Introduction
This post teaches the basics of SharePoint and is part 2 in the series. The link for part 1 can be found at the bottom of the page.
Comparing SharePoint different Versions (Types of SharePoint)
For SP On-Premise, you have two options for installation. A third one is O365 cloud-hosted:
- SharePoint Foundation - On-Premises
- SharePoint Server - On-Premises
- SharePoint Online (O365) (Fully cloud-hosted)
SharePoint Foundation
SharePoint Foundation provides you basic collaboration features that are included in SharePoint. These features are the foundation required to build standard collaboration & communication solutions within your organization. This primary feature of the SharePoint foundation revolves around document collaboration & management. Below are listed major features of the platform that have been responsible for its wide adoption in business:
- Effective document & task collaboration
- Reduced Implementation & Deployment resources
- Better control of your organization’s important business data
- Web usage for collaboration
- Solution for organizations that need a secure, manageable and web-based collaboration platform.
SharePoint Server
SharePoint Server extends upon what is available in Foundation by including additional feature sets that provide a richer, more advanced collection of features that you can utilize in your organization’s solutions. Some of these additional features are described in the following list:
- Advanced Search
- Web Content Management
- Enterprise services
- Business connectivity service
- Social Networking & computing
- Record Management
SharePoint Online
SharePoint Online (O365) is a fully cloud-hosted model for SharePoint. It is the alternate option to hosting your own farm (server) in your own on-premises data center. Below refers to the features of SharePoint online:
The options for licensing SharePoint Online through Office 365: (www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/ compare-plans.aspx).
- Great place to develop rich applications (both SharePoint hosted and cloud-hosted app).
- There are .NET applications that you build using C# or Visual Basic and then deploy into SharePoint, such as. WSPs or.APPs. There are lighter-weight apps such as HTML5 and JavaScript apps that you can also deploy.
- As a developer, you have the capability to customize any of the SharePoint editions, whether it is SharePoint foundation, SharePoint Server or SharePoint Online
Part 1 in the series: (https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/overview-of-sharepoint-portalsharepoint-2013part1)
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