This portal page provides a quick summary of all your important information. For example, it might show how many new e-mail messages you have in your INBOX, upcoming events on your calendar, tasks on your to-do list, headlines from selected news services, and so on. Many of these summaries will contain quick shortcuts to common functions, such as composing a new mail message, creating a new calendar event or task, etc.
The contents of this portal page are customizable via the Layout button. For example, you can choose which items to include on this portal page as well as in which order they are shown.