About the portal site

The portal site offers a centralized access point for finding and managing information. You can use a Web browser with the portal site to perform tasks and search the portal. The portal site provides access to information stored inside and outside your organization, allowing users to find people, sites, documents, and other content regardless of location or format. It also facilitates people working together on documents, projects, and other efforts by using the combined collaboration features of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies.

You can customize the home page of the portal site to display organizational news and other important information. From the portal site, users can perform tasks such as:

Searching for information stored in many different places and in many different formats
Browsing through content by areas, which divide content into sets of related information so it's easier for users to find what they want
Creating a personal site, called My Site, that provides a personal view of the portal information that's relevant to the user and that lets the user share information with others in the organization
Asking to be alerted to new or changing information, such as new matches to a search query, changes to content in an area, or a new site added to the Site Directory
Creating or linking to Web sites, including those based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, with collaboration features that let you facilitate projects, document development, and meeting organization

The portal site uses Web Part Page technology to organize and display information. A Web Part Page consists of reusable, customizable Web Parts such as Search, News, and Announcements. You can easily add or remove Web Parts to customize the portal site for your organization.

About the portal site

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