Sharepoint @ decatec - Sharepoint 2007

Can Sharepoint be molded into a SOA? IMHO, Sharepoint's web services already expose many services, and also workflows can be exposed as web services. Also, custom built workflow activities can be treated as mashup-able components (recently my company did build such a mashup/SOA solution for a government agency)

Sharepoint Site Features vs Site Template vs Site Definitions

Stefan Demetz — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:14:20 GMT

http://sharepointdevwiki.com/display/public/Site+Features+vs+Site+Templates+vs+Site+Definitions?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SharepointDevWiki+%28SharePoint+Dev+Wiki+RSS+Feed%29

Sharepoint BI Dashboards

Stefan Demetz — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:39:02 GMT

Sharepoint can be really useful for Business Intelligence dashboards

http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2009/11/11/excel-services-in-sharepoint-2010-dashboard-improvements.aspx
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=79

Sharepoint WorkFlow Testing

Stefan Demetz — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:22:41 GMT

http://www.tqcblog.com/archive/2008/05/22/unit-testing-a-state-machine-workflow-with-delay-activities.aspx
http://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/rfennell/archive/2009/04/03/testing-sharepoint-workflows-using-typemock-isolator.aspxù

Sizing and Configuration Tool for SharePoint 2007

Stefan Demetz — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:16:20 GMT

(via http://suguk.org/blogs/hp/archive/2009/10/02/5674.aspx)

http://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/Secure/548230-0-0-0-121.html

Corsi Sharepoint 2007 End Users

Stefan Demetz — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:47:05 GMT

Decatec propone un corso di formazione dedicato agli utenti finali di Sharepoint.

Corso Sharepoint 2007 Utenti Finali - Power Users

Sharepoint Workflow Revisited

Stefan Demetz — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:28:57 GMT

http://blogs.msdn.com/kaevans/archive/2009/07/29/sharepoint-and-workflow-resources.aspx
http://www.tonstegeman.com/Blog/Lists/Posts/ViewPost.aspx?ID=103

Workflow for Sharepoint 2010 in Visio
http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2009/11/23/sharepoint-workflow-authoring-in-visio-premium-2010-part-1.aspx

Corso Sharepoint 2010

Stefan Demetz — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:31:55 GMT

Decatec lancia la formazione per Sharepoint 2010 con un nuovo corso.

http://www.decatec.it/Formazione/Corsi/Corso_Sharepoint_2010_Introduzione.aspx

Altri corsi sono disponibili su http://www.decatec.it/SharePoint/Sharepoint_2007_Formazione_Corsi.aspx

Sharepoint Search Engine Optimization - SEO

Stefan Demetz — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:13:08 GMT

http://blogs.msdn.com/carloshm/archive/2009/11/25/follow-seo-recommendations-in-your-public-sharepoint-deployment.aspx

Sharepoint + CAS Single Sign On (SSO) di Java

Stefan Demetz — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:49:16 GMT

Man mano che Sharepoint diventa sempre piu' un "gateway" a sistemi e applicazioni eterogenee (e quindi non Microsoft) la necessita' che spesso ci viene richiesta e' l'integrazione tra Sharepoint e il Single Sign ON (SSO) CAS (in Java), che e' uno dei servizi sistemistici piu' gettonati ultimamente.

L'integrazione del Single Sign On (SSO) di CAS con Sharepoint per se non e' supportata di default, c'e' comunque bisogno di un po' di sviluppo lato Sharepoint.

Cosa e' Sharepoint 2007 - Parte 2 - Microsoft Offices Sharepoint Server - MOSS 2007

Stefan Demetz — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:12:47 GMT

Nella parte 1 (Cosa e' Sharepoint 2007 - Parte 1 - WSS) ho elencato le funzionalita' base di Sharepoint della versione gratuita Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS 3.0).

Microsoft Offices Sharepoint Server (MOSS 2007) e' la versione "Enterprise" a pagamento che aggiunge molte funzionalita' avanzate sulle basi di Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS 3.0).

