Mart Muller has done a nice post about a comparison document on SharePoint 2003 vs 2007 from Microsoft.
Via Steve Caravajal and Shane, I ran into a great Excel sheet with a very detailed comparison between SharePoint 2003 and 2007 features:
- Windows SharePoint Services v3
- SharePoint Portal Server 2003
- Office SharePoint 2007 for Search
- Office Forms Server 2007
- Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard CAL – MOSS Standard
- Office SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise CAL or for Internet Site
Check out the document at source:
Mart Muller’s SharePoint Blog – SharePoint Comparision
Microsoft has released a Technical Refresh of Office 2007 Beta 2.
Besides some (hopefully) useful updates, it also now supports Vista RC1
The update should be located here according to the Office Preview site and the now separate download for “Save as PDF / XPS” can be found here, but if you want the Office 2007 System TR you need to look here. Notice the following warning before installing
IMPORTANT: Please read the update documentation, referenced in the “To install this download” section on this page, BEFORE applying this Beta 2 Technical Refresh update. The documents list several steps that you must complete prior to installation to ensure a successful update. This is NOT a single click update.
Microsoft has annonced a “One Place to Go For SharePoint IT Pros” at TechNet. Nice to have one or two entry point for SharePoint resources from Microsoft.
I’m happy to announce the TechNet SharePoint Products & Technologies Tech Centers.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Tech Center
Windows SharePoint Server V3 Tech Center
From these Tech Centers you get the following:
- RSS aggregated feed of related Knowledge Base articles
- Tasks (Downloads of Service Packs, Tools, Templates, etc…)
- Featured Resources (like Upgrade, Deployment, What’s New)
- Solutions and Scenarios (Models, Flows, Visio Diagams, etc…)
- Technical Resources – documentation on topics
- Community Resources (Blogs, Newsgroups)
- Related Technologies (SQL, IIS, .NET, etc…)
- Additional Resources (Partners and Development Resources)
Source: Joel Oleson’s SharePoint Land
Microsoft has published a series of SharePoint 2007 hands-on labs.
Microsoft has posted a hosted hands-on lab about the new features of Windows SharePoint Services v3. The Lab are online and free (registration is required).
Learn about the new and enhanced features in Windows SharePoint Services (version 3) such as site creation, site administration, adding Web Parts, the permissions trimmed UI, list settings, navigation, list and library security, notifications, and email integration.
What’s New in Windows SharePoint Services Feature Walkthrough
Ever needed a forum on SharePoint?
CodePlex has released an updated version (1.2) of their SharePoint Forums, which is a webpart for Windows SharePoint Services.
The SharePoint Forums Web Part is a free, open source, single web part that provides a more feature rich discussion board for SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services.
It provides threaded discussions which can be locked, hidden, secured, and subscribed to and offers typical features found in discussion boards like phpBB and ASP.NET Forums.
The Web Part is self-contained and will create/update it’s own hidden lists for storage, but otherwise looks like any discussion board out there today but integrated with SharePoint.
Read more and download it at source.
Mark Kruger (SharePoint MVP) has done a great job in aggregating resources for SharePoint and he has posted a more or less complete list of free 3rd party webparts and tools for SharePoint.
For those who aggregate my feed and do not often visit the blog iteself… I’ve updated my SharePoint links and their groupings on the blog (can only be seen by visiting) but I’ll update this post as well. The notable list of links include: FREE 3rd Party SharePoint Web Parts, SharePoint Tools, and SharePoint Resource Information.
Check his complete and updated list here.
Want to have forms authentication in Sharepoint, try to have a look at the articles below.
How to setup Forms Authentication for WSS 3.0 in 7 Days (Nice development lifecycle 
) which is inpired from SharePoint 2007 Forms Authentication by Nick Swan. Nicks solution is using some cool Login Controls for SharePoint from ASP.NET Quick Start.
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