ClearPeople is a leading provider of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (SharePoint) and Web CMS solutions and services. We are often referred to as “The SharePoint People” due to our expertise in implementing SharePoint solutions, specifically in relation to Intranets and Document Management.
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Q. What is Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007?
Q. What is Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services technology?
Q. How does the new Office SharePoint Server 2007 differ from Windows SharePoint Services technology?
Q. How does Office SharePoint Server 2007 build on Windows SharePoint Services?
Q. Who is Office SharePoint Server 2007 designed for?
Q. How do I get Windows SharePoint Services?
Q. How does Office SharePoint Server 2007 integrate with the Microsoft Office system of products and technologies?
Q. If I have Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001, can I upgrade to Office SharePoint Server 2007?
Q. What are the different editions and how are they licensed?
Q. What are the system requirements for Office SharePoint Server 2007?
Q. What is Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007?
A. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated suite of easy-to-use server applications that improves organisational effectiveness by:
- Managing content comprehensively in order to derive increased business value from information assets.
- Accelerating internal and external shared business processes.
- Efficiently finding and accessing information to drive better-informed decisions.
- Sharing business information with greater confidence within and outside organisational boundaries.
- Providing IT with a single, integrated, extensible platform to manage intranet, extranet, and Internet applications across the organisation.
Q. What is Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services technology?
A. Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is the technology in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 that people can use to collaborate in browser-based workspaces while it provides a manageable infrastructure and extensible application platform for process efficiency gains. Windows SharePoint Services is a platform for collaboration applications that is easy to adopt and use through integration with everyday and familiar tools such as the Microsoft Office system. Users can publish, store, share, and keep track of information workflow and documents. Organisations can cost-effectively tailor application templates to specific sets of tasks and processes.
Q. How does the new Office SharePoint Server 2007 differ from Windows SharePoint Services technology?
A. Office SharePoint Server 2007 builds on the Windows SharePoint Services platform to help organisations integrate business processes and applications through a full set of collaboration and personalization features for information workers. With Office SharePoint Server 2007, companies can aggregate, search, share, and target content in a more efficient way.
Q. How does Office SharePoint Server 2007 build on Windows SharePoint Services?
A. Windows SharePoint Services provides a platform foundation to collaboration applications, offering a common framework for document management and a common repository for storing documents of all types. Additionally, it provides common administration and deployment tools. Finally, it builds on and exposes key Windows Server services like Windows Workflow Services (WWS) and Windows Rights Management Services. Office SharePoint Server 2007 delivers highly scalable collaboration solutions with flexible deployment and management tools. It connects sites, people, and business processes-facilitating knowledge sharing and smart organisations. It also extends the capabilities of Windows SharePoint Services by providing organisational and management tools for SharePoint sites, and by making it possible for teams to publish information to the entire organisation.
Q. Who is Office SharePoint Server 2007 designed for?
A. Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides a single integrated platform to manage intranet, extranet, and Internet applications across the enterprise. Business users gain greater control over the storage, security, distribution, and management of their electronic content, with tools that are easy to use and tightly integrated into familiar, everyday applications. Organisations can accelerate shared business processes with customers and partners across organisational boundaries using Forms Services-driven solutions.
Information workers can find information and people efficiently and easily through the facilitated information-sharing functionality and simplified content publishing. In addition, access to back-end data is achieved easily through a browser, and views into this data can be personalized.
Administrators have powerful tools at their fingertips that ease deployment, management, and system administration, so they can spend more time on strategic tasks. Using the Office SharePoint Server 2007 out-of-the-box workflows frees IT staff from having to write server-side code.
Q. How do I get Windows SharePoint Services?
A. Windows SharePoint Services, a component of Microsoft Windows Server 2003, is currently in version 2 Service Pack 2 (SP2), and is also offered as a free download. Windows SharePoint Services also comes as part of the recently released Windows Server 2003 R2 media. Windows SharePoint Services (version 3) is now available.
Q. How does Office SharePoint Server 2007 integrate with the Microsoft Office system of products and technologies?
A. Tight integration with familiar client applications such as Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook, and browsers gives employees a simple, consistent user experience. It also provides greater visibility into everyday business activities.
Q. If I have Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001, can I upgrade to Office SharePoint Server 2007?
A. You can upgrade only if you have Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 with SP2.
Q. What are the different editions and how are they licensed?
A. Office SharePoint Server 2007 offered in the following editions:
- Office Server Edition
- Licensing Options
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
- Server and client access licensing.
For each server, or each server in a farm, a valid server license must be purchased. For each client accessing Office SharePoint Server 2007, a Standard CAL must be purchased. To enable the enterprise features of Office SharePoint Server 2007, an Enterprise CAL, in addition to the Standard CAL, must be purchased. Once the enterprise features are enabled on a server, clients accessing that server, or farm of servers, should have a valid Enterprise CAL in addition to their Standard CAL when accessing the enterprise functionality.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites
Per Server licensing only. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet Sites is for running extranet and Internet sites and should not be accessed by employees creating, sharing, or collaborating on content which is for internal use only (for example as a corporate intranet).
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites includes all the standard and enterprise functionality of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search Enterprise Edition
Per Server licensing only. For each server, or each server in a farm, a valid server license must be purchased.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search Standard Edition
Per Server licensing only. For each server, or each server in a farm, a valid server license must be purchased.
Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007
Per Server and Client access licensing. For each server, or each server in a farm, a valid server license must be purchased. For each client accessing Office Forms Server 2007, a Forms CAL must be purchased.
Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007 for Internet sites
Per Server licensing only. Office Forms Server 2007 for Internet sites is for running forms solutions on extranet and Internet sites and should not be used for forms solutions for internal use only (for example, a forms solution on your corporate intranet).
Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007 for Internet sites includes all the functionality of Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007.
Q. What are the system requirements for Office SharePoint Server 2007?
A. For 2007 Microsoft Office system programs including Access, Excel, Groove, InfoPath, OneNote, Outlook, Outlook with Business Contact Manager, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher, SharePoint Designer, Visio, and Word, you will need:
- Component
- Requirement
- Operating system
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 2 or later or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (or higher) required.
- Computer and processor
- 500 megahertz (MHz) processor or higher; 256 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher; DVD drive; 1 gigahertz (GHz) and 512 MB of RAM or higher is required to run Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager.
- Hard disk
- 2 gigabyte (GB) necessary for install; a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard drive.
- Monitor resolution
- Minimum 800x600; 1024x768 or higher recommended
- Internet connection
- Broadband connection, 128 kilobits per second (Kbps) or greater, for download and activation of products.
- Additional components
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with service packs, Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 or later required for Outlook 2007 users. To install Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager, you will need to first install Outlook 2007.