Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 is an integrated suite of server capabilities that can help improve organizational effectiveness by providing comprehensive enterprise search and content management, accelerating shared business processes, and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries for better business insight.

You can quickly create and manage SharePoint sites that support specific content publishing, enterprise content management, records management, or BI needs. You can also conduct effective searches for people and documents; participate in forms-driven business processes; and access and analyze large business data.

Capabilities of SharePoint Server

Collaboration, Portal, Enterprise Search, Enterprise Content Management, Business Process and Forms, Business Intelligence and Licensed for Internet/Extranet

SharePoint 2010 Sites delivers a single infrastructure to provide portal and collaboration capabilities across internet, intranet and extranet. Bring all users together to share information, and knowledgebase across organizations.

SharePoint 2010 Search gives users the ability to find the people, content, and information they need by combining an integrated, with enterprise search technology.

SharePoint 2010 Communities empowers organization to work with people in ways that are most effective for them. Allow employees to collaborate in groups, share knowledge and ideas, connect with colleagues, and find information and experts without difficulty.

SharePoint 2010 Insights enables users to access and act together with information across unstructured and structured data sources. Empower users to discover the right people and expertise to make better and more accurate business decisions.

SharePoint 2010 Content enables users to participate in a governed, compliant content management lifecycle. SharePoint Content makes it possible to skillfully balance user experience with organization policy and business process.

SharePoint Foundation 2010 is made for small business organizations or departments looking for a low-cost entry-level or pilot solution for secure, Web-based portal. Organization can use SharePoint Foundation to coordinate schedules, share, organize documents, and participate in discussions through team workspaces, blogs, wikis, and knowledgebase on the platform that is the underlying infrastructure for SharePoint Server.

SharePoint Designer 2010 is the tool of choice for the rapid development of SharePoint applications. With the help of SharePoint Designer, advanced users and developers can quickly create SharePoint solutions. Expert users can compose no-code solutions that encompass a variety of common scenarios, from collaborative sites and web publishing to line-of-business data integration, business intelligence solutions, and HR workflows. These great solutions leverage the building blocks available in SharePoint in an easy-to-use environment. Additionally, developers can use SharePoint Designer 2010 to get a rapid start on SharePoint development projects.

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