Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server

You can adopt SharePoint technology through two products, Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and SharePoint Portal Server (SPS). The two are quite closely aligned and, unlike in their previous versions, based on the same technology foundation. The difference is that SharePoint Portal Server contains some features that are not part of Windows SharePoint Services.

Windows SharePoint Services includes:

  • Integration with Microsoft Office. Integration is tightest with Office 2003 but earlier versions are supported to a lesser degree. For example, you can create a SharePoint document workspace from within Word 2003.

  • Web parts. Both SPS and WSS are based on the web part architecture using building ...

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