Many new comers have misconceptions about SharePoint 2010. So, let’s understand SharePoint and its functions better.
What’s in the Name?
The name SharePoint to starters clarify that it helps in sharing information and allows for collaborating on information at a specific point.
Six Pillars of New and Old SharePoint
The earlier version of SharePoint had six major pillars like:
CollaborationPortalSearchContent managementBusiness formsBusiness intelligence
These six pillars were replaced with the more powerful ones in SharePoint 2010.
SharePoint 2010: A Great Enterprise Platform
The new six pillars of SharePoint development are explained one by one in the following sections.
1.
Sites: Now Manage Websites Better
It has made lot of improvements related to web content management (WCM) like: A more intuitive MS Office-like content authoring and editing experienceImproved content organizing and categorizing featureCompliance with Web Standards like XHTML and WCAG 2.0 AAImproved search via FAST SearchWeb Analytics Integration
2.
Communities: Creating a Social Collaboration Environment
SharePoint 2010 allows you to enjoy features like Facebook and Twitter by supporting: User profile creationBlogs, wikis, RSS feeds and activity streamsCreation of special interest groups (Communities)Commenting, discussions, social tagging, bookmarking etc.
3. Content: Seamlessly Manage Documents, Information and Records
SharePoint 2010 allows you to:
Manage documents and assign rights for reading and updating themSimplify search and retrieval with categorizationMark as official records and lock them down from further editing
4. Search: Search Your Organization’s Info like in Google
SharePoint 2010 offers a strong search facility similar to Google. It allows to:
Search information and people with their expertiseIndex content and data stored outside the custom SharePoint databaseRefine search results based on taxonomy and metadata
5. Insights: Powering with Business Intelligence
It offers tools like Excel for gathering and analyzing data to build web-based reports. You can also create dashboards, scorecards etc.
6. Composites: Business Systems Integration
It allows you to create composite applications for fetching data and content from different systems. Moreover, you can both view and update external data via its Business Connectivity Services (BCS).
SharePoint: Excellent Cloud Platform
SharePoint 2010 along with Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) would enable fast and cost-effective SharePoint deployment.
Enterprise Collaboration — One Stop Shop
It allows best and flawless collaboration for maximum productivity.