MOSS 2007 aggiunge seguenti funzionalita':

- CMS - modello di publishing avanzato con workflow per portali con grafiche piu' spinte (vedesi ferrari.com)

- Forms - nella versione Enterprise i moduli Infopath diventano forms XML server-side, quindi visibili anche a chi non ha Infopath installato in locale

- Enterprise Content Management (ECM) - MOSS contiene il modello (template) del "Record Center" per la gestione documentale avanzata con le policies che contengono audit e retention

- Search - MOSS ha un motore di ricerca molto avanzata rispetto a WSS (anche se WSS con il Search Server 2008 separato il gap non c'e' ), sopratutto per quanto riguarda la ricerca con il BDC

- Business Data Catalog (BDC) - E' un connettore dati che si puo' agganciare a sistemi eterogenei quali database, web services, SAP

- Audience : Le audiences sono una funzionalita' simile ad un gruppo di utenti per cui filtrare un set di contenuti (p.es al marketing vanno le news del mondo marketing)

- MySite: Sito personale che puo' essere generato in automatico per ogni utente di dominio

- Business Intelligence (BI) - MOSS mette a disposizione BI dashboards e KPI, da agganciare agli Analysis Services di SQL Server

- Excel Services - pubblicano fogli di calcolo di Excel 2007 incluse le funzioni scritte con le UDF di .NET

- Single Sign On (SSO)

- Integrazione con Outlook (Exchange) : calendario, tasks, appuntamenti, inbox

In conclusione, se si va a vedere, Microsoft Offices Sharepoint Server (MOSS 2007) e' nient'altro che l'estensione ai Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS) che Microsoft ha sviluppato. Essendo Sharepoint fondamentalmente un applicazione ASP.NET, frallatro molto estensibile, e' possibile - e migliaia di aziende vendor e non solo l'hanno gia' fatto - estendere Sharepoint con altre funzionalita' sviluppando dei semplici moduli in modalita' "Features".

Presentazione Sharepoint 2007 - MOSS - WSS

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Decatec e' Partner sui SharePoint Deployment Planning Services

Stefan Demetz — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:35:43 GMT

Cosa fa un partner SDPS:

In breve aiuta a painificare e mettere in produzioen Sharepoint con una precisa metodologia Microsoft.

https://iwsolve.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/SDPS/ProgramOverview.htm#What

Cosa e' Sharepoint 2007 - Parte 1 - Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS)

Stefan Demetz — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:55:39 GMT

Dopo tutto questi anni (Sharepoint e' nato nel 2001, siamo alla versione 3) ancora molti non sanno cos'è Sharepoint, a cosa serve e come funziona.

E' un software web based che fa un po' di tutto:

-intanto ci sono 2 versioni:

Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS) versione 3 che e' completamente GRATUITA per chi dispone di un server Windows 2003 o superiore
Microsoft Offices Sharepoint Server (MOSS 2007) e' la versione aziendale a pagamento che aggiunge molte funzionalita' avanzate

-a primo approccio sembra un CMS con i sui templates di siti,pagine,componenti(webparts) e liste, quindi ideale per siti/portali intranet, extranet e internet. portali

- si basa su concetti di liste web based - (simili a tabelle o griglie) che possono essere di tipo documenti (document library) che fanno da cartella-folder per file oppure liste dati - che via browser si possono creare, modificare, aggiungere colonne e caricare file e inserire dati

- molto oggetti sono riusabili - siti, liste, addirittura campi delle liste posso essere salavti come template-modello e riusati a piacere

- da una root di un sito si possono creare n sottositi (aziende grosse ne possono avere decine di migliaia) usando i vari template-modello

- e' personalizzabile tramite browser oppure Sharepoint Designer 2007 (fu Frontpage) che da quest'anno e' GRATUITO, quindi anche se programmazione di codice si possono fare tantisse cose

- ha il concetto di Web Parts, in cui una pagine contiene delle zone (visibile all 'utente) in cui si possono inserire degli oggetti - p.es calendario

- ad ogni oggetto - sito, lista, singolo file o riga di dati - si possono dare permessi specifici per tipo di utente (admin, scrittura(contributor), solo lettura)

- ci si puo' collegare e visualizzare anche database esterni

- ha il concetto di check-in/check-out per creare versioni di un documento e "approval" per impostare l'approvazione di documenti

- e' tutto impermeato su RSS e ci si puo' sottoscrivere ad alerts in cui arriva un amail p.es se viene caricato un documento nuovo

- e' molto integrato con Office (meglio se la 2007) e si possono sincronizzare tasks, calendario, contatti di Sharepoint, liste(con/senza RSS) con Outlook, esportare liste dati in Access e Excel, moduli Infopath

- contiene anche template con forum, wiki, blogs, gallery per foto e modulo sondaggi

- e' anche accessibile da cellulare (ogni pagina viene riprodotto nel formato per piccoli schermi)

Potete vedere una demo (in lettura) dal vivo su

URL : http://62.149.225.30/

UserName: 62.149.225.30\SpDemoVisitor

Password: Decatec

Sperando cohe con questo post ho chiarito qualche dubbio su cos' è Sharepoint, a cosa serve e come funziona, la seconda parte del post dovrebbe estendersi anche alla versione a pagamento, Sharepoint Server (MOSS) 2007.

