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title: "What is WSS ?"  
description: "What is WSS ?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-09-07  
updated: 2020-09-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1201/what-is-wss  
category: "sharepoint"  
tags: ["sharepoint"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# What is WSS ?

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) is a Web portal used for collaboration within a business or organization. WSS is easily accessible through an Internet browser such as Internet Explorer. SharePoint is a hosted application - which means in order to use it to full potential, it must be hosted on a windows server.\
The main WSS features are:\

- * Unlimited number of team sites or portals
- * Document management with collaboration and sharing capabilities (Check-in/Check- out, workflow, meta-data, 'warn me', discussions...)
- * Task management and calendars on group level
- * Central notification management (problems, complaints, help desk...)

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) is a Web portal used for collaboration within a business or organization. WSS is easily accessible through an Internet browser such as Internet Explorer. SharePoint is a hosted application - which means in order to use it to full potential, it must be hosted on a windows server.\
The main WSS features are:\

- * Unlimited number of team sites or portals
- * Document management with collaboration and sharing capabilities (Check-in/Check- out, workflow, meta-data, 'warn me', discussions...)
- * Task management and calendars on group level
- * Central notification management (problems, complaints, help desk...)


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