Compare SharePoint Server Editions and Licensing Options

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MOSS 2007 Enterprise Features	WSS 3.0	MOSS 2007
	Standard	Standard	Enterprise

Overview of all SharePoint Features

All servers inherit a set of shared platform and management capabilities from Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. The following tables are broken down into functional areas and provide a comparison of features available across the different editions of Microsoft^® SharePoint Product and Technologies.

Search: New search features provide a consistent and familiar search experience, increased relevance of search results, and new functionalities along with improved scalability, manageability, and extensibility.  compare features

Collaboration: Help keep teams connected and productive by providing easy access to the people, documents, and information users need to make more well-informed decisions within their jobs. Windows SharePoint products and technologies include collaboration and community, document life cycle capabilities, alters, task notifications, Really Simple Syndication (RSS), the basic Web-based user interface and navigation.  compare features

Forms Driven Business Process: Streamline forms-driven business processes with easy-to-use, intelligent, XML-based electronic forms that integrate smoothly with existing systems. This security-enhanced, client/server platform provides rapid-solution creation and deployment, centralizes form management and maintenance, and helps to extend business processes to customers, partners, and suppliers.  compare features

Portal: The portal components of Microsoft^® Office SharePoint Server 2007 include features that are especially useful for designing, deploying, and managing enterprise intranet portals, corporate Internet presence Websites, and divisional portal sites.  compare features

Enterprise Content Management: WSS provides core document management functionality: major & minor versioning, check-in/out document locking, metadata, workflow, content type-based policies, auditing, & role-based-access controls at the document library, folder, and individual document levels. MOSS 2007 builds on these capabilities to deliver enhanced authoring, business document processing, Web content management and publishing, records and policy management, and support for multilingual publishing.  compare features

Business Intelligence: Every employee can share, control, and reuse business information in order to make better business decisions. The BI features of Office SharePoint Server 2007 provide Web and programmatic access to published Microsoft^® Office Excel spreadsheets, programmatic reuse of critical line-of-business data, and easy development of Web-based BI dashboards that can incorporate rich, data-bound key performance indicators (KPIs), Web Parts, and published spreadsheets.  compare features

Collaboration Features Viewing Options:  |   ALL FEATURES   |   DIFFERENTIATORS ONLY	WSS 3.0	MOSS 2007
	Standard	Standard	Enterprise
Real-time presence and communication The enhanced real-time presence smart tag icon, displayed virtually everywhere a person’s name appears in the system, tells users whether a person is online and available for a telephone or audio conference call, instant messaging, or two-way video conversation.	included	included	included
Social Networking Web Part Include Social Networking Web Parts that use information about your organization, communities, and electronic communications in Public My Site pages to help establish connections between colleagues with common interests.	included	included
Standard site templates Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 includes the following standard collaboration site templates: Team site Document workspace Blank site Blog Wiki Meeting workspaces (five workspace types)	included	included	included
SharePoint Wikis A wiki is a new site template in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 that makes it easy to create, edit, link, and restore an individual Web page. Wikis can be used as creative forums to brainstorm ideas, manage knowledge bases, create designs as well as instruction guides or simply gather information in an easy-to-edit format. Wikis are easy to create, modify, and annotate in addition to tracking contributions and changes. Key features include: Fast and easy page creation Easy and automatic linking Version differences What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) Web page editing Wikis leverage existing SharePoint functionality including search, navigation, alerts, and custom fields.	included	included	included
Blog Authoring Blogs provide a publishing-oriented experience for a single user or a team. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 includes a site template that supports: Article posting Reader comments Archive views RSS feed generation	included	included	included
People and Groups Lists People and Groups offer a unified place to find, communicate with, and manage people and their permissions, including support for custom fields such as Department, "Office #" and Area of Focus; in addition to the new Person field type. The Person field type creates rich displays of lists of people including support for a People Picker for browsing a list of users. Member Group provides: Re-use of groups across sites Distribution list for the members of the site	included	included	included
Calendars Calendars have been enhanced with richer calendar views, expanded support for recurring events, and all-day events.	included	included	included
Email Integration Document libraries, discussion boards, calendars, and announcements can be enabled to receive new postings via email. In addition, extensible support is provided for custom email handlers in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Similar to the functionality provided by public folders in Microsoft® Exchange Server, email enabled discussion boards support: A highly scalable, topic-based architecture New "super rich-text" field type Unified experience for both email and Web-based discussions One-step creation of Active Directory directory service distribution lists as part of the site creation process Unified SharePoint group and Active Directory management functions	included	included	included
Task Coordination The new Project Tasks list template provides lightweight task management functionality including Gantt charts for visualization of task relationships and status.	included	included	included
Surveys Surveys now include conditional branching as well as support for inserting page breaks in long surveys such as annual employee satisfaction or and customer surveys.	included	included	included
Document collaboration Improvements to SharePoint document libraries include: Similar to the functionality provided by public folders in Microsoft® Exchange Server, email enabled discussion boards support: Checking out documents locally Offline document library support in Microsoft® Office Outlook 2007 Major and minor version numbering and tracking Support for multiple content types Policy, auditing, and workflow Tree view support	included	included	included
Issue tracking The Issue Tracking list template has been updated to use the enhanced versioning and version-history storage features of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.	included	included	included

