Special Edition Using Microsoft® SharePoint Portal Server

Integrated Document Management

In this section we will provide a high-level overview of the key features of document management. We will discuss check-in and check-out, versioning, security, document profiles, and integration with Microsoft Office. If you think about the traditional lifecycle of a document, you may agree that document creation is rarely an activity that involves just a single author. For example, an author creates a document, and often an additional individual will act as editor and collaborate on the document to provide feedback and review. Multiple versions of the document are created, until consensus is reached that the document is approved and ready to be sent or posted to the final destination. SharePoint Portal Server was ...