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This is the first stage of QuestÂ's plan to provide broad functionality to supportMicrosoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. Later this year, Quest plans tointroduce capabilities to deliver robust management and reporting, support MicrosoftExchange Public Folders-to-Microsoft SharePoint-based migration and provide granularcontent recovery. These capabilities are being designed to provide IT stakeholderswith optimal management, reporting, and control of their SharePoint-based resources.
 Because SharePoint Products and Technologies are so easy to use, employees arecollaborating more than ever, said David Waugh, vice president, productmanagement, Quest Software.  TheyÂ're creating their own Web sites where they postdocuments, share information and exchange ideas  all without the assistance of IT. According to Gartner, in 2004 MicrosoftÂ's worldwide portal product market sharegrew 150% based on new license revenue.1 While this growth is a great testament tothe value SharePoint technologies provide, until now, IT has not had an efficientand cost-effective way to compile information about SharePoint usage across thewhole organization. The first step in managing any piece of infrastructure isidentifying what exists, where it exists and how itÂ's being used.Â
Quest Discovery Wizard for SharePoint quickly and automatically searches allservers, site collections and sites within an organizationÂ's network for everyinstallation of SharePoint, allows users to explore their SharePoint resources bybrowsing through sites and portal content, and gathers critical data about thediscovered inventory. The product also generates easy-to-read HTML reports  providing the information IT managers need in an actionable format. These reportscontain server metrics and site details, including site size, author, lastmodification date and how many users access information on the sites.
 Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 enableenterprises to seamlessly connect users, teams and knowledge so that people can takeadvantage of relevant information across business processes to help them work moreefficiently, said Seth Patton, group product manager, Information Worker Group atMicrosoft.  SharePoint is fast becoming an industry standard, and we are pleased tosee Quest Software adding even more value to the Microsoft collaboration platform.Â
Pricing and AvailabilityQuest Discovery Wizard for SharePoint is available now for download at no cost. Formore information on QuestÂ's upcoming SharePoint-based products, join our SharePointdiscussion community or download the Discovery Wizard athttp://www.quest.com/sharep oint.
About Quest Infrastructure ManagementQuest SoftwareÂ's Infrastructure Management solutions simplify, automate and secureActive Directory, Exchange and Windows, as well as integrate Unix and Linux into themanaged environment. QuestÂ's Infrastructure Management products delivercomprehensive capabilities for secure management, migration and integration of theheterogeneous enterprise.
About Quest Software, Inc. Quest Software, Inc. delivers innovative products that help organizations get moreperformance and productivity from their applications, databases and infrastructure. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best,Quest helps more than 18,000 customers worldwide meet higher expectations forenterprise IT. Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and atwww.quest.com.
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Forward Looking StatementsThis release may include predictions, estimates and other information that might beconsidered forward-looking statements, including our plans to provide solutions tosupport Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies. These statements are basedon current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties.Actual results could differ from those anticipated as a result of various factors,including the impact of economic conditions on our customers, variations in the sizeand timing of customer orders; competitive products and pricing; rapid technologicalchange; risks associated with the development and market acceptance of new products;disruptions caused by acquisitions of companies and/or technologies including risksrelating to integration of the combined companies; risks associated withinternational operations; and the need to attract and retain qualified personnel.For a discussion of these and other related risks, please refer to our recent SECfilings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,2004 and the Current Report on 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005.Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-lookingstatements, which speak only as of the date thereof. We undertake no obligation toupdate forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the datethereof.
1  Market Share: AIM and Portal Software, Worldwide 2004, by Joanne Correia,Fabrizio Biscotti, Laurie Wurster and Yanna Dharmasthira; Gartner, June 14, 2005.
