In computing, the Microsoft SharePoint product sold by Microsoft includes browser-based collaboration and document-management platform. It can be used to host web sites that access shared workspaces and documents, as well as specialized applications like wikis and blogs from a browser. SharePoint is not intended to replace a full file server (it imposes, by default, a file-size limitation of 50 megabytes). Instead, it is targeted as a collaborative workspace. SharePoint interface is through a web interface, such as a task list or discussion pane. SharePoint sites are actually ASP.NET 2.0 applications, which are served using IIS and use a SQL Server database as data storage backend.
The term "SharePoint" may refer to one of the following two products:
* Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)
* Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)
Previous versions of this software used different names (SharePoint Portal Server, for example) but are referred to as "SharePoint".
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