Datasheet

6. For URL name, select sites from the list of paths and enter intranet.
If no other sites exist in your web application, you can also create your intranet portal site at the root of
the web (such as http://servername). Only one site collection can exist at the root of a web.
7. You have a variety of choices for the site template. As described earlier, the optimal template for
a corporate intranet is the Collaborative Portal template. Select that template from the
Publishing tab (because it is a publishing site).
8. Enter your own name as the primary site collection administrator.
9. Click the OK button. The process for creating your site takes a few minutes. After it is com-
pleted, you are redirected to a page advising you that the process has completed successfully
and a URL will be displayed for you to select to visit your site, as shown in Figure 1-2.
Figure 1-2
Enterprise Features
So far, you have examined SharePoint’s basic features; however, you’ve yet to discover components,
namely Enterprise features, so named because they often represent the functionality that large enterprises
require and demand from their collaborative applications. These features also highlight some of the key
differences between Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.
❑ Form Services: InfoPath is a forms creation and completion application that is in an important
part of the Microsoft Office system. Introduced in 2003, it offers significant integration points for
data collection and sharing. In 2003, whenever users completed a form, they were required to
have the InfoPath client application installed. Form Services makes Microsoft Office InfoPath
2007 forms available via the web browser so you can easily collect and access data, while elimi-
nating the client applications. Chapter 10 explores gives more information on Forms Services.
❑ Search: This connects you with the information, people, and processes you need to make
informed business decisions. Users’ complaints concerning SharePoint 2003’s inability to locate
information resulted in a greatly improved search engine in the 2007 release, which includes
search highlighting. Chapter 14 shows how the search feature accesses multiple systems via a
single search engine, and explains how to improve search queries and result relevancy.
❑ Web Content Management: With the integration of Microsoft Content Management Server
2002, SharePoint now supports web content creation and publishing. Publishing features rang-
ing from content approval workflow to page layouts and content types which means you can
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