Waking up this Monday morning, there is tons of information on SharePoint 2010 Technical Preview from Microsoft. More then its' typical for pre-beta. With the initial information that is coming out of the technical preview of SharePoint 2010, I have a strong belief that this version of SharePoint, will be its finest. Sure there are huge improvements coming but I'm taking about getting them right.
Web-Based Office
The biggest news to come out of Redmond, most certainly a direct challenge to Google Apps, Microsoft is rolling out lightweight FREE Web browser versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote. What's even bigger news is that Microsoft says that its browser versions have been tested on all major browsers aside from Internet Explorer, including Firefox and Safari.
SharePoint 2010 Changes
What changes are coming to the sneap peak of
SharePoint 2010? Here is a complete list that will be updated:
- New User Interface including new Ribbon
- Web Edit
- Silverlight Web Part
- Rich Theming
- Multiple Browser Support
- Visio Services
- SharePoint Designer
- Business Connectivity Services (the evolution of the Business Data Catalog)
- SharePoint Workspace
- Rich Meda Support
- Streamlined Central Administration
- SharePoint Best Practices Analyzer
- Usage Reporting and Logging
- Large List Resource Throttling
- Unattached Content Database Recovery
- Visual Upgrade
- Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Tools
- Language Integrated (LINQ) for SharePoint
- Developer Dashboard
- Business Connectivity Services
- Client Object Model (OM)
If you would like to see how the improved the interface, experience and approach has been with SharePoint 2010, then check out the first link below.
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