Cosa e' Sharepoint 2007 - Parte 2 - MOSS

Presentazione Sharepoint 2007 - MOSS - WSS

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Common Sharepoint WorkFlow issues

Stefan Demetz — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:03:00 GMT

http://www.thorprojects.com/blog/archive/2007/02/13/Ten-issues-and-resolutions-for-sharepoint-workflow.aspx

Sharepoint vs ASP.NET Development

Stefan Demetz — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:24:03 GMT

Which one to use Sharepoint or ASP.NET?

http://blogs.msdn.com/sanjaynarang/archive/2009/06/19/should-i-build-my-application-in-sharepoint-vs-asp-net.aspx

Sharepoint WCF support

Stefan Demetz — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:42:10 GMT

http://www.codeplex.com/SPWCFSupport

Best free Sharepoint tools and utilities

Stefan Demetz — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:10:32 GMT

http://weblogs.asp.net/erobillard/archive/2008/12/13/the-best-free-sharepoint-downloads.aspx

Sharepoint E-Discovery

Stefan Demetz — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:23:42 GMT

http://www.codeplex.com/eDiscovery

Sharepoint WSS on Vista SP1

Stefan Demetz — Sun, 25 May 2008 22:04:16 GMT

(via http://blogs.msdn.com/cjohnson/archive/2008/05/23/wssv3-on-vista.aspx)

http://community.bamboosolutions.com/blogs/bambooteamblog/archive/2008/05/21/how-to-install-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0-sp1-on-vista-x64-x86.aspx

Sharepoint MOSS vs WSS features

Stefan Demetz — Fri, 18 May 2007 07:37:24 GMT

http://andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2006/10/18/4910.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/scaravajal/archive/2006/11/18/moss-vs-wss-v3.aspx

http://www.wssdemo.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=185>>

Sharepoint 2007 (Trial) scaricabili da web

Stefan Demetz — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:22:39 GMT

Sharepoint 2007 (Trial) scaricabili da web

http://blogs.msdn.com/cjohnson/archive/2006/11/16/fully-baked-rtm-bits-for-moss-and-wss-v3-are-up.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/angus_logan/archive/2006/11/16/moss-2007-wss-3-0-fully-baked-and-trial-bits-downloadable-now.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/arpans/archive/2006/11/16/office-sharepoint-server-2007-evaluation-version-and-wss-3-0-release.aspx

Come creare siti in Sharepoint 2007

Stefan Demetz — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:15:30 GMT

Branding http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2006/10/30/building-tylerbutler-com-part-1-planning-and-basic-branding.aspx
Content types e Layout http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2006/11/06/building-tylerbutler-com-part-2-building-content-types-and-page-layouts.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/randalli/archive/2006/11/06/branding-sharepoint-sites-msdn-articles-published.aspx

Sharepoint 2007 WorkFlow Persistence service

Stefan Demetz — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:12:36 GMT

Jesus Rodrigues has a nice article on Sharepoint Workflow Persistence on http://weblogs.asp.net/gsusx/archive/2006/11/14/SharePoint-2007-Workflow-Persistent-Service.aspx . I'm trying to write a custom Sharepoint Workflow Designer to be used by business people/end users.

Sharepoint Workflow Custom Activities

Stefan Demetz — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:41:34 GMT

How to create custom workflow activities for use in Sharepoint Designer 2007

http://www.ideseg.com/AddCustomWorkflowActivitiesToSharePointDesignerPart1.aspx
http://www.ideseg.com/AddCustomWorkflowActivitiesToSharePointDesignerPart2.aspx

Here is another good post on Sharepoint 2007 custom workflow.

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/tbaginski/archive/2007/03/08/HOW-TO_3A00_-Create-a-custom-Windows-Workflow-Activity-and-make-it-available-in-SharePoint-Designer.aspx

Sharepoint 2007 WorkFlow Intro

Stefan Demetz — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:29:53 GMT

Introduction to SharePoint Workflow!
http://weblogs.asp.net/jan/archive/2004/05/05/126614.aspx
http://weblog.vb-tech.com/nick/archive/2006/09/04/1753.aspx
http://blogs.officezealot.com/jkremer/archive/2006/06/25/11101.aspx
http://weblog.vb-tech.com/nick/archive/2006/07/14/1680.aspx
http://thorprojects.com/blog/archive/2006/11/26/597.aspx
http://www.topxml.com/BizTalk-Orchestration/re-23770_SharePoint-Workflow-as-Commodity.aspx
http://www.timheuer.com/blog/archive/2004/01/16/325.aspx

Decatec Sharepoint WorkFlow services (In Italian !!)

