Improve organisational effectiveness by providing comprehensive web-based content management and enterprise search.
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 makes it easier for people to work together. Using SharePoint 2010, your people can set up Web sites to share information with others, manage documents from start to finish, and publish reports to help everyone make better decisions.
SharePoint Server 2010 Overview
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 is the business collaboration platform for the Enterprise and the Web that enables you to connect and empower people through an integrated set of rich features. Whether deployed on-premise or as a hosted service, SharePoint Server 2010 helps you cut costs with a unified infrastructure while allowing you to rapidly respond to your business needs. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 is the business collaboration platform for the enterprise. Deploy SharePoint Server 2010 to perform the following:
- Connect people with colleagues and information through communities, so they can share knowledge and ideas.
- Manage and govern enterprise content while balancing user experience with policy and process.
- Respond to changing business needs by making data-driven decisions.
- Help users find the content, information, and people they need with enterprise search.
The consolidation of collaboration solutions onto SharePoint 2010 makes it possible to cut costs by lowering training and maintenance expenses and increasing productivity.
Drive Economic Impact: SharePoint 2010
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 enables organisations to drive productivity and create cost efficiencies through a unified collaboration platform. A study by Forrester examines the economic impact of SharePoint 2010.
Licensing considerations
SharePoint 2010 supports intranet, extranet, and internet applications from a single, integrated platform. The specific licenses you need depend on three factors: what capabilities are used, how SharePoint is deployed, and where the system is hosted - i.e. onsite (up-front capital expenditure necessary) or via a Save9 cloud service (pay monthly and get all future updates/fixes/patches indefinitely).
SharePoint Server 2010: Internet/Extranet Scenarios
SharePoint Server 2010 Standard
The SharePoint Server 2010 Standard server edition is designed for small and mid-sized companies, and deployment is limited to a single domain and related sub-domains. A domain is a combination of a public domain (such as .com, .net, .org) and a second-level, proprietary domain (such as MyCompany, MyOrganisation, MyClub). Examples of valid domains are MyCompany.com, MyOrganisation.net, and MyClub.org. Sub-domains are any URL prefixes to the left of the second-level domains (e.g. www.).
SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise
SharePoint 2010 Enterprise, delivers the full capabilities of the SharePoint 2010 Enterprise CAL for use on an internet or extranet site. This server license also includes the rights to deploy FAST Search for internet and extranet scenarios. You can deploy a single server license of SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise, as a SharePoint server or a FAST Search server - but not both concurrently. FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint must be installed on a different server from Microsoft SharePoint Server and the server should not be used for anything other than FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint – so there are cost considerations for this enhanced service.
SharePoint Enterprise functionality offers a long list of additional features over Standard, including:
- Excel Services
- Performance Point Services
- Advanced Charting
- Visio Services
- Access Services
- InfoPath Form Services
- Client line of business integration and web parts
- Custom Reports
SharePoint 2010 Datasheets
SharePoint 2010 Product Guide
SharePoint 2010 Communities - Social Media
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