First thoughts on SharePoint 2007

After wrapping up that class, I'm still not sure what I really think about the new version. The new version is signficantly better that before but I'm not sure if my clients will actually care about it. The portal version - Microsoft Office Server - has so many bells and whistles that might be useful but that version is pretty expensive.

Here are some of the good things:

• The workflow systems that trigger actions based on new events could really be the "killer app" for small businesses.
• The search options in the portal version are significantly better than before. You can index and search against existing NTFS shares
• Groove's "offline SharePoint" effect would be great but you have to by Enterprise Office to get Groove
• The Content Management System of the portal makes editing the site collection quite a bit smoother

I think a deep exploration of the differences are needed.