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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, also known as MOSS 2007, is a collaboration platform that aims to bring disparate technologies, various sources of data and different processes into one information process infrastructure to enable individuals and businesses for rapid growth and turning innovation into impact.
The industry is seeing radical changes in hardware computing power with progressive vertical growth of low cost, high powered PCs, PDAs, phone and tablet PC. The world is moving into an era where hardware would no longer be an issue; but rather the efficiency of the software to communicate between various mediums and be able to produce valuable and productive results will be the biggest concern of everyone. Software is going to be at the center of Information Technology infrastructure.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 brings the ability to bridge the gap between different information processing software like ERP, Finance, and Human Resource to the people to act on the information at hand rapidly. SharePoint is at the center of the Microsoft Office System which revolutionizes the way people, process, and information communicates with each other.
Early Days of Microsoft Office
The previous version of Microsoft Office focused on disparate information such as Word Processing, Business Modeling, Presentations, Business Data Management and Information Management. They were loosely placed on different information tools and management capabilities which do not seamlessly integrate into one information infrastructure.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007)
Today’s version of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 has the ability to provide consolidate broader information infrastructure into one which seamlessly integrate into other structures. These new information infrastructures include Collaboration, Content Management, Portals, Search, and Streamlined Processes Business Intelligence.
Below is a chart which shows the SharePoint Platform Services:
Features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007)
Single Infrastructure for Intranet, Internet, and Extranet Portals – MOSS 2007 boasts capability to build a single infrastructure that connects Individuals, Teams, Divisions, Enterprise, Extranet and Internet to a single gateway for all business applications.
Top 5 Things Bill Gates Love About SharePoint 2007 (MOSS 2007)
1. SharePoint for Composite Apps
2. Search and the Business Data Catalog
3. Client Integration
4. Excel Services
5. Community (Wikis, Blogs, RSS)
The Microsoft Office Platform
