Six Pillars Of Microsoft Sharepoint 2010
When Microsoft released SharePoint 2007, three years ago, there were lots of expectations from the product but it was far from perfect. To say that SharePoint 2007 was an improvement over 2003 version will probably be an understatement.
All the problems of Microsoft SharePoint 2007 were resolved with the introduction of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 after a long gap of three years. Microsoft has labeled SharePoint 2010 as a business collaboration platform for enterprises and the web because it opens up new domains for managing number of activities from the workplace like:
- Document management
- Web content management
- Workplace collaboration
Let us now look at the pillars of SharePoint 2010:
- Sites: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 uses different sites which help users in getting relevant information quickly. These sites can be used through internet, intranet, or extranet. It enables users to share information, data, and expertise across organizations. One of the major advantages of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is, it allows businesses to monitor the inflow and outflow of information within the organization. The tools required for internet, intranet, and extranet remains the same. Organizations can take advantage of personalization, content management, social networking, and collaboration activities through any type of site. It also supports offline activities.
- Communities: The new version of SharePoint allows users to work together in different ways. Microsoft has enhanced the social features of SharePoint 2007 in the current version and has made it look better. Communities allow people to collaborate in groups, share knowledge, and find information on various topics easily. Users can even take help of experts in the particular domain if they are stuck to a particular topic.
- Content: SharePoint content shifts SharePoint 2010 from departmental solution to an enterprise solution. There has been massive improvement in content wherein users can add significant number of documents to SharePoint. They can even use external data storage options to store more data. Data is stored with proper records with complaint content management lifecycle.
- Search: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 has acquired FAST search server which improves the search tremendous. Now, users can not only search for content but also people. They can opt for better language options with thumbnails and previews. They can even sort out the search queries and study similar search to get relevant search results.
- Insights: With the help of SharePoint insights, users can access information through different data sources like: dashboards, scorecards, reports and more. To help users, Microsoft has introduced Performance Point Server to SharePoint platform. It is also known as Performance Point Services for SharePoint. It helps users to discover right people and expertise to make better business decisions.
- Composites: SharePoint, being a complete platform, helps users in creating their code solutions on premises or in cloud. Complex applications can be developed with the help of well known tools like:
- InfoPath
- SharePoint Designer 2010
- Visio 2010
