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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Provide a scalable, manageable platform for collaboration and the development of Web-based business applications with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

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Evaluate	*Why Windows SharePoint Services?* Learn the top 10 benefits of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Which SharePoint technology is right for you? What's new in Windows SharePoint Services? Read an article, step through a virtual lab, or watch a webcast Get a technical introduction to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Need help getting started? Download and print the Getting Started Guide See also: more technical articles and resource centers (listed to the right) *Prepare to deploy* What hardware and software do you need for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0? Design your farm's logical architecture Plan your Web sites and determine which features you will need Enhance your farm's performance by planning the right infrastructure Determine a strategy for protecting and recovering data, including recycle bins and backups Provide secure external access to sites Upgrade Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to add search across sites for free using Search Server 2008 Express See also: more technical articles and resource centers (listed to the right) *Ensure a smooth deployment* Find the deployment scenario that best fits your environment Learn how to install and configure Windows SharePoint Services with this virtual lab Learn how to upgrade to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Apply updates: Service Pack 1, Infrastructure Update Download application templates Upgrade Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to add search across sites for free using Search Server 2008 Express See also: more technical articles and resource centers (listed to the right) *Secure and manage your deployment* Manage security and permissions Master common administrative tasks Automate administrative tasks by using the Stsadmin command-line tool Use the Windows SharePoint Services Management Pack to monitor and maintain your farm Protect and recover your data by using recycle bins, versioning, and backups Download enhanced management tools (32-bit, 64-bit) and learn how to use them Add search across sites for free using Search Server 2008 Express See also: more technical articles and resource centers (listed to the right)
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Featured Blogs

	Dan Winter's Blog Dan Winter is an escalation engineer for SharePoint Products and Technologies.

	Arpan Shah's Blog Information about SharePoint technology along with ECM and search.

To the SharePoint Blog
SharePoint IT pro documentation team blog.

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Meet the MVPs

	Spencer Harbar Spencer delivers enterprise content management, portal systems architecture, and deployment solutions.

	Heather Solomon Heather has extensive experience with SharePoint technologies and Web content management.

	Natalya Voskresenskaya Natalya has been involved in SharePoint technologies since the 2003 version and is an avid blogger and writer.

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General Question and Answers and Discussion
General (typically presales oriented) questions and discussions.

Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation
Topics about installation/setup and upgrade/migration as well as administration and operation.

Design and Customization
Topics about site design (i.e. definitions, templates) and page customization (i.e. layouts) as well as SharePoint Designer and similar tools.

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Latest News

Using SharePoint Products and Technologies in a Hyper-V virtual environment: Preliminary guidance for using SharePoint with the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V technology.

Previous Versions

Solutions and Solution Accelerators

SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool
Get a head start on planning your SharePoint topology.

External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint
Collaborate securely with partners outside the firewall.

Upgrade Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Visio diagram)
Guidance about upgrading to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

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Security for Federation (Office SharePoint Server 2007)
This article describes security considerations for the Federation feature of Office SharePoint Serve... more

Internet presence scenario
This series of topics and an accompanying poster provides an end-to-end scenario that outlines how t... more

Downloadable book: Installation guide for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
This guide provides the information you need to successfully install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0... more

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