A General Comparison of SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010

SharePoint is a Microsoft product for cooperative and collaborative work. It is becoming an increasingly important technology to Defence, and in particular to Joint Project 2030, where it underpins the JCSE System Infrastructure. SharePoint 2010, the latest version, offers significant increases in capability over its precursor SharePoint 2007. This report seeks to review the differences in capabiliy offerings between the two versions, focussing in particular on integrating external information into a SharePoint environment, reflecting our key area of investigation thus far. We make note of the later releases tighter integration to the Microsoft Office suite of tools, as well as touching on SharePoint Designer and Microsoft InfoPath. We conclude with some cautionary comments regarding the implementation of a SharePoint information architecture in Defence.