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==Microsoft Office SharePoint Server==

'''Microsoft Office SharePoint Server''' (MOSS) runs on top of WSS, and builds on it by adding both core features as well as end user [[web parts]] to it. Its main strength is enabling an organization’s information to be organized and aggregated in one central, web-based application and provide a [[taxonomy]] for corporate data. MOSS integrates closely with applications in the [[Microsoft Office]] suite and adds various features such as hierarchical organization of content areas, enhanced navigation, [[Single Sign On]], personalization features, [[indexed search]], the [[#Business Data Catalog|Business Data Catalog]], and in-browser rendering and, in certain cases, editing of [[Microsoft Office]] documents. It can also be used to create specialized document-specific libraries, such as [[Microsoft PowerPoint]] ''slide libraries'', which can be used to share not only specific slides from a presentation but their design as well.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA012261671033.aspx | title = Use Slide Libraries to share and reuse PowerPoint 2007 slide content | accessdate = 2007-10-01}}</ref> The latest version, MOSS 2007, improves over its predecessor, SPS 2003, in integrating with [[Microsoft Office]] applications, [[Enterprise Content Management|enterprise content management]] (with the integration of [[BusinessMicrosoft DataContent CatalogManagement Server]] into MOSS), [[#Enterprise Search|Enterprise Search]], [[Webweb content management]], more specialized [[document management]], [[Recordsrecords management]], [[Web 2.0]] [[collaboration]] functionality like [[blog]]s and [[wiki]]s, delivery of information stored in SharePoint via [[RSS]], and the ability to take content and lists offline with [[Outlook 2007]] and [[Microsoft Access]]. A MOSS application can abstract multiple WSS sites under the covers.

===Architecture===

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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise also includes a ''people search'' functionality, which can search for people, based on their affiliation and expertise, provided the enterprise infrastructure makes the information available. It can search from SharePoint user groups, as well as [[Active Directory]] and other [[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol|LDAP]] directories provided the information has been imported into MOSS.

====Business Data Catalog====

The Business Data Catalog (BDC),<ref>{{cite web | url = http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms563661.aspx | title = Business Data Catalog | accessdate = 2007-10-01}}</ref> introduced in MOSS 2007, enables presenting business data from back-end server applications such as [[SAP]] or [[Siebel]] 2007 or databases to be viewed by the web-based interface of Sharepoint without writing any code. It comprises a [[metadata repository]] and an [[object model]]. It provides a unified and simple way to invoke operations. It presents a consistent, [[object-oriented]] interface to the business logic imbedded in typical business applications. The Business Data Catalog provides homogeneous access to the underlying data sources by using a declarative metadata model which simplifies the client object model. The Business Data Catalog Definition Editor is now included in the MOSS SDK.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6d94e307-67d9-41ac-b2d6-0074d6286fa9&displaylang=en | title = Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK | accessdate = 2007-10-01}}</ref> The task of maintaining the catalog is divided among four roles: [[business analyst]] who identifies the data to be presented, metadata author who creates the tags to identify the data to sharepoint, administrator, and developer.

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