23 Apr 2009

SharePoint 'the fastest growing server product'

Microsoft Office SharePoint is the company's fastest-growing server product, according to a sector specialist.

Sector analyst ResearchandMarkets.com recently highlighted the popularity of the software when unveiling a new report by John Wiley and Sons.

The website has revealed the new Professional Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Using Microsoft Silverlight 2 study, which illustrates how to integrate Silverlight applications with SharePoint objects such as lists and web parts.

According to ResearchandMarkets.com, Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of net-based rich interactive applications, which can enhance the SharePoint portal development.

Key topics included in the guide are an introduction to Silverlight and SharePoint integration, creating custom field types and branding a SharePoint site.

Software developer SharePoint Solutions has also released the new Data Zoom Web Part tool, which provides data view functionality and flexible queries without the need to use SharePoint Designer.