I saw this and thought it further highlighted that partners are seeing huge opportunity with SharePoint - both portal and services.  You can load WSS v3 onto a SBS box or use WSS v2.  The opportunity is still huge.

Microsoft Partners Stake Claims In Sharepoint Goldmine

It's getting tough to find a Microsoft partner who isn't either reaping the financial benefits of deploying Office Sharepoint Server 2007 or eagerly planning to add it to their portfolio.

Released last November, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007, also known as MOSS, is a workflow and collaboration engine that integrates with the Office platform and features Web content management, enterprise content services, enterprise search, and business process and business intelligence tools.

Although it initially attracted interest primarily from medium and large enterprises, Sharepoint is now penetrating the SMB space, says Stephen Moss, COO of NSPI, a security solution provider in Roswell, Ga. that hosts Sharepoint sites for other companies.

"Companies of all sizes are beginning to get the idea that content management and portals aren't just exclusive to enterprises," said Moss.

Microsoft normally doesn't publish sales figures for individual product lines. But last month at its annual financial analyst meeting, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant said that Sharepoint revenue grew 35 percent to more than $800 million in fiscal year 2007, and is on track to become a billion dollar business.

"Sharepoint is growing rapidly because it's the first product from Microsoft that really is a universal framework," said Ken Winell, senior vice president at PCubed, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Gold partner. "Sharepoint is as substantial a product as the Web browser, because of the way you can integrate other platforms tightly into it."

Microsoft Partners Stake Claims In Sharepoint Goldmine - Software - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness

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David