Software reviews: Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007
Published 09/21 by SharePoint AnswersMicrosoft's SharePoint 2007 software products have received very good feedback from owners. Office SharePoint Designer 2007 provides the tools to build, customize, and contribute SharePoint sites using the latest web design technologies. The program also allows its users to integrate business data and build SharePoint Web pages that present and edit data coming from SharePoint lists and document libraries, XML files, Microsoft SQL Server databases, Web services, and enterprise systems. Workflow Designer lets you automate business processes such as document approval, custom event notification, and other collaboration tasks.
One particular drawback of this program is that it does not come with a set of guidelines. Users state that the instructions available online are hard to follow. Some industry websites recommend that consumers buy the SharePoint Designer X For Dummies Book by Vanessa L. Williams. In fact most are offering a special discount when bought together.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 retails for $299.95 but if consumers do their homework, they can find it at a much lower price.
Microsoft's SharePoint Team Services hasn't had as much success. Although its users give this software program a fair assessment, there has been some problems cited. The product's best point isthat it is the most general purpose and flexible team collaboration program available. SharePoint Team Services (SPTS) allows buyers to track tasks, contacts, events, survey results, web page links and any custom data sets you want. Even for predefined data sets, you can add customize fields, create new views and apply filters.
The flip side of SPTS is that it does not provide version control. The document collaboration capabilities vary depending on the file type and the applications installed on your machine. You cannot mark up an Office document without using Office's annotation capabilities. SPTS is the least expensive software of its type. Buyers can expect to pay around $150.00 or more with the server version available for $39.95 and up per month.
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