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Friday, August 24, 2012

SharePoint Server 2007 Trial Download

SharePoint Server 2007 is built on top of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, it is a licensed version and has a set of add-on features. If can installed on any server which runs Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008.

SharePoint Server 2007 Trial can be downloaded from the following location

SharePoint 2007 Standard vs Enterprise Edition

SharePoint 2007 is available in 2 Editions

Standard Edition
Enterprise Edition

The Standard edition contains all the basic features, the Enterprise editions provides the following additional Features.

Excel Services
Report Center
Business Data Catalog
Forms Services (InfoPath Forms)

The following page from Microsoft provides a detailed chart on the features in the Standard and Enterprise editions of SharePoint 2007.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc678862(v=office.12).aspx#BKMK_Enterprise

The following Product Comparison spreadsheet from Microsoft provides a detailed matrix of the feature comparison between the Standard and Enterprise editions of SharePoint 2007

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/d/c/1dc632e8-71e1-466f-8a2f-c940f1438e0a/SharePointProductsComparison.xls

SharePoint 2007 vs. SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 is the next version of SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010 introduces a list of new features like Access Services, Visio Services, Business Connectivity Services. It also provides enhancements to a lot of existing features like Excel Services, Record Management etc

There is a basic Hardware requirement change between SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2007 can run on a 32-bit machine, but SharePoint 2010 requires a 64-machine and an Operating System which supports 64-bit processing, even the SQL Server needs to support 64-bit, So if you are moving from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010, you should also plan to Change/Upgrade your Hardware and Operating Systems.

The following sites provide a detailed chart of the Differences between SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010

http://www.rharbridge.com/?page_id=103
http://www.khamis.net/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=4

WSS 3.0 vs MOSS 2007

WSS 3.0 is free and can be downloaded and installed on any server which runs Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008. It has the basic features like Site, Lists, Document Libraries, Wikis, Blogs etc. WSS 3.0 can be used for learning and for small business setups.

SharePoint Server 2007 (or) MOSS 2007 is a licensed version and has a set of add-on features. If can installed on any server which runs Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008.

MOSS 2007 has all the features of WSS 3.0, in addition it has enhanced features which would be required for Medium to Large businesses.

The following sites provide a detailed chart of the Differences between WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007

http://www.milesconsultingcorp.com/SharePoint-Portal-2007-Version-Comparison-between-MOSS2007-and-WSS3.aspx

http://www.sharepointprovider.com/moss-hosting/compare-wss-moss.asp

The following Product Comparison spreadsheet from Microsoft provides a detailed matrix of the feature comparison between WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/d/c/1dc632e8-71e1-466f-8a2f-c940f1438e0a/SharePointProductsComparison.xls

SharePoint Server 2007

SharePoint Server 2007 is built on top of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, it is a licensed version and has a set of add-on features. If can installed on any server which runs Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008.

MOSS 2007 has all of the features which are part of WSS 3.0, in addition it offers the following features.

BI Dashboards
Excel Services
My Sites
People Search
Document Management Site Templates
Records Repository
Data Connection Libraries
Business Data Catalog
Report Center
Key Performance Indicators
Filter Web Parts
Forms Services to Publish InfoPath forms

To Know more about the features of SharePoint 2007 refer the posts.
SharePoint Collaboration
SharePoint Portals
SharePoint Search
SharePoint Enterprise Content Management
SharePoint Business Process Management
SharePoint Business Intelligence