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Feature Name / Area Description SharePoint 2010
Foundation
SharePoint 2010
Server Standard
Sites
Accessibility Use SharePoint more effectively with improved accessibility,
including built-in support for keyboard navigation and support for
industry-wide accessibility standards.
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Claims-Based Authentication Use claims-based authentication to connect to corporate identity
systems--including Active Directory, LDAPv3-based directories,and application-specific databases--and user-centric identity
models--like LiveID, OpenID, and InfoCard systems.
Included Included
Configuration Wizards Easily configure SharePoint 2010 using new wizards that guide
you through each step.
Included Included
Connections to Microsoft Office Clients Save time and effort by using the "Connect to Office"
function in SharePoint 2010. The "Connect to Office"
function lets Microsoft Office applications know which SharePoint
libraries you frequently use. When you connect a library to Office,
the library is available in the Office Back Stage for opening and
saving files. When you want to create a new Office document,
you can view the list of templates in connected libraries as well as
local and online templates.
Included Included
Cross-Browser Support Access SharePoint through Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari. Included Included
High-Availability Architecture Simplify high-availability planning and solutions. From improved
support for database mirroring to the new Service Application
Architecture, new IT continuity management features help you
meet your independent service-level agreements.
Included Included
Improved Backup and Restore Enhance IT continuity management with improved backup and
restore capabilities. These new capabilities include configuration-
only backups and improved scale, performance, and resiliency.
Included Included
Improved Setup and Configuration Easily prepare servers and server farms for install with the new
Products Preparation Tool. Simplify the deployment process with
new wizards and use Windows PowerShell to deploy and
configure SharePoint 2010.
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Large List Scalability and Management Control the impact of lists and libraries on server performance.
Resource throttling helps users efficiently manage lists and
libraries that can contain millions of items.
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Managed Accounts Reduce administrative expenses by allowing SharePoint 2010 to
take control of your accounts. SharePoint 2010 can automatically
reset passwords based on domain policies and notify
administrators when passwords are expiring. By storing account
information in SharePoint 2010, you can keep your information
secure and reduce the overhead required to manage it yourself.
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Mobile Connectivity Access sites and content from mobile devices using a modern
micro-browser and an access gateway.
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Multilingual User Interface Take advantage of out-of-the-box support for multilingual
experiences in SharePoint 2010. Give your people language
options in site navigation, menus, the SharePoint Ribbon, and
customized list fields.
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Multi-Tenancy Delegate administration tasks and partition data across customers
or business units by using new controls and capabilities.
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Out-of-the-Box Web Parts Use more than 40 out-of-the-box Web Parts to add functionality
anywhere in a site with point-and-click simplicity.
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Patch Management Minimize downtime and predictably apply updates and service
packs with patch management features, including backward
compatibility, Central Administration reporting, and Windows
PowerShell integration.
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Permissions Management Create custom permission levels or use the six default permissionlevels, which are also customizable (except for the Limited Access
and Full Control permission levels).
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Quota Templates Control the amount of storage used by site collections and the
resources consumed by user code solutions with improved Quota
Templates.
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Read-Only Database Support Minimize downtime during patching and upgrade operations and
support a larger array of high-availability solutions with improved
read-only database support. SharePoint 2010 adapts to a read-
only state by limiting the write-based actions of the user in a
clean and effective presentation.
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Remote Blob Storage (SQL Feature) Move storage of large binary data (BLOBs) from SQL Server to
external storage solutions or commodity hardware.
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SharePoint Health Analyzer Quickly find and fix potential problems across all of the servers in
your farm. The SharePoint Health Analyzer monitors farm health
and can automatically fix many common configuration and
performance problems.
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SharePoint Lists Manage documents and data with SharePoint lists, a simple but
powerful table made up of rows and columns. Edit list entries
with customizable forms, and access list data with customizable
views.
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SharePoint Ribbon Quickly and easily find and use relevant features with the new
contextual SharePoint Ribbon.
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SharePoint Workspace Take lists, l ibraries, l ine-of-business data, and entire sites offl ine
with SharePoint Workspace 2010. Work locally and SharePoint
Workspace 2010 will synchronize any offline changes with theserver when connected.
