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Friday, August 24, 2012

SharePoint 2010 Overview

SharePoint 2010 Overview

SharePoint Server 2010 Standard/Enterprise Trial Download

SharePoint Server 2010 is the Successor of SharePoint Server 2007; it provides a number of additional features to enhance the usage of SharePoint.

From the Infrastructure point of view, there is a key changes, SharePoint Server 2007 can be installed in a server supporting 32-bit, however SharePoint server 2010 requires a server supporting 64-bit processor

SharePoint Server 2010 180 days Trial Standard/Enterprise versions can be downloaded from the following location.

SharePoint Server 2010 Foundation Download Free

SharePoint Server 2010 is the Successor of SharePoint Server 2007; it provides a number of additional features to enhance the usage of SharePoint.

SharePoint Server 2010 Foundation Edition is free and can be downloaded from the following location.

SharePoint 2010 Foundation Vs Standard Edition

The SharePoint 2010 Foundation Edition is a Free version and is the replacement of WSS 3.0, The foundation edition contains the basic features.

SharePoint 2010 Standard Edition is a licensed version, it contains all the features in the Foundation Edition in addition it has the following new features.

Document Sets
Duplicate Detection
Keyword Suggestions
Multistage Disposition
My Profile
Ratings
Tags
Web Analytics etc

The following sites provide a chart with the complete feature comparison between the different Editions of SharePoint 2010

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/Pages/Editions-Comparison.aspx
http://www.fpweb.net/sharepoint-hosting/2010/compare-sharepoint-foundation-server/
http://www.khamis.net/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=61

SharePoint 2010 Standard Vs Enterprise Edition

Both the Standard version and Enterprise version of SharePoint 2010 are licensed versions. The Enterprise contains all the features in the Standard Edition in addition it has the following new features.

Access Services
Business Data Web Parts
Business Intelligence Center
Calculated KPIs
Contextual Search
Visio Services etc

SharePoint 2010 vs. SharePoint 2013 (Preview)

SharePoint 2013 is the successor of SharePoint 2010, at the time of writing this post (Aug 2012), the Preview version of SharePoint 2013 was released.

The requirements remain almost the same for SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013, both can run in a 6-bit machine, the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit has already happened while moving from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010.

SharePoint 2007 vs. SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 is the next version of SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010 introduces a list of new features like Access Services, Visio Services, Business Connectivity Services. It also provides enhancements to a lot of existing features like Excel Services, Record Management etc

There is a basic Hardware requirement change between SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2007 can run on a 32-bit machine, but SharePoint 2010 requires a 64-machine and an Operating System which supports 64-bit processing, even the SQL Server needs to support 64-bit, So if you are moving from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010, you should also plan to Change/Upgrade your Hardware and Operating Systems.

The following sites provide a detailed chart of the Differences between SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010

http://www.rharbridge.com/?page_id=103
http://www.khamis.net/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=4

SharePoint Server 2010

SharePoint Server 2010 is the Successor of SharePoint Server 2007; it provides a number of additional features to enhance the usage of SharePoint.

Some of the key feature additions to SharePoint 2010 are as follows.

Access Services
Visio Services
Business Connectivity Services
Decomposition Tree
Document Sets
My Profile
Sandboxed Solutions
SharePoint Health Analyzer
SharePoint Ribbon
Support for Silverlight
Windows Power Shell Scripting
In-Place Records Management
Document ID Services
Excel Services – Support for REST format URL
Excel Services – ECMAScript Support for JavaScript

To know more about the new features in SharePoint 2010 refer to the posts
SharePoint 2010 Sites
SharePoint 2010 Communities
SharePoint 2010 Content
SharePoint 2010 Search
SharePoint 2010 Insight
SharePoint 2010 Composites

Thursday, August 16, 2012

SharePoint 2010 Sites

Portal in SharePoint 2007 is now Sites in SharePoint 2010. The following are the new features added to Communities in SharePoint 2010

Feature	Description
Ribbon	Top Menu and Tools are added to the new Ribbon, which is freeze to the top and does not scroll with the content.
Dialogs	Popup windows are now replaced with Ajax based Dialogs
Silverlight	Silverlight is supported, Allows adding Silverlight web parts directly.
Health Analyzer	Helps monitor server status and fix issues quickly
Browser Compatibility	Supports Internet Explorer 7.0 & 8.0, Safari and Firefox
Visual Upgrade	Allows you to retain the SharePoint 2007 look-and-feel if you want, displays a preview of SharePoint 2010 look-and-feel before committing to the new UI
Multilingual User Interface	Now apart from the content the Menu items, List headers, Ribbon text etc also support multiple languages.

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SharePoint 2010 Composites

Business Process Management in SharePoint 2007 is now called Composites in SharePoint 2010. The following are the new features added to Composites in SharePoint 2010

Feature	Description
Access & Visio Services	Allows users to publish Access and Vision files in SharePoint, which can be viewed by other users in the Browser itself.
Business Connectivity Services (BCS)	Business Connectivity Services (BCS) replaces Business Data Connector (BDC) which was available in MOSS 2007. Unlike BDC which can only read data from external sources, BCS can read and update data with external sources.
BCS - List Integration	Lists can be created by referring to tables in external data sources, the lists will be auto populated based on the data from the external tables.
BCS - Bulk Operation Support	Unlike BDC which supports only single operations at a time, BCS supports bulk data operations.
BCS – Support Blobs	BCS can also read BLOD data from external sources.
Silverlight	Silverlight applications can now be uploaded to Document Libraries.

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SharePoint 2010 Insights

Business Intelligence in SharePoint 2007 is now called Insights in SharePoint 2010. The following are the new features added to Insights in SharePoint 2010

Feature	Description
Decomposition Tree	Allows performing report drill down, analyze trends and perform root cause analysis.
REST Support for Excel Services	Excel services now supports REST format HTTP URL requests.
Excel Services ECMAScript	Excel services now supports JavaScript
Enhanced Dashboards	Dashboards can now publish up-to-the-minute updated reports by instantly connecting to the underlying data. Can produce complex reports by querying multiple sources instantly.

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SharePoint 2010 Search

Search in SharePoint 2010 retains the same name as in SharePoint 2007. The following are the new features added to Search in SharePoint 2010.

Feature	Description
Search Refinement panel	Search results are provided with Refinement panels which provide category based groups to drill down further on the search results. Eg: Group By - Author, File Type, Date History
Improved Scalability	Based on FAST Search technology, improved performance and scalability when compared to previous versions.
Search Suggestions	While the user types a keyword, Autocomplete suggestions like Google will be displayed.
People search	Enable searching people by name, job, skills etc
Ranking & Relevance	Search results provide ranking based on popularity and relevance details based on Metadata information.
Search External Data	Search can fetch data from external sources using Business Connectivity Services (BCS).

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