Sharepoint Introduction

What is SharePoint?
    SharePoint is a platform which traditionally was used for content and document management but now Microsoft is trying hard to change this perception. The SharePoint now has the capability to host Intranet portals, extranets, websites, discussion boards and Business intelligence; with the latest version of SharePoint 2013 they have also provided the social network integration.


    The first release of SharePoint was in 2001, the various versions of SharePoint released from 2001 till 2013 are given below -

1) Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001
2) Microsoft SharePoint Team Services 2002
3) Windows SharePoint Services 2003
4) Windows SharePoint Services 2007
5) Microsoft SharePoint Services 2010
6) Microsoft SharePoint Services 2013

In this blog I will be taking you through various features of Sharepoint, but it will be concentrated more on the Business Intelligence part of it, I will be considering SharePoint 2010 and may be in future will write about SharePoint 2013 :) .

There are 2 versions of SharePoint 2010

1) Standard Edition
2) Enterprise Edition
The Enterprise Edition will have Access, Excel, Visio, Performance Point services which is not present in Standard Edition. In this blog I will be using Enterprise Edition for all demo purpose.

You can download the SharePoint software from the Microsoft WebSite, the link for which is given below.












http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16631