Linking Content Management Server to SharePoint

A free but unsupported integration pack is available to organizations that want to link SharePoint Portal Server 2001 to Web sites managed by Content Management Server (CMS) 2001. CMS is Microsoft’s product for hosting and managing publication of content to complex Internet or intranet Web sites. Depending on the particular need, either SPS or CMS could form the basis for an organization’s intranet site, but Microsoft feels that they have complementary roles and work well together. Microsoft’s own intranet uses both—CMS hosts the main site and provides links to various SPS portals. Its companywide search feature also uses SPS. (See the discussion of the roles of the two products in “Corporate Portal Strategy in Flux” on page 3 of the Nov. 2001 Update.)

The CMS-SPS integration pack makes it easier for organizations to integrate the two products. Specifically, it allows organizations using both products to

• Publish documents that were created in SPS on a CMS Web site and automatically update