Tahoe will be a boon to organizations that need to manage, classify and retrieve Office documents or other text-based information from a variety of sources, including Microsoft Exchange public folders, Lotus Notes .nsf files, and internal or external Web sites. My reservation revolves around an issue that we consider a bug but that Microsoft characterizes as a feature. I submitted this as a bug, but Microsoft replied that the first version of Tahoe is being developed as an intranet product and the domain name addressing may not be supported until later versions. This would be a serious mistake that would greatly limit the usability of an otherwise good product, and you should look at this issue carefully as the features shake out in release code within the next few months. Tahoe enables users to publish Web content, collaborate with others on content, and manage documents using Office applications, Windows Explorer and supported browsers.
Information needs to be presented in a way that makes it easily accessible.
Tahoe uses Microsoft's digital dashboard portal technology to make this goal a reality. Microsoft and numerous partners are building Web Parts, with unbridled enthusiasm. The Tahoe portal requires Internet Explorer 4.0 and later or Netscape 4.7 and later on Windows systems. Mac OS and Solaris users running Internet Explorer 5.0 or later can join in as well. Out of the box, Tahoe presented me with a Web portal interface that included all its parts.