With the next release of SharePoint, Microsoft has been changing some names and adding to the product range. Starting with the basics:

What’s it called? What does it do?
SharePoint Foundation Service Provide a web-based platform for storing and collaborating on documents and other activity-related information. Previously called: Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)
SharePoint Server Full web-based platform for information management, search and collaborative working including personalisation and integrating other applications into a single user interface. Previously called: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)
SharePoint Workspace Client for offline co-creation/collaboration on SharePoint content from remote locations/across firewalls. Previously called: Groove
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The SharePoint 2010 product line-up was announced during Steve Ballmer’s keynote at the SharePoint conference on Monday 19th October 2009. And it’s a lot longer list…

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I’m using the following table in the Enterprise Search workshops I am currently delivering on behalf of Microsoft. People seem to be finding it useful so I thought I’d post it here. It is an expanded version of the table you can find on Microsoft’s web site (see end of post for link). The table [...]

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