Connect people, process, and information

With Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 you to seamlessly connect users, teams and knowledge so that people can take advantage of relevant information across your business processe to help them work more efficiently. It provides a solution that integrates information from various systems into one solution.

• Create a complete view of your business.  Access all of the information, documents, and applications that you use through SharePoint Portal Server 2003.
• Put relevant information at your fingertips.  Be more productive by having immediate access to up-to-date, relevant information. You can organize all of the information, files, and applications that you access throughout the day in a single view on My Site.
• Share knowledge across the organization.  Make it easy for business units, teams, and individuals to contribute content to the portal. Business units can integrate their SharePoint portal into the enterprise portal, enabling them to share knowledge with other business units.
• Find and make the most of organization's intellectual capital.  The industry-leading search technology in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 enables you to locate files, project plans, and best practices in file shares, Web sites, Microsoft Exchange Public Folders, Lotus Notes, Windows SharePoint Services sites, and databases instead of re-creating the wheel.
• Create self-service portals.  Create self-service portals for employees, partners, and customers. Employees can access human resources (HR) systems and sign up for benefits by using the same portal that they use everyday to access people, teams, and knowledge.
• Automate business processes.  SharePoint Portal Server 2003 helps relevant information find you through Alerts and Audience Targeting. Alerts notify you when any relevant file, SharePoint site, person, or application has been added or changed.
• Speed adoption by using familiar interfaces and tools.  New technologies often fail because they are too hard to use, and few employees have time to attend lengthy training courses. SharePoint Portal Server 2003 speeds user adoption and lowers training costs by using a familiar browser interface and allowing users to perform portal tasks within their Microsoft Office System programs
• Reduce development time and cost.  Deploy SharePoint Portal Server 2003 without any additional development work.  You can link Windows SharePoint Services sites, business unit portals, and the enterprise portal together at any time, enabling knowledge to be shared across an organization.