Enhancements and new features @ SharePoint 2010

•Sites – Robust user experience, Web Analytics, Mobile Connectivity, Tagging

•Communities – Social Networking, Enterprise Wiki, Ratings

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•Content – Compliance, Managed metadata, Document Sets, Accessibility standards

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•Search – People and Enterprise search, Scalable, FAST, Search in Context, Refinement

•Insights – Poweshell, Jquery, Calculated KPI, Char Webparts, BI Center

•Composites – BCS, Visio Services, Access Services, Sandboxed solution

MOSS 2007 Search Architecture
• There is an index server that builds the index.
• There is a physical index file that is pushed to each WFE server.
• There is a query service that runs on the WFE that queries the index file.
• There are SSPs which are to host search services and control what content is indexed.
• The BDC is used to add external data (from a database and web services) to the index.
• There is an access control list which is used to manage security to items.

Some useful links to give SharePoint professionals insight into the new SharePoint 2010 platform.

SharePoint 2010 Architecture

• Topologies for SharePoint Server 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FD686CBB-8401-4F25-B65E-3CE7AA7DBEAB&displaylang=en
• Services in SharePoint 2010 Products - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B9CA7745-FFA4-43CA-A638-E1AD868187CE&displaylang=en
• Hosting Environments for SharePoint 2010 Products - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=326845D1-95DB-4E55-B65A-218509DEBE24&displaylang=en
• Getting started with business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FC97D587-FFA4-4B43-B77D-958F3F8A87B9&displaylang=en
• Cross-farm Services in SharePoint 2010 Products - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5141C91C-0922-44FC-AAF4-64C5156209EF&displaylang=en
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Evaluation Guide - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=110318EC-0238-4811-8FC7-EC4399D3C100&displaylang=en

SharePoint 2010 Development

• SharePoint 2010: Professional Developer Evaluation Guide and Walkthroughs - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=CFFB14E8-88A9-43BD-87AA-4792AB60D320&displaylang=en
• SharePoint 2010 Reference: Software Development Kit - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=F0C9DAF3-4C54-45ED-9BDE-7B4D83A8F26F&displaylang=en
• SharePoint 2010: Getting Started with Development on SharePoint 2010 Hands-on Labs in C# and Visual Basic - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C010FC68-B47F-4DB6-B8A8-AD4BA33A35C5&displaylang=en
• SharePoint 2010: Developer Platform White Paper - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5184cb27-98d9-4cc0-bb0b-4b24d5b62db6
• SharePoint Products and Technologies: 2010 (Technical Preview) Developer Documentation - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=94AFE886-3B20-4BC9-9A0D-ACD8CD232C24&displaylang=en
• SharePoint 2010: Developer and IT Professional Learning Plan - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=AC9A3851-C298-4F4F-B7F0-63D756D2BDE9&displaylang=en

SharePoint 2010 Search

• Search Technologies for SharePoint 2010 Products http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D7C0091E-5766-496D-A5FE-94BEA52C4B15&displaylang=en
• Search Environment Planning for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5655EACA-22DF-4089-BCD3-38A1F5318140&displaylang=en
• Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=22ffc029-2c08-457d-8311-ca457c6d160e&displaylang=en
• Design Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5A3CA177-FB9A-4901-9797-0C384277DB7C&displaylang=en

FAST for SharePoint 2010

• Planning and Architecture for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (Beta) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=CA3AD5CC-3743-4CE2-AA13-EDF55CEA92D7&displaylang=en
• Deployment and configuration of FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (Beta) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A65AEF6F-BC99-4B29-81BB-37FCE8AD6EA7&displaylang=en
• Site Admin and Central Admin for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (Beta) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=499DBDBF-3D9B-4961-80BB-29C645E7D0C2&displaylang=enx
• Monitoring for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (Beta) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1E0DDA0D-3FD8-4A4D-8650-B878B5D5FBD8&displaylang=en