Features
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Features that users like
Simple Check-In/Out and Version Control
- NEW! Simple Library Services – Check-Out a document to prevent others from writing to it at the same time
- NEW! Version Control – Minor and major version control
Shared drive
- All content is available via a shared drive interface
- Use tool of choice for authoring and viewing with no additional installation or training
- Compliance and productivity: save, version, share, search and audit
Integration with Microsoft Office
- All content is available from within Office
- Work in an Office environment for authoring and viewing with no additional installation or training
- Compliance and productivity: save, version, share, search and audit
Rules for content applications
- Rapidly develop and share content applications
OpenSearch
- Search Alfresco as simply as you search Amazon or Google
- Search simply across multiple Alfresco repositories and external wikis, blogs and news feeds
Social tagging
- Integrated content tagging and tag-based search
Integration with enterprise portals
- Standards-based JSR-168 and REST-based integration
- Use your existing portal and portlets
Features that developers like
Lightweight Web Scripts
- Rapidly develop content Web Script gadgets by using JavaScript and Freemarker
REST architecture
- Rapidly and simply mashup Alfresco gadgets and other web applications through a URL
Features that administrators like
J2EE architecture
- Highly scalable, clustered architecture using commodity software and hardware
Zero-footprint clients
- No client-side installations needed for mass rollouts
Interfaces for CIFS, WebDAV and FTP
- Native access via the file system for standard tools
Security
- Security and user management with users, groups and roles
- Document-level security
- Single sign-on through NTLM or LDAP
Integrated workflow and content lifecycle management
- jBPM integration with task manager via a dashboard
- Controlled and audited content development through creation, review, approval, time launch, expiration, retention and archiving
Data management and Transformation Engine
- Integrated Transformation Services: Office to ODF/PDF, PowerPoint to Flash
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