About the Portal Server Desktop

Portal Server aggregates and presents content to the end user. The primary end-user interface for Portal Server is the standard Desktop, which end users access by using an HTML browser.

End users can access and use two additional Desktops, if they are configured to do so:

• The mobile Desktop, using a mobile device

• The voice Desktop, using one of the following:

  • A phone

  • Software that enables Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and supports Voice over IP (VoIP)

For information about the mobile Desktop and the voice Desktop, see the Sun Java^TM System Portal Server Mobile Access documentation:

http://docs.sun.com/coll/1483.1.

Portal Server supports programmable modules that transform data into HTML (hypertext markup language) that the standard Desktop displays. For example, Portal Server converts XML (extensible markup language) data and RSS (really simple syndication) into HTML, and JavaServer Pages^TM (JSP^TM) files are executed to HTML. Content that is delivered can be static information or an application.

Administrators use the Portal Server management console and the command-line interface to manage the Desktop.