Enterprise Features
Features are modular groups that provide a collection of functionality. There are a number of features installed by default with the purchase of a standard license. On the whole, the purchase of a SKU for MOSS 2007 will provide an organization with additional functionality. Features are scoped and activated at various levels of the logical structure of MOSS; For instance, the farm level, web application, site collection and site level.
Enable Enterprise features
In the event an administrator decides to install Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 by using the Standard license type, the following features are available:
- Collaboration
- Enterprise content management
- Workflow
- My Sites
- Profiles and personalization
- Enterprise search
On the other hand, a SharePoint Administrator can convert the license type to the Enterprise license, which would enable and, allow the SharePoint Administrator to scope the Enterprise feature to any web application, site collection and sites within a server farm. That is, the features are scoped at the farm level and made available throughout the logical structure. The following additional features, in conjunction with the Standard license features, are available with the Enterprise license type:
- Business Data Catalog
- Excel Services
- Report Center
- InfoPath Forms Services
All in all, features minimize the deployment time and allows administrators to focus on other aspects of MOSS 2007.