Microsoft has announced Certification exams for SharePoint 2010 version
SharePoint 2010 exams
For developers there are two certifications of interest
70-573: TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development
70-576: PRO: Designing and Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Applications
Moredetails at
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Exam.aspx?ID=70-573&locale=en-us
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Share point 2010 Key Features
Share point 2010 Key Features
New User Interface including new Ribbon
The new ribbon interface is intuitive and familiar to Office users .
The SharePoint 2007 Team site looks quite a bit different from SharePoint 2010
• Master page has changed (Site Action menu now on left)
• Home Page is a wiki page
Web Edit
Sites are now like collection of WIKI pages . You can directly edit the pages and preview the changes as well before publishing the content .
Silverlight Web Part
Direct integration of silverlight webpart
Rich Theming
Along with Wide range of theme selection already available under default site themes the users are also given a choice to import a theme from Power point and apply them to the sites and site collections .
Multiple Browser Support
Supports all XHTML 1.0 compliant browsers, IE 7 , 8.0 , Firefox , Safari , Opera & Apple Safari
Visio Services
This allows the users to share & collaborate on VISIO diagrams . A built in VISIO Viewer will allow the user to view Visio files without the need to install VISIO in their systems
SharePoint Designer
· SPD shell’s focus on SharePoint objects
1. SPD objects have relationships
2. Intuitive navigation between SPD objects
· SPD work migrates to Visual Studio 2010
SPD customization work exported to .wsp files and these wsp files can be imported into Visual Studio
SharePoint Workspace
Allows connectivity to share point even offline and thereby do useful work
Business Connectivity Services(the evolution of the Business Data Catalog)
Improvement over the previously available BDC services since it doesn’t require any code to connect to external data sources .
Media Player Web part
Built on Silverlight which can play videos from share point or remote locations
· Back up and restore
Stsadm need not be used but it is provided for backward compatibility . Windows power shell can instead be used for the same which enables back up and restore for entire farm or site collections or subsites , or even lists and also from unattached content databases .
Office Web Application Services
Can read and write any format that desktop Word can read and write . Users can view Office Client documents and work with them without Office Client being installed in their machines.
New client-side object model and runtime
New Share point API that runs on Client and can be called from Javascript or .NET or Silverlight
Power Shell Support
Allows user to write powerful Scripts against the WSS OM
LINQ support
A query language that can work across a wide variety of sources (SQL, XML, Files, SharePoint Lists)
Visual Studio 2010 Tools
Package Designer and Web Part Editor
Enhanced Collaboration Features
Allows Tagging of content
Enhanced Blog Authoring capabilities
Rich text editor to create WIKI’s
Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
1. Managed Metadata
- If you wish to give a synonym to tagged items which will show up as suggestions during search.
2. Syndicated Content Types
- Scope of content types created isnt limited to Sites as in 2007 . Here its applicable in multiple Site collections & also across the farms .
3. Unique Document ID generation for every Document
4. Document Set Concept
New object similar to Folder in 2007 , to manage work products made up of multiple documents and manage workflows .
5. Advanced Routing
Managed Term Sets
1. Predefined set of hierarchical terms
2. Defined by administrators
3. Bind to field in list, library or content type
4. ‟Like a super choice field”
5. Most recently used
6. Sets can be imported
Improved Workflows
New workflow designer surface available in SPD , which can be imported to visual studio 2010 and SPD actions can be set up and used in Visual studio
Limitations with SP2010
SharePoint 2010 will only be available in a 64-bit version. This change is not limited to servers. Developers running on 32-bit hardware will need new machines.
SharePoint 2010 will require a 64-bit version of SQL Server 2005 or 2008 (2000 is no longer supported).
Not all applications written for SharePoint 2007 will work in 2010. Certain APIs will be no longer be available. Others will be deprecated.
The basic flow for many tasks as changed. That, coupled with the laundry list of productivity-enhancing features means that any 2010 deployment should be accompanied by training for users, administrators, and developers.
New User Interface including new Ribbon
The new ribbon interface is intuitive and familiar to Office users .
The SharePoint 2007 Team site looks quite a bit different from SharePoint 2010
• Master page has changed (Site Action menu now on left)
• Home Page is a wiki page
Web Edit
Sites are now like collection of WIKI pages . You can directly edit the pages and preview the changes as well before publishing the content .
Silverlight Web Part
Direct integration of silverlight webpart
Rich Theming
Along with Wide range of theme selection already available under default site themes the users are also given a choice to import a theme from Power point and apply them to the sites and site collections .
Multiple Browser Support
Supports all XHTML 1.0 compliant browsers, IE 7 , 8.0 , Firefox , Safari , Opera & Apple Safari
Visio Services
This allows the users to share & collaborate on VISIO diagrams . A built in VISIO Viewer will allow the user to view Visio files without the need to install VISIO in their systems
SharePoint Designer
· SPD shell’s focus on SharePoint objects
1. SPD objects have relationships
2. Intuitive navigation between SPD objects
· SPD work migrates to Visual Studio 2010
SPD customization work exported to .wsp files and these wsp files can be imported into Visual Studio
SharePoint Workspace
Allows connectivity to share point even offline and thereby do useful work
Business Connectivity Services(the evolution of the Business Data Catalog)
Improvement over the previously available BDC services since it doesn’t require any code to connect to external data sources .
Media Player Web part
Built on Silverlight which can play videos from share point or remote locations
· Back up and restore
Stsadm need not be used but it is provided for backward compatibility . Windows power shell can instead be used for the same which enables back up and restore for entire farm or site collections or subsites , or even lists and also from unattached content databases .
Office Web Application Services
Can read and write any format that desktop Word can read and write . Users can view Office Client documents and work with them without Office Client being installed in their machines.
New client-side object model and runtime
New Share point API that runs on Client and can be called from Javascript or .NET or Silverlight
Power Shell Support
Allows user to write powerful Scripts against the WSS OM
LINQ support
A query language that can work across a wide variety of sources (SQL, XML, Files, SharePoint Lists)
Visual Studio 2010 Tools
Package Designer and Web Part Editor
Enhanced Collaboration Features
Allows Tagging of content
Enhanced Blog Authoring capabilities
Rich text editor to create WIKI’s
Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
1. Managed Metadata
- If you wish to give a synonym to tagged items which will show up as suggestions during search.
2. Syndicated Content Types
- Scope of content types created isnt limited to Sites as in 2007 . Here its applicable in multiple Site collections & also across the farms .
3. Unique Document ID generation for every Document
4. Document Set Concept
New object similar to Folder in 2007 , to manage work products made up of multiple documents and manage workflows .
5. Advanced Routing
Managed Term Sets
1. Predefined set of hierarchical terms
2. Defined by administrators
3. Bind to field in list, library or content type
4. ‟Like a super choice field”
5. Most recently used
6. Sets can be imported
Improved Workflows
New workflow designer surface available in SPD , which can be imported to visual studio 2010 and SPD actions can be set up and used in Visual studio
Limitations with SP2010
SharePoint 2010 will only be available in a 64-bit version. This change is not limited to servers. Developers running on 32-bit hardware will need new machines.
SharePoint 2010 will require a 64-bit version of SQL Server 2005 or 2008 (2000 is no longer supported).
Not all applications written for SharePoint 2007 will work in 2010. Certain APIs will be no longer be available. Others will be deprecated.
The basic flow for many tasks as changed. That, coupled with the laundry list of productivity-enhancing features means that any 2010 deployment should be accompanied by training for users, administrators, and developers.
Ref http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/product/capabilities/Sites/Pages/default.aspx
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