Windows SharePoint Services Feature Summary
 Windows SharePoint Services Feature Summary
SYSTEM FEATURES
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Create new user accounts directly in a browser and let SharePoint send usernames and passwords to new users.
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The shared drive is dead. Ensure the organization accesses, edits, and stores its content from a central system.
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Version Control

Maintain a historical record of all changes and previous versions of a file automatically.
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Dual Stage Recycle Bins

Deleted content is never gone, user and system catches ensure deleted files are recoverable.
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Content Types
Maintain governance and enforce business rules on the meta data the organization needs on specific file types.

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Syndicate any library and its content via an RSS feed instantly!
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Role-Based Security

Create role-based security to authorized selected groups/users to manage content.
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Full WebDAV Support
Take advantage of SharePoint's integration with Windows and manage/import content with explorer windows.

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Allow users to check-out files to edit them and check them back in once they are ready to be made available again.
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Enable the organizations entire document solution via the internet. This not only facilitates remote access from working from home but goes towards a Disaster Recovery plan where staff can sustain business operations via SharePoint.
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Request and receive email alerts about changes in a document or library.
 
 LIBRARIES
     Document Library
Create a document library when you have a collection of documents or other files that you want to share. Document libraries support features such as folders, versioning, and check out.
Form Library
Create a form library when you have XML-based business forms, such as status reports or purchase orders, that you want to manage. These libraries require a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible XML editor, such as Microsoft Office InfoPath.
Wiki Page Library
Create a Wiki page library when you want to have an interconnected collection of Wiki pages. Wiki page libraries support pictures, tables, hyperlinks, and wiki linking.

Picture Library
Create a picture library when you have pictures you want to share. Picture libraries provide special features for managing and displaying pictures, such as thumbnails, download options, and a slide show.

 COMMUNICATIONS
    Announcements
Create an announcements list when you want a place to share news, status, and other short bits of information.
Contacts
Create a contacts list when you want to manage information about people that your team works with such as customers or partners. You can share information between your contacts list and Windows SharePoint Services-compatible contacts programs.
Discussion Board
Create a discussion board when you want to provide a place for newsgroup-style discussions. Discussion boards provide features for managing discussion threads and ensuring that only approved posts appear.
 TRACKING
       Links
Create a links list when you have links to Web pages or other resources that you want to share.
Calendar
Create a calendar list when you want a calendar-based view of upcoming meetings, deadlines, and other important events. You can share information between your calendar list and Windows SharePoint Services-compatible events programs.
Tasks
Create a tasks list when you want to track a group of work items that you or your team needs to complete.
Project Tasks
Create a project tasks list when you want a graphical view on a group of work items that you or your team needs to complete. You can open this list in Windows SharePoint Services-compatible programs.
Issue Tracking
Create an issue tracking list when you want to manage a set of issues or problems. You can assign, prioritize, and follow the progress of issues from start to finish.
Survey
Create a survey when you want to poll other Web site users. Surveys provide features that allow you to quickly create questions and define how users specify their answers.
 CUSTOM LISTS
     Custom List
Create a custom list when you want to specify your own columns. The list opens as a Web page and lets you add or edit items one at a time.
Custom List in DataSheet View
Create a custom list when you want to specify your own columns. The list opens in a spreadsheet-like environment for convenient data entry, editing, and formatting. It requires a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible list datasheet control and ActiveX control support.
Languages and Translators
Create the list of languages for which the Translation Management workflow will assign translation tasks. You can also specify the translators for each language.
Import Spreadsheets
Import a spreadsheet when you want to create a list that has the same columns and contents as an existing spreadsheet. Importing a spreadsheet requires a spreadsheet application compatible with Windows SharePoint Services
 WEB PAGES
    Basic Page
Create a Basic Page when you want to add a simple Web page to the site. You can modify the page by adding text, pictures, and tables using your Web browser.
Web Part Page
Create a Web Part Page when you want to add a Web page to this site that displays one or more Web Parts. Web Parts provide an easy way to build powerful Web pages that can show you information ranging from a view of a list in the current site to the latest data from Web Services.
Sites and Workspaces
Create a site or workspace when you want a new place for collaboration, communication, or content storage. For example, you might create a team site to work together on a new project, a blog site to post information and gather feedback, or a wiki site to record unstructured knowledge.