Wiley Microsoft SharePoint 2007 For Dummies 978-0-470-09941-4 ユーザーズマニュアル

In This Chapter

Identifying the technologies that enable SharePoint

Figuring out licensing requirements

Discovering SharePoint’s role in your organization

Deciding which projects to start with

Getting ready to implement SharePoint

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f you believe everything you read on the Internet (and who doesn’t?), you
know that SharePoint is either an over-hyped Microsoft product with no

real business value or it’s the next Messiah in information and knowledge
management. So, which is it? Only you can answer that question.

SharePoint’s usefulness in your organization is determined by whether
SharePoint has a role in your existing information systems environment. To
determine SharePoint’s role, you really have to understand what SharePoint
is and what it does. However, simply having this knowledge doesn’t guaran-
tee you a successful SharePoint implementation. However, it does give you a
strong foundation, which is what this chapter is all about.

Understanding SharePoint Technology

SharePoint is a family of technologies from Microsoft that provides a server
infrastructure to support the needs of information workers and their employers.
These needs include collaboration, knowing who’s online, document storage,
and the ability to inform and be informed. The companies that hire information
workers need to audit, monitor, organize, retain, and protect information.

SharePoint makes it possible for companies to engage all their information
workers through the tools people are using already — Office clients (such as
Word and Excel), Internet browsers (such as Internet Explorer), and e-mail
clients (such as Outlook). Obviously, SharePoint works best with Office 2007.
Whether you’re using Office 2007 or OpenOffice, SharePoint gives employers
a means to connect with workers where they work — at their desktops.

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