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Microsoft SharePoint Technology from DMC Software
DMC Software have developed in-house unique Sage and SharePoint adaptors to bring together Sage and Microsoft SharePoint to provide users with a complete business solution. The benefits of combining Accounts and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) are well known, however when SharePoint technology is added an extremely powerful business solution is realised. SharePoint technology when implemented correctly can provide unprecedented benefits to a business, consolidating and streamling business processes, and increasing productivity across an organisation.
What is Share Point?
The correct deployment of SharePoint has an impact on all the following, helping an organisation share relevant information to relevant users and at a relevant time. For those with a long memory this is the equivalent of MRP – just in time processing that revolutionised the Manufacturing Industry coupled with quality control process improvements.
- Improving business processes
- Attracting and retaining new customers
- Creating new products and services
- Expanding into new markets or geographies
- Reducing enterprise costs
- Improving enterprise workforce effectiveness
- Expanding customer relationships
- Increase the use of information analytics
- Traget customers and markets more effectively
- Acquiring new companies and capabilities
These are the UK's top business issues according to
Gartner.
Microsoft SharePoint Options
SharePoint technology enables businesses to perform better both in terms of efficiency and productivity by providing a central repository for all corporate information, documents and data allowing users to make better informed decisions. There are different versions of SharePoint technology,
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS), each offering the tools to improve communication within a business, however
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server offers additional features that are not present within Windows SharePoint Services.
Office SharePoint Server Functionality
| Capabilities |
WSS
|
MOSS
Standard CAL |
MOSS
Enterprise CAL |
| Collaboration |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Portals |
|
Y |
Y |
| Enterprise Search |
|
Y |
Y |
| Enterprise Content management |
|
Y |
Y |
| Business Process and Forms |
|
|
Y |
| Business Intelligence |
|
|
Y |
| Licensed for Internet/Extranet |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Office SharePoint Server Features and Benefits
- Single repository for all data, documents and information.
- Improve internal communications with discussion forums and announcements.
- Enhance data security Increase work force productivity and efficiency.
- Integrate with familiar Microsoft Office Applications.