My Alma Mater uses Sharepoint 2007

Stefan Demetz — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:01:24 GMT

http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/officerocker/archive/2007/01/15/kingston-university-the-future-s-bright-with-2007-office.aspx

Deputy Vice Chancellor has a Sharepoint 2007 blog!!

What is still missing in Sharepoint?

Stefan Demetz — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:40:38 GMT

What is still missing in Sharepoint ? -

Time - Tracking - to do PSA: (Professional Services Automation) - time tracking, billing .... even a basic object would be fine -

Posts on Time Tracking for Sharepoint

http://thorprojects.com/blog/archive/2005/10/13/240.aspx
http://www.andrewdothay.net/default,month,2005-08.aspx

Org Chart Wizard: most customers don't know how to structure a Sharepoint installation, most often they don' t have all the needed info in Active Directory. Therefore having some sort of wizard to create an org chart - will all business units, departments and "workgrups" which generates a structure within MOSS would be ideal, especially when done and validated by a HR person

Anything else?

Sharepoint Taxonomy

Free Sharepoint template

Stefan Demetz — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:39:51 GMT

I put online a mini Sharepoint 2007 site templates (sorry no fancy graphics as yet) . It's a reception/concierge application. It's free to download. It works on Sharepoint 2007 MOSS Beta 2.

Sharepoint 2007 as backend to Access 2007

Stefan Demetz — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:38:30 GMT

Sharepoint 2007 as backend to Access 2007

http://blogs.msdn.com/thirdoffive/archive/2006/09/19/698707.aspx

http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/stefandemetz/archive/2006/09/16/Relational_Sharepoint.aspx

Sharepoint 2007 CMS Publishing Portal

Stefan Demetz — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:35:24 GMT

http://weblogs.asp.net/jan/archive/2007/01/11/how-to-enable-scheduled-publishing-in-a-moss-collaboration-portal.aspx

Sharepoint 2007 Features: Con Sharepoint 2007 Features si puo' fare pagare solo le features che il cliente usa

Stefan Demetz — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:26:33 GMT

Descrizione "Feature Stapling" : le "features" sono dei pacchetti di soluzioni deployate in Sharepoint (pensate un MSI/cab per Sharepoint) che l'amministratore puo' abilitare o disabilitare

Agganciando un timer alla "Feature" si puo' "fatturare" al cliente per l'uso. Secondo me qui se ne vedranno delle belle, p.es i primi X mesi gratis, poi .... tick tick

Source: Angus Logan's Portals Blog : Chargeback for all sites created using Feature Stapling… very feasible.

Sharepoint 2007 (Trial) scaricabili da web

Stefan Demetz — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:23:43 GMT

Sharepoint 2007

(Trial) scaricabili da web

http://blogs.msdn.com/cjohnson/archive/2006/11/16/fully-baked-rtm-bits-for-moss-and-wss-v3-are-up.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/angus_logan/archive/2006/11/16/moss-2007-wss-3-0-fully-baked-and-trial-bits-downloadable-now.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/arpans/archive/2006/11/16/office-sharepoint-server-2007-evaluation-version-and-wss-3-0-release.aspx

Sviluppo e customizzazione Sharepoint 2007 - MOSS

Stefan Demetz — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:54:18 GMT

Alcuni posts utili su sviluppo Sharepoint e customizzazione MOSS:

http://blogs.msdn.com/harsh/archive/2006/07/24/676813.aspx
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/tbaginski/archive/2006/06/16/8423.aspx
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/sezai/archive/2007/01/05/17501.aspx
http://www.sharepointforums.com/Blogs/tabid/147/EntryID/67/Default.aspx
http://geekswithblogs.net/tariq/archive/2006/11/05/96194.aspx

Sharepoint 2007 Print Page

Stefan Demetz — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:37:58 GMT

Per poter stampare facilmente da Sharepoint

"via http://blogs.msdn.com/angus_logan/archive/2007/01/09/ishai-s-print-list-functionality-sexy.aspx."

http://spstips.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-to-add-print-list-option-to-list.html

Fileserver vs Sharepoint followup

Stefan Demetz — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:26:51 GMT

Il post seguente rispecchiano le mie personali esperienze con Sharepoint, di quello che puo' fare e di quello che fa meglio. Dunque, Sharepoint puo' essere utile in quasi tutto, tranne che essere il repository di file "inutili" alla knowledge aziendale. Esempi sono i file enormi di decine o centinaia di MB di musica (MP3) e video, file di log, immagini ISO e simili dove la conoscenza rinchiusa ha bassa importanza aziendale e che non conviene immettere in un database.

