Today I spent some time looking into MOSS 2007, yes too late for some people, but for people like me who have only  worked on Systems Integrations and have no time to think beyond BizTalk, WCF, WF, some ASP.NET and BI too.

SharePoint was a new thing to me, at least the hands on..

One of my good friends  "Awwab” helped me in getting started with MOSS 2007.

It seems that Microsoft has done a really good job with the MOSS 2007.

Collaboration, Workflows, enterprise search, Enhances security, Business Data Objects, Wiki, Blogs, Alerts, KPI, Integration with Outlook.. and the list goes on….

For a complete list of feature comparison b/w SPS 2003 & MOSS 2007 look here..

Also some more good links here

• http://www.cmswire.com/cms/cms-reviews/sharepoint-2007-review-six-pillars-of-moss-000922.php
• http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms561082.aspx
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/01/SharePoint/default.aspx

So what do Microsoft has in its hands for Collaboration in an enterprise and across enterprises

1. Microsoft Office Communication Server
2. Microsoft Exchange Server
3. MOSS 2007
4. Live Meeting
5. Communicator

The office communication server has also evolved from “Live Communication Server”, with many features like “software-powered VoIP solution that can stand on its own or integrate easily with an existing PBX infrastructure”, IM, conferencing etc..

Looks like Microsoft stack provides some really good functionality..

But what is the future of collaboration, are companies trying some out of box thinking???