SharePoint 2013 builds upon an already robust business platform by adding some features that are appreciated by the casual SharePoint user and administrator, as well as the more effective SharePoint power users and experts.
There are many benefits of the latest version presented by Administrators, End Users, Developers and the SharePoint Server platform.
SharePoint 2013 Features
Administration
- Central Administration
- Powershell
- Identity Management
- SharePoint App Management
- SharePoint Designer
- Performance & Scalability
- Upgrade
End User
- Optimized for Mobile Devices
Developer
- Client Object Model (CSOM)
- Apps for SharePoint
- Business Connectivity Services
SharePoint Server Features
End User
- Enterprise Content Management
- Enterprise Search
- Enterprise Workflow
- Web Content Management
- Social Computing & Collaboration
Options
- Office Web Apps Server
- Project Server
SharePoint 2010 vs. 2013 features:
- From a document collaboration perspective, the structures of both versions are the same – so if you create a metadata architecture for documents in 2010 it should be fully upgradable to SharePoint 2013.
- The most significant upgrades in document management are in the user experience – including drag and drop to upload documents and the ability to edit managed metadata in a datasheet view.
- The primary differences are in the social experiences, especially with discussion boards. The 2013 discussion board (with Community features enabled) creates and engaging “Facebook-like” activity stream, which is far more user-friendly than the same feature in SharePoint 2010. The added visual appeal is important because getting people to use the discussion board instead of commonly used “who you know” networks will take some planning and effort. If the software is engaging and familiar it will help with “stickiness.”
- The other significant improvement is search.