Updated: 2009-11-12

[This article is pre-release documentation and is subject to change in future releases.]

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 is a versatile technology that organizations and business units of all sizes can use to increase the efficiency of business processes and improve team productivity. With tools for collaboration that help people stay connected across organizational and geographic boundaries, SharePoint Foundation 2010 gives people access to information they need.

Sites based on SharePoint Foundation 2010, called SharePoint sites, take file storage to a new level, providing communities for team collaboration that make it possible for users to collaborate on documents, tasks, and events, and make it easier for them to share contacts and other information. SharePoint Foundation 2010 enables managers of teams and sites to manage site content and user activity easily.

SharePoint Foundation 2010 also provides a foundation platform for building Web-based business applications that can flex and scale easily to meet the changing and growing needs of your business. Robust administrative controls for managing storage and Web infrastructure give IT departments a cost-effective way to implement and manage a high-performance collaboration environment.