By George Norman - Software News Editor
Added on 21 Oct 2009(372 Views)
There are good news to report about SharePoint Server 2010. First of all you should know that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Beta will be released this November. The second piece of good news is that Microsoft finally revealed some details about he functionality it will provide. There is one third piece of good news: Steve Ballmer announced that the release of the Sharepoint Server 2010 Beta will be accompanied by MS Office 2010 Beta.

Steve Ballmer comments: "SharePoint 2010 is the biggest and most important release of SharePoint to date. When paired with Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 will transform efficiency by connecting workers across a single collaboration platform for business.


Without any further ado, here is what you can expect to get from Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010:
  • New Ribbon UI (user interface)
The UI has been redesigned with two thoughts in mind: 1. to make the end user more productive; 2. to make it easier to customize SharePoint sites.
  • Office Integration
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 is deeply integrated with the company’s Office productivity suite via social tagging, backstage integration and document life-cycle management.
  • Rich Media Support
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 comes with built-in support for rich media (video, audio, Silverlight)
  • New Web Content Management Features
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 provides built-in accessibility. Then there’s multilingual support, one-click page layout, the option to give anyone access to SharePoint Server sites.
  • Visual Studio 2010 with New Sharepoint Tools
The integration of SharePoint tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 is meant to provide developers with a better user experience. With access to the tools they are already familiar with, developers are given a premier experience.
  • Business Connectivity Services
These services let developers connect capabilities to line-of-business data or Web services in SharePoint Server and the Office client.
  • Rich APIS
  • SharePoint Online Has Enterprise Features
These features include Excel Services and InfoPath Forms Services
  • 2 NEW SharePoint SKUs

If you would like to learn more about Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, visit the official site here.





Don't forget to:

RSS



Via: www.microsoft.com

Tags: Microsoft, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Steve Ballmer

Link to this article:



Add comment:
Name(Required)
Email(Required - Never shown)
Website(Optional)
Comment(Required):

Insert the following code:
Software News
Chromium OS Goes Open-Source
This summer Google let the world know that it is working on a new operating system meant for the user that spends most of his time online. The operating system – aptly named Chrome OS because it is a natural extension...
20 Nov 2009
Office 2010 Beta Downloads Available to the Public
Earlier this week Redmond-based software giant Microsoft announced that Office 2010 became available for download as a Beta. The catch was that only ...
20 Nov 2009
Mozilla Releases: Firefox 3.6 Beta 3
The development process of the Firefox 3.6 browser is moving along rapidly. The first Beta version was released at the start of the month; Beta 2 was released about two weeks after Beta 1. About a week has passed since...
20 Nov 2009
New Labs Feature for Gmail: Green Robot!
The software developers at Google have announced the release of a new Gmail Labs offering called Green Robot! This new offering is meant to improve the Gmail Chat user experience by letting the ...
20 Nov 2009
Opera Mobile 10 Beta for Windows Mobile Is Out Also
Opera Software, the company that we all know for making the innovative and feature rich Opera web browser, has released Opera Mobile 10 Beta for Windows Mobile-powered devices. This release follows in the...
19 Nov 2009
Beta Testing is Over, Stable Version of Trillian for iPhone Released
The focus so far has been on desktop version of this multiprotocol instant messaging software application, Trillian Astra (version 4.1). Today is time to switch focus away from the desktop version and onto something a bit more...
19 Nov 2009
Recommended Tools

Top Downloads