As an organization creates and collects information, people spend increasing amounts of time searching, organizing, and managing that information. SharePoint Portal Server combines the ability to quickly create corporate Web portals with search functions, document management features, and collaboration options. SharePoint Portal Server is tightly integrated with the tools that you use every day—Windows Explorer, Office applications, and browsers—to help you create, manage, and share content throughout your organization.

Because SharePoint Portal Server is integrated with the tools Office and Windows users make use of every day (including Windows Explorer, Office applications, and Web browsers), the server provides an intuitive solution for your user's collaboration and publishing needs.

SharePoint Portal Server uses several key Microsoft technologies, including Windows, the Portal Framework, Office, Microsoft Internet Explorer, the Microsoft Exchange Store, and Microsoft Search Service. When used in conjunction with Office XP, the enterprise-wide search, document management capabilities, and easy portal customization in SharePoint Portal Server make Office XP a powerful content development tool.