SharePoint Versions

SharePoint comes in a few different versions. SharePoint Services 3.0 is the base platform that offers features for collaboration, document management and business process managment. It is also available for free. MOSS (SharePoint 2007 Server) is an extension of services 3.0 and offers features for web content managment, enterprise search, business intelligence, electronic forms and social networking. This is the licensed version of SharePoint.

SharePoint Foundation 2010 (SharePoint Services 4.0), is the next and updated version of SharePoint Services 3.0. SharePoint Server 2010 is the next and updated version of MOSS (SharePoint Server 2007).

Core Features in SharePoint

SharePoint collaboration is at the heart of SharePoint, it includes many other important core features to help in the following business needs:

• Document Management
• Web Content Management
• Business Process Management (Workflows)
• Enterprise Search
• Business Intelligence (Dashboards, Reports)  
• Electronic Forms (InfoPath)
• Social Networking

And that’s just out-of-the-box features. Not only can all these features be customized to fit any organization but SharePoint can also serve as a platform to build solutions (custom applications) for any type of organization or need.

What is SharePoint?

Microsoft SharePoint is a web application that enables users within an organization to work together, collaborate, more efficiently through its vast number of features.