Hosted SharePoint

Manage Information

Document and Forms Libraries

Users can browse a library to share documents with team members. Document libraries support features such as sub-folders, file versioning, and check-in/check-out. Using a compatible XML editor (such as Microsoft Office InfoPath), you can create a form library for your XML-based business reports or purchase orders.

Automatic Notifications and Alerts

SharePoint uses email alerts to notify users of important events and changes to lists, items, libraries, and other parts of the site. For example, users can choose to receive an email alert when a document published in a specific library is modified or deleted, or they can elect to receive immediate, daily, or weekly alerts for content included in the portal site index.

Team Surveys

Surveys allow you to poll team members and obtain feedback from anyone with access to the site. You can configure a survey so that users can respond to items such as meetings, vendor service, or product releases, and you can also display the results graphically.

Lists and Spreadsheets

SharePoint sites include built-in lists for sharing information, tasks, contacts, and announcements. Users can also create custom lists for unique information. With the help of a compatible Windows program (such as Microsoft Office Professional 2003), Windows SharePoint Services will import in columnar form spreadsheet data that team members can directly edit, sort, filter, add to, or delete.

Document Workspace Sites for Collaboration on Tasks, Projects, and Documents

Using Web parts, lists, and document libraries, a Document Workspace creates an environment centered on one or more tasks, projects, or documents. Team members can work together on a document and periodically update copies that have been saved to the Document Workspace site.

Search

Using the search engine, team members can query most lists and all document libraries that are on the SharePoint site. They can search the entire site or a single list within the site, or they can search for a particular contact in the Contact list.

Version Control

SharePoint can track documents stored on the site and help your team efficiently track and manage document creation and editing.