Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 helps your organization get more done by providing a platform for sharing information and working together in teams, communities and people-driven processes.
The following table outlines and compares the collaboration features included in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and MOSS 2007. (Source: Microsoft)
KEY :
= Feature Included
= Improved in 2007
= New in Office SharePoint Server 2007
Collaboration Features
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise CAL
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.
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.
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)
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.
Blogs
Blogs provide a publishing-oriented experience for a single user or a team.
People and Groups lists
People and Groups offer a unified place to find, communicate with, and manage people and their permissions.
Calendars
Calendars have been enhanced with richer calendar views, expanded support for recurring events, and all-day events.
E-mail integration
Document libraries, discussion boards, calendars, and announcements can be enabled to receive new postings via e-mail.
Task coordination
The new Project Tasks list template provides lightweight task management functionality including Gantt charts for visualization of task relationships and status.
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.
Document collaboration
Improvements to SharePoint document libraries include: 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.
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.
Salient Features
A robust application that lets you manage your content and
documentation processes effectively.
Set up sites and collaborative work spaces to create and share
documents.
Offer enterprise-class management tools to manage and secure work spaces.
Restricted access to critical
documents that protects data integrity.
Store and retrieve documents and go paperless and reduce your printing and shipping costs.