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Streamlined Central Administration Manage SharePoint 2010 more efficiently with a streamlined
administration experience. Use the SharePoint Ribbon to
configure and manage your server farm.
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Support for Office Web Apps View, share, edit, and create Microsoft Office documents in
SharePoint using Microsoft Office Web Applications.
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Unattached Content Database
Recovery
Temporarily mount an unattached content database and browse
content, back up a site collection, or export sites and lists without
a recovery farm.
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Usage Reporting and Logging Improve your insight into server usage and performance with the
new unified logging database in SharePoint 2010. Log the usageand health data for your SharePoint farm. Write your own reports
or use the provided reports, and log events and tracing data
through a new logging Object Model in the database.
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Visual Upgrade Upgrade to SharePoint 2010 but keep the SharePoint 2007 look-
and-feel until you are ready to switch. View a site with the
SharePoint 2010 user interface before committing to it.
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Web Parts Use Web Parts to add new functionality to SharePoint sites. Add a
Web Part to any page, and a the new functionality will appear
when the page is displayed.
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Windows PowerShell Support Achieve greater control and productivity with Windows
PowerShell, a command line shell and scripting language.
SharePoint 2010 offers a snap-in so you can take advantage of
PowerShell for your SharePoint deployments and manage your
server farm and automate tasks with out-of-the-box cmdlets.
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Audience Targeting Target groups and inspaniduals with specific pages, Web Parts,
and content.
N/A Included
Improved Governance Manage SharePoint deployments with new and improvedgovernance features, including metadata creation and
management, shared service applications, taxonomy
management, multi-tenancy, Sandbox Solutions, content
syndication, and policies.
N/A Included
Secure Store Service Store account names and passwords in the secure database of the
new Secure Store Service. The SharePoint 2010 Secure Store
Service replaces the single sign-on (SSO) feature in SharePoint
2007.
N/A Included
Web Analytics Better serve your audience by identifying the trends on your sites
using Web Analytics. Improve the performance of server farms by
planning server resources.
N/A Included
Communities
Blogs Use the new SharePoint Ribbon to format blog text and easilyupload images.
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Connections to Office Communication
Server and Exchange
Easily connect SharePoint to Office Communication Server and
Exchange. Synchronize user profile information across Exchange,
Office Communication Server, SharePoint, and Active Directory.
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Discussions Create and respond to discussion topics, easily following the
structure of the discussion threads as if reading the transcript of a
conversation. Discussion lists have an improved rich text editor
and use the SharePoint Ribbon for easier editing and rich
formatting options.
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Photos and Presence Help people recognize each other with photos. Use presence to
email, IM, or call someone with the click of a button.
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Wikis Create pages that combine the ease of wikis with the functionality
of Web Parts.
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Ask Me About List your areas of expertise and invite colleagues to ask questions
on the "Ask Me About" section of your profile.
N/A Included
Colleague Suggestions Keep your colleague network current with an automated service
that suggests colleagues based on your reporting structure,
communities membership, e-mail distribution lists, Office
Communicator contact lists, and analysis of most common Office
Outlook e-mail recipients.
N/A Included
Colleagues Network Create an extensive network of colleagues across your company
and keep up-to-date on their activities. Easily add people to your
company^s social network through the Add Colleagues feature.
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Enterprise Wikis Consolidate company-wide information into a centralized, easy-to-
manage repository with an Enterprise Wiki. Embed dynamic
contentincluding rich mediaand use the Managed Metadata
service to categorize pages. Manage wiki pages as records to
support company compliance and document retention policies.
N/A Included
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Keyword Suggestions Add keywords to the "Ask Me About" and "Interests" section of
your User Profile by using keyword suggestions. SharePoint 2010
will periodically suggest keywords or repeated topics based on e-
mail communication patterns from Microsoft Outlook 2010.
N/A Included
Memberships Centrally manage your community memberships and email
distribution lists from your SharePoint profile.
N/A Included
My Content Centrally store and manage your documents, favorite links,
personal blog, and wiki pages on the My Content section of your
My Site. Customize your pages and set access and permission
levels for any content in the section.
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My Newsfeed View real-time updates from people you follow and the interests
you track. My Newsfeed is fully customizable - select what types
of activities you want to display, and extend to display third-party
activity feeds.
