Discussion Board Plus for SharePoint– Discussion Board and Forums for SharePoint

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:

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.)