SharePoint Versions

• Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001

• Microsoft SharePoint Team Services (2002)

• Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 (free license) - Microsoft SharePoint 2003 (commercial release)

• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (free license) - plus Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (commercial extension)

• Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 (free) - plus Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (commercial extension for Foundation), and SharePoint Enterprise 2010 (commercial extension for Server)

• Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 - plus Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (extension on top of Foundation)

Architecture

Feature 

• The SharePoint platform is a flexible

• N-tier service-oriented architecture (SOA). 

• Scaled down to operate entirely from one machine

• Scaled up to be managed across hundreds of machines.

Terms

• Farms

• Web application

• Site collections

• Service Applications

• Administration and security