Get used for new acronyms. Say goodbye MOSS and WSS and welcome SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server. We have gotten used to Microsoft ever product renaming. I have to admit, I like the new name for WSS "SharePoint Foundation" (will it be SPF?). SharePoint Foundation brings great new capabilities to the "free" version of SharePoint. At Portal Solutions, we always viewed WSS as a foundation for team collaboration; no the name supports the concept. A few highlights about SharePoint Foundation below:
- Provides a consistent framework
- SPF is a development platform
- Provide Core team collaboration experience
- Is built on the value of WSS 3.0
- Administration has been enhanced, no more stsadm, get ready for PowerShell
Some keys major Investments:
- Good news, some of the scalability limitations have been lifter. SPF lists now support terabytes of data, multi-million item lists and granular content import/export. Business Connectivity Services ("BCS") the successor of BDC is now included in SharePoint Foundation which means, we can create integration with back-end data directly from SPF. In addition, SPF supports external lists; that means you can create lists on the fly (no code) while storing content in structured SQL or other databases
More information at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee518670.aspx