I am not sure if this has been already done, but I think it’s about high time someone started consolidating a list of tools that are out for SharePoint. I am thinking of something similar to the SharpToolbox. Of course the list will not be huge like the CSharp list at SharpToolbox, but I think we’ve got enough to go around. So let me start it off by providing the ones I know, you guys can contribute by adding the ones you know to the comments system of this post, and I will update the Post (Oh how I wish we had a Wiki or SharePont list for this for this right now)
So here is my initial cut.
Update: Joris(JOPX) I hope you don't mind me borrowing a few snippets from your blog post.
Product Suites
CorasWorks Workplace Suite
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JOPX |
Suite with rollup webparts (for news,documents,tasks,...), navigation controls and full language localization (This is way cool...) |
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Tariq |
If SharePoint is your platform for Collaboration there is a good chance that you will appreciate the functionality provided by the CorasWorks Suite |
Syntergy
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JOPX |
Provide lots of modules such as replication technologies for SharePoint, bulkloader, audit for SharePoint,... |
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Tariq |
Didnt know Syntergy existed until Joris pointed them out on his link. Looks like an awesome toolset for SharePoint. |
Backup/Data Recovery
DocAve by AvePoint
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Tariq |
DocAve provides you with a granular backup facility for SharePoint. AvePoint have been providing backup solutions for SharePoint right back from the days of SharePoint 2001. Although I wasn’t fully satisfied with their trial version offered on their site. I actually had trouble getting it to run. |
Nintex Smart Library
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Tariq |
Nintex’s Smart Library product adds an undelete facility to your document libraries. |
SharePoint Document Recovery Tool
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JOPX |
Free download from Stephane Cordonnier |
Anti-Virus Solutions
McAfee Portal Shield
Data Mining
Advanced Rollups by CorasWorks
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Tariq |
A very powerful WebPart that will let you roll-up data from multiple sites to other sites. Data being rolled up can be filtered, sorted, grouped etc. You can also manipulate how the data will displayed, e.g. Field order. WebPart also contains a search facility to search data being rolled up. |
Navigation
PowerNav by SharePoint Experts
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Tariq |
Provides a 'Navigation Story' WebPart for SharePoint Sites |
Navigation WebParts by CorasWorks
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Tariq |
CorasWorks has a couple of WebParts that assists in Navigating SharePoint Sites |
SiteNavigator by Advis
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Tariq |
Another one of those vendors that I was unaware of untill Joris pointed them out. You should check out Advis they have a series of WebParts for various purposes. |
Workflow
FlowBuilder by DataLan
K2.Net
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Tariq |
I do not have any information regarding this product. |
LMR Smart Workflow
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Tariq |
An add-on that adds Workflow capabilities to any list in SharePoint. The uses for this product can be very extensive, however UI aspects could improve a bit, specially the Workflow designer. |
NetPoint Solutions
Nintex Smart Library
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Tariq |
Adds-on to SharePoint to provides document workflow, auditing, document undelete facilities. Currently works only with SharePoint Document libraries. |
Skelta Workflow.Net
Teamplate by Captaris
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JOPX |
This workflow toolset even adds a module for fax based workflow "RightFax Workflow wizard Skelta workflow .Net DataLan FlowBuilder |
Workflow by CorasWork
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Tariq |
Couldn't find the exact link to the product, I do not know any thing about this product except for what is published on their site. |
Workflow Integration by Factiva
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JOPX |
Search and workflow tools for Office 2003 |
Data Import
XML Importer
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Tariq |
Neat tool for importing data from Xml files to SharePoint lists. It basically lets you map out what nodes in the xml file maps to what fields in the SharePoint list and then imports the data. |
Data Export
Miscellaneous Tools
SharePoint Explorer by Navigo
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JOPX |
Another free tool which you can use to explore the SharePoint object model |
SharePoint Explorer
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Tariq |
This is a neat tool except for one annoying issue i.e.; the lack of validation specially for entering the ‘SharePoint Url’ in the Settings tab. If the URL is entered without a trailing ‘/’ it throws an exception, and oh yes when you enter your credentials for the WebService to use make sure nobody is looking over your shoulder. |
SharePoint Services web service browser
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Tariq |
A nice tool for querying the WebServices of SharePoint. Has the same quirks as the SharePoint Explorer tool. Basically this looks like a very much simplified version of WebServiceStudio 2.0. WebServiceStudio gives you more control. The advantage that SharePoint Services web service browser has over WS Studio is that it gives you a list of WebServices that SharePoint exposed, with WebServiceStudio you wouldn’t know what the Web Service Url unless you poked around a bit or launched VS.NET and took a look at the Web Services |
WebServiceStudio 2.0
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Tariq |
Not a tool specific for SharePoint, but you can use it to invoke methods on SharePoints Web Services |
RSS Syndicator/Aggregator
DevHawk Rss Syndicator
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Tariq |
Provides Rss syndication facilities for SharePoint |
Sig Webber’s Rss Syndicator
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Tariq |
Sigs Rss Syndicator generates an Rss Document based on a Sites content and stores it on SharePoint document library. |
Smiling Goat RSS Feed Reader
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Tariq |
A WebPart that lets you subscribe to RSS feeds and displays the feed and its description on SharePoint. multiple Rss feed subscription is possible. |
Search
K-Bus by Entopia
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JOPX |
K-Bus for SharePoint Portal Server: Adds extra information discovery capabilities, also allows SharePoint to index Documentum, Opentext,... |
Ontolica Search By Navigo System
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Tariq |
Ontolica provides a series of WebParts that provide more extensive search capabilities for SharePoint. Features include (taken from their site). The WebPart apparently also provides “Wildcard (*) searching, which everybody by default assumes is present but is disappointed when they discover is lacking. |
People Finder WebPart
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Tariq |
Searches for people on Portal Server (only people not documents) based on the persons name |
Much more to come, including Jan's LeadIt WebParts, WebParts and tools from Maurice Prather (Bluedog Limited), WebParts from Collutions and more of Sig Webbers tools.