ESS / MSS - HR Functional Point of View

Dear Friends,
I am HR functional consultant and i am new to ESS/MSS. Now we have a requirement. Clients current SAP version is 4.6c and in that they have implemented ESS through Workplace 2.1. Now they are going for an upgrade to mySAP ERP 2005 (ECC). ESS also they want to migrate to Enterprise Portal 7.0.
As a HR consultant what would be my role.
Migration assessment is already done and i am asked to understand the current functionalities and the new one in EP 7.
My task is
1. to find whether the new functionalities in new ESS version match the clients existing one.
2. If not what customizations need to be done to satisfy their requirements.
3.Or if its not possible in new version then we have to convince the client.
Since i am new to ESS / MSS i would request experts to guide me in this situation.
Thanks and Regards,
Nelson
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Please find below help documents on ESS and MSS meant for EHP3 backend ECC 6.0 (ERP 2005) and EP 7.0. You can get complete information of the services (old and new) with functionalities and required configuration in both EP and ECC.
ESS: http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/en/f6/263359f8c14ef98384ae7a2becd156/frameset.htm
MSS: http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/en/29/d7844205625551e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

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