With the almost instant portal access SharePoint Services affords, Office 2003 makes managing shared files and team resources easy. Using its well-thought-out wizards, individual teams can benefit from personalized content with minimal it intervention (as long Active Directory has been used to model departments and users beforehand). Like some of the best groupware, Office (with SharePoint) lets ordinary users build and manage content, including quickly adding new Web sites for particular projects or meetings.
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Microsoft is clearly betting that through the common wiring of SharePoint, users will be able to tap into a wide range of Office 2003 functions via a Web browser. While more extensive customization will certainly require it input, the default portal makes a strong case for collaboration in the new Office. It puts sharing documents and all kinds of Office data, as well as events and notifications, into play for any organization, with minimal up-front investment of time and effort from the it folks. Overall, SharePoint Services raises the ease-of-use bar for lightweight portals. What SharePoint Services does it does really well—and that’s to place collaboration at the forefront of the new Office. Microsoft has devised a polished portal-style interface that can jumpstart any workgroup into doing more together in Office.