Portals

Portals White Papers

Review the following white papers to learn more about the portals capabilities of Office SharePoint Server 2007.

White papers for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft SharePoint Product Group Rebuilds Web Site in SharePoint, Saves Money, Improves Efficiency

Microsoft wanted to create an engaging and dynamic experience for customers, developers, and end users to learn more about the capabilities of Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server. To achieve this objective while showcasing the design flexibility and content management features of the SharePoint environment, Microsoft built a new version of its existing Web site in Office SharePoint Server 2007. Rebuilding the Web site in Office SharePoint Server 2007 helped to streamline and standardize the content publishing processes across the SharePoint product team, improve customers’ ability to find up-to-date and relevant content based on their needs, and provide a best practice for other Microsoft product groups to publish information. By using many out-of-the-box features of SharePoint, Microsoft can keep the rebuilt site updated without relying on developers or third-party vendors.

Five Ways SharePoint Can Save You Money

Many of the world's leading companies, such as MTV and the Bank of America, are already realizing benefits from the adoption of these technologies. The paper focuses on five specific ways in which SharePoint Products and Technologies can save you money.

White paper: SharePoint Products and Technologies governance checklist guide

This governance checklist can help your governance body develop your enterprise's governance plan.

White paper: Chaos no more: Steps for building governance into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

This white paper describes how planning for governance, although challenging, can provide benefits in the enterprise by eliminating chaos and improving productivity.

Sample template: SharePoint Products and Technologies governance plan

This sample template is designed to help an enterprise's governance body record its decisions, including governance objectives, stakeholders, policies, support, and other elements of the governance plan.

White paper: Upgrading Large Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Intranet Portals to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

This white paper explains the design guidelines and strategies to use when you are upgrading a large portal site from Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.