MS SharePoint Server

SharePoint is an initiative information portal, from Microsoft, that can be |corporate to run Intranet, Extranet and Internet sites. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 allows people, teams and expertise to join and collaborate. A SharePoint enterprise portal is published of both SharePoint Portal and Windows SharePoint Services, with SharePoint being built upon WSS. WSS is typically used by small teams, projects and companies. SharePoint Server is designed for individuals, teams and projects within a medium to large company wide enterprise portal.

Some SharePoint facts

• SharePoint is the fastest-growing product in the history of Microsoft
• Over 100 million licenses of SharePoint have been sold worldwide
• SharePoint has been adopted by over 17,000 companies worldwide
• SharePoint is listed, by Forrester, as the number 1 portal product
• SharePoint is positioned as a leader within the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals products
• In 2008 sales of SharePoint surpassed 1 billion US dollars

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

The main parts of SharePoint are collaboration, portals, enterprise search, enterprise content management, business system & forms, & business intelligence. Previous variations of SharePoint Server included SharePoint Portal Server 2003 & before that SharePoint Portal Server 2001.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is a collaborative initiative portal that is built on WSS 3.0. MOSS 2007 allows people, teams & expertise to connect & collaborate. Unlike WSS, SharePoint Server is not free & requires an additional license. MOSS 2007 comes in two versions – Standard & Enterprise.

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is the program on which all SharePoint Products and Technologies are made. WSS 3.0 is for is fit for small teams, projects and systems.
WSS’s project collaboration, document workspace, meeting sub-site, and discussion board features allow individuals and little teams to collaborate and part information online. Past versions of Windows SharePoint Services included Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and SharePoint Team Services. New features in WSS 3.0 include integrated workflows, RSS feeds, blogs, wikis and ASP-style Web parts.