Re: Sharepoint Portal limitations?

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SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) is a technology that runs on Windows Server 2003 (SBS 2003 included) and it is distributed for free. SharePoint Services 2.0 comes with SBS 2003 and if you want to install version 3.0 you have to download it from Microsoft's web site and do a parallel install (there is a document that describes how to do that on the web site).

SharePoint, as a technology component, needs SQL Server to function. If you don't have SQL Server on your server, the installation routine installs MSDE (for version 2.0) or SQL Server Express (for version 3.0) which is limited to 4GB of data. If you develop a SharePoint site and your planning indicates higher amount of data over a period of time, then you'll need to buy the SBS 2003 R2 Premium to take advantage of SQL Server Workgroup which has no data limit.

SharePoint Server 2007 2007 is a server product that operates on top of SharePoint Services. Prior to this release, the name of the server was SharePoint Portal Server 2003. The word "Portal" is not used anymore. This product is not free, and it has specific CAL requirements, all of which you can find at the Microsoft web site.

You don't need SharePoint Server 2007 to develop an application using this technology. WSS will do just fine.

Hope that helps



Costas




"Bikini Browser" <remove.bikini.browser.this@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23L5lRUrqHHA.3248@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for your promt reply...

I don't know anything about SharePoint, so bare with me if I sound totally silly...

You said... >>You get the full Windows Sharepoint Services product, just not the Portal product,<,

I will be using SBS 2003 R2. Does this mean I will get more than just the Portal? Are you saying that I will get EVERYTHING I NEED in SBS 2003 R2 to setup a SharePoint customer? I don't need any more software, is that correct?

Additionally, If I am going to use SharePoint, do you think I should get the Premium Edition which includes SQL server? Do I need the SQL server for SharePoint?

Please be 100% clear for a Novice like me...

Thanks so much for your answers...

Bikini Browser


"Hollis Paul" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:VA.0000034e.0073ea60@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <eoQuXArqHHA.4104@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bikini Browser
wrote:
Question..

Is the Sharepoint Portal included with SBS 2003 R2 the same as the
standalone product or is the SBS version limited in any way?

Actually, you have never received Sharepoint Portal as part of Windows
Server. It has always been just WSS, first 2.0, and with R2, 3.0.
(SBS MVPs--Correct me if I am wrong on the version numbers--I haven't
been interested in R2. I'm waiting for D2. Or perhaps Go Dot.) You
get the full Windows Sharepoint Services product, just not the Portal
product, which should be on a separate member server.

--
Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA USA





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