The first version of Sharepoint was a portal server built on Outlook/Exchange. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharepoint#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shar

The first version of Sharepoint was a portal server built on Outlook/Exchange. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharepoint#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharepoint#History Another product team pages evolved from Frontpage server extension. Both products merged to what is known as Sharepoint 2003. Most of the functionallity is still in Outlook client. You can also sync Sharepoint sites with Outlook and access your document libraries offline.