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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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
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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. |
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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. |
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