http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/01/12/file-servers-and-sharepoint-doc-libraries-tough-questions.aspx

Sharepoint 2007 + Windows Mobile Casestudy

Stefan Demetz — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:06:31 GMT

Sharepoint 2007 + Windows Mobile nella PA

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=200399

Sharepoint 2007 Powershell Provider

Stefan Demetz — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:26:07 GMT

Exactly what I was hoping for ..... Sharepoint administration with Monad - Powershell command line

http://www.codeplex.com/PSSharePoint

New Sharepoint 2007 Development Tool (CTP)

Stefan Demetz — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:23:16 GMT

Visual Studio 2005 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (VSeWSS)?

Sharepoint Development Team Blog

Stefan Demetz — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:21:09 GMT

New Blog on Sharepoint development on MSDN:

http://blogs.msdn.com/spdev

Intro: http://blogs.msdn.com/spdev/archive/2007/01/12/sharepoint-development.aspx

Technorati tags: sviluppo Sharepoint, MOSS, sharepoint 2007, sharepoint development

Sharepoint 2007 X64 64 bit

Stefan Demetz — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:20:05 GMT

http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/01/12/why-wss-3-0-x64-and-moss-2007-x64-what-s-the-deal.aspx

Sharepoint 2007 menu e navigazione

Stefan Demetz — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:38:17 GMT

Sharepoint 2007 rispetto alla versione Sharepoint 2003 e' piu' facilmente customizzabile, avendo frallaltro anche rilasciato il codice di ASPMenu, il menu controllo di navigazione di WSS-MOSS 2007.

Decatec propone un area navigation menu web part per Sharepoint Portal Server 2003

http://www.graphicalwonder.com/?p=627
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/helloitsliam/archive/2006/08/30/11723.aspx
http://www.graphicalwonder.com/?p=393
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2006/12/02/customizing-the-wss-3-0-moss-2007-menu-control.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/soever/archive/2006/07/24/SharePoint-2007-navigation-_2D00_-part-2.aspx
http://weblog.vb-tech.com/nick/archive/2006/12/11/1987.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2006/12/02/customizing-the-wss-3-0-moss-2007-menu-control-mossmenu-source-code-released.aspx

STSADM - linea di comando per Sharepoint

Stefan Demetz — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:31:37 GMT

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/01/CommandPrompt/default.aspx?loc=it

Sharepoint Autentication & Authorization providers

Stefan Demetz — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:30:17 GMT

Sharepoint Autentication & Authorization providers (code in C# and FREE!!)

http://www.sharepointsecurity.com/content-99.html

Sharepoint performance benchmarking standards

Stefan Demetz — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:08:53 GMT

Since Sharepoint is getting huge wouldn't it be time to establish a Sharepoint Benchmarking Standard like the one for Exchange(MMB3).

Sharepoint 2007 multilingua (localizzazione)

Stefan Demetz — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:03:42 GMT

Whitepaper su Sharepoint 2007 in piu' lingue

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79322

Microsoft.com girera' su Sharepoint 2007 | MOSS 2007 ??

Stefan Demetz — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:02:23 GMT

da http://blogs.msdn.com/scaravajal/archive/2006/12/17/sharepoint-2007-internet-facing-sites-part-4.aspx

Alla faccia di chi dice che Sharepoint-MOSS 2007 non e' scalabile

Il fileserver fa senso come CMS? O e' meglio Sharepoint?

Stefan Demetz — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:01:31 GMT

Alcuni posts sull' argomento fileserver vs Sharepoint:

http://www.mikeysgblog.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=573
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/01/02/is-the-file-server-dead.aspx

Sharepoint Start-Up

Stefan Demetz — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:43:55 GMT

Sharepoint is such as useful tool, every company should install it to keep a tab on all the content floating around. Where is the pooper?

As ggod as Sharepoint is in itself it lacks some sort of configuration wizard to set up a company with as little effort as possible: So what should such a wizard do?

Create a Taxonomy, ie. organize things along company hierarchies, business units, departments, teams and cross working groups.

Wizard Steps:

Create Business Units sites

Create Departments sites

Create (Project) Team Sites within Departments/BU

Create Cross Company Teams/Working Groups

With such a simple (Web based Wizard) the setup would be a breeze and organizations deploying it would be most confortable.