Updated: 2009-11-12
[This article is pre-release documentation and is subject to change in future releases.]
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 provides digital asset management functionality, which is centered on an asset library. The asset library lets you store and manage digital assets such as images, audio, video, and other reusable content fragments from many applications. Content types that are designed specifically for audio and video assets support the storage and playback of those assets in Web Parts and Web Parts pages, and the Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 player is integrated with the user interface to enhance the media playback experience for end users. Use the articles in this chapter to guide you in planning the digital asset management features of a solution based on SharePoint Server 2010.
The articles in this chapter include the following:
- Digital asset management overview (SharePoint Server 2010) describes digital asset management, details the users of a digital asset management system, outlines key functionality for digital asset management in SharePoint Server 2010, and summarizes potential scenarios for digital asset management systems.
- Plan for asset libraries covers the digital asset management planning process. This process includes steps for planning for asset libraries, and describes tasks associated with planning various aspects of a digital asset management solution, such as storage and performance, permissions and security, metadata and Search, Web Parts, views and filters, and client support.
- Digital asset management topology and architecture (SharePoint Server 2010) discusses logical architecture and topology decisions that are related to deploying digital asset libraries