The following is a glossary of terms associated with SharePoint, brought to you by leading SharePoint Server 2007 hosting providers Outsourcery.

Administrator- A user who has permission to set up, configure, and maintain servers, manage server resources, create and update indexes, and control security at the top level of the workspace.

Coordinator – Is a SharePoint user who has permission to configure user roles on a folder and to perform all author tasks. In an enhanced SharePoint folder, coordinators can select an approval process, undo the check-out of a document, or end the publishing process by using the Cancel Publishing or Bypass Approval actions.

Demote -To copy the property values found in a SharePoint document profile to the properties of a Microsoft Office document. For example, the author name entered in the Author property on the document profile is copied to the Author field on a Word document's properties page.

Extend- The process of applying Windows SharePoint Services to a virtual server.

Folder - A place to store programs, files, and documents on the SharePoint Server.

Libraries- In order to share files, SharePoint makes use of libraries. The three types of libraries available in SharePoint are document libraries, form libraries and picture libraries.

Meeting Workspace – Is a SharePoint service site. This can be created in SPS or in Outlook as a form of a meeting request.

Permissions – SharePoint allows administrators to set permissions for users to perform certain actions, such as sending e-mail for another user or posting items in a public folder.

Personal View- A view of a list, SharePoint document library, or a Web Part Page that is only to a particular user. Any Changes made to a personal view apply only to the list, library, or page in that view and are visible to only that user.

Publish – To make a document accessible to other users on the SharePoint Server.

Reader – A reader is someone who can search for, and read documents, but cannot add or edit them. All users have reader permissions by default.

Roles – Roles are determined by an administrator and outline what users can and can’t access on the server.

Web Part – Is a web page element, which can customised and then be added to SharePoint pages. It can be compared as Microsoft’s version of a widget.

Workspace – A workspace is an organised collection of documents, in a centralised location. From this folder, workers can organise, manage and publish content.

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