Microsoft® Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) is a portal technology that organizations of all sizes can use to improve team collaboration and increase efficiency. The application is built on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and provides a foundation for building Web-based business applications for ease of scalability.
As a consulting organization, MEBC understands the challenges of staying connected across organizational and geographic boundaries. With an estimated 80% of enterprise information still residing on individual employee hard drives, WSS is the perfect solution to solving the document management and team collaboration challenges of the past. In fact, MEBC implemented Windows SharePoint Services internally and can relate to the value-added benefits of the technology:
Centralized workspaces for our consultants to coordinate schedules, organize their documents, and participate in team discussions. In a recent client engagement, WSS helped us to efficiently develop, organize, and deliver training documentation for a global roll-out of Manugistics.
Ensure the integrity of documents uploaded to the system with enhanced features, including the option to require document check-out before editing, ability to view audit trails of documents, and the ability to set security on each document. MEBC found this feature especially important when reengineering internal business processes for ISO 9001 documentation standards. Many quality assurance systems require extensive audit trails when making updates to company specific documentation.
Internal announcements with sophisticated email alerts, surveys, and discussion boards are another feature of WSS. Email alerts can be triggered when a particular document is updated in the system.
Read about our success with Windows SharePoint Services 2.0.
If you think WSS is the right solution for your organization, please contact us and we will set-up a WSS system demonstration at your convenience. Our SharePoint Solution Consultants are Microsoft Certified Professionals with an in-depth understanding of the technology and business implications of enterprise content management. An MEBC representative would be happy to explain our service offerings.