Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

Chapter 23
Personalization Services
in SharePoint Products
and Technologies
In this chapter:
User Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
Audiences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
Personal Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
Portal Site Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
As the body of corporate knowledge on a portal site increases, it becomes increasingly
difficult for individuals to find relevant information, and to have it presented in
an intuitive way. Content presented on home pages for corporate and divisional
portal sites is typically general in focus and forces workers to access multiple pages
to view role-specific and user-specific content.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 creates a portal site that knows
who you are and what information you care about and work with, thus providing a
personal context for users. Based on Web Part Pages technology, SharePoint Portal
Server delivers customization and personalization that is flexible, secure, and reliable.
SharePoint Portal Server provides a rich set of features focused on ensuring
that users have easy access to relevant information from a variety of entry points.
■ Web Part Pages and Web Parts. SharePoint Portal Server provides site managers
with a flexible policy for personalization and customization. Site managers
can customize the portal site to users based on specific criteria. Portal site
users can personalize the site to facilitate collaboration or to provide custom
views of their projects, including by using websites based on Microsoft Windows
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