SharePoint 2007 User's Guide: Learning Microsoft's Collaboration and Productivity Platform

Chapter 7. Workflow and Information Management Policies

While earlier chapters described the many ways that information can be stored, managed and accessed in SharePoint 2007, what enhances it as a platform for business process collaboration and document management are its powerful workflow and information management capabilities. These features allow you to manage business processes within the collaborative SharePoint environment while enforcing enterprise data handling that can assist you with compliance and corporate regulatory policy.

Both the workflow and information management policy capabilities of SharePoint 2007 are customizable, allowing your organization to add additional features to those that are available in a standard SharePoint ...