Are you ready for SharePoint 2010?

12 February 2010

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is part of the next wave of Microsoft Office-related products, which includes Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Microsoft Visio 2010, that are designed to give people the best productivity experience across PCs, phones and browsers. Microsoft Press Release October 19, 2009
New Ribbon	Makes end users more productive and customisation of SharePoint sites easier. The ribbon is similar to the ribbon found on other Office products such as Microsoft Word
Deeper Integration with Microsoft Office	Through social tagging, backstage integration and document life-cycle management
Ability to build dynamic Web sites	Built-in support for rich media such as video, audio and Silverlight
New web content management features with built-in accessibility	Through Web content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, multilingual support and one-click page layout Enables broader access to SharePoint Server sites
New SharePoint tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010	Gives software developers a better experience using tools they know and trust Makes end users more productive Makes customisation of SharePoint easier Ribbon is similar to ribbons on other Office products such as Microsoft Office
Business Connectivity Services	Allows developers to connect to line-of-business data or Web services in SharePoint Server and the Office client.
Rich programming interfaces	Allows programmers to rapidly build applications on the SharePoint platform.
Addition of two new SharePoint SKUs	For Internet-facing sites, including an on-premises and hosted offer.