissions to users according to roles. In addition, they can customize the permissions within those roles.
Browser-based customization	Members can customize existing lists using the browser by adding new properties to lists and document libraries, specifying custom views, or creating entirely new lists and document libraries with unique properties.
Integration with Office XP	Office XP integration gives users the ability to easily share information from their desktop to their team Web site and from their team Web site to their desktop.
Integration with FrontPage 2002	FrontPage 2002 provides additional opportunities for advanced customization of Web sites created with SharePoint Team Services.
ISP/ASP Support	Web Presence Providers for FrontPage support SharePoint Team Services.

SharePoint Portal Server is the flexible portal solution that lets you easily find, share, and publish information.

Table 2.3   SharePoint Portal Server 2001 Features

Feature	Description
Enterprise Search Engine	Includes a probabilistic ranking algorithm to ensure accurate search results and adaptive crawling of content sources for up-to-date indexes. Also includes ability to tag "Best Bets" and use document profiles for easier discovery. Includes content from file servers, Web servers, Lotus Domino, or Microsoft Exchange Public Folders in an index.
Data Access and Index Services	Crawl and search file and Web servers, Microsoft Exchange Server Public Folders, Lotus Notes servers, and remote servers for SharePoint Portal Server.
Subscriptions	Subscribe to a document, folder, category, or search query so you are notified when changes are made in the dashboard site. You can also choose to be notified by e-mail.
Categories	Classify content under a set of customer-defined categories for better content management and discoverability.
High Performance Crawling	Support manual and scheduled crawls, as well as adaptive and incremental crawling, to ensure that your search results contain all the most recent information.
Search Extensibility	Search protocol handlers allow connection to custom data sources. Support custom content types through IFilters.
Office 2000, Office XP, and Windows Integration	A complete set of document management functionality is accessible directly from the Office 2000 toolbar and Windows Explorer. This helps users manage documents with familiar tools.
Check-in and Check- out	Enables optional enhanced Web folders so that individual users can reserve documents for updating.
Document Versions	Document changes, including metadata such as keywords, are tracked and assigned different version numbers for auditing and rollback.
Document Profiles	This captures optional and required metadata about customer-defined document types.
Security	Uses roles built on Microsoft Windows NT® security. SharePoint Portal Server ensures that only users with appropriate access can see a given document.
Document Collaboration	Use the Web Discussions feature in Office and HTML documents for inline, content review.
Digital Dashboard- Based Portal	Digital dashboard-based user interface is built on Internet and industry standards, such as Extensible Markup Language (XML) and can be customized using Web Parts.
Integration with Enterprise System	Use pre-existing Web Parts or build your own to integrate existing enterprise systems into your corporate portal. Pre-built Web Parts are available from Microsoft for a variety of Microsoft and third party enterprise systems.