A.3. SharePoint and SharePoint Designer Today
For the 2007 Microsoft Office System, Windows SharePoint Services was again significantly enhanced over its predecessor. WSS 3.0 is built on the ASP.NET 2.0 framework, which itself was enhanced with several concepts taken from SharePoint — specifically, ASP.NET 2.0 includes support for a Web Part framework. WSS 3.0 also makes use of the Windows Workflow Foundation and ASP.NET 2.0 authentication models. In addition, many weaknesses of WSS 2.0 are addressed in WSS 3.0, including the following:
Item-level security is now allowed in lists and libraries.
Security trimming is implemented to hide items and functions a user does not have permission to use.
An extensibility framework has been created to make it easier to create and deploy new functionality on the Windows SharePoint Services platform.
New site types, including basic blogs and wikis, have been added.
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 was replaced with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS). As the name implies, MOSS is far more than a portal product. Enterprise Content and Records Management, enhanced social networking through My Sites, and the latest version of Microsoft's Enterprise Search technology are just the starting point.
A new level of MOSS functionality is available through the Enterprise Features. While these Features are installed on all MOSS servers, they need to be enabled with a special code, and can only be accessed by users who have an Enterprise Client Access ...
