subject: Sharepoint Development: Providing A Platform For Document Sharing And Collaboration [print this page] One of the innovative web-based solutions for documents management and collaboration is Microsoft SharePoint. It can be used for creating websites having shared documents and special applications such as forums, blogs, Wiki etc. The data can also be edited through a control panel displayed on the pages. SharePoint, as the name suggests, presents a wide range of data sharing and collaboration feasibilities both to the users and the developers. This also explains why SharePoint development has also become much popular in recent times.
Based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, SharePoint offers a fully functional portal post installation. Many organizations have benefited from installing it. It gives a proper basic structure to build a single workspace. Server options include news, topic areas, catalogues, private websites, websites creation, and tools for searching or viewing information, employees, and work groups. SharePoint server can serve up to 1,000,000 end users, who are registered in Active Directory, all at the same time. It also has a capacity of 250 pages per second. The high performance and scalability have prompted many organizations to opt for SharePoint development.
SharePoint is also known for the flexibility and adaptability it offers to developers and users. It provides for additional web components and which can be managed in a flexible way. Users can set up portal pages by simply dragging and dropping components to the pages. The search feature of this tool allows a user to search for information, people, websites, and work groups using keywords or search terms.
Another advantageous feature of this tool is that it allows sorting by subjects. This feature allows for convenient and easy searching of data from various categories including documents, websites, and people information. After locating a document, users can check in or check out of documents and also go back to a previously visited document. SharePoint also provides for an array of calendar events, task, and links. An option is also available for defining new lists, which comes in handy during tasks solving. SharePoint developers thus present a wide range of collaboration opportunities for different workgroups within an organization or among organizations.
