SharePoint 2007 vs SharePoint 2010

Feature Name / Area

Sharepoint Server 2007

Sharepoint Server 2010

Office Integration

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Line-Of-Business Integration

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• Read/Write Capabilities

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Enterprise Management Operations

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• Management Tools And Reporting

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• Web Analytics

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Mobile Connectivity

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• Full-Fidelity Viewing

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• Editing To Mobile

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Office Interaction

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• Read/Write Capabilities

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Robust User Experience

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• Contextual Ribbon

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• Microsoft Silverlight

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Office Web Applications

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Tagging

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Audience Targeting

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Feature Name / Area

Sharepoint
Server 2007

Sharepoint
Server 2010

My Site: People Profile & Personal Site

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Photos And Presence

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Status Updates

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Ask Me About

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Note Board

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Recent Activities

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Organization Browser

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Add Colleagues

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Social Bookmarks

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Tags

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Tag Clouds

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Tag Profiles

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My Network

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Blogs

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Wikis

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Enterprise Wikis

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Ratings

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Colleague Suggestions

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Keyword Suggestions

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Feature Name / Area

Sharepoint
Server 2007

Sharepoint
Server 2010

Compliance Everywhere

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Flexible Records Management

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Shared Content Types And Managed Metadata Service

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Content Organizer

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Rich Media Management

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Document Sets

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Word Automation Services

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Support For Accessibility
Standards

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Feature Name / Area

Sharepoint
Server 2007

Sharepoint
Server 2010

People And Expertise Search

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Search From Windows 7 And Windows Mobile

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Common Connector Framework For Indexing And Federation

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Scale And Performance Via Improved Topology Architecture

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Ability To Build Search-Powered Applications

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Refinement Panel And Sorting

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Search In Context

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Social Behavior Improves Relevance

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Thumbnails, Previews, And View In Browser

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Feature Name / Area

Sharepoint
Server 2007

Sharepoint
Server 2010

KPI Details

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Dashboard Designer

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Enhanced Navigation, Including Filtering And Sorting (Top/Bottom 10, Switchable Measures)

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Publish More Workbooks

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Javascript Object Model

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Powershell Scripting

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Richer Fidelity With Excel Workbooks

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Support For Analytical Services Formatting

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Additional Data Sources, Including External Lists And “PowerPivot” Workbooks

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Improved Strategy Map Connection And Formatting

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Seamless Management Of Dashboard Content

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Integrated Filter Framework

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Calculated KPIs

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Improved Visualizations

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Chart Web Parts

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Business Intelligence Center

(Report Center)

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Feature Name / Area

Sharepoint
Server 2007

Sharepoint
Server 2010

Browser-Based Customizations

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Business Connectivity Services

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Sharepoint Designer

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Human Workflows

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Forms Services

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Visio Services

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Access Services

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Sandboxed Solutions

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Feature Name/Area

Description

SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2007

Coauthor
Documents and Presentations

Share
ideas with other people simultaneously and see what areas of a document have
changed.

With
coauthoring, work together in Microsoft Office Word 2010 and Microsoft Office
PowerPoint 2010, and see others’ changes tracked in documents hosted in
SharePoint 2010.

Simultaneously
Edit Spreadsheets and Notebooks

Work
together on content using a Web browser

Work
together in Microsoft Office Excel 2010 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2010 Web
applications simultaneously and see others’ changes in real time.

Highlight
Changes in Shared Notebooks

Enable
multiple people to add to and change the same shared notebook. Author names
appear in near real time as changes are made.

Shared
OneNote 2010 notebooks provide a clear trail of what other authors have
changed since the last user opened the notebook.

Broadcast
Slide Shows in PowerPoint

Share
a PowerPoint presentation over the Web for remote or networked viewers.

Audiences
do not need to have PowerPoint 2010 installed; they can see the presentation
in high fidelity in a Web browser.

Save
Documents and Presentations Directly to SharePoint

Automatically
discover SharePoint document libraries to make saving content easier and more
intuitive.

