Hosted SharePoint Services Overview
The hosted SharePoint platform provides the same features and functions, as would an internal deployment of the same product. As you can see from the functions listed, there are a wealth of business requriements that can be addressed with the out of the box features.

SharePoint Services will allow your users to collaborate easily and effectively and helps teams stay connected and productive by providing easy access to the people, documents and information they need to make more informed decisions and get the job done. Recent enhancements make it easier than ever to share documents, track tasks, use e-mail efficiently and effectively, and share ideas and information.

Some examples of the SharePoint capability’s are:

Provide a single workspace for teams to coordinate schedules, organise documents, and participate in discussions within the organization and over the extranet.

Easily author and manage documents and help to ensure their integrity with enhanced features including the option to require document checkout before editing, the ability to view past revisions and restore to previous versions, and the ability to set document-specific security.

Help people and teams stay on task with a variety of communication features that let users know when actions are required or important changes are made to existing information or documentation, including announcements, sophisticated alerts, surveys, and discussion boards.

Provide creative forums for brainstorming ideas, building knowledge bases, or simply gathering information in an easy-to-edit format with new templates for implementing blogs (also known as weblogs) and wikis (Web sites that can be quickly edited by team members—no special technical knowledge required).

Stay productive while mobile with enhanced support for offline synchronization through Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 that users can use to manage document libraries, lists, calendars, contacts, tasks, and discussion boards even offline, and to synchronize changes when reconnected to the network.

Reduce email traffic, especially those with large volume of attachments by storing documents in a central area for all to access, including your exteranl suppliers, partners or clients.

	Alerts Stay up to date with e-mail alerts when anything is added, changed or removed.		Versioning Keep current with version control while having the option to roll back to the past.
	Microsoft Office Integration New integration with Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and more.		Contacts Share important contacts with your team and synchronise with Outlook
	SharePoint Mobile Access WAP browser compatibility for your SharePoint sites.		Calendars Create and share calendars with team members and synchronise with Outlook.
	Import Spreadsheets Import and share your Excel data on SharePoint sites and lists.		Tasks Create, assign and track shared tasks with your team.
	Take SharePoint Data Off-line Outlook 2007 allows you to take documents, contacts and lists off-line.		Issue Tracking Create and track issues and status with your team.
	SharePoint Application Templates Many industry specific applications for SharePoint.		Announcements Share news and short bits of information with team members.
	Document Libraries Create multiple libraries for all your content with easy and secure sharing.		Meeting Sites Organise meeting materials including agendas, attendees and decisions.
	E-mail Enabled Sites Libraries, lists and discussions.		Picture Libraries Share pictures and graphics with your team and other collaborators.
	Adobe PDF Support SharePoint recognizes and searches inside many PDF documents.		Links Share your links to other resources with your team.
	PowerPoint Slide Libraries Manage your slides and assemble new presentations from the library.		Document Level Security Users can only see the information that they can access.
	Unlimited Users Extend the benefits of SharePoint to all your staff, customers and partners.		Document Review Sites Review and tracking document changes with your team in this work space.
	Improved Search New and improved search capabilities allow you to find information quickly.		Discussion Forums Discuss issues and documents easily within your SharePoint Site.
	SSL Encryption End-to-end encryption using SSL to keep your and your data secure.		Custom Lists Create the columns and data types that you need to manage your information.
	Migration Assistance We can help or provide expertise to convert your SharePoint data.		Export Data Easily export to list data to an Excel spreadsheet for offline use.
	Daily back-up All SharePoint sites can be backed up and rotated offsite for your peace of mind.		Surveys Easily survey your team and website users with SharePoint surveys.
	Recycle Bin Never lose a document again which an administrator controlled recycle bin.		Web Parts Create, customise, and add the web parts you need.
	Technical Support Expert technical support by phone or email		Gantt Project Charts Organize, schedule, assign and track projects and delivers with your team.
	SharePoint Blogs Easy to use blogging for business communications and employees.		RSS Feeds Easily configure RSS feeds to keep up to date with all sections of your sites.
	Wiki Sites & Pages Capture and share institutional knowledge with SharePoint wiki’s.		Form Libraries Create XML form libraries with SharePoint and InfoPath.