Enterprise Portal Features Viewing Options:  |   ALL FEATURES   |   DIFFERENTIATORS ONLY	WSS 3.0	MOSS 2007
	Standard	Standard	Enterprise
Mobile device support All SharePoint portal, team site, and list pages now render easily on SmartPhones such as the Palm® Pre, Apple® iPhone 3G and BlackBerry® Storm. The App Store from Apple even features a full-featured SharePoint Integration Application.	included	included	included
Microsoft® Office Integration Hosted SharePoint easily integrates with smart client tools through a set of Web services and documented application interfaces. Early adoption is critical for a SharePoint deployment, and users can easily use these new tools because of their familiarity with Microsoft® Office.	included	included	included
Microsoft® Outlook Integration With Microsoft® Office Outlook 2007, users can view and share calendars and contact lists stored on SharePoint sites. SharePoint sites can also create and manage the process for editing and organizing documents & meetings. Learn more about Hosted Exchange	included	included	included
SharePoint Designer 2007 Integration Microsoft® Office SharePoint Designer 2007, based in part on Microsoft’s FrontPage technology, provides tools for powerful yet simple customization of SharePoint sites, reporting tools and application templates, with no web development or coding experience required. Sign up today and get this software FREE!	included	included	included
My Site personal site The My Site personal site gives users an opportunity to aggregate information "for me," "by me," and "about me." Significant enhancements include social networking, privacy controls, SharePoint Sites and Documents Aggregation Web Parts, and Colleagues and Memberships Web Parts.	included	included
Content syndication Use RSS feeds to syndicate content managed in a portal site.	included	included
Privacy and security Use authorizations to control visibility of information in a My Site public view.	included	included
Site Directory The Site Directory automatically creates a site map and presents it in an easy-to-use format. The enhanced directory now includes the option to scan for changed or deleted links to external content.	included	included
User Profiles and the Profile Store User Profiles store personal information for system users. Improvements include multi-valued properties bound to taxonomy from Office SharePoint Server 2007, property-level security controls by person or group, open and closed vocabularies, and per-site property extensions. Profile synchronization and directory import support the extended capabilities of the User Profile Store with enhanced scalability and performance.	included	included
Audience targeting Enables use of Web Part pages, Web Parts, and content to target distribution lists and groups in addition to SharePoint audiences.	included	included
Site Manager Manage a SharePoint site's navigation, security access, and general look and feel using this easy drag-and-drop tool. Site Manager unifies site management tasks for portals and Websites, including management of areas, pages, listings, SharePoint site lists, and associated component parts.	included	included
Portal site templates Preconfigured templates streamline creating, customization, and deployment of divisional portals, organization-wide intranet portal sites, and corporate Websites.	included	included
SharePoint Sites & Aggregation Web Parts List all the SharePoint sites that a user is part of and documents the user has authored. The Documents Aggregation Web Part also supports more general capabilities for querying and filtering the documents stored in a collection of SharePoint sites.	included	included
Colleagues and Memberships Web Parts List people the user knows and people who belong to common distribution groups.	included	included

