Microsoft SharePoint

Visasoft’s  Sharepoint Service Team implements and deploys Microsoft SharePoint Services in client organizations in order to help them improve employee productivity and efficiency of their business processes.

Windows SharePoint Services, built on Windows Server, provides a framework for building dynamic web based applications that enable users, across an organization, to collate and share information and knowledge, and work in coordination with each other. Extensive document management, storage and collaboration capabilities and tools are included with Windows SharePoint Server. It has a flexible architecture, making it easy to adapt and modify the applications to meet changing business needs. Windows SharePoint Services is easy to use and deploy as it offers tight integration with Microsoft Office applications.

Windows SharePoint includes a set of tools and components that can be used to create SharePoint websites. A whole range of ASP.NET components and web parts can be assembled and integrated to develop tailor made solutions that match the unique requirements of each organization. SharePoint can be used to create online workspaces to conduct meetings, discussions, and other collaborative tasks that helps employees to pool resources and work for efficiently thereby improving the productivity of individual users as well as the team as a whole.

Features of Microsoft SharePoint

The features of SharePoint can be broadly classified into the following:

• The architecture of Windows SharePoint is such that it can easily be deployed on a single computer as well as a complex network of computer systems
• The size of the SharePoint site can be preset by the administrator
• Administrators can block users from uploading specific file types into the document repository
• User roles can be defined and access levels and rights within the SharePoint site can be set ensuring security and data integrity
• A wide array of communication tool such as e-mail, alerts etc enable employee to be instantly notified about tasks to be performed
• Offline synchronization features enable employees to manage documents, contact lists, etc offline, and synchronize the same when they logon to the network
• Community features such as discussion forums and blogs can be easily created by the employees
• Using the document library features, employees can easily store, organize and manage their documents. Document revisions can be tracked and individual security settings can be defined for each document
• Microsoft SharePoint Designer can be used to create customized SharePoint sites and reporting tools
• Windows SharePoint services can be easily configured command line utilities or web browsers. Third party administration tools can also be integrated with SharePoint
• Employee can create individual workspaces and discussion forums. Administrators can monitor and moderate the same, if required

Benefits of Microsoft Sharepoint

The implementation and deployment of Windows SharePoint Services offers the following benefits to organizations:

• Easy and effective mechanism to share documents, information and ideas between employees
• Provides a centralized repository wherein documents can be commonly stored and accessed by employees
• SharePoint provides close integration with other Microsoft products and applications thereby making it easy for employees to use the site
• Windows SharePoint can be easily scaled and extended to meet future business requirements
• Provides employees with quick and easy access to documents and information enabling them to take better and informed decisions

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