Sharepoint site templates include a Discussion Board option that users can use to share ideas and talk about projects, plans or any other topic they wish. There are some things you can configure with these discussion boards to make them more useful. A server administrator can set the number of characters shown in a expanded discussion, control how ...

Administrators can give permissions to users to create their own sites for projects, groups or whatever other need they may require. A lot of times, these sites will be abandonned because the project is complete, the group has disbanded, or it was just never used. Windows Sharepoint Services allows you to automatically email site administrators to ...

Windows SharePoint Services allows you to back up and restore individual Sharepoint sites hosted on the server (or server farm). STSAdm.exe allows you to backup and restore a Sharepoint site. STSAdmn.exe allows you to back up and/or restore a specific Sharepoint site using MSDE, in fact STSAdm.exe is your only backup and restore option for the ...

SharePoint Configuration Analyzer is a free tool that you can download from the Microsoft Download Center which allows you to analyze and create reports on your SharePoint servers. The SharePoint Configuration Analyzer can report configuration errors and copy log files, configuration files, and other data to network share for further analysis. You ...

Windows Sharepoint Services and its bigger brother Sharepoint Portal Server are powerful tools, but like any website there are a number of authentication methods you can apply to secure your Sharepoint site(s). WSS and SPS use the authentication method you specify in the IIS virtual server properties for the top level site and all its subsites. ...

Every organization has shared directories full of files, folders and other types of data. Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, which is a free addition to Windows Server 2003, allows users to connect people with data, information, processes, and systems inside and outside the organization. Not to be confused with its big brother Sharepoint ...