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Creating Corporate Intranet Portals

Intranet portals are intended to help organizations manage their information by performing three primary functions:

• Aggregating Aggregation can include indexing, linking to, and hosting content. A corporate portal can aggregate content using hyperlinked lists or indexing services such as SharePoint Server Search and by directly hosting content, as is the case with portal document libraries. Portals can also provide access to information from sources such as SAP, Siebel, and Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets.

• Organizing This function is accomplished through the creation of taxonomies. Taxonomies can change over time, but spending the time in the beginning to clearly define the basics will save valuable administrative ...