This post talks about the feature differences in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) versus SharePoint Server 2010.
If you would like to know the feature differences between the various versions of SharePoint 2010, go to my post entitled SharePoint 2010 Standard vs Enterprise vs Foundation Edition Feature Comparison Matrix
Not to be more confusing but for the SharePoint 2010 platform, Microsoft has gone and changed their “Pillars” or “Capabilities” that the platform is built on from [1]:
- Collaboration
- Portal
- Search
- Content Management
- Business Processes
- Business Intelligence
To [2]:
- Sites
- Communities
- Content
- Search
- Insights
- Composites
Clients are starting to ask me why they should upgrade to SharePoint 2010. Microsoft has published comparison matrixes online grouped by these capabilities but if you’re anything like me, you like seeing everything on one page instead of various sections. Here it is:
|
Feature Name / Area |
SharePoint Server 2007 |
SharePoint Server 2010 |
|
Sites |
|
|
|
Office Integration |
Included |
Improved |
|
Line-of-Business Integration |
Included |
Improved |
|
Read/Write capabilities |
|
New |
|
Enterprise Management Operations |
Included |
Improved |
|
Management tools and reporting |
Included |
Improved |
|
Web Analytics |
|
New |
|
Mobile Connectivity |
Included |
Improved |
|
Full-fidelity viewing |
|
New |
|
Editing to mobile |
|
New |
|
Office Interaction |
Included |
Improved |
|
Read/Write capabilities |
Included |
Improved |
|
Robust User Experience |
Included |
Improved |
|
Contextual Ribbon |
|
New |
|
Microsoft Silverlight |
|
New |
|
Office Web Applications |
|
New |
|
Tagging |
|
New |
|
Audience Targeting |
|
New |
|
Communities |
|
|
|
People profiles |
Included |
Improved |
|
Photos and presence |
|
New |
|
Microblogging |
|
New |
|
Ask Me About |
|
New |
|
Note Board |
|
New |
|
Recent activities |
|
New |
|
Organization Browser |
|
New |
|
Add colleagues |
Included |
Improved |
|
Social bookmarks |
|
New |
|
Tags |
|
New |
|
Tag clouds |
|
New |
|
Tag profiles |
|
New |
|
Blogs |
Included |
Improved |
|
Wikis |
Included |
Improved |
|
Enterprise wikis |
|
New |
|
Ratings |
|
New |
|
Colleague suggestions |
Included |
Improved |
|
Keyword suggestions |
|
New |
|
Content |
|
|
|
Compliance Everywhere |
|
New |
|
Flexible Records Management |
|
New |
|
Shared Content Types and Managed Metadata Service |
|
New |
|
Content Organizer |
|
New |
|
Rich Media Management |
|
New |
|
Document Sets |
|
New |
|
Word Automation Services |
|
New |
|
Support for Accessibility Standards |
|
New |
|
Search |
|
|
|
People and expertise search |
Included |
Improved |
|
Search from Windows 7 and Windows Mobile |
Included |
Improved |
|
Common connector framework for indexing and federation |
Included |
Improved |
|
Scale and performance via improved topology architecture |
Included |
Improved |
|
Ability to build search-powered applications |
Included |
Improved |
|
Refinement panel and sorting |
|
New |
|
Search in context |
|
New |
|
Social behavior improves relevance |
|
New |
|
Thumbnails, previews, and view in browser |
|
New |
|
Advanced content processing with strong linguistics |
|
New |
|
Insights |
|
|
|
KPI details |
|
New |
|
Dashboard Designer |
Included |
Improved |
|
Enhanced navigation, including filtering and sorting (top/bottom 10, switchable measures) |
|
New |
|
Publish more workbooks |
|
New |
|
JavaScript Object Model |
|
New |
|
PowerShell scripting |
|
New |
|
Richer fidelity with Excel workbooks |
|
New |
|
Support for Analytical Services formatting |
|
New |
|
Additional data sources, including external lists and “PowerPivot” workbooks (naming to come) |
|
New |
|
Improved strategy map connection and formatting |
|
New |
|
Seamless management of dashboard content |
Included |
Improved |
|
Integrated filter framework |
|
New |
|
Calculated KPIs |
|
New |
|
Improved visualizations |
|
New |
|
Chart Web Parts |
|
New |
|
Business Intelligence Center |
|
New |
|
Composites |
|
|
|
Browser-based customizations |
Included |
Improved |
|
Business Connectivity Services |
|
New |
|
SharePoint Designer |
Included |
Improved |
|
Human workflows |
Included |
Improved |
|
Forms Services |
Included |
Improved |
|
Visio Services |
|
New |
|
Access Services |
|
New |
|
Sandboxed Solutions |
|
New |
[1] http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/product/capabilities
[2] http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/product/capabilities
Download in Excel Form: SharePoint 2007 vs 2010 Version Feature Comparison.xlsx