title: Microsoft SharePoint
body: <p>I've been asked to design and develop a corporate website.
  Design is done. Initial plans were to use LAMP. Now the client just dropped a bomb on us saying that:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>(due to strict security policies of
    the final client) we are to
    develop/deploy this website with
    SharePoint</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I have no real idea of what is SharePoint, and what are the implications of this request.</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Can you briefly explain what is
  SharePoint?</li>
  <li>Do you need a license to deploy a
  SharePoint website?</li>
  <li>What do you need to develop for it?
  (license, tools)</li>
  <li>Does it need to run on a IIS server?</li>
  <li>What language will/could be used?</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I have googled a bit before posting, but I have not managed to get a clear idea of what SharePoint is and how it works. Also, atm I'm rushing to accommodate for this hiccup on the project but I'm pretty much blindfolded until I understand what I just got into.  </p>