Discussion Board Plus
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Empower your users to find and share the most accurate and relevant content with Discussion Board Plus for SharePoint.
 

Written once, read often: Enable your users to ask questions and receive Verified Answers from the experts with Discussion Board Plus for SharePoint.

Take the out-of-the-box Discussion Board to the next level with Discussion Board Plus for SharePoint.  Available now for SharePoint 2010, Discussion Board Plus allows users within your organization to move beyond simply asking and answering questions in a forum by adding game-changing features, such as the ability to:

    • Elevate the most important topics to the top of the Board via the sticky option;
    • Mark the most accurate answer as correct;
    • Suggest a reply as possibly being the correct answer;
    • Rate a topic or post based on the content via the Bamboo Rating Column (included);
    • Search and find answers quicker via Bamboo List Simple Search Web Part (included);
    • Visually identify the status of posts via icons.
    • Automatically subscribe authors to receive email alerts on their topics. New!
    • Include and play videos in topics and posts via the Insert video option in the menu. New!

Centralized administrative and client site

Key Feature Description
Status of topics
View the status of a topic at a glance via the icon or tooltips:
New topic No New Update Sticky Topic Locked Topic
Mark responses as unanswered, suggested, or verified correct answer
Options to mark the posts:
Unanswered Verify as Correct Answer Suggest as Answer
Insert Video (New in R1.5!)
Insert and play video in a topic or post using the following insert options:
Video Library option Computer option Link option Embed Code option
From Video Library From Computer From Link From Embed iFrame Code
Automatically subscribe authors to email alerts (New in R1.5!) Provides the ability to automatically subscribe authors to receive email alerts on their topics.
View Counts Updates the statistics immediately for View Counts (the number of views of a thread), including views from anonymous users.
Add Discussion Board Plus settings to the SharePoint Ribbon Discussion Board Plus settings and thread moderation options are available via the SharePoint Ribbon.
Cross-browser support IE 8.0 or newer and Firefox 5 or newer are supported.
Supports migration from the OOTB SharePoint Discussion Board to Discussion Board Plus Provides the user a tool to migrate existing threads/posts from the OOTB SharePoint Discussion Board to Discussion Board Plus for SharePoint within a Site Collection. The tool will also migrate the user accounts, user permissions, and alerts to Discussion Board Plus.
Allow Anonymous Users Allow anonymous users to read topics and posts (except for locked topics and their associated posts).
Supports Forms-based Authentication (FBA) Allow Forms-based Authentication (FBA) in SharePoint 2010 to use Discussion Board Plus.
Integration with Bamboo Rating Column to Provide Multiple Rating Types
Select from 3 types of rating controls:
True/False Rating 5-Star Rating 10-Point Rating Scale
Integration with Bamboo List Search Simple Web Part Provides a simple, straightforward search interface for the Discussion Board Plus list without confusing field lists or Boolean operators. Search results are presented in the SharePoint list view style that is already familiar to most end users.
Supports SharePoint Foundation 2010/SharePoint Server 2010 Works with both Foundation and Server.
Integration with Bamboo Alert Plus Set custom alerts such as Notify me only if a post with the correct answer is available using Alert Plus and CAML query. (Note: Alert Plus is available as a separate purchase.)
Integration with Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central (PM Central) Take further advantage of the powerful features in Discussion Board Plus when paired with Project Management Central for SharePoint. (Note: PM Central is available as a separate purchase.)

Product Description Price Order
SharePoint Foundation 2010 & SharePoint Server 2010
Server License for SharePoint 2010 - 20 forums max per site collection Software, Release 1.5 for SharePoint 2010 - per server license. This license is valid for use of the software to create up to 20 forums per site collection. There is no limit to the number of site collections the software may be activated on, but a license must be purchased for each active Web front-end server. Includes one year of basic technical support for SharePoint 2010 providing a 2-business-day response time and free access to all maintenance service pack releases. Valid for 1 year from the date of purchase. (SA75.R1.5.20.SP2010.ML) $1,995.00
 
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Trial Download for SharePoint 2010 - 20 forums max per site collection 30-Day Free Trial Download for SharePoint 2010 (SA75.R1.5.20.SP2010.TD) FREE
 
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Premium Annual Support for SharePoint 2010 - 20 forums max per site collection Premium technical support for SharePoint 2010 provides 4-hour response time and free maintenance updates, minor and major releases. Valid for 1 year from the date of purchase. (SA75.R1.5.20.SP2010.SP) $498.00
 
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Server License for SharePoint 2010 - 100 forums max per site collection Software, Release 1.5 for SharePoint 2010 - per server license. This license is valid for use of the software to create up to 100 forums per site collection. There is no limit to the number of site collections the software may be activated on, but a license must be purchased for each active Web front-end server. Includes one year of basic technical support for SharePoint 2010 providing a 2-business-day response time and free access to all maintenance service pack releases. Valid for 1 year from the date of purchase. (SA75.R1.5.100.SP2010.ML) $5,995.00
 
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Premium Annual Support for SharePoint 2010 - 100 forums max per site collection Premium technical support for SharePoint 2010 provides 4-hour response time and free maintenance updates, minor and major releases. Valid for 1 year from the date of purchase. (SA75.R1.5.100.SP2010.SP) $1,498.00
 
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Server License for SharePoint 2010 - Unlimited Software, Release 1.5 for SharePoint 2010 - per server license. This license is valid for use of the software to create unlimited forums per site collection. There is no limit to the number of site collections the software may be activated on, but a license must be purchased for each active Web front-end server. Includes one year of basic technical support for SharePoint 2010 providing a 2-business-day response time and free access to all maintenance service pack releases. Valid for 1 year from the date of purchase. Please contact our Sales team for pricing details. (SA75.R1.5.SP2010.ML) Call for Quote

 
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