The question comes up pretty often: "Which product is right for me?" Honestly, there are many factors that come into play to answer that question: -Usability -Cost -Scalability -Flexibility   Microsoft has an article giving the feature differences between WSS and SPS 2003. Microsoft also has a white paper titled Implementing Rich Collaboration Infrastructure Using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. The white paper does an okay job at describing the differences and I think everyone should take a look at it before deciding which SharePoint product to deploy.

I think it is always good to remember the Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit has chapters online that are free to access. But, most people don't know how this book can help them. So, here is the chapters listing along with some of my thoughts on the chapter. Remember, my advice is to read the whole book BEFORE you deploy SharePoint into production! You will thank me later! Chapter 5 – SharePoint Portal Server ArchitectureThis is a good chapter to read up on how SharePoint Portal 2003 and WSS are different Chapter 6 – Security Architecture for SharePoint Products and TechnologiesThis is a good chapter to read to…