When you think about providing web based services and/or applications, you should think of SharePoint first. Here are a few reasons why:

• Hosting applications on a single platform provides for consistent administration and maintenance. Administrators, developers and technical support staff do not have to learn a new system or interface for each application.

• Consistent starting point for User Interface (UI), which may include custom master pages. This reduces the need for developers to spend time designing the UI for each solution. It also provides a consistent UI for end-users across all applications. This significantly increases end-user adoption while decreasing help desk questions like “how do I…” and “where do I find…”

• Leverage SharePoint infrastructure to reduce development time. Since all web applications share common functionality, you can use the SharePoint to provide a baseline of common components. That way, your developers don’t have to reinvent the wheel for each new web application. Some of these core infrastructure components include:
  
  

  o Authentication

  o Authorization

  o Web site creation

  o Navigation

  o File Sharing

  o Simple workflows

  o Search

  Leveraging framework components results in less custom code which means fewer bugs.

• A Web Part infrastructure is automatically provided with all pages. Therefore, developers can build a single, isolated web part at a time. This is a natural approach for integration of small components, which allows for balancing developer workload and streamlining the development process.

• • Integration with ASP.NET, Visual Studio and the .NET Framework.

Benefits of working with TCSC
TCSC has been architecting, building and supporting enterprise collaboration and workflow solutions for nearly ten (10) years. Our depth of experience with the .NET framework, relational databases and object-oriented development has been leveraged to build dynamic and powerful business productivity solutions. As collaboration has evolved from shared storage systems to integrated process automation applications, so has our understanding of the processes that drive them. With the emergence of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, TCSC believes a suite of technologies finally exists that effectively addresses both ad-hoc and complex collaboration requirements.

TCSC has been working with SharePoint since its inception. During that time, we have helped over sixty-five (65) customers deploy and build solutions on the SharePoint platform. Our staff includes numerous certified SharePoint specialists with hands-on experience. This experience, combined with years of collaborative application development, enables us to design, implement and integrate SharePoint solutions on any scale.

TCSC’s QuickStart offerings are designed to meet your needs from a business and technology perspective. As such, each is tailored to meet the specific requirements of the customer. By taking advantage of a QuickStart, you seize the opportunity to apply today’s technology to tomorrow’s business requirements. Contact TCSC today to determine how you can leverage our experience to add value to your efforts!