MS Search Server 2008 Part 4 - MS Search Server 2008 compared to MS Offiche SharePoint Server 2007

This matrix gives a good overview of the differences between Moss 2007 and MSS 2008:



In summary this matrix says:

• The search and crawl functions are almost the same
• MSS 2008 Express cannot be used for High availability solutions and load balancing
• MSS 2008 has NO people search, users profiles or My Sites
• MSS 2008 has no Business Data Catalog Search
• MSS 2008 does not have templates for a colaboration portal, records center, document center, ... and has no advanced publishing features.

So when to choose for Moss 2007 and when for MSS 2008 ?

If you do not need the more advance features of Moss 2007 like user profiles, mysites, people search, BDC, Froms Services, Excel Services, ... and you just need document management with good collaboration and good search functionality then MS Search Server 2008 is the right choice for you!