Microsoft SharePoint 2010 : Architected for all forms of web scenarios
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that SharePoint Online has more than 1 million online users (and 7,000 partners). “SharePoint is more capable, more extensible, more Internet & cloud focused. It’s an amazing product.” , and yes SharePoint is no longer just an intranet solution, it’s been architected for all forms of web scenarios.
Here are few best features I captured about Microsoft SharePoint 2010
· “Ribbon” interface (in-context editing)
· "Visual web parts” (“no more hard-coding of web parts”)
· Supports development / design on Vista & Windows 7
· Access services (publish Access dbases through SP)
· New sandboxed solutions
· Integrated rich media & Silverlight
· Improved Visual Studio & SQL
· Upgrades from 2007 will include a complete migration of an existing home page design / UI to 2010
· Improved social computing (blogs, wikis, tagging, ratings, etc)
· Improved search algorithms and FAST Search integration
· New site scenarios for:
o Pricing analysis
o Hiring processes
o Citizen management (citizen portals)
o Project tracking
o Sales reporting
o Conference planning
o Delivery scheduling
o Compliance review sites
Now let’s brief about features:
SharePoint Sites | |
Rich User Experience | · Easy site editing, including theming & branding · Office Ribbon UI for faster training & adoption · Rich offline experience with SharePoint Workspace |
Anywhere Access | · Mobile-based interaction with people and content · Read-write web access using Office Web Application · Cross-browser support for maximized participation |
Single Platform | · Collaboration across Intranet, Extranet & Internet · Improved interoperability with standards support · Out-of-box accessibility compliance for WCAG 2.0 |
SharePoint Communities | |
Informal Knowledge | · Promote sharing with easy social authoring · Easily navigate resources with pervasive tagging · Find better answers faster via user feedback |
Social Connections | · Connecting users through enhanced profiles · Staying up-to-date using news feeds and alerts · Make expertise discovery easy across the enterprise |
Participation Anywhere | · Work with peers whether online or offline · Collaborate on the go through the mobile UI · Enrich existing applications with social context |
SharePoint Content | |
User-centric | · Intuitive interaction with content through Office · Fast discovery using content metadata and tagging · Rapid creation and publishing of web content |
Flexibility and Compliance | · Pervasive records management and legal holds · Enterprise-wide taxonomies and folksonomies · Cross-farm policies and rules for all content types |
Management Efficiency | · Metadata and tagging managed by same services · Less storage and bandwidth for Office & binary content · Interoperability framework to link legacy repositories |
SharePoint Search | |
Better Answers, Faster | · Improved relevance based on usage and history · Rich results-navigators for shorter search time · Support for 400+ content types and 85 languages |
Knowledge Amplification | · Phonetic and multi-lingual for global relevance · Social connections driven by interests and expertise · Secure access to content, whether internal or external |
Enterprise Deployment | · Improved scale to meet any demand volume · Deployment-specific tuning for best results · Search-driven applications to enrich platform |
SharePoint Insights | |
Data interaction | · Advanced analysis with Excel Services · Richer data visualization and easy sharing · Incorporation of LOB data in data analysis |
Decision Making | · Powerful Self-Service capabilities and visualizations · Compelling dashboards to drive business results · Rich reports with access to millions of rows |
Organizational Effectiveness | · Drive accountability and alignment with scorecards · Identify issues and opportunities with real-time access · Improved API for richer extensibility and development |
SharePoint Composites | ||
User-Driven Solutions | · Enhanced toolset for end-user solutions · Process automation and data validation with Forms · Visio services integration for data visualization | |
Data Connectivity | · Business Connectivity Services for LOB data exchange · LOB data in Outlook, Word & Workspace without code ·
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