SharePoint® 2007 and Office Development Expert Solutions

Chapter 9. Web Content Management in Office SharePoint Server

Web Content Management (WCM) in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) is a set of technologies built on top of the Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 platform. Previously, Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 was the product that delivered WCM capability for the Microsoft platform. This was a separate product from SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Each of these products had features that were desired by most users. WCM combines the functionality of Content Management Server 2002 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003, along with a host of new features. Typically, WCM systems allow non-technical users to author and manage content on the web with minimal involvement from IT.

This chapter explores WCM, and the main objectives for this chapter are:

• Understand the architecture, concepts, and capability of MOSS WCM

• Create WCM Web intranet and Internet portals using different security configurations

• Understand and utilize the WCM authoring and publishing process

• Provide an understanding and demonstration of site variations and content deployment

Content Management

Content managementdescribes the process of controlled publishing of information to content repositories; this information is then made accessible via a web browser for universal access. This controlled publishing environment includes capability for content authoring, web site and page branding, content approval, and subsequent management of the published information. There ...