The Office Sharepoint Server 2007 can be used by organizations and businesses to create a “wiki”. Simply stated, a wiki is a collection of pages on the internet that anyone can access to modify or add content if they have been given a username and password and the authority to do so. They are used to create collaborative websites where members of the community can share information. In business and professional settings, a wiki is in invaluable tool for sharing the organizations data base of secure knowledge with all employees or members.

Powerful Dissemination of Information

One of the characteristics of a wiki is a large number of hyperlinks with the text on the page. A text hyperlink shows up on a webpage as a “Iive” word or phrase that takes the reader to another web page when they click on the word or phrase. On the new page, the reader will find a more in depth explanation of the hyperlinked word or phrase. In this way, topic associations between pages help the reader to have a more comprehensive understanding of the topic.

The value of this form of sharing information for any business or organization is that everyone on staff or in membership operates from the same base of information. Everyone involved has the opportunity to contribute the expertise they have acquired from holding their particular post in the organization. This is an effective method for executive company policy to be disseminated throughout the organization.

Dynamic Collaboration

The Office Sharepoint Server 2007 fully supports the creation of a business or organization wiki, enabling the members of the business to foster creative exchanges of opinions and ideas. The wiki essentially becomes a dynamic, ever-changing book that grows with the organization.

Site templates specifically for building a wiki provide a user-friendly framework for page layout
Everything on the company wiki can easily be edited by a properly authorized user
The template presents user-friendly tools that do not require other external programs such as MS Word to create
Office Sharepoint Server 2007 tracks the changes history and makes them visible to the user
Spin-off pages are simple to create for the purpose of expounding on new topics

An Office Sharepoint Server 2007 wiki is limitless as a means to introducing new ideas and discussions as well as providing standard information. It transforms the way members of a business or organization collaborate in the sharing of information, breaking down the boundaries of limits in technology and global location.