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Good, Better, Best: Windows SharePoint Services Integration with Microsoft Office
White Paper
Published: July 2003
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Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint™ Services is a component of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 that provides tools for information sharing and document collaboration that users and teams can use to work together with speed, security, and flexibility. This paper focuses on integration between Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office 2003 Editions. Other server products that build upon the Windows SharePoint Services foundation, such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, also make use of the features and technologies described in this paper. Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 comprise the latest version of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, a powerful set of tools for organizing information, managing documents, and providing efficient collaboration tools that are easy to use.
The collaborative tools provided by Windows SharePoint Services are easy to use, so you can share files and information and communicate more effectively with your coworkers. You can easily create and use SharePoint sites for any purpose. For example, you can create a site to serve as the primary Web site for a team, or you can build a site to help users meet short-term or long-term shared work goals. A typical SharePoint site might include a variety of useful tools and information, such as shared document libraries, contacts, calendars, task lists, discussions, and other powerful information sharing and visualization tools.
Sharing documents and information is only part of what you can do with Windows SharePoint Services. Microsoft Office is closely integrated with Windows SharePoint Services, so you can use features from Windows SharePoint Services in your Office applications. Many important Windows SharePoint Services features are integrated with Office menus and features. You can even create SharePoint sites from your Office applications as part of your regular work routine, so you can be more productive without needing extensive training or specialized technical knowledge.
This paper describes how Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office work together. Additionally, it describes the different levels of integration between Windows SharePoint Services and Office 2000, Office XP, and Office 2003 Editions. Office 2000 provides very basic integration with Windows SharePoint Services, and Office XP provides some additional integration features. However, Office 2003 Editions provide enhanced integration with Windows SharePoint Services. Good, Better, Best
Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office are natural partners in a productive, connected computing environment. Microsoft is committed to integrating the power of work-sharing tools and the Web into the productivity applications that most users already know. Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office XP, and Microsoft Office 2003 Editions represent increasing levels of integration between the Microsoft Office suite and Windows SharePoint Services.
· File Save Integration – Microsoft Office 2000 provides basic integration with Windows SharePoint Services. Users can open and save files stored on SharePoint sites from their Office 2000 applications and receive alerts in Microsoft Outlook® 2000.
<FONT face=Verdana>· Basic Data Integration – Microsoft Office XP provides additional data integration between SharePoint sit |
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