A national leader in Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies training, consulting and add-on software, SharePoint Solutions, announced today a new service that integrates Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, with Telligent's Community Server™, a social networking platform built to help organizations communicate more effectively with their customers.

    Tony Bierman, a senior software engineer for SharePoint Solutions and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services MVP said: "Both of these products are really hot in the marketplace, yet until recently there has not been a viable way to integrate them with a common look-and-feel and a shared mechanism for authenticating users."

    Bierman noted that Community Server is particularly strong in forums and blogs, and cited as an example the way Community Server helped Microsoft grow its blogging community to more than 350 million page views per month.

    Bierman said: "Both Microsoft and Telligent have done a great job with the latest releases of their products. Our engineers here at SharePoint Solutions have spent a considerable amount of time and effort coming up with the standard work and best practices to make these two products integrate well together. The end result for our customers is a best-of-both-worlds scenario with a seamless user experience".

    Community Server, which runs on the Microsoft IIS web server application platform, helps customers understand and apply social networking and community solutions to their businesses and realize the full potential of their audiences. Community Server is the flagship product of Telligent, a Dallas-based company with a recognized history of developing enterprise social collaboration software.