Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, commonly abbreviated to MOSS, is the successor to Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. It is a major upgrade, with a large range of new features[1].
A licensed, potentially quite expensive, enterprise extension to version 3.0 of the no-cost Windows SharePoint Services platform - a component available for Windows Server 2003. Its main strength is enabling an organization’s information to be organized and aggregated in one central, web-based application. It can be configured to return separate content for Intranet, Extranet and Internet locations.
The application uses a Microsoft SQL Server back-end for storing data. The front-end consists of ASP.NET pages served via Internet Information Services (IIS) on Windows Server 2003.
[edit] Previous SharePoint Server versions
Version naming now emphasizes the closer integration with Microsoft Office applications and has dropped the word "Portal".
- 2001 - SharePoint Portal Server 2001
- 2003 - Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003
- 2007 - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Each of these versions has differed significantly from each other both in functionality and underlying architecture. Office SharePoint Server 2007 adds workflow functionality, ASP.NET 2.0 compatibility, extensive integration to Microsoft Office products and support for the easy creation of blogs and wikis amongst many other new features and enhancements[2].
