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posted 28 Nov 2006
Portal technology
SharePoint 2007 brings new capabilities, old limitations
By Jessica Twentyman
THE LONG waiting game will soon be over for enterprises looking to upgrade their Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 installations, as the much delayed Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 becomes generally available in November 2006.
However, after a major and potentially difficult transition, customers will find that MOSS 2007 brings many of the same limitations as its predecessor, say analysts at research group CMS Watch.
“For use as an enterprise portal, MOSS will remain an unlikely fit for most e-business scenarios or enterprise-wide deployments in large organisations,” according to CMS Watch analyst Janus Boye.
“Microsoft has tried to go ‘enterprise’ in the impressive breadth of MOSS capabilities, but not necessarily in their depth and scalability.”
As a result, Boye believes that MOSS should only be considered for departmental collaboration or intranet scenarios in mid-market organisations that already use Microsoft technology intensively.