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My Profile Learn more about your colleagues with Profile pages. The My
Profile page contains information about employees, including
biographies, job titles, location, contact information, interests and
skills, and previous projects.
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Note Board Easily connect with others, reduce e-mail overload, and startdiscussions with the Note Board. Post comments, ask questions,
and engage the community.
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Organization Browser Navigate your organizational structure to see managers, peers,
and direct reports.
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Ratings Rate SharePoint pages, lists, libraries, and inspanidual documents
with a five-star rating system.
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Recent Activities Let people know what you^re up to with the Recent Activities
feed on your profile page.
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Status Updates Let your colleagues know what you^re up to by sharing Status
Updates. People receive your Status Updates through their
network news feeds.
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Tag Clouds Navigate the tag taxonomy with the visual Tag Cloud Web Part. N/A Included
Tag Profiles Find information and discussions on specific keywords or topicsusing Tag Profile pages. View a list of items that have been tagged
with a term as well as a list of the community members following
the topic.
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Tags Classify and organize large amounts of information in your
company by applying tags. Use standardized taxonomy tags
defined by the organization and informal social tags defined by
employees.
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Tags and Notes Tool Manage and share your favorite internal and external Web sites
with the Tags and Notes tool. Increase resource sharing across
your company by tagging a page with an "I like it" social
bookmark.
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Content
Compliance Everywhere Manage versions, apply retention schedules, declare records, and
place legal holds, whether you^re dealing with traditional
content, Web content, or social content.
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Content Organizer Classify content more accurately by using the Content Organizer
to automatically route content to appropriate document libraries.
N/A Included
Document Sets Create a Document Set to manage related content as a single
entity, speeding up common processes like RFP responses.
N/A Included
Managed Metadata Service Centrally define and manage metadata, making it available for
use across farms and site collections.
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Metadata-driven Navigation Use metadata-driven navigation to easily find information in large
document libraries. Browse and discover content using tags and
attributes.
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Multistage Disposition Build sophisticated policies for managing the entire content li fe
cycle with multistage disposition.
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Rich Media Management Easily store, manage, find, and use digital content. N/A Included
Shared Content Types Centrally define and manage content types, making them
available for use across farms and site collections.
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Unique Document IDs Find content, even if it has been moved from its orig inal location,
with a unique, human-readable Document ID assigned by
SharePoint 2010.
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Word Automation Services Save, export, and print Word documents with Word Automation
Services, which also helps you create, manipulate, and render
documents.
N/A Included
Search
Site Search Find information in your current site or list. Included Included
Basic Sorting Sort results based on modified date or the default view. N/A Included
Best Bets Provide the best results for a keyword using the Best Bets feature. N/A Included
Click Through Relevancy Find results that others l iked. Each time people cl ick on a searchresult, its ranking for related queries increases.
N/A Included
Duplicate Detection Reduce clutter from multiple versions of the same document in
search results with the Duplicate Detection feature.
N/A Included
Enterprise Scale Search Search up to 100 million documents to meet the needs of your
entire company or the specialized needs of inspanidual
departments.
N/A Included
Federated Search Use federated sources in core results, in a small preview of
results, or in an instant answer format. Federated Results
incorporate information from other sources, Related Searches,
and People Results in the search experience.
N/A Included
Metadata-driven Refinement Use the new refinement panel in SharePoint 2010 to narrow theresults of your search and find the right content faster.
N/A Included
Mobile Search Experience Search documents, people, and sites from almost anywhere. N/A Included
People and Expertise Search Search for people by name or by associated terms. N/A Included
Phonetic and Nickname Search Search for a person^s name as it sounds, without knowing the
exact spelling.
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Query Suggestions, "Did You Mean?",
and Related Queries
Quickly find the right answer with type-as-you-go query
suggestions. Use the "Did You Mean?" feature to get spelling
corrections. View related queries as a part of your search results.
N/A Included
Recently Authored Content Identify the right people and expertise faster with recently
authored content.
N/A Included
Relevancy Tuning Create customized relevance models to meet specific business
needs.
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Search Scopes Search against a specific subset of the index using criteria like
URLs or property values.
