| Feature Title |
Microsoft Source |
Category |
URL to source |
| Event handlers cover more events, and they can be synchronous |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
Applications and Development |
Blog |
| Support for 3 kinds of Web Parts |
Maurice Prather |
Applications and Development |
Blog |
| 100 percent use of ASP.NET framework |
Jonathan Kauffman |
Applications and Development |
Blog |
| Further growth of WSS as a development platform |
Mike Ammerlaan |
Applications and Development |
Slide Show |
| Tools and APIs for integrating data in multiple ways |
Jonah Burke |
Applications and Development |
Slide Show |
| Out-of-the-box facilities for blogs, with comments |
Mike Morton |
Collaboration Features |
Video |
| 'Richer' calendars, surveys, discussions and email integration |
Jeff Teper |
Collaboration Features |
Dev Team Blog |
| Offline capabilities using Outlook and Groove |
Jeff Teper |
Collaboration Features |
Dev Team Blog |
| Enhanced email alerts, more informative, with filters |
Mike Morton |
Collaboration Features |
Slide Show |
| Facility to submit postings to WSS discussion boards via email |
Mike Morton |
Collaboration Features |
Video |
| Out-of-the-box facilities for wikis (easily-edited knowledge-sharing pages) |
Mike Morton |
Collaboration Features |
Video |
| Recycle bin for deleted items |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
Content and Document Management |
Blog |
| Library/list content types will control metadata, views, workflows and events |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
Content and Document Management |
Blog |
| Automated migration of CMS sites to the new SharePoint-based architecture |
Gerhard Schobbe |
Content and Document Management |
Dev Team Blog |
| New version of CMS will be built natively on WSS architecture |
Gerhard Schobbe |
Content and Document Management |
Dev Team Blog |
| Facilities to make it easier to build/manage sophisticated internet/intranet sites |
Jeff Teper |
Content and Document Management |
Dev Team Blog |
| Integrated facilities for document, records and content management |
Jeff Teper |
Content and Document Management |
Dev Team Blog |
| Support for easy file format conversion within libraries |
Arpan Shah |
Content and Document Management |
Blog |
| FrontPage-based Template Designer for content management |
Arpan Shah |
Content and Document Management |
Blog |
| Scheduled deployment of content via integrated CMS features |
Arpan Shah |
Content and Document Management |
Blog |
| Content deployment to production by site collection, updates only |
Ryan Stocker |
Content and Document Management |
Slide Show |
| Ability to participate in Office 12 records retention/information policy framework |
Rob Lefferts |
Content and Document Management |
Slide Show |
| Information Rights Management in document libraries |
Rob Lefferts |
Content and Document Management |
Slide Show |
| Major and minor versioning, with enforced checkout |
Rob Lefferts |
Content and Document Management |
Slide Show |
| FrontPage wizard for workflow development |
Rob Lefferts |
Content and Document Management |
Slide Show |
| Digital signature integration for workflow |
Rob Lefferts |
Content and Document Management |
Slide Show |
| Triggering of events such as automated relocation of documents on expiration date |
Rob Lefferts |
Content and Document Management |
Slide Show |
| Extensible file format support |
Dustin Friesenhahn |
Content and Document Management |
Slide Show |
| Permissions-based display of versions |
Dustin Friesenhahn |
Content and Document Management |
Slide Show |
| Ability to set version limits |
Dustin Friesenhahn |
Content and Document Management |
Slide Show |
| Reusable column (field) definitions |
Dustin Friesenhahn |
Content and Document Management |
Slide Show |
| A Records Repository built from a special WSS site template |
Microsoft.com article |
Content and Document Management |
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/ecm.mspx |
| Support for spell check, tables, and stylesheets in Content Management |
Microsoft.com article |
Content and Document Management |
Article |
| Customized XML "property sheets" can be set up in Office apps with values saved directly as WSS metadata |
Steven Sinofsky |
Content and Document Management |
Keynote at PDC'05 |
| Backwards compatibility with Windows Server 2003 |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
