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Mac Forum / Applications / MS Office / June 2005Mac and MS Sharepoint
Trying to get a sharepoint server solution running in our creative (marketing & web) department.. of course with designers in our group, we have some who use MACs... trying to figure out for certain before we invest what the limits of usability are that will effect them... The System Requirements for Sharepoint server makes a distinction: that Macs using IE or Netscape can get "Portal Access", but not "Portal Management".. I understand the basics of what that mean, but at what level is that? Can they create sub-sites, but cannot alter the design of a template? Can they even create a sub-site, or is that "Management"? Can any one help? Hi, Although your questions involve Macintosh, the product that you are inquiring about is strictly a windows based product. I recommend that you post these questions in the appropriate sharepoint newsgroup. -Jim  SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVP FAQ <http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpfaqs> > Trying to get a sharepoint server solution running in our creative > (marketing & web) department.. of course with designers in our group, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Can any one help? > Trying to get a sharepoint server solution running in our creative > (marketing & web) department.. of course with designers in our group, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Can any one help? In Windows, SharePoint has tools that let you use the browser sort of like it was a mounted volume; for example, you can drag a file from the desktop directly to the folder you see in the browser. On a Mac ... not MAC, by the way ... you have to use the browser's buttons and dialogs. No great loss. Another item is that a Windows plug-in will query the site and notify you of changes. In Mac, you live with e-mail notifications. No great loss. I'm not sure about the distinction of "portal management". But I would certainly assume that its implementation must be on a Microsoft server. While none of these tools are all that great a loss, if you presently have no management tools in place, then it's a good opportunity to investigate solutions who are more Mac friendly. (And no, I don't know of any ... any customer I deal with is always "if it's not Microsoft it doesn't exist". On 6/18/05 9:28 AM, in article 0001HW.BED9C3FC0000E737F04B85B0@msnews.microsoft.com, "Tim Murray" <no-spam@thankyou.com> wrote: >> Trying to get a sharepoint server solution running in our creative >> (marketing & web) department.. of course with designers in our group, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > solutions who are more Mac friendly. (And no, I don't know of any ... any > customer I deal with is always "if it's not Microsoft it doesn't exist". Would Virtual PC work for this? > On 6/18/05 9:28 AM, in article > 0001HW.BED9C3FC0000E737F04B85B0@msnews.microsoft.com, "Tim Murray" [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >> > Would Virtual PC work for this? Yes. I use it all the time. |
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