Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Best Practices

Chapter 8. Document Management

In this chapter:
What Is a Document?
What Is Document Management?
The Document Life Cycle
Should SharePoint Replace File Servers?
Other Best Practices Concerning Documents and Document Libraries
Working with the SharePoint Server 2007 DoD 5015.2 Add-On Pack
Summary
Additional Resources

One of the core functions that Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is purchased to implement is document and records management. Office SharePoint Products and Technologies has grown from being merely a document collaboration system to one that supports a solid document management implementation.

Because of the increase in complexity of the platform from Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Server 2007, design ...