What is SharePoint?

Microsoft SharePoint is a web-based collaboration and document management platform that can help improve your organisation's effectiveness by streamlining the management of and access to data.

SharePoint allows teams within an organization to share information anywhere there is Web access. With SharePoint, users can set up websites to share documents, manage projects and publish information. SharePoint also has many social media capabilities, such as blogs, wikis and discussion boards,etc..

SharePoint 2007 

SharePoint 2007 is built up of WSS 3.0 vs MOSS 2007

·         Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS)

·         Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS)

·         Share service provider (SSP)

1.    WSS 3.0 provides the core framework for collaborative development, document/content management and search capability whereas MOSS is a portal application which sits on top of WSS to extend and provide additional features which are not available in core WSS 3.0 framework. For example, Excel services, Document workflow and Enterprise Search, many more. 

2.    There is no need of software licensing for WSS 3.0 as this is an add-on of Windows Server operating system whereas you need to have license for MOSS 2007 which comes in standard and enterprise edition.

SharePoint 2010

·         Sharepoint Foundation 2010

·         Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

·         SharePoint Service Applications

1.     In Sharepoint 2010 Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 2007 is replaced by SharePoint Foundation.

2.     SharePoint Foundation is built upon Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, IIS and .NET 3.5.

3.     Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 replaces Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007.

4.     SSP (Share service provider) in 2007 has been replaced by SharePoint Service Applications.