WikiPoint

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WikiPoint

Developer:	NeoWorks
Latest release:	1.2 / October 27, 2006
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Use:	Wiki
License:	Proprietary
Website:	Neoworks.com/products/sharepoint/wikipoint

WikiPoint is a proprietary extension for Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 developed by NeoWorks that adds wiki functionality. WikiPoint is implemented as a webpart and uses a wiki syntax derived from the FlexWiki syntax. Pricing ranges from £15 per user to £3000 per server.

It lacks many common features, such as full-blown image support, but will render an image in an article if linked to an externally hosted image. User credentials are controlled by Sharepoint, allowing easy integration with Active directory. While it is possible to integrate more standard, open source engines such as MediaWiki into Sharepoint, it requires a some customization and tinkering to reproduce WikiPoint's nature as a webpart [1] and WikiPoint's native Active Directory support via its LDAP extension.

[edit] Main Features

Access control: Access control can be handled by Sharepoint, often using Active Directory
Full text search: WikiPoint features an integrated search engine. Unfortunately, it is not completely integrated with Sharepoint's own search engine, preventing Sharepoint's search engine from showing Wiki content and vice versa.
Revision control: While WikiPoint supports revision control, the links to view old revisions of articles are suppressed by its default settings as of version 1.1.0.