People
can save Office 2010 documents directly to the SharePoint 2010 document
library from Office Backstage view.

PowerPivot

PowerPivot
for Excel 2010 provides streamlined integration and Web-based analysis in
SharePoint. Use data from multiple sources and manipulate large data sets
that have up to hundreds of millions of rows.

Publish
and share analysis with less effort and enable others to enjoy the same Data
Slicers and fast-query capabilities, even when working in Excel Services
reports.

Publish
and Share Information Through Excel Services

Share
analysis and results across the organization by publishing Excel 2010 spreadsheets
to the Web or other SharePoint sites (intranet, extranet).

Use
Backstage view in Excel 2010 to selectively publish selective parts of a
worksheet, hide formulas, and stage data to SharePoint 2010.

Use
Backstage view in Excel 2010 to selectively publish parts of a worksheet to
SharePoint 2007.

Microsoft
Office Access Design for the Web

Microsoft
Office Access 2010 applications developed in Design for Web mode can be designed
and edited for publishing to SharePoint, so people can share, collect, and
report on data.

Use
Access 2010 to publish data, forms, logic/macros, and reports with nearly the
same look and feel in the browser as in Access 2010 on a PC.

Automate
Metadata Capture

Provide
better, automated metadata capture in SharePoint to make information more
findable, perceptible, discoverable, navigable, manageable, and re-usable.

Use
Word 2010 to provide better and more automated metadata capture from
Backstage view, including document information either added automatically or
typed quickly in AutoComplete fields.

Word
2010 provides automated metadata capture from Backstage view, including
document information added automatically.

Use
Office Backstage View

Seamlessly
connect Office 2010 applications with SharePoint to provide workflow
integration, the ability to enter metadata, and social context.

By
using Office Backstage view in Office 2010 applications, people can enter
metadata, interact with workflows, access authors’ profiles, view recent
content the author has created in SharePoint 2010, and more.

By
using Office Backstage view in Office 2010 applications, people can enter
metadata and interact with workflows

Access
SharePoint Templates

Access
Office 2010 document templates stored in SharePoint more quickly and easily.

People
can access document templates stored in SharePoint 2010 via the New Document wizard in Office 2010
applications.

Apply
PowerPoint Themes to SharePoint

Make
customization of SharePoint sites more flexible by using themes used in
PowerPoint 2010 presentations.

People
can apply themes to SharePoint 2010 sites by using the same themes as in
PowerPoint 2010.

Use
Reusable Workflows

Support
workflows to be used multiple times and provide workflow templates for later
use in SharePoint.

SharePoint
Designer 2010 supports reusable workflows and workflows attached to content
types.

Visualize
Workflow

Allow
a workflow designer to see the steps in a SharePoint workflow in a visual
format.

Workflows
developed as drawings and exported from Office Visio 2010 can be imported
into SharePoint Designer 2010 for modification and deployment.

Use
Forms-Based Applications

Forms-based
applications connect with back-end data and include workflow, reporting,
custom Web pages, and other components.

Integrate
InfoPath 2010 forms with back-end data by using external lists in SharePoint
2010, and include custom sandboxed solution code.

Provide
the Office Ribbon for InfoPath Forms Web Services

Provide
the Fluent Office Ribbon interface for Web-enabled forms so people can easily
find, access, and use the features they want when designing Web-enabled
forms.

When
used with SharePoint 2010, InfoPath Forms Services provides Web-enabled forms
with their commands in a Ribbon interface.

View
and Edit Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, and Notebooks in the Browser

Allow
editing, even if applications are not loaded on a PC.

View
and make light edits to documents through Office Web applications in a
browser. Document formatting and content are maintained when changes are made
in the browser and Web applications can be hosted on the premises running in
SharePoint.

Mobile
Access Enhancements

View
and edit documents from a mobile device even when on the go.

View
Office 2010 documents from virtually anywhere by using Web applications,
without losing fidelity, and make changes with limited editing capabilities.

