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Friday, August 24, 2012

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.

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

SharePoint Server 2007 Trial Download

SharePoint Server 2007 is built on top of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, it is a licensed version and has a set of add-on features. If can installed on any server which runs Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008.

SharePoint Server 2007 Trial can be downloaded from the following location

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - Download (Free)

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (or) WSS 3.0, is the underlying core framework of SharePoint, WSS is free and can be downloaded and installed on any server which runs Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008.

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 can be downloaded from the following Link.

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