MOSS 2010 Key Features

Key Features


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 Media Support
Central Administration

SharePoint 2010 is packed with exciting new features. Content authors, administrators and developers can all expect an improved experience.

Content Authoring Improvements
Improved WYSIWYG Editor (Web Edit with Live Preview)
Improved Theming
Silverlight Web Part
Ribbon Toolbar
Administration Improvements
Streamlined Central Administration
Best Practices Analyzer: analyzes farm health and can automatically fix common configuration errors out-of-the-box. Extensible and rules-based.
Unified Logging Database
Resource throttling for large lists and libraries
Development Improvements
Visual Studio 2010 Tools including a Package Designer and Web Part Editor
LINQ for SharePoint
Developer Dashboard: Page-level debugging/trace output
Business Connectivity Services (BCS) replaces Business Data Catalog (BDC) with SharePoint Designer 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 will provide BCS-specific tooling.
Client Object Model (OM) is a new SharePoint API that runs on the client and can be called from JavaScript, .NET, or Silverlight

Social Networking in Business

Here is a very good presentation on Enterprise 2.0 ...


AIIM New England Social Networking Presentation

Setting Up the Development Environment for SharePoint Server

When you create or customize SharePoint solutions, it is usually best to develop the solution on a local computer where Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 or Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 is installed. This article describes how to install a development environment with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. The development environment that you create by using these instructions will not support SharePoint farm installations, and you should not host active production sites with this configuration. These instructions will enable you to get started with an environment that is specifically suited to developing SharePoint custom solutions.Click on the below link for complete article
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(v=office.14).aspx

How Search Has Improved in SharePoint 2010

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/how-search-has-improved-in-sharepoint-2010-007161.php

8 Ways Web Content Management has Improved in SharePoint 2010

8 Ways Web Content Management has Improved in SharePoint 2010

Make the Most of SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint's complexity still puzzles many IT pros. BUt users say SharePoint has more advantages than what just meets the eye.Here's how one company uses it to keep a project involving a large cast of players and documents on time and on budget.

Article Highlights
• 41% The number of IT pros who plan to implement or upgrade to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOS ) by the end of 2008.
• Share point’s capability around the storage of unstructured data is one of its strengths
• One goal of SharePoint was to eliminate paper to reduce printing and shipping costs and support environmental sustainability efforts
• Culhane and Fahrenkrug saved about $250,000 (about Rs 1 crore) by reducing the amount of paper they had to print and ship to the various architects
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Intranet Roadmap

Getting Started - Intranet 2010
The Intranet Road Map is an intranet guide, portal and tutorial for those creating a corporate intranet or those wanting to improve an existing intranet. To begin the intranet tutorial, Click here

Virtualization and Cloud will Take IT Ahead

Organizations are increasingly looking at virtualization and cloud (both public and private), to ensure efficient utilization of existing infrastructure, says Sanjay Mirchandani, senior vice president and CIO, EMC in an exclusive interview with CIO.in

Article Highlights
Virtualization and cloud are the technologies that will help enterprises meet almost all business needs, going forward.
Being a user as well as vendor of technology gives the “users’ edge and trustworthiness.

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SharePoint 2010 Launch

May 12th, 2010, is the launch date for SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010 Microsoft officially announced

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2010/03/05/sharepoint-2010-office-2010-launch.aspx

in reference to: http://blogs.msdn.com/arpans/ (view on Google Sidewiki)