Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2007 Bible

Solution Overview

The new content management features provided in SharePoint 2007 and the flexible platform provided by SharePoint can provide an answer to each of the Internet portal requirements.

Table 22.2 maps each specific requirement to the solution architecture that SharePoint will provide.

Table 22.2. SharePoint Requirement Mapping

Requirement	Solution
No publishing is allowed to Internet-facing server	Use SharePoint content deployment features to push content from internal staging server to Internet-facing server
Public must be able to anonymously access content	Internet-facing server must be configured for anonymous access
Internet presence must be professional, clean, and consistent	Use SharePoint master pages and page layout to provide consistent framework
Master page will be customized with company logo to emphasize professional Internet presence
Use global navigation to provide consistent and easy-to-use navigation of the site
Easy navigation	Use SharePoint Global Navigation control
PR group needs to publish occasional press releases easily	Create a site content type that provides the structure and fields for the press releases so that even occasional publishers have a straightforward publishing process
PR press releases must be archived to records management center	Configure records management features to allow users to archive press release
Support engineer management and product developers want to see flow and feature area of active bugs	KPIs for bug tracking
Support engineers ...