Enterprise Search Features Viewing Options:  |   ALL FEATURES   |   DIFFERENTIATORS ONLY	WSS 3.0	MOSS 2007
	Standard	Standard	Enterprise
Simple, powerful user interface Simple, clean yet powerful user interface with industry-standard query syntax. Scopes are decoupled from content sources so users can easily broaden or narrow the scope of a content search. Search can be based on arbitrary content properties such as URL, type, and author. Actionable search results can be easily filtered and sorted; used and shared. Alerts and RSS feeds easily provide updated results for common and frequent queries.	included	included	included
Search results Search results are rendered more clearly. Results are security trimmed so users only see what they can access. Results include user-friendly features such as hit highlighting, duplicate collapsing, and synonym suggestion. Optional integration with real-time communications tools allow users to easily contact content authors and experts.	included	included	included
Enterprise content sources Searches over 200 file types in many enterprise content sources, including files shares, Websites, SharePoint sites, Exchange Public Folders, and Lotus Notes databases out-of-the-box with the ability to extend to additional third party repositories and file types through the use of Protocol Handlers and iFilters. Learn more about MOSS enterprise content	included	included
Relevance New and improved search algorithms tuned for enterprise content along with the use of relevance and ranking factors such as click distance, hyperlink anchor text, URL depth, and metadata extraction yield the best results for enterprise content management	included	included
Administration and management Improved administration user interfaces and admin application programming interface (API) provides broad support for various search and indexing scenarios, central controls for resource-intensive operations, as well as tools for management and reporting.	included	included
Indexing controls Granular indexing controls for easy inclusion and exclusion of searched content as well as immediate result removal of any site or item. Continuous index propagation to keep information fresh. Improved crawl rules and crawl log; multiple start addresses per content source; and a new browse able, filterable index log provide necessary information to optimize search. Learn more on MOSS enterprise search	included	included
Security When you upgrade to MOSS from WSS, administrator permissions are no longer required by the search crawler. MOSS features Access control lists (ACL) - which “trims” the search results based on content permissions for compliance, privacy, and protection of intellectual property (IP).	included	included
People search People search capabilities allow users to find people not only by department or job title but also by expertise, social distance, and common interests.	included	included
Business Data Catalog Search Search data residing in your line-of-business applications using the Business Data Catalog. Structured content sources, application data and reports that are accessible through Web services or ADO.NET can be indexed and retrieved through the BDC via MOSS as search results or injected into a SharePoint list. Learn more about Business Data Catalog Search	included

