SharePoint offers several potential capabilities including tasks that sync with Outlook, wikis, employee information, document tracking and versions, RSS feeds, workflows using SharePoint Designer, calendars that link to Outlook, email templates, and custom forms. Wikis in SharePoint include a wiki toolbar, quick launch bar listing wiki pages, and a recent changes bar listing the last five updated pages. Document versions are tracked, with the current published version highlighted and minor version numbers increasing by 0.1 with each change. RSS feeds allow standardized distribution and receiving of information from lists and libraries. Workflows can be customized using SharePoint Designer beyond the standard SharePoint interface. Calendars can be linked to Outlook for side-by-

1. SharePoint Potential Capabilities

2. Tasks *This will sync with Outlook

3. Wiki 1.Wiki Toolbar - The wiki toolbar gives you direct, 1-click access to editing a page, viewing its change history, or discovering what other pages in the wiki link to it. 2.Quick Launch Bar - Notice the Wiki Pages section. This is created in a Wiki Site only. Other "normal" sections (e.g. Lists, Discussions, etc...) are generated as needed if you add them to the site. 3.Recent Changes Bar - The Recent Changes bar lists the last five pages that have been updated. Source: http://www.thesanitypoint.com/archive/2009/06/13/wiki-in-the-box-is-sharepoint-wiki-really-that-bad.aspx

4. Employee Info

5. Documents Tracking versions Your list or library may be set up to track versions, so that you can restore a previous version if you make a mistake and view a version history of the changes. When versions are tracked, revisions to the items or files and their properties are stored. 1.The current published major version is highlighted, and the version number is a whole number. 2. A version is created when properties or metadata changes. 3.The first version of a file is always minor version number 0.1. Source: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/basic-tasks-in-sharepoint-server-2010-HA101839175.aspx?CTT=1

6. RSS Feed RSS provides a convenient way for you to distribute and receive information in a standardized format, including updates to lists and libraries. A standardized XML file format allows the information to be viewed by many different programs. You can also subscribe to lists and libraries by setting alerts, so that you know when content has changed. Source: http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2007/08/sharepoint-rss-viewer-web-part.html

7. Workflow SharePoint Designer 2010 is a tool for customizing sites, data sources, workflows, etc. You can make some customizations from within the SharePoint gui, but since SharePoint’s interface is somewhat limited the SharePoint Designer takes SharePoint site customization to the next level. Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff848709.aspx

8. Calendar Linking your SharePoint calendar(s) to Outlook enables you to look at your calendars side-by-side, or you can even overlay the calendars to see all your appointments in one place, color coded by source. It's also super easy to manage your appointments in multiple calendars. You just drag and drop Outlook appointments into your SharePoint calendar and when Outlook runs the Send/Receive command, the SharePoint calendar is automatically synchronized. Source: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=73

9. Email Template Choose from several predefined templates to send emails to co-workers.

10. Custom Forms Create forms that can be filled out online that will automatically be delivered to the appropriate people.