Microsoft says its next version of SharePoint portal-building software--due by mid 2003--will be designed to take advantage of its forthcoming Windows .Net application server and incorporate XML-based Web-services standards, making it easier for in-house developers to create custom portals (news - web sites) for their companies.
SharePoint Portal Server version 2.0, which lets users aggregate information across a large enterprise, and SharePoint Team Services version 2.0, designed for smaller workgroups, will both use the application-integration tools built into .Net Server. Microsoft says it plans to ship the much-delayed .Net Server software by year's end. It was originally scheduled for release late last year.
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