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Sharepoint Suitability for Small Business Intranet

Asked by redpoppy in MS SharePoint, Windows 2003 Server

Tags: Microsoft Sharepoint Services, Intranet

Hello Experts,

I would like to ask for some advice on the suitability of using Sharepoint Services to create an intranet for our small business. Our current setup is Windows  Server 2003 using Office 2003, currently with a maximum of 8 users. My role would be the design and implementation of the intranet  I have experience in web design using DreamWeaver/HTML and programming in VB using MS Access. The features that I think wed initially want on the intranet are as follows:
 
1) Centralise documentation (eg: Procedures, Standard E-mails held in HTML, output by an MS Access database).
2) Users to be able to maintain these documents. Some are WORD but some are HTML, so there would need to be a WYSIWYG editing facility (at the moment we use Adobe Contribute)
3) Creation of  a work timetable of whos working, when, and a system to schedule meetings
4) Daily task list specific to the person signing in  which might  include feeds from the MS Access database of any Quotes/Bookings marked for their attention or e-mails from Outlook.
5) Creation of management reports/graphs/charts from MS Access d/base input

My questions are:
1)  Would Sharepoint be a good solution or is it a bit over-the-top for such a small business?
2)  What other software would be required to install Sharepoint?
3)  If its suitable, from what I can make out wed need version 2.0 with our set up  is that correct?
4)  What are the cost implications  or is Sharepoint free? Im a bit confused from what Ive read so far.
5)  Given my programming background, can you give me some idea of the potential learning curve that I might go through to design/implement such a system, if its feasible

Any help/advice will be much appreciated.
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