SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide

SharePoint, Outlook 2007, and Collaboration

Later portions of this chapter show hands-on exercises for getting things done, but first let's take a look at a small overview of how MOSS 2007 and MS Office Outlook 2007 work and play together.

Not only does SharePoint allow you to manage task lists much more aggressively, but so do all the other Office 2007 applications. Outlook 2007 comes with a To-Do List in the main interface that imports tasks from the rest of the Office Suite applications, including SharePoint, letting the user view tasks assigned from multiple applications and multiple workgroups and sites in a single interface. Calendar events and flagged messages also appear in the To-Do Bar. You can also subscribe to an RSS feed in a SharePoint site, so you can get up-to-the minute updates on the status of tasks assigned to you.

SharePoint, Outlook, and OneNote 2007

Another office appliance updated for Office 2007 bridges a certain gap between Outlook and SharePoint. One Note 2007 is an electronic note-taking utility often used for meeting notes. Like pen and paper, you can use it to jot, scribble, doodle, and write down key ideas, questions, and tasks. What's different is what you can do with the information you create.

Within OneNote, the scribbles and drawings on the page are not static objects; you can add, move, and delete any of the content you create. For example, you can rearrange your notes and organize them by groups, subjects, and tasks. Here are some other examples ...