SharePoint Portal Server provides a rich, customizable out-of-the-box Web portal that gives users quick access to business-critical information throughout an organization. It integrates basic document management functions such as check-in, check-out, document profiles, and document publishing with Microsoft Office products used every day. In addition, users can create SharePoint Portal Server workspaces to plan, share, and manage project documents. Based on Microsoft Digital Dashboard technology, the SharePoint Portal Server dashboard site offers a single customizable source for accessing information drawn from a wide variety of content sources, while maintaining the security of the documents. External content sources can include other SharePoint Portal Server workspaces, intranet or Internet sites, Microsoft Exchange 2000 and Exchange Server 5.5 public folder hierarchies, Lotus Notes 4.6a+ and R5 databases, local file systems, and network file servers. You can deploy SharePoint Portal Server within a department or across an entire organization. It is designed to work seamlessly with familiar applications such as Office and Microsoft Internet Explorer, so employees throughout an organization can take advantage of the product immediately. Operating system: Windows® 2000 Advanced Server, Windows® 2000 Server Minimum memory requirements: 256MB Minimum disk space requirements: 550 MB