Centralized application launcher for end users

[Guest_imported]

Hello everybody,

Sharepoint actually is a great solution to search and manage document informations across an enterprise. It offers -at the lowest price of the market- great CRM functionalities such as workflow (that can be enhanced using MS-Visio), metadata search, version history, ...

But in order to justify the name Sharepoint PORTAL server I found a missing functionality:
Every serious portal solution (Plumtree, Mediapps, Hummingbird) offers a centralized area for end users to launch applications (on the client side). Based on SSO (Single Sign On), these solutions only display links to the applications the user is allowed.

This functionalty isn't handled by sharepoint -in the out of the box software.
My question is: is it possible to construct a Web Part that enables this functionality for Sharepoint? Is there a way to use the DDSC component to launch an application on the client computer? Is there another way to do that?

I wish you a great day and am waiting for your response ...

 

[kipster]

Hi SPPS Rabbit

There is a web part that allows user to access their microsoft office applications from within sharepoint. Don't remember the site I got it from try:

http://www.spsfaq.com

or

http://sharepointcode.com

as a start.

Kevin