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Case Study
Microsoft
Integration
Being a Microsoft product itself, SharePoint is highly
integrated with Microsoft Office. Although you can use
Office 98 and newer, Microsoft office 2003 has some great
integration features.
Microsoft Outlook
The first thumbnail to the left (Outlook Integration)
shows an example of Microsoft Outlook's email, task list and
calendar all within a SharePoint site.
Microsoft Excel
The second thumbnail to the left (Excel Integration)
shows and example of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet within a
SharePoint site that has all the Excel functionality right
within an internet browser.
Microsoft Word
The third thumbnail to the left (Word Integration) shows
the task pane that accompanies a Microsoft Word document
stored in a Document Library of a SharePoint site. Within
the task pane each user has the ability to see other members
of the site, send on or all of them an email, view any tasks
associated with the document, view other documents related
to this one as well as any associated links.
Microsoft Access
The fourth thumbnail to the left (Access Integration)
shows a data sheet view of a Document Library and an example
of the built in functionality between Microsoft Access and
SharePoint. |