Portal sites connect your people to business critical information, expertise, and applications. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is a world class Enterprise Portal platform that makes it easy to build and maintain portal sites for every aspect of your business.



Connect your people to information and expertise



Quick, easy access to critical information and expertise means better decisions and more rigorous execution.



Connect your people to key business applications



Consolidated access to existing business applications drives consistent performance of common business tasks. Streamlined development of new composite applications can lead to order of magnitude improvements in important business processes.



Connect your people to role-specific resources



Peonalized information delivery increases the relevance and value of information.



Learn more about these Portals Features.

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Introduction to My Site

My Site is a peonal site that gives use a central location to aggregate information "for me," "by me," and "about me." This page includes an overview of My Site and the different ways you can use it to manage and store your documents, content, links, and contacts.



Role-Based Templates for SharePoint My Sites

These are custom templates, designed for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the My Site functionality, and tailored to address the unique needs and requirements of specific roles within an organization. This page includes additional information about each template and how to download them for free.



Community Kit for SharePoint

The Community Kit for SharePoint is a set of best practices, templates, Web Parts, tools, and source code that enables practically anyone to create a community website based on SharePoint technology for practically any group of people with a common interest.



MSDN Library: What Are Composite Applications?

A composite application is a collection of software assets that have been assembled to provide a business capability. This MSDN white paper will introduce the notion of composite applications as an architectural pattern to provide the right platform for enabling composition that is contextual, collaborative, easy-to-use, role-based, and configurable.



Resources for Interoperability with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) provides enterprises with a scalable business platform for managing content and integrating line of business systems.



Developer-Oriented Videos on Building Portals

Download this series of videos from Microsoft Office System Develope Conference 2006 to view breakout sessions about building custom portal interfaces, providing peonalized views, and aggregating connections to line-of-business data.