Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

An Overview of Licensing

In the SharePoint 2007 product line, the “free” version is officially known as WSS 3.0, or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, which is rebranded in the 2010 product line as SharePoint Foundation 2010. This version (in both the 2007 and 2010 product lines) offers a core set of collaboration and document management tools. Microsoft also provides a more feature-rich version that, in the SharePoint 2007 product line, is titled SharePoint Server 2007; this is now called SharePoint Server 2010 in the current version and, like the 2007 product, comes in Standard and Enterprise editions. The higher-end products contain all the features offered in the entry-level products, plus many additional tools and capabilities, which are reviewed ...