Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 CAL, Standard Edition

This client access license (CAL) enables you to manage information. As part of this license, you can use the core capabilities of Office SharePoint Server to manage content and business processes, enable better-informed decision-making, find information and organizational expertise, and simplify how people work together across boundaries.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 CAL, Enterprise Edition

This client access license provides additional functionality over Office SharePoint Server 2007 CAL, Standard edition. You must have Standard edition and Enterprise edition CALs to use Enterprise edition functionality. With the Enterprise edition, you can use line-of-business data integration and search, Business Intelligence (including the performance management dashboard and Web-based spreadsheets), and electronic forms.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet Sites

With this offering, you may use the software for Internet-facing Web sites only. All content, information, and applications must be accessible to non-employees. This license has all the features of Office SharePoint Server 2007, Enterprise edition. For complete information about the different features in each edition, read the Office SharePoint Server 2007 edition comparison document.

This is a per-server license that does not require the purchase of CALs.

Microsoft Windows Server Operating System

Office SharePoint Server (all editions), and Office Forms Server require Windows Server 2003 Standard edition, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise edition, or Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster edition.

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

A component of Windows Server that is required to use Office SharePoint Server. Windows SharePoint Services is the underlying technology on which Office SharePoint Server builds.

Microsoft SQL Server

Office SharePoint Server 2007 uses a back-end database server: SQL Server 2000 SP4 or later; or SQL Server 2005 SP1 or later (32- and 64-bit processor). Microsoft recommends that you use SQL Server 2005 with Office SharePoint Server 2007.