10月29日
Describing SharePoint 2010 Features
An article of Jeff Teper of Microsoft, Corporate Vice President, SharePoint Server, Describing SharePoint 2010 in 1 Sentence, 8 Categories and 40 Feature Areas, clearly describes the significant features of SharePoint 2010. In a sentence, according to him, SharePoint 2010 is “The Business Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise and the Web”. What does it mean? From the same article is it explicated, and I quote:
“We decided “Collaboration” was broad enough to cover the spectrum of publishing, sharing, finding, analyzing and managing information that SharePoint enables. We chose “Platform” not only because custom solutions are a major focus of the 2010 release but also "platform" conveyed a solid base for all the out-of-box usage that never requires a developer. Finally, we want to call out “the Web” to highlight both internet scenarios reaching customers and partners and the cloud-based delivery of SharePoint Online.”
The entire features of SharePoint 2010 could be categorized as Sites, Communities, Content, Search, Insights, or Composites. Other features are categorized as Administration and Development.
Below are the top investment areas/features highlighted by Microsoft for each category:
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Highlights |
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Sites |
SharePoint Web Experience |
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Office Ribbon
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AJAX Responsiveness
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Richer Navigation |
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Office Client |
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SharePoint Workspace |
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Office Web Apps |
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Office Web Applications Hosting
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Visio and Access Services
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Updated InfoPath Forms Services and Excel Services |
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SharePoint Mobile Access |
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Communities |
Collaborative Content |
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Social Feedback and Organization |
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User Profiles |
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MySites |
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Updated User Interface
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Enhanced User Profile
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Enhanced Newsfeed |
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People Connections |
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Content |
Large Lists and Libraries |
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Enlarged Storing and Archiving Capacity
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Enhanced Workflow Capabilities
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Enhanced Workflow Tools in SharePoint Designer |
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Enterprise Metadata |
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Document Sets |
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Web Publishing Including Digital Asset Management |
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Browser Ribbon and Editor
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Digital Asset Management Features: Thumbnails, Metadata and Ratings
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Improved Content Deployment |
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Governance and Records Management |
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Search |
Interactive Search Experience |
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Flexible Navigation, Refinement and Related Searches
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Query Completion, Spell Checking, and Wild Cards for Standard and FAST Search |
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Relevance |
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People Search |
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Connectivity |
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Improved Connectors to: Index Web Sites, File Servers, SharePoint, Exchange, Lotus Notes, Documentum, and FileNet
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Updated Business Connectivity Services
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Search Connection in SharePoint Designer |
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Scale and Platform Flexibility |
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Insights |
Excel Services |
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Performance Point Services |
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SQL Server |
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“Gemini” (SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint) |
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Visio Services |
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Composites |
SharePoint Designer |
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InfoPath Forms Service |
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Access Services |
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Sandbox Solutions |
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Business Connectivity Services |
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Support Create, Read, Update, Delete, Search and Offline Access to Line-of-Business Data (External List)
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External Content Type
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Support in SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio 2010. |
Additionally, there are significant investment areas under Administration and Development categories. For the detailed description of these features, it is recommended to visit http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/10/19/sharepoint-2010.aspx .
Thanks!