Final Results And Overall Mark  

Well we have reached the end of the review. Here are my final comments, notes and grades for the Microsoft SharePoint Team Services.

Final Comments

Installation is the easiest yet that I have dealt with for a server product.  As far as stability is concerned I have had no problems whatsoever with SharePoint flaking out or something screwy going on.  It just works®.  Integration with Office XP is great and really adds value to your investment of Office Technologies.  Recoverability for SharePoint gets a C.  I have never like recovering FrontPage webs and SharePoint complicates the matter even more.  You won’t be able to change the hierarchy of your webs once you set them up the first time.  In other words if you have subwebs that utilize Team Services you won’t be able to move them to a different directory or the root level.  Just something to keep in mind to make sure you do it the way you want it the first time.  Otherwise it’s just easier to scratch the web and start anew.  For the price of FrontPage Team Services is definitely a bargain.  Overall I give it an A.  Team Services is featured packed and I am very impressed with the product as this is just a 1.0 release (and people say Microsoft can’t get it right on the first try).  It will be very exciting to see how this product matures over time.