Content Management Features Viewing Options:  |   ALL FEATURES   |   DIFFERENTIATORS ONLY	WSS 3.0	MOSS 2007
	Standard	Standard	Enterprise
Document Information Panel Makes editing document properties an integral part of the Microsoft® Office system document-authoring experience.	included	included	included
Web 2.0 sites with consistent branding Provides the concept of Master Pages and Page layouts to enforce the branding and navigation of Websites. CSS supports gives pixel level control on the look and feel of these sites.	included	included	included
Enterprise site templates Includes support for several new enterprise site templates: The Enterprise Portal template provides a means for a business unit to create and share content that is relevant to the ongoing operation of an enterprise, division, or business unit. The Corporate Internet Presence Site template includes tools and workflows to create and manage Web content for products and service descriptions, company news, and public filings, among other things. The Application Portal template brings together all of the tools and information related to a particular line-of-business application. The Roll-up Portal template consolidates data and content from several applications or locations and presents it in an integrated format.	included	included	included
Business document workflow support Automate document review, approval, signature collection, and issue tracking using workflow applications. Approval Collect Feedback Collect Signatures Disposition Approval	included	included
Document management site templates The Managed Document Library site template defines large-scale document management sites. The Divisional Library site template includes managed document libraries, dashboards, KPIs, and other reporting tools. The Translation Library site template helps organizations manage multiple translations of a document.	included	included
Integration with Microsoft® Information Rights Management (IRM) Helps ensure that access rights applied to Microsoft® Office documents in a central library travel with the documents, even when they are downloaded from the library.	included	included
Document Action Bar Describes to users what business policy or workflow governs the current document and what action they are expected to take.	included	included
Retention and auditing policies Define customized information management policies to control retention period, expiration actions, and document-auditing settings.	included	included
Records repository Helps ensure the integrity of the files stored in the repository, and supports information management policies that consistently and uniformly enforce auditing, and expiration of records.	included	included
Email content as records Provides consistent, policy-based solutions for managing email content across Office Outlook 2007, Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007, and Office SharePoint Server 2007.	included	included
Legal holds Makes it possible for records to be searched and placed on hold during litigation discovery to override the retention schedule of the records.	included	included
Navigation controls Out-of-the box navigation controls that can be easily customized by end users.	included	included
Content authoring Provides the ability for information workers to create content rich Web pages using a Web browser.	included	included
Content publishing and deployment Built in approval workflow allows Web content to be sent for approval prior to publishing. Content deployment to production sites can be scheduled by setting up jobs and a "live" time period for each page can be specified within which that page is viewable.	included	included
Page layouts Page Layouts simplify content authoring and publishing - site administrators define a structure that guides authors through the publishing process; content contributors focus on doing their jobs rather than on the details of publishing and deployment. Flexible Page Layouts also allow designers to mix and match ASP.NET applications, Web Parts, and Authoring Templates in any configuration to create customized sites to meet specific business needs.	included	included
Site variations A new feature of Office SharePoint Server 2007, sites can be linked together in a parent-child type of relationship providing a one-way orchestration framework for Web content. This feature allow organizations to deploy multi-lingual publishing sites in a much more structured and manageable environment.	included	included
WYSIWYG Web content editor Extends the SharePoint user interface with additional commands and status indicators for in-context Web page authoring.	included	included
Slide libraries The repository features in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 provide the platform support for slide libraries, a feature of Office SharePoint Server 2007. Slide libraries enable the storage of individual slides in a SharePoint site. Office PowerPoint 2007 slide decks can be automatically created from a selection of slides in a slide library.	included	included
Policies, auditing and compliance Repositories in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 support the following policy, auditing, and compliance features. However, the features denoted with an asterisk are activated only upon the installation of Office SharePoint Server 2007. Document retention and expiration policies Highly customizable policies Workflow process to define expiration Access control and security IRM policies applied on download to secure the functional access to documents Tracking and auditing Logging of all actions on sites, content, and workflows Official document-of-record repositories Site for storing or archiving enterprise approved content types	included	included

Forms-Driven Business Processes Viewing Options:  |   ALL FEATURES   |   DIFFERENTIATORS ONLY	WSS 3.0	MOSS 2007
	Standard	Standard	Enterprise
Browser-based forms Microsoft® Office InfoPath 2007 Forms Services available in Office SharePoint Server 2007 make it possible to design and distribute Web-capable InfoPath forms on corporate intranets, extranets, or the Internet. Users can fill out forms in a browser or HTML-enabled mobile device like an iPhone 3G or BlackBerry with no download or client components needed.	included
Centralized forms management and control Microsoft® Office InfoPath 2007 Forms Services provide a SharePoint site administrator a controlled, centralized form solution catalog that makes it easy for users to find a form and minimize form solution downtime when upgrades are necessary. It also provides administrators with the tools to manage form solution security and accessibility. Learn more about InfoPath forms management	included
“Design once” development model Forms designers can design their forms once and deploy them for use both within the rich Office InfoPath 2007 client program and through a Web browser. Office Forms Server 2007 automatically converts the form into ASP.NET Web forms, with no additional work from the designer.	included
Form Import Wizard The designer in Office InfoPath 2007 provides an easy way to convert forms designed in Office Excel and Word into rich InfoPath 2007 forms. The Form Import Wizard handles the conversion of form fields, repeating tables, rich text boxes, and other elements, dynamically generating the underlying XML structure for the new form. Learn more about InfoPath forms services	included
Integrated deployment model for “no-code” forms The Publish Wizard in Office InfoPath 2007 makes it easy to publish forms that do not have any managed code components to a SharePoint library, while making the form available as a browser-based form at the same time. Learn more about InfoPath document deployment	included
Compatibility Checker The MOSS InfoPath Form compatibility checker helps forms designers validate those features that need to work across the broadest range of Web browsers.	included

