Microsoft SharePoint
portal system is a powerful corporate communications tool that possesses a number of additional, often unique, information-service functions.
Implementing a corporate portal based on Microsoft SharePoint can reduce non-production costs and improve organization thanks to centralized access to information and knowledge, creating an information infrastructure for the company.
An internal corporate portal is a specialized system (usually a website) that creates an environment for collaborating and sharing information within a company. Such a system allows users to exchange information that can raise the collective organization of work to new levels – and it’s not just limited to documents. Corporate portals are usually physically located on the internal network (intranet) or available via a secure protocol via the Internet. The resulting solution is a closed system, meaning it’s only accessible to employees or contractors with the appropriate access rights.
The functions of a corporate portal are defined by the company’s business processes and its IT infrastructure. There are a number of features that are common to almost all corporate portals:
- Collaboration and cooperation facilities
- Organization and management of business processes
- Facilities for accessing the enterprise’s information infrastructure
- Electronic document management
- Portal content management tools
Microsoft SharePoint Components Overview
The basic components of SharePoint-based solutions originate from Windows SharePoint Services. Windows SharePoint Services is the foundation for applications that work together, are easy to use and easy to learn thanks to their integration with familiar tools like Microsoft Office. Users can store, publish and collaborate on documents using these applications, as well as track the flow of information within their organization. Organizations can cost-effectively modify application templates for their tasks and processes.
The main components are:
- Collaboration
- Portal
- Document library
- Search
- Lists: Notices, Contacts, Discussion board, Links, Calendar, Tasks, Project objectives
- Enterprise content management
- Form-based business processes
- Tools for building an enterprise knowledge base
- Business analytics
- Microsoft Office integration
Projects
Following projects have been successfully implemented on the Microsoft SharePoint 2010, 2013 / K2 / ASP.NET MVC platforms:
- Archive of customer files (ProCredit bank, Georgia)
- Supervisory board portal (DTEK, Ukraine)
- Catalog for machine building manufacturers (TEDATA GmbH, Germany)
- Planing and controlling system for human ressources (DTEK, Ukraine)
- Corporate portal (ING Bank Ukraine)
- Portal “Common system of the social initiatives” (East Europe Foundation)
- Tender portal (Confectionery company “AVK”)
- Internal portal of the regional centre
Several projects use also integration with internal and external services:
- Google Analytics
- Reporting Services for the building of data reports
- Active directory of the company
- Digital signature
- Social network plugins
- RSS feeds
