Microsoft released 40 new templates with MOSS 2007, covering
everything from your online Knowledge Base to vacation schedules and expense
reimbursement.
Application templates are out-of-the-box, custom solutions
tailored to address the needs and requirements of specific business
processes or sets of tasks within organizations of any size. The templates
can be applied to common scenarios, such as managing a help desk or tracking
a marketing campaign, to easily create a dedicated Web-based application for
a more efficient and effective way of working.
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Template Name
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Description
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Business Area
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Absence
Request and Vacation Schedule Management*
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Help employees
manage requests for out of office days, including listing days they
will be unavailable who will cover their responsibilities while they
are gone.
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Human Resources
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Board of
Directors
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Provide a
single location for board meeting notes, tasks and issues and
events.
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Business Management / Finance
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Budgeting and
Tracking Multiple Projects*
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Help track and
budget multiple, interrelated sets of activities with project
creation, tasks, Gantt Charts and common status designator tools.
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Project Tracking / Product
Management
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Bug Database*
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Help
development teams collect and track information about bugs in their
code including reproduction steps, category, comments, priority and
severity of the bug.
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IT / Operations
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Business
Performance Reporting
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Help track
customer satisfaction through surveys and online discussions.
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Business Management / Finance
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Call Center*
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Help
individuals manage the process of handling customer service requests
from issue identification to cause analysis and resolution.
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IT / Operations
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Case
Management for Government Agencies
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Help manage
tasks, documents and assignments related to government cases.
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Specialized / Vertical (Government)
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Change Request
Management*
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Help users
track risks associated with a design change, including the ability
to approve or reject the change.
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Project Tracking / Product
Management
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Classroom
Management
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Help
instructors store and organize course content, calendar items and
announcements.
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Specialized / Vertical (Education)
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Clinical Trial
Initiation and Management
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Help manage
the documents, tasks, issues and discussions needed to run a
clinical trial.
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Specialized / Vertical (Health
Care)
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Competitive
Analysis Site
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Help organize
the results of competitor’s offerings through useful competitive
analysis technique templates.
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Sales / Marketing
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Compliance
Process Support Site*
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Help both
teams and executive sponsors manage compliance implementation
endeavors by specifying control tasks and managing document
libraries.
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Business Management / Finance
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Contacts
Management*
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Help teams
manage contact information among team members, including
synchronization with Microsoft Office Outlook® 2007.
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Sales / Marketing
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Discussion
Database
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Foster
collaboration by helping teams discuss topics online or through
Office Outlook 2007 RSS capabilities.
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Project Tracking / Product
Management
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Disputed
Invoice Management
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Help accounts
payable departments track information regarding invoices due to
vendors, including value of early payment and reasons for delayed
payment.
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Business Management / Finance
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Document
Library and Review*
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Help teams
manage the document review cycle with a version-tracking document
library including a threaded discussion to provide a feedback.
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Project Tracking / Product
Management
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Employees
Activities Site
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Help employees
create and sign up for activities and events sponsored by the
company.
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Human Resources
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Employee
Self-Service Benefits
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Enable
employees to locate and sign-up for benefits offered by their
employer.
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Human Resources
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Employee
Training Scheduling and Materials
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Help schedule
training as well as provide a location for employees to sign up and
receive course material.
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Human Resources
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Equity
Research
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Provides a
centralized location to help consolidate the research done to
evaluate financial equities.
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Specialized / Vertical (Financial
Services)
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Event
Planning*
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Help teams
organize events through the use online registration, schedules,
communication and feedback.
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Specialized / Vertical
(Professional Services)
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Expense
Reimbursement and Approval*
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Manage
elements of the expense approval process, helping to save time for
approvers.
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Business Management / Finance
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Help Desk*
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Help teams
manage the process of handling service requests including managing
identification of the root cause and tracking status.
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IT / Operations
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Integrated
Marketing Campaign Tracking
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Enable
tracking of marketing campaign performance.
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Sales / Marketing
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Inventory
Tracking*
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This template
helps organizations track elements associated with inventory by
capturing manual input of updated inventory information notifying
users when each part reaches the reorder quantity.
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IT / Operations
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IT Team
Workspace*
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Help teams
manage the development, deployment and support of software projects
by updating project tasks, issues, milestones and bugs.
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IT / Operations
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Job
Requisition and Interview Management*
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Enable your
recruiting team to streamline the process of managing job
requisitions and filling job openings.
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Human Resources
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Knowledge
Base*
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Enable
employees to share knowledge resident within their organization.
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Project Tracking / Product
Management
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Lending
Library*
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Help manage
the physical assets in an organization’s library with check out / in
functionality and automated overdue notification.
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IT / Operations
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Manufacturing
Process Management
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Help enable
manufacturing engineering teams track the linear manufacturing
process as well as issues that are blocking completion of a
manufacturing task.
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Specialized / Vertical
(Manufacturing)
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New Store
Opening
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Help teams
manage the process of opening a new store including project and task
management tools.
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Specialized / Vertical (Retail)
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Physical Asset
Tracking and Management*
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Help teams
manage requests and tracking of physical assets such as location,
condition, manufacturer, model, current owner and estimated value.
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IT / Operations
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Product and
Marketing Requirements Planning*
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Help organize
the process of developing new products and marketing content through
useful planning templates and collaboration tools.
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Sales / Marketing
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Project
Tracking Workspace
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Help small
teams manage project information such as project issues, tasks and
project status.
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Project Tracking / Product
Management
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Request for
Proposal
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Help manage
the process of creating and releasing RFPs as well as the collecting
proposal submissions and acceptance notification.
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Business Management / Finance
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Room and
Equipment Reservations*
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Enable teams
to manage the utilization of shared meeting rooms and equipment.
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IT / Operations
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Sales Lead
Pipeline*
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Help teams
manage the sales pipeline by tracking leads, opportunities,
contacts, and accounts.
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Sales / Marketing
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Sports League
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Manage a
company baseball league, including players, captains, schedule and
statistics.
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Specialized / Vertical (Consumer /
Entertainment)
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Team Work Site
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Enable project
teams to centrally store background documents, track calendar events
and submit action items that result from team meetings.
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Project Tracking / Product
Management
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Timecard
Management
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Help simplify
the process of tracking hours spent on multiple projects through
employee ‘punch-in / punch-out’ capabilities and reporting of work
in progress and project hours worked to date.
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Project Tracking / Product
Management
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