SharePoint 2013, 2010, 2007 & Office 365 – Features, Editions and Plans Comparison

Ever since SharePoint 2013 is released, there's increased demand from partners and customers on feature comparison matrix between different versions of SharePoint: 2007, 2010 and 2013. They need it so that they can make informed decision about upgrading their existing SharePoint to the latest version.

Unfortunately, there isn't any official tabular matrix that provides this kind of comparison. However, I've compiled a list of links that provide you new and changed features. You can use this list and create your own matrix. Feel free to comment if you know additional links in this regard.

Changes from 2010 to 2013

• What’s new in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
• Capabilities and features in SharePoint 2013 – This article has links to “What’s New” for various feature areas – that would provide you changes
• What’s new for developers in SharePoint 2013
• Changes from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013
• Discontinued features and modified functionality in Microsoft SharePoint 2013

Matrix created by third parties or other bloggers (you might want to verify for comprehensiveness and correctness)

• Compare SharePoint 2010 vs. SharePoint 2013
• SharePoint 2010 vs SharePoint 2013

Changes from 2007 to 2010

• What's New in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
• What's new in SharePoint Server 2010 (IT Pro oriented)
• What's New in SharePoint Server 2010 (Dev oriented)

Matrix created by third parties or other bloggers (you might want to verify for comprehensiveness and correctness)

• SharePoint 2007 vs SharePoint 2010

Comparison between On-premise Editions and Online plans for SharePoint 2013

Now, when you are on path to 2013, you would also need comparison between various Editions of SharePoint (Foundation, Standard, Enterprise) and various plans for Office 365 and SharePoint Online. Fortunately, TechNet has provided a very useful and detailed tabular matrix for this comparison.

There’s just one URL for all such comparisons: SharePoint Online. Each feature in these tables is a hyperlink to another page, which provides your description of that feature. It contains the following sections:

• SharePoint features across Office 365 plans
• SharePoint features across SharePoint Online standalone plans
• SharePoint feature availability across on-premise solutions

The above page is huge list with a long scroll bar. If you are interested for specific area, there are individual pages also. I’ve provided a tabular format for your use

If you want it be available in offline excel copy, Andrew Connell has done the good work to compile above information in a spreadsheet with filterable columns. you can find that here: SharePoint 2013 & Office 365 Feature Matrix–An Easier Way to View It. At the same time, you need to be aware that excel might not be updated always as Office 365 would be adding new features every three months.      

HTH

Comments

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  January 21, 2013
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  March 13, 2013
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  June 22, 2015
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  June 15, 2016
  This is a FANTASTIC post. Thank you for sharing Sanjay! To see up-to-date information on SharePoint 2013 vs. 2016 check out the following link: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/sharepoint-online-service-description.aspx#bkmk_FeaturesOnPremise