Feature Articles

Assessing Portal Benefits and Costs
Many organizations are considering implementing their first portal. They typically have one of two goals: to make their employees more efficient or to improve customer satisfaction. In this article, we will outline the benefits through cost savings and revenue enhancement that companies can expect from implementing a portal. We will also outline the types of costs that companies will encounter when implementing a portal.

Microsoft Project Server 2003 – Empowering Today’s Project Managers
Managing tasks, resources, and scope is only part of what project managers do. Project data typically extends to include supporting documentation, risk assessment for resource tasks, and general issues that potentially affect the quality of project deliverables. Team members often need access to all project data. Project Server 2003 extends the base project management tools offered with Microsoft Project Professional by providing robust, web-based collaboration sites for project teams. This article will detail some of the exciting features in Project Server 2003.

Joint KMA-Microsoft seminar on Corporate Portals
David Goldstein and Mauro Cardarelli recently spoke at a joint KMA-Microsoft seminar on Corporate Portals and SharePoint Portal Server. Presentation slides are now available.

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Integrating RSS News Feeds Into Your SharePoint Portal Server
Go to most news delivery websites these days and you’ll see a small button, usually in a top corner, labeled “RSS” or “XML”. RDF Site Summary (RSS) is a generic XML-based format for delivering and aggregating web content. RSS files provide summary data (e.g. headline and article summaries) that can be easily accessed and transformed by other websites. This article will provide an introduction to the RSS format and illustrate how you can use the SharePoint Portal Server XML web part to easily integrate real-time news feeds into your corporate portal.

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