Customers previously reluctant to purchase Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 can now take advantage of the new enhancements and upgrades SP1 provides.

groupSPARK, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a provider of private label hosted software services including Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, announced the availability of Service Pack 1 for hosted SharePoint 3.0 delivering additional stability and performance enhancements.

The company states that their resellers can now offer its customers hosted Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 with all of the latest feature enhancements and upgrades. This industry-leading collaboration tool enables small and mid-size businesses to increase productivity, teamwork and efficiency. Acting as a central repository, employees can share project schedules, create lists of data, update files, and share ideas. It says that its web-based interface enables departments, project teams and remote employees to work together by utilizing their hosted SharePoint site as a central location from which to disseminate data and information. Users can also launch and maintain web pages, intranets and photo libraries.

groupSPARK resellers will now be able to offer hosted Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 to businesses previously unwilling to use the initial version of hosted SharePoint. "Many businesses traditionally do not jump right into new versions of software.  They wait until the first service pack is released to take advantage of the upgrades and enhancements that Microsoft makes available," said Ravi Agarwal, chief executive officer of 123Together.com. "Our resellers now have the opportunity to offer hosted Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 to those companies who have previously been reluctant to use the earlier version."