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Which SharePoint Is Right for Me?

By David Rubinstein

March 3, 2009 — (Page 1 of 2)
We received this letter from a reader, Patrick Prescott:

"What I am primarily writing to inquire about is less technical and more business-related, so please forgive me if I am going through the wrong channels.

I worked on SharePoint before through SharePoint Services 3.0 after a New Horizons Levels 1 & 2 seminar. I have since changed jobs working for a different company. They have [nobody] with SharePoint experience, though we do have very good IT, networking and management teams.

We primarily use Linux stuff, but they want to buy a new server and run Microsoft apps and standup SharePoint for in-network use for about 50 users. They need a way to get a handle on documents and versioning, so I feel SharePoint would be a good tool to use. They are willing to get me trained wherever I need it, but [in the meantime] I have to put together a paper listing out what we need, what it will cost and how long [it will take] to implement.

I have quite a bit already put together, but I am fuzzy on what exactly we need…I am assuming we need SharePoint Server 2007, but do we also need Designer and Services 3.0?

Any guidance or help you can provide would be great."

Patrick, I sent your letter to Errin O’Connor, who has been involved in close to 100 SharePoint implementations and deployments and who can address the issue of business need and return on investment. Errin was a keynote speaker at our January SPTechCon event, and he will present several courses at the upcoming June conference in Boston. Errin’s response:

"These are all good questions you ask, and I will try and point you in the right direction. As for the first question, I would ask, “What exactly are you trying to accomplish?"

If this is going to be a simple intranet solution where Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is not a requirement, and you really are just looking for simple document storage with version control and Microsoft Office compatibility, then I would say that you can just go with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0). A great page to go to determine your exact requirements is:

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