Hardware and Operating System |
Blog |
| Continuing growth in "next generation file server" concept |
Jeff Teper |
Hardware and Operating System |
Dev Team Blog |
| Improved caching, improved scalability |
Ryan Stocker |
Hardware and Operating System |
Slide Show |
| Integration with a new "Business Data Catalog" |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
Integration with Enterprise Systems |
Blog |
| Ability to create both browser-based and client-based InfoPath forms |
Tudor Toma |
Integration with Enterprise Systems |
Blog |
| Focus on use of metadata rather than coding for business data integration |
Jonah Burke |
Integration with Enterprise Systems |
Slide Show |
| Centralized security and auditing when integrating w/ other systems |
Jonah Burke |
Integration with Enterprise Systems |
Slide Show |
| Use of SharePoint sites for email archiving |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
Integration with Office |
Blog |
| Rendering of spreadsheets as HTML |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
Integration with Office |
Blog |
| Access will treat SharePoint site data as data sources |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
Integration with Office |
Blog |
| Much easier to integrate enterprise applications, custom databases and Web services |
Jeff Teper |
Integration with Office |
SharePoint Dev Team Blog |
| Easy, no-coding creation of dashboards from Excel spreadsheets |
David Gainer |
Integration with Office |
Blog |
| Addition of a type of document library for handling Bus. Intelligence reports |
Jeff Teper |
Integration with Office |
Dev Team Blog |
| SharePoint as a portal for all BI facilities within SQL Server and Office 12 |
Microsoft press release |
Integration with Office |
Article |
| Ability to insert a slide into PowerPoint from a WSS "Slide Library" |
Arpan Shah |
Integration with Office |
Blog |
| Two-way synchronization capabilities with Outlook |
Mike Morton |
Integration with Office |
Slide Show |
| Metadata-based archiving of email to Records Repository from Outlook |
Rob Lefferts |
Integration with Office |
Slide Show |
| Ability to create forms with ASP.NET controls |
Mike Ammerlaan |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| Ability to create custom data field types, with validation |
Mike Ammerlaan |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| Version history for all list and library, showing what changes were made |
Mike Morton |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| Ability to set multi-line text fields as “Append-only” on any list |
PJ Hough |
Lists and Data Management |
Blog |
| Lookup fields allow selection of multiple values |
Mike Morton |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| Enhancements to Issue list template |
Mike Morton |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| Project task list for lightweight project management |
Mike Morton |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| Gantt view available in any list type with date fields |
Mike Morton |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| Lists can receive incoming email and extract data |
Mike Morton |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| Better filtering, sorting, navigating in views |
Mike Morton |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| Folders available within all lists, with custom folder properties |
Dustin Friesenhahn |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| Lookup fields can reference fields on lists and libraries on other sites |
Dustin Friesenhahn |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| Cross-web list views, displayed in custom web parts |
Dustin Friesenhahn |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| Custom Column Indexing to speed retrieval on large lists |
Dustin Friesenhahn |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| New views can be based on any existing view (not just the default view) |
Mike Morton |
Lists and Data Management |
Slide Show |
| A vastly improved backup and restore model |
Maurice Prather |
Maintenance and Support Features |
Blog |
| Multiple options for upgrading to new version |
Jonathan Kauffman |
Maintenance and Support Features |
Blog |
| Same basic WSS architecture, new APIs backward-compatible |
Dustin Friesenhahn |
Maintenance and Support Features |
