6.4. SharePoint Services

Another way files are frequently shared in networks today is with SharePoint services. SharePoint services provides document storage and management capabilities with search, management, administration and deployment features.

With SharePoint, users are able to access files and resources via a web browser. One of the significant benefits with SharePoint is the ability for multiple users to easily share and collaborate files from a central location.

SharePoint services comes in two primary flavors:

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)

WSS is a free download for Windows Server 2008. The current version is WSS 3.0. WSS is the base service for SharePoint Server products

SharePoint Server products

The current SharePoint server ...

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