Creating Hosted Sites
Hosted solutions are a great way to try out SharePoint without committing a lot of resources up front. Table 2-1 lists some of the hosting providers currently available; several offer a free trial period.
Table 2-1. Some SharePoint hosting providers
|
Company |
Site |
Provides |
|---|---|---|
|
Apptix |
Free 30-day trial | |
|
ASP-One, Inc. |
Combined Microsoft Exchange/SharePoint Server hosting | |
|
Enlightened Technology Group, Inc. |
SharePoint Server hosting at different service levels | |
|
FrontPages Web Hosting Network |
http://www.frontpages-web-hosting.net/sharepoint.hosting.htm |
SharePoint and other types of hosting |
|
724 Hosting |
Free 30-day trial |
Setting up a hosted account is as easy as navigating to one of the sites in Table 2-1 and completing the registration process. After you've done that, you'll want to:
Add members to the site.
Customize the site's home page.
Add content to the site.
The following sections demonstrate those tasks using a hosted site; they provide a quick tutorial, so you may want to follow along using your own trial site to get a better understanding of SharePoint.
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