Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Evaluation Resources

Getting Started

• System Requirements
• Getting Started
• What’s New

Product and Evaluation Guide

IT Professional Evaluation Guide
A guide that highlights new features to help you evaluate how SharePoint 2010 can work for your company.

Product Keys

• SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Client Access License Features:
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• SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Enterprise:
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• SharePoint Server 2010 Standard Client Access License Features:
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• SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Standard:
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Featured Video

Video: IT Professional Overview
SharePoint 2010's new features and flexible deployment help IT Professionals improve productivity.

Technical Evaluation Process

Overview

• Discover and Explore Office 2010
  Microsoft Office 2010 provides new features and improvements that help IT administrators configure, validate, deploy, and protect their Office installations. Read about the highlights in the Springboard Series.
• Getting Started with SharePoint Server 2010
  Use these 11 modules to help you learn what Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 can do for you, how it works, how to create a site, and more.
• SharePoint Server 2010 TechCenter
  Get the IT pro resources you need to install and support SharePoint Server 2010 including upgrade, migration, and services.
• SharePoint Server 2010 Technical Library
  Explore these links to find out more about implementing SharePoint Server 2010, as well as related products and technologies.

Installation and Deployment

• Customize and Configure Your Office 2010 Installation
  This library article provides guidance on installation and configuration.
• How-to Video on SharePoint Server 2010 Installation for Testing
  In this Getting Started with SharePoint Server 2010 module (3 of 11), we cover the process of using Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 to create a single server environment for testing.
• Installation and Deployment Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2010
  This page provides tools and resources for IT professionals to help you get ready to deploy Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.
• Upgrade and Migration Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2010
  You can upgrade your servers or server farm from a previous version of the SharePoint Products to a new version, or you can migrate content into a new SharePoint environment. This page helps you plan and prepare for upgrade as well as perform the upgrade process.
• Deployment Overview
  This article contains an overview of a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 farm deployment.

Scenarios

• Setting up an Enterprise Search system
  The following articles on TechNet provide information about how you operate and manage search in SharePoint 2010.
• Social computing with SharePoint Server 2010
  Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 includes social computing tools such as My Site Web sites and social content technologies such as blogs, wikis, and really simple syndication (RSS).
• Introduction to SharePoint Workflows
  SharePoint 2010 provides a powerful workflow framework that enables you to implement custom business processes that are driven by SharePoint data.
• Getting Started with business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010
  This article discusses the business intelligence tools available in SharePoint Server 2010.
• SharePoint 2010 Products administration by using Windows PowerShell
  This article describes how to use Windows PowerShell with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products and provides an overview of basic Windows PowerShell cmdlets and concepts necessary to get the most benefit from this powerful functionality.

Extend SharePoint 2010

• SharePoint Designer Developer Center
  Use SharePoint Designer to get a quick start on SharePoint development projects.
• FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
  FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint delivers an exceptional intranet and people search experience and a platform for building custom search-driven applications.
• Office Web Apps Overview
  Microsoft Office Web Apps are online companions to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, enabling people to access and do light editing or sharing of Office documents from virtually anywhere.
• Installing SharePoint Server 2010 for Project Server 2010 implementation
  Before you can install Microsoft Project Server 2010, you must install Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and create a SharePoint Server 2010 farm.
• Download the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack for SharePoint 2010 to proactively monitor SharePoint health and availability
  A System Center Management Pack for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products Beta (the products are: SharePoint Server 2010, Project Server 2010, Search Server 2010).
• Download free trial of Microsoft Forefront to help enable more secure collaboration
  Enable more secure business collaboration from virtually anywhere and across devices, while preventing unauthorized use of confidential information.

Community

• SharePoint Team Blog

• SharePoint 2010 – General Questions and Answers
• SharePoint 2010 – Setup, Upgrade, Administration, and Operation
• SharePoint 2010 – Using SharePoint Designer, InfoPath, and other customization
• SharePoint 2010 – Development and Programming
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