Server Products

Microsoft offers a range of reliable, simple to maintain and scalable server products for use in education. These include Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Live Communications Server 2005.

Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 offers a range of benefits for education institutions. It can support your administrative applications (such as student record systems), manage your curriculum by supporting virtual learning environments, and enable you and your students to take full advantage of the Internet. Windows Server 2003 also offers directory services so you can authenticate educators or learners and manage your network resources, such as printers and other applications.

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2007 Success in education relies on the effective sharing of knowledge. Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2007 offers you the tools you need to retain knowledge and put it to use now and in the future. It encourages collaboration, by means of portals that support document sharing and communication. Research, reports, news and announcements can be held in one central point of access. This can be easily searched and the results combined with queries across a variety of data libraries.

Live Communications Server 2005 Effective communication is vital at all levels of education. The learning environment is defined by the ability of students to ask questions of teachers and share ideas with peers. Also, staff need the ability to deal with day-to-day matters and unplanned issues effectively, together and in real time. Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 is a powerful instant messaging (IM) real-time communication platform that supports effective, efficient collaboration. As part of an institution's Learning Gateway framework, it offers enhanced security and seamless integration with other Microsoft products.

SharePoint Learning Kit The Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) is a standards-compliant elearning tool that integrates with the Microsoft Learning Gateway solution, enabling schools and colleges to build and deploy a security-enhanced web-based learning environment with collaborative tools that provide line of business applications in one fully-managed environment.

More Server Products for Education Find out more about other server products from Microsoft that you can use in education, including Content Management Server 2002, Exchange Server 2007 and Office SharePoint Portal Server 2007.

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