Microsoft Office SharePoint
Server 2007 | SharePoint Server 2010 |
| Office client required to view and edit documents uploaded to document libraries (Download and open) | Office Web Application enables Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio documents, using Silverlight or HTML with JavaScript (Depending on Browser Support) |
| No Co-Authoring Capability | Co-Authoring Capabilities available for Word, PowerPoint (with client software) and Excel (Available over the web) |
| Lot of post backs | Fewer post backs for default actions – more Ajax usage |
| No inherent support of Ajax or Silverlight | Fully supported |
| Static themes. You just pick a theme and its applied across the site, no preview | You can select a theme , customize it and preview before applying it on the site |
| No bookmarking, tagging or rating capability | Its all there  |
| Content Types scoped to site collections | New concept of having a Content Type hub which can be shared across web applications |
| Media files would have to be downloaded before playing | Progress download feature available (not streaming) |
| BDC used to store info in SharePoint | BCS reads data real-time (with some caching for performance) |
| 5 million item limit in document library | 10 million |
| Views are CAML driven | Views XSLT based |
| To query a list we had to use CAML | Queries via LINQ, JavaScript and Silverlight API’s |
| No restriction for installation | Ability to prevent people from installing SharePoint (Managed at the AD level) |
| Shared Services scoped to Farm | Shared Services architecture changed to make it more flexible and ability to share across farm |
| Profile synch could be done by anyone | Additional permission check for account to carry out profile synch |
| Basic web Analytics | Web analytics capability enhanced |
| Search results are static | Clicking on a search result affects the search results for the other searches for the same keyword |
| To limit issues with rogue code that could bring down the server, CAS had to be defined /maintained for different applications. This was not easy to do and Admins used to say – no code allowed | Sandbox available that restricts the scope of code. Deployment is also easy, the code just needs to be uploaded by the site admin, no need for intervention from the SharePoint farm admin to run scripts on the server |
| People with contribute access could upload .aspx pages in a document library. It was possible to restrict, however it would restrict everyone from uploading .aspx pages | People with contribute access cannot load .aspx pages |
| Contributors could edit tool pane parameters | Not editable by contributors |
| Explorer view on browser | Opens up Windows explorer with web dav access |
| Simplistic Mobile Page OOTB | Able to create richer mobile pages using OOTB features |
| Usage of outlook for offline access | SharePoint Workspace used for offline access – more capability eg. ability to synch up lists (even external content from BCS) |
| Not possible to have a common document ID that is associated with a document regardless of which document library it moves into | Document ID can be defined and associated to the document regardless of where it is located(within the site collection) |
| To upload a document or page, one needs to go to that appropriate site/subsite and library and upload | Content organizer moves document to appropriate libraries based on metadata rules which can be defined |
| When a file with a same name is uploaded, it creates a new version | Option to have another version or append a unique ID to the document being uploaded |
| Fixed layout with defined web part zones where web parts can be placed | More “Fluid” UI; ability to place web parts without having web part zones |
| Retention policy allows only delete or invoke workflow by default | Multiple other options – eg send to another library etc |
| EBS – to store docs out side SharePoint, possible but not easy to configure | RBS - managed by SQL |
| Requires Server OS to install(32 or 64) | Can be installed on Win 7 (64 bit) and Win 2008 (64 bit) |
| No field validations | Field validations available |
| Workflows created in SPD or VS.Net – not possible to move a workflow developed in SPD to VS.Net | Workflows can be defined in Visio, Imported to SPD with rules added and then moved to VS.Net |
| Table based layouts | Div Based layouts (better for accessability) |
