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A prospective DesignMind client in San Francisco is making modest use of SharePoint 2003, and is considering a move to MOSS 2007.  The reasoning is good. They can do an incremental rollout, and gain immediate value from SharePoint’s ability to index documents, including PDFs.

In preparation for the meeting, I had to refresh my memory in two very important areas.  First, I needed a Comparison of the features of SharePoint 2003 with those of MOSS 2007. 

The second major question to answer was which features are included in each version of SharePoint?  

Here’s another useful site Comparing WSS and MOSS. 

The last gem I uncovered was an excellent PowerPoint file covering the Functionality in MOSS 2007 and Office 2007.  This is a great resource for those thinking about leveraging the integration Microsoft has delivered in these two major toolsets.  It will help us make the right recommendations to our clients when it comes to purchasing Standard vs. Enterprise Client Access Licenses. 

No doubt there’s a ton of information to sift through on MOSS.  Next I’ll look forward to reviewing the comparisons between MOSS 2007 and SharePoint 2010.  I must say I’m pleased that Microsoft is making our lives easier by by shifting back to the name SharePoint rather than MOSS…read my June 3rd Ginneblog post for more on the rollout of SharePoint 2010.

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I wish I were attending the SharePoint Summit conference in Montreal this week. We use it at DesignMind. It really enhances our collaboration and content management processes. It’s no wonder that Forbes Magazine calls SharePoint the “Ultimate Business Timesaver”.

According to InfoWorld, MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) 2007 is the fastest growing product in Microsoft’s history and has “as many uses as a Swiss Army knife”. Its six focus areas are collaboration, portal, search, ECM (enterprise content management), business process management, and business intelligence.

Ford Motor uses SharePoint for its dealer portal, and the Marines have deployed collaborative applications to aid their efforts in Iraq. In Scotland, the entire K-12 education community is connected via SharePoint.

The great thing about SharePoint is that it offers a single environment for all your information and collaboration tasks and it’s easy to learn, use, and personalize. It has a single platform and well-integrated set of technologies to manage and lower user support requirements. Can you tell I’m a big fan?

I’m also a fan of Formula One racing, so the following bit of news made me particularly happy. If you like fast cars check out the new Ferrari.com site which was built with MOSS 2007.

Ferrari F430

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