Kris Syverstad

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server provide a lot of functionality out of the box. After installation you can begin creating portal and team sites. These newly minted sites can be customized; content can be created and managed, color themes can be modified, and pages for the site can be edited. All of this is great, however many attempts to create a portal within an organization fail because little or no consideration is given to user acceptance. The most important reason for creating a custom site definition is to address user acceptance issues. Identifying a problem domain and designing a site definition that addresses specific issues within that domain will greatly increase the likely success of your portal. Even thoug... (more)