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ASP.NET is the Microsoft platform for building Web applications. A Web
application is more sophisticated than a Web site, which may only display
information. Web applications can provide services, such as electronic com-
merce. Much of the ability to customize and extend SharePoint comes from
ASP.NET 2.0.
You can think of the technologies listed in Figure 1-2 as SharePoint’s enabling
technologies. SharePoint requires these technologies in order to function
properly. SharePoint integrates with many other technologies to provide
extra functionality, such as Microsoft Exchange Server. See Chapter 9 for
more information on such technologies.
WSS provides the core set of services consumed by all products in the
SharePoint family, especially MOSS 2007. These services include the following:
 Data storage and content management: WSS provides lists and libraries
as structures for storing data. Lists are primarily used to store tabular
data, whereas libraries store files. WSS provides a robust set of services
for managing the data and files stored in lists and libraries, services that
allow you to do the following:
• Associate metadata with list items and files (see Chapter 7).
• Create versions of list items and files (see Chapter 15).
• Check out files for editing (see Chapter 15).
• Index sites, lists, and libraries for searching purposes (see
Chapter 14).
Windows SharePoint Services
SQL ServerDatabase Server
.NET Framework
Web Server
Operating System
Windows Server 2003
Internet
Information
Server
ASP.NET
Windows
Workflow
Foundation
Figure 1-2:
SharePoint
requires
many
enabling
tech-
nologies.
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