You can use blogs with Microsoft SharePoint hosting. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 has a versatile
technology included in it known as Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
Blogs in SharePoint hosting have developed into a vital tool
for companies who wish to broadcast information, this is done through posts and
interaction with many and varied communities. A blog built using Windows
SharePoint Hosting Services can help the entire team to keep track, and to update
all the shared information. You can create a post on a blog in Microsoft
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 by using a Web browser without using any
additional tools or software. Besides
using a browser to post a blog; you can also use blog publishing programs which
are compatible with Windows SharePoint Services even with Microsoft Office Word
2007. Also, MS Word 2007 provides a blog
template that enables you to create and publish blogs to a Hosted SharePoint
site.
When adding a blog to your SharePoint WSS 3.0 hosting site,
you click on “create”. This tab is found under “Site Actions”. Once in the “Template Selection” click on
Blog. It is as simple as that! Extra zing may be added to blogs in SharePoint
hosting by means of rich editing features. MS Word 2007 supports
SharePoint WSS services for blogs, so all entries can be made by using MS Word
2007.
By use of blogs in SharePoint hosting, projects and teams are
kept on track through synchronization between SharePoint WSS services and
Microsoft Office programs.