TechSoup Talks Webinar: An Introduction to SharePoint 2007

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is a comprehensive set of tools that — when supported and deployed well — can help nonprofits and libraries simplify collaborative efforts, organize documents and institutional knowledge, and manage electronic content. Microsoft makes SharePoint available for donation to eligible organizations through TechSoup. This webinar will help you determine if this tool is the right fit for your organization.

Return here after the webinar for a post event discussion!

Thanks to everyone who attended today.  Sorry that I couldn't get to all of your questions, but I look forward to continuing the conversation here. 

-Roy

Hi Roy (and everyone else!)

Thanks for the great presentation during this morning's webinar. If anyone didn't have the chance to participate or would like to download slides or hear the recording, check out the newly updated archive page!

Roy, there were a variety of great questions asked during the webinar so thanks for answering so many of them. I'm going to post a couple here that were mentioned during the webinar, but that I think a broader audience might be interested in learning about as well.

Anyone can feel free to chime in, ask more questions, and answer any too!

One participant asked about whether MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007) would run on a virtual server or if you need an internal sever dedicated to hostting it? What do you think?

Thanks, Becky. 

Ahh, virtualization - that's a webinar in itself.  We do support virtualization of SharePoint using a number of different products including Virtaul Server 2005, Hyper V and some third party products like VMWare (via the the Windows Server Virtualization Validation Program).   Learn more here:

• Introduction
• Whitepaper
• Video

Thanks Roy! I know it's a big topic, so I appreciate you sharing the resources.

I'd be curious to hear from any nonprofits or libraries who are using SharePoint and how. Anyone out there already using it and want to share your experiences, what ways you're using it (as an intranet, content management system for your website, document collaboration, etc)?

Another participant asked about how a smaller nonprofit with little budget or tech support might be able to use SharePoint. Do you have suggestions for using some functions of SharePoint that might not require much budget or IT staff support to implement? For example, is setting up a document sharing system easier than, say, creating an intranet? Would either or both be possible for a smaller, low-budget nonprofit?