16 SharePoint Services
Integrating SharePoint and OCS
Microsoft has designed its product range in such a way that one platform can tightly integrate
with another and exchange features and benefi ts. Although each product is designed for a
certain application, seamless integration among them is always appreciated by users.
Imagine a scenario where you can display the presence of users (say, a project??™s team
members) on the SharePoint Web site. In Appendix A we discussed the integration of the
Microsoft Offi ce Communicator (MOC) 2007 client with OCS. OCS is tightly integrated
with Active Directory Services and Microsoft Exchange 2007. Now we??™ll see how OCS can
work with SharePoint to display the presence of users. This across-the-board presence
integration is only one of the benefi ts you can realize by making these two products work
together.
Working with SharePoint and Project Servers ??? Appendix B 445
Web Parts are a great way to add functionality to your SharePoint Web portal. Developed
on ASP.NET technology, Web Parts provide controls to modify the appearance, behavior,
content, and functionality of a Web page. You can add announcements, a calendar, links,
shared documents, tasks, and form pages, and even display your mailbox contents. You might
have already been introduced to such features, offered by MSN (Spaces), Yahoo! (My Page),
and Google (iGoogle), on a single Web page.
Follow along with this exercise to integrate OCS and SharePoint through a Web Part:
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