What's New?
I don't think many people realized SharePoint's potential back in 2003. For the last four years, the SharePoint community has really taken the lead in stretching the limits of SharePoint and creating solutions. Microsoft has been watching: SharePoint 2007 incorporates the best ideas from the community and breaks new ground handling workflow. The following table lists the top-ten new features.
Request | How SharePoint 2007 solves this |
|---|---|
Tabbed navigation | Tabs at the top of each page link to subsites. |
Recycle Bin | Deleted items go to the Recycle Bin before they are completely removed. Those items can be easily restored if needed. |
Customized QuickLaunch | You can easily add items to Quick Launch or use a hierarchical view of the site instead. |
RSS feeds | Feeds allow you to collect content from any location and display it all on a single page. |
Actions | Lists can record actions that users take, such as clicking on a link or sending email, and then change their status based on those actions. |
Email improvements | Lists and libraries can receive email. |
Workflow | Document approval and other structured tasks can be routed through workflows to track their progress and ensure completion. |
Master lists | Lists can now be shared with subsites. For example, a top-level Departments list can be used as a look-up within all subsites. |
Master pages | Master pages determine the initial layout and content for other pages that are based on them. |
Performance | Pages that have been modified (unghosted) no longer incur a performance ... |