N/A Included
SharePoint 2010 Search Connector
Framework
Crawl content outside of SharePoint easily and securely. The
Search Connector Framework is built on Business Connectivity
Services and allows you to easily create your own connectors.
N/A Included
Windows 7 Search Search SharePoint from the Windows 7 desktop. N/A Included
Advanced Content Processing Extract and create metadata from documents to improve search
results, sorting capabilities, and refinement.
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Advanced Sorting Sort results based on Managed Properties or Rank Profiles N/A N/A
Contextual Search Tailor different results and refinement options based on the
profile of the user or audience.
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Deep Refinement See the exact number of documents that match each refinement
option in a result set.
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Extensible Search Platform Meet your company s complex search needs with an extensible
search platform. Build search-driven applications, including 360
Customer Insight applications, Research and Development
portals, and Product Support dashboards.
N/A N/A
Extreme Scale Search Search billions of documents while maintaining sub-second query
times.
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Rich Web Indexing Index dynamic Web content and JavaScript with a highly
customizable indexing connector.
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Similar Results Find results that are similar to your search query. N/A N/A
Thumbnails and Previews Recognize the right content quickly with thumbnail and preview
images in your search results.
N/A N/A
Tunable Relevance with Multiple Rank
Profiles
Build rank profiles to define customized ranking algorithms. Blend
multiple rank ingredients--including content freshness, authority,
and quality--to return the right results.
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Visual Best Bets Return rich, editorialized results for specific search keywordsusing Visual Best Bets. Target content to specific groups of users
by associating Visual Best Bets with User Context.
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Insights
Business Intelligence Center Use the examples in this dedicated SharePoint site template to
help you get started with your Business Intelligence projects.
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Calculated KPIs Create powerful key performance indicators (KPIs) derived from
multiple data sources. Sample templates enable the creation of
KPIs quickly and easily using a powerful new expression editor.
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Chart Web Parts Choose from a wide range of chart types to create advanced
visualizations using the data in SharePoint, including SharePoint
Lists, Business Connectivity Services, or Excel Services. A simple
wizard guides you through the creation of charts empowering you
to create your own dashboards quickly and easily.
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Dashboards Create rich dashboards that convey the right information the first
time, aggregating content from multiple sources and displaying it
in a Web browser in an understandable and collaborate
environment. Rich interactivity lets you to analyze up-to-the-
minute information and work with the data quickly and easily to
identify key opportunities and trends.
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Data Connection Library Easily share, manage, and discover data connections by
centralizing Office Data Connections (ODCs) in Data Connection
Libraries. Access data you need while IT centrally manages theconnections and underlying data sources.
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Decomposition Tree Perform root cause analyses using powerful analytics to examine
core data. View only the most pertinent information using the
new Decomposition Tree.
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Excel Services Publish Excel workbooks as interactive reports or dashboards.
Create rich business experiences with the new JavaScript Object
Model, and use the new REST API to easily embed workbooks in
other applications. Reuse content in SharePoint dashboards with
the new features of Excel 2010 (including Sparklines and Visual
Slicers).
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Excel Services and PowerPivot for
SharePoint
Publish Excel workbooks with PowerPivot as interactive reports
and dashboards within SharePoint. Schedule and refresh your
PowerPivot-enabled Excel workbooks and use a rich management
dashboard to monitor and manage the workbooks across your
SharePoint farm.
N/A N/A
PerformancePoint Services Access the information you need when you need it with
interactive dashboards and scorecards. Easily analyze root causes
and make effective decisions by using new features like the
Decomposition Tree, visualizations, and improved filtering.
N/A N/A
Visio Services Publish Visio 2010 diagrams to SharePoint 2010 to let your people
view and refresh diagrams in a browser without opening Visio.
Integrate diagrams into other SharePoint applications and
develop rich mash-ups.
N/A N/A
Composites
Browser-based Customizations Customize pages and Web Parts to create Web sites that meet
your specific business needs.
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Business Connectivity Services Work with external data, whether online or offline, in SharePoint
2010 and Microsoft Office 2010 applications using Business
Connectivity Services (BCS, formerly named the Business Data
Catalog).
