Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated set of tools and functionality that allows organizations to collaborate and work more effectively. Specifically MOSS helps organizations collaborate, create portals, search, create forms and manage documents and provide business intelligence. The first release of MOSS was under the name SharePoint and occurred in 2001. Since then the solution has been dramatically improved and expanded and incorporated into the Microsoft Office Server concept.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server can be used to solve many issues and business challenges. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server truly allows a company to bring together critical information and make it available to the right people in your organization. Furthermore, workflow rules allow you to automate the movement of information and streamline operations. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server can also be used to create customer or supplier facing portals allowing them to login and connect with your organization.
Benefits and features include:
· Bringing information from different systems and databases together
· Routing standard forms for approval via workflow rules
· Creating intranets and portals to provide information and allow secure communication with key suppliers and vendors
· Searching business information across systems and locations
· Providing business intelligence in a collaborative environment using familiar tools like Excel