SharePoint Version Comparison.

SharePoint features give the platform its edge in the market. No other ECM (Enterprise Content Management) platform can compete with the number of features SharePoint has or the road map for future improvements. I think that a number of these features are overlooked and under utilized.

Developers have been known to recreate solutions due to lack of knowledge of the out of the box capabilities. This SharePoint Features list was created in hopes to avoid that type of scenario in future. Think of this SharePoint Features list as a constant work in progress. Releases in SharePoint Online and Service Packs to SharePoint 2013 and 2016 are rolled out we will update them here.

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SharePoint Features	2010	2013	2016	SharePoint Online
Look and Feel
Document Workspace site template	yes	No	No	No
Blank site template	yes	No	No	No
Personalization Site site template	yes	No	No	No
Meeting Workspace site templates	yes	No	No	No
Group Work site template and Group Work solution	yes	No	No	No
Visio Process Repository site template	yes	No	No	No
Unghosting and customizing CSS files	yes	yes	No	No
Imaging Web service	yes	Yes	No	No
Image and video previews	No	No	yes	yes
Mobile Browser Experience	No	Limited	Yes	Yes
Sites page pinning	No	No	Yes	Yes
Tags and Notes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Design Manager	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Device Channels	No	Yes	Yes	No
Cross-site Publishing	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Features
SharePoint Foundation	Yes	Yes	No	N/A
Standalone Install mode	Yes	Yes	No	N/A
ForeFront Identity Manager client (FIM)	Yes	Yes	No	N/A
Large file support	No	No	Yes	Yes
MinRole farm topology	No	No	Yes	N/A
New controls for working with OneDrive for Business	No	No	Yes	Yes
Open Document Format (ODF) available for document libraries	No	No	Yes	Yes
Simplified SSL configuration for Central Administration	No	No	Yes	N/A
SMTP connection encryption	No	No	Yes	N/A
Stsadm.exe	Yes	Yes	No	N/A

Services
Work Management Service Application	Yes	Yes	No	N/A
Excel Services	Yes	Limited	No	No
Web Analytics	Yes	No	No	No
Managed code assemblies in sandboxed solutions	Yes	No	No	No
Office Web Apps	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Social
Organization Profiles	Yes	no	no	No
Interactive feed	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Community Site	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Follow people	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Follow Sites	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Search
Consolidated Search Results	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rich Results Framework	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
keyword query language (KQL) enhancements	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Managed Navigation	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
E-Discovery	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Workflow
SharePoint Workflow Platform	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Hybrid
Hybrid sites	No	No	Yes	Yes
Hybrid OneDrive for Business	No	No	Yes	Yes
Cloud hybrid search	No	Limited	Yes	Yes
Identify and search for sensitive content in both SharePoint Server 2016 and OneDrive documents	No	No	Yes	Yes
Hybrid Taxonomy	No	No	Yes	Yes

SharePoint Version Comparison.

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