This product is an add-on for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 that installs Copy and Move actions to document libraries and lists in a SharePoint farm. With these actions authorized users can via an intuitive Web interface easily copy and move content to other locations in the farm.
Now, SharePoint also offers similar functionality Out-Of-The-Box. But CopyMove is more powerful, faster and more intuitive to use. Study the feature matrix below to see the differences between SharePoint and CopyMove.
| Feature | | WSS 3.01 | MOSS 20072 | CopyMove 2007 |
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| 1) WSS 3.0 offers copy and move functionality through the Explorer View in document libraries. | 2) MOSS 2007 offers copy and move functionality from the Manage Content and Structure page. |  | Copy and Move document library files Enables users to copy and move files across lists, sites and site collections in the farm. Only requirement is that the target list is of the same type as the source list. CopyMove has OOTB been integrated with standard Document Libraries, Picture Libraries and MOSS Publishing Page libraries. Support for document libraries created from other templates, will require you to develop and deploy a custom SharePoint feature that registers the Copy and Move actions for it. | |  |  |  | | Copy and Move pictures | |  |  |  |  | Copy and Move list items CopyMove has OOTB been integrated with Announcement lists, Calendar lists, Contact lists, Custom lists, Issues lists, Project Tasks lists, Tasks lists and Links lists. | | |  |  |  | Copy and Move document library folders Enables users to copy and move entire folder structures, i.e. folders including all the files and sub-folders below it. | |  | |  |  | Copy and Move Web Part pages Enables users to copy and move Web parts pages including the Web parts on them. | | |  |  |  | Copy and Move Publishing pages Enables users to copy and move Publishing pages including the content and the Web parts on them. | | |  |  | | Copy and Move across site collections | |  | |  | | Preserve version history on move | | |  |  | | Preserve version history on copy | | |  |  | | Preserve metadata | | |  |  | | Preserve item permissions | | | |  | | Warning on file overwrite | |  |  |  |  | Warning on loss of version history Moving files and list items from lists with version history enabled to another list without versioning, implies that you will loose the version history. In this situation CopyMove first issues a warning to the user before the transaction is started. | | | |  |  | Warning on loss of Content Type Moving files and list items associated with Content Types that do not exist in the target list, implies that this information will be lost. In this situation CopyMove first issues a warning to the user before the transaction is started. | | | |  |  | Access Copy & Move actions from list views In MOSS 2007 it is necessary to navigate to the "Manage Content and Structure" page to access the Copy and Move actions. With CopyMove, you can access the actions directly from the actions menu or the item menu in list views. | |  | |  |  | Administrators can set transaction limits To prevent users from accidentally starting long running and resource intensive transactions, CopyMove enfores a limit on the number of files and the total MB that users are allowed to select for each transaction. The limits are configurable from Central Administration. | | | |  |  | Web Service API For programmatic access to the Copy and Move functionality. | | | |  |  | Audit transactions Site collection administrators can configure the SharePoint audit log to track who copies and moves what content and when. | | |  |  |  | Multi-language support CopyMove 2007 does out-of-the-box include translations of the Web user interface for the languages French, Italian, Russian and Danish. Dutch, Hebrew and other languages are available on request with a purchase order. | |  |  |  |
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