

Overall, this release built upon SharePoint 2007’s content management heritage–publishing framework, metadata, enterprise search–and was designed to further embed document collaboration into people’s everyday work. You might ask for a security comparison, but that would take an entirely different post! Also, while there are still SharePoint 2007 environments in use today, I’ll quickly review the currently supported on-premises versions. The two main areas of comparison are across user experience and administration improvements. Let’s take a quick look back in time at the evolution of SharePoint to provide context for the decision of whether to move to SharePoint 2019 or Office 365. Unlike its predecessors, the timeframe of development has reduced (and with it, the velocity for on-premises change). Like its predecessor SharePoint 2016, this latest version of SharePoint is a “snapshot from the cloud,” quite literally taking code from Office 365 in early 2018. SharePoint 2019 has been released! Now it’s time to make the decision to stay on-premises, move to the cloud, or maybe build a hybrid scenario. Looking to digitally transform your organization? Read our new article “ How to Effectively Mobilize Your Workforce with Microsoft 365.”