Work
Offline with an Improved Experience in Microsoft Office Access

Edit
Office Access 2010 forms, reports, queries, and macros offline and
synchronize changes in SharePoint when reconnected to the network.

Data
in SharePoint 2010 list is cached in the Access 2010 by default.

Collaborate
Offline and Online

Work
offline with SharePoint contents and when reconnected to the network, changes
are synchronized.

Work
offline in SharePoint 2010 document libraries and lists through SharePoint
Workspace 2010.

Fill
In Forms Offline

SharePoint
list forms are synchronized so people can work offline.

SharePoint
2010 list items open in an InfoPath 2010 form that is hosted in SharePoint
for edit in display mode.

Extend
the Reach of Forms

Fill
in InfoPath 2010 forms in a Web browser, while online or offline, and from a
mobile device.

The
InfoPath 2010 forms solution offers embedded solutions that use InfoPath
controls that can be hosted.

Publish
Access Databases to the Web

Securely
publish database applications to the Web so IT managers can meet data
compliance, backup, and audit requirements.

While
publishing data, Access 2010 checks for incompatible objects and builds a
report of any runtime differences between the client and server.

Use
Business Data Applications

Design
forms for SharePoint that create, read, update, and delete business data from
a back-end system.

Business
data applications start with an external list in SharePoint 2010 and use
InfoPath Designer 2010 to create custom forms on top of the list.

Offline
and Online LOB Integration

Take
LOB data offline and synchronize changes automatically when back online.

Synchronize
LOB data in both directions between SharePoint Workspace 2010 and enterprise
line-of-business systems by bringing LOB data into SharePoint 2010 Sites and
then taking it offline via SharePoint Workspace 2010.

Enhance
Information Security and Integrity with Digital Signatures

Help
ensure the integrity of information contained in forms with the controls
necessary to enable single, co-sign, and counter-sign scenarios for the full
form or portions of the form.

InfoPath
2010 and SharePoint 2010 support CNG digitally signed content.

Manage
Forms More Easily

More
easily manage form versions, updates, and upgrades in SharePoint to ensure
that team members are working in the correct version of a form.

Automate
template version management with SharePoint 2010 and InfoPath 2010 to provide
an improved process for checking for template updates.

Use
Line of Business data in applications

Provide
a SharePoint-based framework for creating Office Business Applications.

Business
Connectivity Services (BCS) provides the read/write capability to connect
SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft Office client applications to external data
sources (such as SQL, Oracle, SAP, CRM, Siebel, Web services, and custom
applications).

Use
Business Data Catalog within SharePoint to provide read access and surface
line of business information in Office client applications

Business
Connectivity Services: Use Data as Document Properties

Insert
LOB data as document properties to make critical information more findable,
perceptible, and re-usable in SharePoint.

Expose
BCS data as Word 2010 document properties and insert it into documents.

Package
and More Easily Move SharePoint Applications

Move
InfoPath applications more easily from site to site and server to server.

Package
InfoPath 2010 applications more quickly and easily packaged by using Windows
SharePoint Services solutions (.wsp) and SharePoint site template (.stp) file
formats.

IT Pro Productivity

SharePoint Best Practices Analyzer

Backup And Restore Configuration Data

Site Collection Migration

Content Recovery Down To The Site And List Level

Content Restore Of Site Or List

Windows PowerShell™ Snap-Ins And Commands

Managed Accounts

Correlation IDs

Scalable Unified Infrastructure

Shared Service Applications

Hosting And Multi-Tenancy Architecture With Site Subscriptions

Claims-Based Authentication

Profile Synchronization

High Availability Automatic Failover

Content Type Syndication

Sandbox Solutions

List Throttling

Remote Blog Storage

Flexible Deployment

Prerequisite Installer

Visual Upgrade

Configuration Wizards

Scriptable Deployment

On-Premise Or Online

Diagnostics

Unified Logging Service (ULS)

Usage Database

Developer Dashboard

Reliability and Monitoring

SharePoint Maintenance Engine (SPME) Rules

System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Monitoring

Reporting

Out of the Box Usage Reports

SCOM Reports