Functional comparison between Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 October 14 th, 2009, Lexington Microsoft Users Group By Andre Galitsky

About Me 10 years in IT, 4 years with SharePoint Currently working at L-3 Communications in BGS B.S. in IT from Univ. of Phoenix (2005) MBA from Univ. of Minnesota (2009) MCTS in Configuring & administering MOSS 2007 Enjoy running, travelling, blogging, and gardening Married with 5 kids (soon to be 6) Blog:

The SharePoint Wheel

SharePoint system architecture diagram

MS Office Online comparison tool

The feature comparison workbook

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS 3.0) Main Features Source: WSS 3.0 Features guide What do you get out of the box (OOB)? Rapid provisioning of team web sites Active Directory integration for authentication and security Functionality to create document libraries, task lists, team calendars, custom lists, contact lists, and surveys Tight integration with MS Office, including Excel, Outlook, and InfoPath Support for wikis and blogs Document check-in/check-out and versioning Information recovery (two-level recycle bin) 1 workflow (three-state) Search capability (see next slide)

WSS 3.0 Search capability Finds information of any type, stored in the current site, or a subsite. Provides free-text searching in documents, files, and all list content.

Search Server 2008 Express

Installing WSS 3.0 Install WSS 3.0 binaries Run Configuration wizard The wizard will provision the Central Administration site and create configuration database When finished, configure your SP environment using Central Administration site

Basic Install screen

Don’t do Basic install

Basic Install Issues 1. Lack of manageability 2. Authentication issues (half-baked Kerberos) 3. Service accounts – there are none 4. Moving from a single server to a farm is a nightmare 5. SQL Express limitations: 1 CPU, 1 GB of RAM max, 4GB storage limit

Document Library

Task list

Calendar

Other Lists Announcements Surveys Link lists Contacts Custom list – create your own fields!

Datasheet View – it’s just like Excel!

WSS 3.0 Technical Specs Supports stand-alone or farm installation Requires Windows Server 2003 or GHz CPU (3 GHZ recommended) 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended) Requires IIS 6.0 (with SMTP for functionality).NET Framework 3.0 ASP.NET 2.0 enabled SQL Server 2000 SP4 (SQL 2005 SP2 recommended)

WSS 3.0 Hardware requirements Source:

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007) Main Features All WSS 3.0 features Similar basic hardware and software requirements Business data catalog (BDC) User Profiles (Personalization services) My Sites Templates 7 workflows (Approval, Signature, Collect Feedback, etc.) InfoPath services (web-based Infopath forms) RSS feeds, enterprise search

MOSS 2007 Search portal

MOSS 2007 vs. WSS 3.0

Takeaways The “Free SharePoint” version (WSS 3.0) offers a lot of OOB functionality: rapid site provisioning, AD integration, MS Office integration, versioning support MOSS 2007 offers all of WSS functionality plus additional templates, user profiles (My Sites), Business Data Catalog (BDC), robust enterprise search, BI, RSS feeds Both products can be customized and extended using SharePoint Designer (free program), PowerShell, or Visual Studio (.NET dev)

Next steps Study MS resources: For end users- MS Office Online SharePoint site: For IT Pros- SharePoint Server on TechNet: SharePoint Community Portal: Set-up test VMs using both WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Avoid “shiny object syndrome” Avoid “Basic Install”

Questions?