Business Intelligence Features Viewing Options:  |   ALL FEATURES   |   DIFFERENTIATORS ONLY	WSS 3.0	MOSS 2007
	Standard	Standard	Enterprise
Integrated, flexible spreadsheet publishing Office Excel 2007 and MOSS provide an integrated publishing experience that lets information workers easily choose what they want to share with others and determine how others interact with published spreadsheets. Learn more about integrating Excel and MOSS	included
Share, manage, and control spreadsheets Share business data across an enterprise while maintaining control and helping to protect sensitive information. MOSS 2007 Provides access to spreadsheet data and analysis through server-calculated, interactive Office Excel spreadsheets from a Web browser. Use these spreadsheets to maintain and efficiently share one centralized version of the “truth” while helping to protect any sensitive or proprietary information embedded in documents, such as financial models, by limiting access to portions of the spreadsheet and auditing their usage.	included
Web-based business intelligence using Excel Services Excel Services empowers authors to share spreadsheets through a browser using the new MOSS business intelligence (BI) functionality. Fully interactive, data-bound spreadsheets can be created as part of a portal, dashboard, or business scorecard, without requiring any custom code or Web part development.	included
Data Connection Libraries Data Connection Libraries are centralized SharePoint document libraries that store Office Data Connections (ODC); ODCs describe connections to external data. Centralizing ODCs makes it easier to share, manage, and discover data connections that can be used by any Microsoft® Office program. Learn more about Data Connection Libraries	included
Business Data Catalog The Business Data Catalog (BDC) tightly integrates external data into the Office SharePoint Server 2007 user experience, providing access to external data residing within backed line-of-business applications, and enabling the display of and interaction with external data through a set of Business Data Web Parts. Learn more about BDCIntegration	included
Business Data Web Parts Use SharePoint Business Data Web Parts for viewing lists, entities, and related information retrieved through the Business Data Catalog.	included
Business Data Actions With no custom coding, easily create actions that open Web pages, display the user interfaces of line-of-business applications, launch InfoPath forms, and perform other common tasks. Use the convenient links that appear beside business objects returned from the Business Data Catalog.	included
Integrated B.I. Dashboards Create rich, interactive BI dashboards that assemble and display business information from disparate sources by using built-in Web parts such as dynamic KPIs, Excel spreadsheets, Microsoft® SQL Server Reporting Services reports, or a collection of business data connectivity Web Parts that can visualize information residing in back end line-of-business applications.	included
Report Center An out-of-the-box site optimized for report access and management, including a report library, data connection library, and a dashboard template. These sites, hosted by the new Report Center, provide consistent management of reports, spreadsheets, and data connections.	included
Key performance indicators KPIs communicate goals and status to drive results. Using the KPI Web part, a MOSS user can create a KPI list within a Web part page, without writing custom code. The KPI Web part can display KPIs from Hosted Microsoft® SQL Server Analysis Services, spreadsheets, SharePoint lists, or manually entered data.	included
Filter Web Parts Filters enable dashboards to be personalized by communicating shared parameters among Web Parts on a dashboard. The parameters passed can be automatically applied based on user profiles, SharePoint lists, the BDC, manually entered information, and so forth.	included