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and Communication | everywhere a person’s name appears in Office SharePoint Server | ||
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2007, tells you in real time whether a person is online and available | |||
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| for a telephone or audio conference call, instant messaging, or two- | ||
| way video conversation. | ||
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Notification Service | Office SharePoint Server 2007 enhances several Notification Service | ||
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| • Filtering conditions can trigger more relevant alerts to users. | ||
| • An extensible platform sends customizable | ||
| • Users participating in a workflow automatically receive | ||
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| alerts without subscribing in advance to workflow notifications. | |
| • Users can send content of a changed item in a SharePoint list or | ||
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| document library along with details of what was changed. | |
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LDAP Pluggable | Office SharePoint Server 2007 includes an LDAP pluggable provider for | ||
Authentication | authenticating users of Office SharePoint Server 2007. This is in | ||
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New | addition to the Active Directory provider included with Windows | ||
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User Profiles | User profiles are significantly enhanced with these updated features: | ||
Enhanced | • | Profile Store | |
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| • | Profile Synchronization | |
| • | Profile Directory Import | |
| In addition to defining audiences using Active | ||
| properties, audiences can now be defined using properties imported | ||
| from LOB applications such as human resources (HR) or professional | ||
| services automation (PSA) solutions. | ||
| User profile information is also used by the Notification Service to | ||
| target alerts, by Social Networking to deduce common interests and | ||
| other properties, and by the Memberships Web Part to display | ||
| distribution list and group membership information. | ||
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