SharePoint Technology: Past, Present, and Future in a SaaS World

SharePoint is the fastest growing server product Microsoft has ever released. SharePoint now spans three products with the free Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to the comprehensive SharePoint 2007 product. Also starting in 2008, Microsoft will be offering SharePoint Online allowing organizations to outsource infrastructure costs to the cloud and using SharePoint as a software service without compromising business integration, usability or security.