Feature Comparisons in SharePoint Search Versions
I have been asked this question few times by my MOSS Search customers. Question being: What is the difference in features in WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search?
One thing to note is that the Search in the 3 products are all based on the same Microsoft Search core indexing engine. However, there are differences between the 3 SharePoint search versions. This table does a comparison of features in the 3 products:
|
Feature |
Search in WSS 3.0 |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search |
Enterprise Search in MOSS 2007 |
|
What can be indexed |
Local SharePoint content |
SharePoint sites, Microsoft Exchange Server content, file shares, Lotus notes, custom content. |
SharePoint sites, Microsoft Exchange Server content, file shares, Lotus notes, custom content, line-of-business (LOB) content. |
|
Rich, relevant results |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Alerts
RSS
Did you mean?
Collapsing of duplicates |
Yes to all |
Yes to all |
Yes to all |
|
Best bets
Results removal, Query reports |
No to all |
Yes to all |
Yes to all |
|
Search Center / Tabs |
No |
Search Center without Tabs |
Search Center with Tabs |
|
People search
Knowledge network |
No to all |
Yes to all |
Yes to all |
|
Business Data Search |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Query Web service |
http://<site>/_vti_bin/spsearch.asmx |
http://<site>/_vti_bin/search.asmx |
http://<site>/_vti_bin/search.asmx |
|
Security trimming of search results |
Yes; supports default security trimming only |
Yes; supports default security trimming only |
Yes; supports default and custom security trimming |
|
Query syntax |
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Search SQL Syntax
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Search Keyword Syntax
URL syntax |
Enterprise Search SQL Syntax Reference
Enterprise Search Keyword Syntax Reference
Enterprise Search URL Syntax Reference |
Enterprise Search SQL Syntax Reference
Enterprise Search Keyword Syntax Reference
Enterprise Search URL Syntax Reference |
For more information, please see this article in the MOSS SDK: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa981559.aspx
Hope that helps,
Mike
