Mindjet Labs Introduces SharePoint Integration

Written by Michael S. Scherotter Sun Dec 18 2005 | Last updated Thu Mar 2 2006

Download a free trial of Mindjet MindManager Pro 6.

Edit MindManager .mmap files that are on Microsoft SharePoint Servers.

This is a free add-in to MindManager 6.  If you do not have MindManager 6, you can download the free trial here.

For support send e-mail to labs@mindjet.com.

Background

SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services provide integrated collaboration and communication services for business enterprises.  Part of the collaboration infrastructure is document management which provides the ability to share Office documents in a secure manner.  As shipped, SharePoint is configured to work with Microsoft Office documents created by applications like Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office Excel.  For other file types like Mindjet MindManager .mmap files, SharePoint defines a configuration procedure for adding those file types to SharePoint so that users can edit those documents in their native application.  Without this configuration, editing non-Office documents that are on a SharePoint server is difficult.

This integration consists of two components, a server component and a client component, both of which must be installed for the integration to work.