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

Chapter 10. Document Management Solutions

Some of the most common solutions provided through SharePoint focus on the creation and management of documents. Whether you are creating press releases, compiling an annual report, or writing employee performance reviews, the creation of these materials typically requires the involvement of several people constructing the items, an approval process for finalizing the materials, a structure to manage the completed items so that they can be made available on an ongoing basis, and finally, a mechanism to support the archival or deletion of the materials once the information they contain is no longer pertinent.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0(WSS) provide ...