Implementing Intranet in SharePoint Hosting Sites with WSS 3.0

SharePoint WSS 3.0 allows businesses of any size to implement intranet in SharePoint hosting without even requiring an IT professional. Portals may be created for many employees to access, even those based overseas. This lowers costs, and with such simple ease of use, hosted SharePoint web sites with intranet capabilities are growing in popularity with many SME’s.

Most intranet users don’t know or even care where company data is hosted. They see an interface which is generally password protected and offers them access to company contacts, documents and information. Use of SharePoint WSS 3.0 hosting for intranet solutions means the business does not have to store essential information such as policies and procedures which all employees should have access to, in shared directories. Intranet bypasses the hassle of storing by making the information available in a web page format, rather than a document. If the information on these pages stays current, so too do the users!

Intranet in SharePoint hosting needs to be planned properly by the business in order to ensure it meets their needs. Planning will give a good idea of how to design the architecture of the intranet, how it should be set up and how it should function. Asking yourself exactly what you want it to do is vital!

Adrian Gates (Adrian@apps4rent.com) is a Business Manager with Apps4Rent (http://apps4rent.com/sharepoint.html); which offers premium hosted Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint Hosting Services and Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services.