Table 5 compares feature availability between SharePoint
2010 and SharePoint Online offerings from Microsoft Online Services: SharePoint
Online and SharePoint Online Dedicated.
Table 5: Feature comparison across
SharePoint 2010 on-premises SKUs and SharePoint Online offerings
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COMMUNITIES |
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|
Feature |
SharePoint 2010
Standard CAL |
SharePoint 2010
Enterprise CAL |
SharePoint Online |
|
Ask Me About |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Blogs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Colleague Suggestions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Colleagues Network |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Discussions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Enterprise Wikis |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Keyword Suggestions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Memberships |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
My Site: My Content |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
My Site: My Newsfeed |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
My Site: My Profile |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Note Board |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Organization Browser |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Photos and Presence |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Ratings |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Recent Activities |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Status Updates |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Tag Clouds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Tag Profiles |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Tags |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Tags and Notes Tool |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Wikis |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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COMPOSITES |
|
Feature |
SharePoint 2010
Standard CAL |
SharePoint 2010
Enterprise CAL |
SharePoint
Online |
|
Client Object Model (OM) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Developer Dashboard |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Event Receivers |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) for SharePoint |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Solution Packages |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
REST and ATOM Data Feeds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Ribbon and Dialog Framework |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
SharePoint Timer Jobs |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Silverlight Web Part |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Workflow Models |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Access Services |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Browser-Based Customizations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Business Data Connectivity Service |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
External Data Column |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Business Data Web Parts |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
External Lists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Business Data Integration with the Office Client |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Business Connectivity Services Profile Page |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
SharePoint Designer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Forms: Out-of-Box workflows and customization through SharePoint
Designer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
InfoPath Forms Services |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Sandboxed Solutions |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Workflow |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Microsoft Visual Studio® 2010 SharePoint Developer Tools |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows 7 Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Workflow Templates |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
SharePoint Service Architecture |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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CONTENT |
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|
Feature |
SharePoint 2010
Standard CAL |
SharePoint 2010
Enterprise CAL |
SharePoint Online |
|
Records Center |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
In-Place Legal Holds |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Document Sets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Metadata-driven Navigation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Multi-Stage Disposition |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Rich Media Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Shared Content Types |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Support for Accessibility Standards |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Content Organizer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Unique Document IDs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Word Automation Services |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Managed Metadata Service |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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INSIGHTS |
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|
Feature |
SharePoint 2010
Standard CAL |
SharePoint 2010
Enterprise CAL |
SharePoint Online |
|
Business Intelligence Center |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Chart Web Parts |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Data Connection Library |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Excel Services |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint™ Services |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Visio Services |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Calculated KPIs |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Dashboards |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Decomposition Tree |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Feature |
SharePoint 2010 Standard CAL |
SharePoint 2010 Enterprise CAL |
SharePoint Online
|
|
Excel Services and PowerPivot for SharePoint |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
SEARCH |
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|
Feature |
SharePoint 2010
Standard CAL |
SharePoint 2010
Enterprise CAL |
SharePoint Online |
|
Advanced Content Processing |
No |
Yes - FAST |
No |
|
Best Bets |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Tunable Relevance with Multiple Rank Profiles |
No |
Yes - FAST |
No |
|
Extensible Search Scale |
No |
Yes - FAST |
Yes |
|
Business Intelligence Indexing Connector |
No |
Yes - FAST |
No |
|
SharePoint 2010 Search Connector Framework |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Contextual Search |
No |
Yes - FAST |
No |
|
Deep Refinement |
No |
Yes - FAST |
No |
|
Duplicate Detection |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Federated Search |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Metadata-Driven Refinement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Mobile Search Experience |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
People and Expertise Search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Phonetics and Nickname Search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Query Suggestions, "Did You Mean?” and Related Queries |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Recently Authored Content |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Relevancy Tuning |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Rich Web Indexing |
No |
Yes - FAST |
No |
|
Extreme Scale Search |
No |
Yes - FAST |
No |
|
Enterprise Scale Search |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Feature |
SharePoint 2010 Standard CAL |
SharePoint 2010 Enterprise CAL |
SharePoint Online
|
|
Windows 7 Search |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Search Scopes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Similar Results |
No |
Yes - FAST |
No |
|
Single Site Collection Search |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Site Search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Click Through Relevancy |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Thumbnails and Previews |
No |
Yes - FAST |
No |
|
View in Browser |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Visual Best Bets |
No |
Yes - FAST |
No |
|
Basic Sorting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Advanced Sorting |
No |
Yes |
No |
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SITES |
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|
Feature |
SharePoint 2010
Standard CAL |
SharePoint 2010
Enterprise CAL |
SharePoint Online |
|
SharePoint Lists |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Web Parts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Improved Governance |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Large List Scalability and Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Multi-Lingual User Interface |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Permissions Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Quota Templates |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Secure Store Service |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Connections to Microsoft Office Clients |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Web Analytics |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
*Lightweight Public-Facing site |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Audience Targeting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Cross-Browser Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
External sharing |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
SharePoint Ribbon |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Mobile Connectivity |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Office Web Apps |
No |
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