Slide Show |
| Content can be syndicated via RSS on a per-site or per-list basis |
Mike Morton |
RSS and Data Export |
Video |
| Ability to send SharePoint lists to mobile devices |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
RSS and Data Export |
Blog |
| Embrace of both content management and Business Intelligence capabilities |
Jeff Teper |
Scope and Focus of Platform |
Dev Team Blog |
| Broad growth in 6 major areas: Collaboration, Portal, Search, Content Mgmt., Bus. Process and Bus. Intelligence |
Jeff Teper |
Scope and Focus of Platform |
Dev Team Blog |
| "Featurization" to allow selected deployment of major features |
Jeff Teper |
Scope and Focus of Platform |
Dev Team Blog |
| Better search features, including "Best Bets" and alternate suggestions |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
Search and Aggregation |
Blog |
| Enhanced MySites w/ aggregation, personalization and social networking |
Jeff Teper |
Search and Aggregation |
Dev Team Blog |
| Improved search, more consistent between SPS and WSS |
Jeff Teper |
Search and Aggregation |
Dev Team Blog |
| Highlighting of hit results, powerful search of business data |
Arpan Shah |
Search and Aggregation |
Blog |
| Integration of SPS search w/ Windows Desktop Search |
Arpan Shah |
Search and Aggregation |
Blog |
| Search strategy aimed at addressing special enterprise needs |
Arpan Shah |
Search and Aggregation |
Blog |
| Unghosted pages will cease to be a significant issue |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
User Interface and Presentation |
Blog |
| Extensive use of Front Page for site design |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
User Interface and Presentation |
Blog |
| Publish InfoPath forms as SharePoint sites |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
User Interface and Presentation |
Blog |
| Better support for non-IE browsers |
Jonathan Kauffman |
User Interface and Presentation |
Blog |
| Easy global change of UI via master pages |
Arpan Shah |
User Interface and Presentation |
Blog |
| Greater separation of presentation and coding logic |
Arpan Shah |
User Interface and Presentation |
Blog |
| More out-of-the-box support for multi-lingual deployments |
Arpan Shah |
User Interface and Presentation |
Blog |
| Control of feature deployments at site, app and server farm levels |
Mike Ammerlaan |
User Interface and Presentation |
Slide show |
| Simplified site definition files, most info now in INET.XML |
Mike Ammerlaan |
User Interface and Presentation |
Slide Show |
| Extensible toolbars, menus, settings pages |
Mike Ammerlaan |
User Interface and Presentation |
Slide Show |
| Each WSS site has a Master Page gallery |
Mike Ammerlaan |
User Interface and Presentation |
Slide Show |
| Addition of breadcrumb navigation |
Mike Morton |
User Interface and Presentation |
Slide Show |
| Use of a "security-trimmed" interface |
Mike Morton |
User Interface and Presentation |
Slide Show |
| Quick Launch bar on all pages and easily customizable |
Mike Morton |
User Interface and Presentation |
Slide Show |
| More professional, out-of-the-box user interface themes |
Mike Morton |
User Interface and Presentation |
Video |
| Ability of CSS developers to do direct editing of a site's CSS stylesheets |
Mike Morton |
User Interface and Presentation |
Video |
| UI updates in Meeting Workspaces, but essentially the same functionality |
Mike Morton |
User Interface and Presentation |
Slide Show |
| Item-level permissions in all libraries and lists |
Mike Fitzmaurice |
User Management and Security |
Blog |
| Improved authentication -- no longer bound to NTLM |
Maurice Prather |
User Management and Security |
Blog |
| Simultaneous LDAP & Windows authentication |
Jonathan Kauffman |
User Management and Security |
Blog |
| Site groups can have an associated distribution list |
Mike Morton |
User Management and Security |
Slide Show |
| Improved interface for editing document properties |
Rob Lefferts |
User Management and Security |
Slide Show |
| Multi-step serial and parallel workflows using WWF workflow templates |
Arpan Shah |
Workflow |
Blog |
| Workflow is initiated wherever a user is working - via SharePoint, Outlook, or the document itself |
Rob Lefferts |
Workflow |
Video |
| Workflow can be associated with documents, content types or libraries |
Steven Sinofsky |
Workflow |
Keynote at PDC'05 |