Common Uses of SharePoint 3.0

• Team Website
• Project Management
• Collaborative Virtual Office
• Intranet
• Document Management

Intranet

SharePoint provides everything you need to successfully create and manage an intranet website of the type described above. With Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, you can quickly set up a team website for your small business, even if you have no advanced computer skills. That way, you and your employees can easily capture and share ideas, information, communication, and schedules — around the office or around the world.

Collaborative Virtual Office

Your team can take collaboration to a new level with Windows SharePoint Services.

Team members can easily create collaborative workspace sites to share and manage their team information. Threaded discussions, surveys, shared calendars, task lists and other collaboration features help keep you and your teammates connected and productive.

Team Website

Are you looking for a website to help manage a business or project, or a site that lets team members easily work together
on documents?

Putting a SharePoint team website in place for your business is a fast, cost-effective way to facilitate team communication while creating a professional looking website. Team sites based on Windows SharePoint Services are useful right out of the box. You can customize your site, changing its appearance and adding functionalities without using other applications or doing any programming.

• Set up a public or private site (restricted access) in minutes
• Easily select from the template gallery, and customize your SharePoint site
• Modify the page by adding text, pictures and tables using only a Web browser — no programming experience required
• Create a separate site under the main site for different teams and projects
• Use for knowledge-intensive sites, service businesses, and anyone requiring group or team collaboration

Document management

SharePoint allows you to create folders known as Document Libraries. These can contain any document you wish to upload such as Word or PDF documents.

Deep integration with Microsoft Office programs lets your team members share and collaborate better by using the familiar tools they use every day. Here are some of the ways you can use Office programs with your team site:

• Save documents to document libraries from Office Excel, Office Outlook, Microsoft Office PowerPoint®, Microsoft Office Visio®, or Office Word.
• Use Microsoft Office Access or Office Excel to view and edit data stored in lists on your team site
• Synchronize your Office Outlook calendar and contact lists with your team site
• Use SharePoint sites to share business plans, photos, drawings, documents and much more
• Create a Document Workspace site from Office Word

You’ll always have easy access to important documents wherever you are. The Windows SharePoint Services document library lets you access important files from any computer with an Internet connection and a compatible Web browser. In addition, team members can easily review documents and projects using the team website.