Compare SharePoint Hosting vs. Hosted MOSS 2007

When choosing which SharePoint Hosting technology will best improve your business processes, it becomes a question of simplicity vs. power. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) offers simplistic sharing features that help your business stay connected, while Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) offers powerful business-process workflow features with enterprise search, BI and content management. See our full Hosted SharePoint Feature Comparison below:

WSS 3.0 MOSS 2007 STD. MOSS 2007 ENT.
Collaboration Features
Real-time presence and communication included included included
Social Networking Web Part – included included
Standard site templates included included included
SharePoint Wikis included included included
Blog Authoring included included included
People and Groups Lists included included included
Calendars included included included
E-mail Integration included included included
Task Coordination included included included
Surveys included included included
Document Collaboration included included included
Issue Tracking included included included
Enterprise Portal Features
Mobile Device Support included included included
Microsoft Office Integration included included included
Microsoft Outlook Integration included included included
SharePoint Designer 2007 Integration included included included
My Site personal site – included included
Content syndication – included included
Privacy and Security – included included
Site Directory – included included
User Profiles and the Profile Store – included included
Audience Targeting – included included
Site Manager – included included
Portal Site Templates – included included
SharePoint Sites & Aggregation
Web Parts		 – included included
Colleagues & Memberships
Web Parts 		– included included
Enterprise Search Features
Simple, powerful user interface included included included
Search results included included included
Enterprise content sources – included included
Relevance – included included
Administration and management – included included
Indexing controls – included included
Security – included included
People search – included included
Business Data Catalog Search – – included
Content Management Features
Document Information Panel included included included
Web 2.0 sites with
consistent branding 		included included included
Enterprise site templates included included included
Business document
workflow support		 – included included
Document management
site templates 		– included included
Integration with Microsoft IRM – included included
Document Action Bar – included included
Retention and auditing policies – included included
Records repository – included included
E-mail content as records – included included
Legal holds – included included
Navigation controls – included included
Content Authoring – included included
Content publishing and deployment – included included
Page layouts – included included
Site variations – included included
WYSIWYG Web content editor – included included
Slide Libraries – included included
Policies, Auditing, and Compliance – included included
Forms-Driven Business Processes
Browser-based forms – – included
Centralized forms
management and control		 – – included
"Design once" development model – – included
Form Import Wizard – – included
Integrated deployment model
for "no-code" forms 		– – included
Compatibility Checker – – included
Business Intelligence Features
Integrated, flexible
spreadsheet publishing 		– – included
Share, manage and
control spreadsheets 		– – included
Web-based business intelligence using Excel Services – – included
Data Connection Libraries – – included
Business Data Catalog – – included
Business Data Web Parts – – included
Business Data Actions – – included
Integrated B.I. Dashboards – – included
Report Center – – included
Key performance indicators – – included
Filter Web Parts – – included