I have been tasked with coming up with a compatibility guide for SharePoint 2007 comparing Office 2003 and Office 2007. Does anyone know where to find such a list?
I have been searching for awhile but I cannot seem to find a comprehensive list.
Thanks :)
There is an entire MS white paper on Office integration with SharePoint:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/d/c/5dcfc15a-c31e-4a14-93cf-b44bce3e447e/Microsoft%20Office%20and%20SharePoint%20Integration%20White%20Paper.doc
This post might be helpful: http://www.sharepointusecases.com/index.php/2008/08/office-2003-and-sharepoint-2007-comparision
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The interviewer has asked me this question. Can anyone please let me know what is basically moss ? Why we should use moss ? When one should use moss over sharepoint 2010 ? Apart from some more and less features what are the differences between them ?
MOSS = Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. So MOSS 2007 is SharePoint 2007. Differences can be found in the usual places.
I have a couple of Excel Add ins. If I move to Office 365, will these add ins be available ? Is there any development support(VSTO) for Office 365 ?
I to have been curious about the answer to this, so went looking online. From the following site, I'd say the answer is no. It looks like developing for Office 365 is more along the lines of SharePoint development.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/donovanf/archive/2011/06/29/office-365-developer-guidance-and-resources.aspx
I have seen advertisements online for products such as this... http://www.ocxt.com/products that look like they could provide a possible solution for taking a vsto application to the web.
I think things have moved on substantially since this question was asked. Microsoft seem to be fully committed to the Add-in approach with Office 2013 and the equivalent VSTO tooling available in VS2012.
The Office Dev Center home page has Office 2013 and VSTO Add-ins written all over it.
This MSDN Blog Post also clearly shows Add-ins are still part of the strategy.
Until the full capabilities of Desktop MS Office are available in a browser, I can't see this situation changing.
If you mean Office 365 installed on client PC then there is no issue with VSTO Add-ins. Our Chem4Word Add-in is using Office 2010 VSTO and happily works with 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, O365.
If you mean Office 365 on-line then you have to redesign them using the Office 365 Javascript API
Kindly provide all free Utilities/libraries details here so that we can make a one stop shop for users to find free utilities
Mine contribution
mixed authentication
SharePoint AJAX Toolkit for SharePoint 2010
Microsoft Patterns & Practices - SharePoint Guidance
SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2010 Service Manager - Easily turn SharePoint services on/off on your dev box.
SharePoint Manager : A visual representation of the SharePoint object model that lets you interact with lists, webs, etc.
U2U CAML Query Builder for SharePoint 2003 and SharePoint 2007. Its a worth have for SharePoint geeks anyway!
All the tools and functionalities that are available within the essential CKS:DEV Visual Studio 2010 extension http://cksdev.codeplex.com/ are absolutely essential for anyone developing any code related solutions in SharePoint 2010.
I'm also a big fan of the Starter Master Pages http://startermasterpages.codeplex.com/ which helped me a lot when I had to create my first 2010 project.
For rapid virtual environment creation, I do like the scripts available within the Auto SharePoint Installer http://autospinstaller.codeplex.com/
Finally, don't forget that SharePoint Designer 2010 is free like it's little brother, and unlike the awful mess that was the previous edition, this new release is much more stable and less clumsy (It's still not something I would easily recommand but it helps to get some things done when you know what you are doing).
I want to obtain some work experience information about sharepoint server.Shall I install trail version of Sharepoint on my machine ?If trail version is allowed ,where is the point do i really need to start?
SharePoint 2007 requires Windows Server, but SharePoint 2010 can be installed on Windows Vista and 7.
In my opinion, these 2 books are excellent as starting point:
Inside WSS
Inside MOSS
You can use the free version of Sharepoint. This is Windows SharePoint Services 2007 or SharePoint Foundation 2010. If you are new to SharePoint then you would be better off using the new 2010 version. This is still in beta but should be released really soon.
As pointed out by Timores, you can install this on Win 7 or Vista but if you plan to do development for customers then you should use a server platform like 2008 R2.
Assuming you are a complete newbie to SharePoint, you should spend quite a lot of time learning the platform and architecture. There are many great books and web sites you can refer to.
After that, the sky is the limit. It really depends what you want to do with the platform.
MOSS 2007 / SharePoint Enterprise 2010 is a very large, very complex beast. If you feel happy/bored with WSS/Foundation then give the full product a try.
For me, it's taken 2 years to feel confident with SharePoint development. I fought the beast for a year but now we have arrived at a comfortable standoff. :)
The Excel Services and Excel Web Access ship with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
I'm wondering if Excel Services or any component of that technology could be used without running a Sharepoint Server.
Thanks in advance!
- phi
These are only availble through SharePoint 2007 and don't exist as a standalone products. Microsoft is heavily pushing MOSS as the platform for most products they deliver online so I'd be very surprised to see any of these ship independantly.
SpreadsheetGear for .NET will do many of the things Excel Services does and also includes some functionality which you cannot get with Excel Services. SpreadsheetGear 2009 works with ASP.NET 2.0+. You can see some ASP.NET samples here and download the free trial here.
Disclaimer: I own SpreadsheetGear LLC
You didn't mention any feature in specific but some of the functionality available in Excel Services is now available through SkyDrive.
The Excel Calculation Service protocol is also documented here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh633051(v=office.12).aspx in case you want to write your own protocol client.