what is sharepoint 2010



Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is the central information sharing and business collaboration platform for the Microsoft Office System. SharePoint 2010 is made up of two main products: SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010.

SharePoint Foundation 2010 is the next stage of the product previously called Windows SharePoint Services. Microsoft has renamed the product so that its name better reflects the product purpose and aligns with other Microsoft foundational services. SharePoint Foundation provides the fundamental collaboration services on which the SharePoint platform is built, including these:
A web-centric information management and presentation platform
Lists and libraries for storing and managing documents and structured information, such as contacts, links, and announcements
Security services allowing for Active Directory integrated access  Management and content security, as well as the ability to extend the environment to use alternative security access providers
Environment and information management structure that allows for easy resource configuration and management
Integrated Windows Workflow Foundation services providing the core for creating workflow-centric solutions

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 extends the capabilities provided by SharePoint Foundation by introducing additional services. These services, which follow, integrate directly into the SharePoint Foundation platform enhancing the existing environment:
Full-featured document, record, and web content management
Data integration, reporting, and analysis
Form and process integration automation and management
Application integration
Enterprisewide search
People integration and social networking
Personalized content and alerts

These capabilities are used to create solutions that bring together people, information, systems, and business processes. Microsoft summarizes the wide range of capabilities provided by SharePoint 2010
into the following categories:
Sites: SharePoint is a single platform for providing intranet, extranet, and Internet solutions. These sites and the information within them are accessible through standard web browsers, Microsoft Office programs, and mobile devices.

Communities: One of the key uses of SharePoint is to allow people to effectively work together. Collaboration tools are available allowing teams to work together on efforts. Tools are also provided that enable people to connect and communicate with one another.

Content: SharePoint includes a comprehensive set capabilities for document
management, record management, and web content management.

Search: Quickly locating relevant information increases people’s overall
effectiveness. SharePoint provides enterprise search tools that can be used to search across content, people, and data throughout the enterprise.

Insights: SharePoint allows actionable enterprise data to be incorporated into
solutions, making corporate data more broadly available.

Composites: SharePoint is an enterprise solution platform that includes a wide range of tools and interfaces that can be leveraged to create comprehensive, cost-effective business solutions.

The capabilities of SharePoint allow you to create solutions to support your organization's business Needs in a way that is cost effective, can be easily managed, and allows the SharePoint environment to Become your central system for managing and accessing all enterprise systems and information.


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