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In this article I'll discuss how Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (SharePoint) has been used at Fenwick & West to meet the challenge of making extranets available for each and every matter opened. I'll also cover the key issues that must be addressed in order to scale to thousands of extranets and terabytes of data. At the conclusion of this article you'll have a better idea of what can be accomplished with SharePoint at your firm, as well as a road map to get you started.

The key factors that I will discuss are:Automated provisioningAutomated administrationGranular backupTraining-the-trainersIterative refinement

This article will explore ways in which Microsoft SharePoint wikis can provide the control and structure that legal professionals require, along with the benefits of open collaboration that wikis afford.

use SharePoint's built-in security to control who may create, edit and view wiki pages

Another built-in SharePoint feature is content approval. You can use this feature to have SharePoint notify an approver when new or edited content is submitted and require an approval prior to making the content generally available.

Handshake Software delivers rich integration with the major line of business systems used in the Professional Services and Legal Industries providing a quick start to creating dynamic Portals using Microsoft SharePoint Server. Only Handshake Software provides Matter-Centric, Client-Centric, Practice-Centric, Professional-Centric views, as well as others, of all the firm’s information including Elite, ADERANT, Juris, Interwoven, Open Text, West KM, InterAction, Javelan, Keystone, LawBase and many others. Firms can easily modify the provided Handshake Software Web Part Skins without requiring a .Net programmer.

Mark Gerow has more than 20 years of experience in IT, professional services, and software product development, and has provided consulting to hundreds of companies throughout the San Francisco Bay area and Northern California. He currently works for Fenwick & West, LLP, where he is responsible for defining and implementing the firm’s intranet and extranet strategies using SharePoint technologies.

Creating Client Extranets with SharePoint 2003 is a guide for creating client-facing extranets using SharePoint 2003. This book serves as a how-to for building full-featured extranets using SharePoint 2003 and .NET technologies.