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Business Data Connectivity Service Declaratively model external systems to expose external data inSharePoint 2010. The BDC provides connectivity to various types
of external systems, and it has built-in support for connecting to
databases, WCF and Web services, Microsoft .NET Framework
assemblies, and custom data sources.
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Client Object Model (OM) Use the Cl ient Object Model (OM) to access SharePoint
application programming interface (APIs) from remote machines,
Silverlight, ECMAScript, and .NET applications.
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Developer Dashboard Monitor and debug SharePoint solutions with the Developer
Dashboard. The Developer Dashboard provides diagnostic
information, including page request details, memory used,
authenticated user, and the number of SPRequest objects.
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Event Receivers Add functionality to actionsincluding Web and list creation
events and site-scoped eventsusing Events Project Templates in
Visual Studio 2010.
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External Data Column Access data from external data sources in existing SharePoint
Lists.
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External Lists Read and write data from external systems just as you would
SharePoint list data.
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Language Integrated Query (LINQ) for
SharePoint
Use Language Integrated Query directly in C# or VB.NET code.
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is a new, popular, and strongly-
typed data query syntax that provides compile time validation to
the SharePoint list schema and a simpler alternative to CAML
queries.
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REST and ATOM Data Feeds Easily work with list and Excel data in SharePoint 2010 using
ADO.NET Data Services to access REST/ATOM data in a Visual
Studio 2010 application.
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Ribbon and Dialog Framework Customize the SharePoint Ribbon with additional context-
sensitive ribbons, groups, and items. Create custom dialogs to
open on top of Web pages, keeping user context and giving the
look of a pop-up window in a non-Web application.
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Sandboxed Solutions Maintain security and manage system performance with Sandbox
Solutions. Sandbox Solutions separate code from other processes,
improving the security and helping you control resources and
prevent performance problems.
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SharePoint Designer Deliver no-code customizations with the new tools in SharePoint
Designer, including List and Content Type editors, reusable
workflows, XSLT templates, and external content types.
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SharePoint Service Architecture Provision and manage SharePoint services with the new
SharePoint Service Architecture, an upgrade from the Shared
Service Provider Architecture in SharePoint 2007.
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SharePoint T imer Jobs Run SharePoint timer jobs on a farm and manage and monitorjobs through the farm administration interface.
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Silverlight Web Part Upload Silverlight XAP applications to a document library and use
them immediately with the built-in Silverlight Web Part.
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Solution Packages Deploy solutions and features on a SharePoint farm with a WSS
Solution Package (WSP).
Included Included
Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint
Developer Tools
Create, package, and debug SharePoint solutions with new tools
in Visual Studio 2010. Build Web parts, Business Connectivity
Services Entities (formerly BDC Entities), and SharePoint solutions
with new designers in Visual Studio 2010. Take advantage of
integrated support for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server,
including source code control and team build capabilities.
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Windows 7 Support Install SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7, Windows Vista, or
Windows Server 2008 and make SharePoint development more
convenient.
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Workflow Automate collaborative processes using tasks and forms. Take
advantage of improved workflow runtime features in SharePoint
2010, including management, site workflows, custom local
services, event receivers, and reliability.
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Workflow Models Create workflow models in SharePoint Designer 2010 or Visual
Studio 2010 and deploy them to SharePoint 2010. Associate
workflow models with an item in a SharePoint list, a document in
a document library, or directly on a SharePoint site. Workflow
actions execute in response to user events, and workflowinstances can run long.
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Business Connectivity Services Profile
Page
View detailed information about an external data item on a
Business Connectivity Services Profile Page. This page appears
when users drill down into external data in search results,
External Lists, and External Data Web Parts.
N/A Included
Workflow Templates Use out-of-the-box workflow templates for common tasks like
approvals and reviews.
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Access Services Publish Access databases in SharePoint. N/A N/A
Business Data Integration with the
Office Client
Interact with external business data directly within the familiar
user environment of Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, and
Microsoft SharePoint Workspace.
N/A N/A
Business Data Web Parts Create unique business applications and display information from
line-of-business systems using Business Data Web Parts.
N/A N/A
InfoPath Forms Services Create rich electronic forms to quickly gather information. Use
Microsoft InfoPath to build form-based SharePoint applications
and advanced forms that connect to line-of-business systems.
N/A N/A
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