Enterprise Features Exposed

There are three different Enterprise features that can be enabled within a farm. They are:-Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Web application features-Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection features-Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Site featuresUnlike most of SharePoint, these features are not hierarchical in nature (per se). For instance, if you enable the Enterprise Web application features "feature", this does not mean that KPI lists will be available for all sites within that web application. Likewise, enabling Enterprise Site Collection features "feature" will not install the Slide Library list template for all webs under your site collection.So what DO the features do?First a small plug for using PowerShell to help manage your SharePoint environments. If you need a good place to start, check out post on PowerShell Pack for SharePoint (PSP4SP) for a starter script with common SharePoint functions. This script is used to generate the information within this post.Ok, on to Enterprise Features:Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Web application featuresInternal Feature Name: PremiumWebApplicationFeature Id: 0EA1C3B6-6AC0-44aa-9F3F-05E8DBE6D70B

Feature Definition Id
Feature Display Name
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PageConverters
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SearchAndProcess
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BulkWorkflowTimerJob
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ExcelServerWebApplication
Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection featuresInternal Feature Name: PremiumSiteFeature Id: 8581A8A7-CF16-4770-AC54-260265DDB0B2

Feature Definition Id
Feature Display Name
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LocalSiteDirectorySettingsLink (adds a link to Site Directory in Site Settings)
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LocalSiteDirectoryControl (registers a control: ~/_controltemplates/CreateSitePanel1.ascx)
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PortalLayouts
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WebPartAdderGroups
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IPFSSiteFeatures (InfoPath Forms Services - Fields, CTypes, and CustomAction menu items)
4248E21F-A816-4c88-8CAB-79D82201DA7B
BizAppsSiteTemplates (Web Parts)

FilterActions.dwp

AuthoredListFilter.webpart

BusinessDataActionsWebPart.dwp

BusinessDataAssociationWebPart.webpart

BusinessDataDetailsWebPart.webpart

BusinessDataFilter.dwp

BusinessDataItemBuilder.dwp

BusinessDataListWebPart.webpart

DateFilter.dwp

IndicatorWebPart.dwp

IViewWebPart.dwp

KpiListWebPart.dwp

OlapFilter.dwp

PageContextFilter.webpart

QueryStringFilter.webpart

SpListFilter.dwp

TextFilter.dwp

UserContextFilter.webpart

WSRPConsumerWebPart.dwp


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BizAppsCTypes (Content Types for KPI List and Report Center)
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BizAppsFields (Fields for KPI List and Report Center)
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ExcelServerSite
Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Site featuresInternal Feature Name: PremiumWebFeature Id: 0806D127-06E6-447a-980E-2E90B03101B8
Feature Definition Id
Feature Display Name
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RelatedLinksScopeSettingsLink
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AnalyticsLinks
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SlideLibrary
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BizAppsListTemplates (KPI List)
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ReportListTemplate
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DataConnectionLibrary
IMPORTANT: Keep in mind that by enabling any one of these features requires that users have an enterprise client access license (ECAL). An argument has been made whether or not users are actually "using" the enterprise feature. Unofficially, for an "audit", an ACL list controlled area where enterprise features are enabled is a good practice. Control who can/cannot access your site or web application using permissions. Also see: Web Application Policies to deny users who only have a Standard-CAL.For mixed environments (standard and enterprise in same farm)...another issue that has come up is around governance. This is one area where the solution cannot be 100% technical...you MUST implement a process into your environment to control who will have access.In summary, there are 4 major "features" that require enterprise functionality Excel Services, InfoPath Forms Server, Business Data (BDC), and BI tools/web parts. With the first three, it is easy. Excel Services, IPFS, and BDC all require administrative (Central Admin) configuration in order for users to utilize these features in their sites. With BI tools: List templates and web parts are provisioned down to the Site Collection/Web level. So, at an admin level, it may be more difficult to report on enterprise feature "usage" at the site level. IMPORTANT: The process of deactivating the Enterprise Site features "feature" will remove web parts from the web part gallery, but it will NOT remove a list that is provisioned on the site (e.g. KPI List).