Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Editions

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 has four different editions to choose from to help meet your business needs.The following is a small overview of each edition and what features each provide:

SharePoint Foundation 2010

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 is a good starting point of business that want to try a free Web-based collaboration software to create blogs, wikis, community workspaces, web and document collaboration quickly and easily. SharePoint Foundation is intended for small to medium size businesses who want to get involved in Web 2.0 technologies without having to make a large investment. SharePoint Foundation uses SQL Server Express and Search Express out of the box so there will be limitation as to how big your SharePoint environment can grow (See Software Requirements For SharePoint 2010 article for more details). SharePoint Foundation 2010 includes the following features that are outlined www.sharepoint.com:

Accessibility
Audience Targeting
Blogs
Browser-based Customizations
Business Connectivity Services
Business Data Connectivity Service
Developer Dashboard
Discussions
Event Receivers
External Data Column
External Lists
Backup and Restore
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) for SharePoint
Large List Scalability and Management
Managed Accounts
Mobile Connectivity
Multilingual User Interface
Multi-Tenancy
Out-of-the-Box Web Parts
Permissions Management
Presence
Quota Templates
Read-Only Database Support
Remote Blob Storage (SQL Feature)
REST and ATOM Data Feeds
Ribbon and Dialog Framework
Sandboxed Solutions
SharePoint Designer
SharePoint Health Analyzer
SharePoint Lists
SharePoint Workspace
Silverlight Web Part
Site Search
Solution Packages
Support for Office Web Apps
Unattached Content Database Recovery
Usage Reporting and Logging
Visual Upgrade
Web Parts
Wikis
Workflow

SharePoint Server 2010 Standard

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Standard Edition contains all the functionality within Microsoft SharePoint Fountains and includes enhanced document management, content management, records management, collaboration sites, social computing sites (MySite, blogs, wikis, etc), and enterprise search features. As discussed in the Software Requirements For SharePoint 2010 article, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 only comes in a 64-bit version. SharePoint Server 2010 Standard includes the following features outlined that are outlined on www.sharepoint.com:

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Basic Sorting
Best Bets
Business Connectivity Services Profile Page
Click Through Relevancy
Colleague Suggestions
Colleagues Network
Compliance Everywhere
Content Organizer
Document Sets
Duplicate Detection
Enterprise Scale Search
Enterprise Wikis
Federated Search
Improved Governance
Keyword Suggestions
Managed Metadata Service
Memberships
Metadata-driven Navigation
Metadata-driven Refinement
Mobile Search Experience
Multistage Disposition
My Content
My Newsfeed
My Profile
MySites
Note Board
Organization Browser
People and Expertise Search
Phonetic and Nickname Search
Query Suggestions, "Did You Mean?", and Related Queries
Ratings
Recent Activities
Recently Authored Content
Refinement with Social Tags
Relevancy Tuning
Rich Media Management
Search Scopes
Shared Content Types
SharePoint 2010 Search Connector Framework
Status Updates
Tag Clouds
Tag Profiles
Tags
Tags and Notes Tool
Unique Document IDs
Windows 7 Search
Word Automation Services
Workflow Templates

For more information about SharePoint Server Standard Edition visit What's new in SharePoint 2010?, TechNet's SharePoint Server 2010 Resource Center, Micorsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Product Information, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Capabilities, SharePoint 2010 Overview Evaluation Guide, SharePoint 2010 Walkthrough Guide, SharPoint 2010 Feature Gallery, Deployment Guide For Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2010, and Feature Differences between SharePoint 2010 Foundation vs. Server Standard vs. Server Enterprise.

SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition contains all the functionality within the standard edition of SharePoint Intranet and additionally includes Access Services, InfoPath Form Services, Excel Services, Performance Point Services, Business Data Services, Visio Services, Word Automation Services, web service capabilities, and the ability to upgrade to FAST search. As discussed in the Software Requirements For SharePoint 2010 article, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 only comes in a 64-bit version. SharePoint Server 2010 Standard includes the following features outlined that are outlined on www.sharepoint.com:

Access Services
Advanced Content Processing
Advanced Sorting
Business Data Integration with the Office Client
Business Data Web Parts
Business Intelligence Center
Business Intelligence Indexing Connector
Calculated KPIs
Chart Web Parts
Contextual Search
Dashboards
Data Connection Library
Decomposition Tree
Deep Refinement
Excel Services
Excel Services and PowerPivot for SharePoint
Extensible Search Platform
Extreme Scale Search
InfoPath Forms Services
PerformancePoint Services
Rich Web Indexing
Similar Results
Thumbnails and Previews
Tunable Relevance with Multiple Rank Profiles
Visio Services
Visual Best Bets
Web Analytics

For more information about SharePoint Server Enterprise Edition visit What's new in SharePoint 2010?, TechNet's SharePoint Server 2010 Resource Center, Micorsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Product Information, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Capabilities, SharePoint 2010 Overview Evaluation Guide, SharePoint 2010 Walkthrough Guide, SharPoint 2010 Feature Gallery, Deployment Guide For Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2010, and Feature Differences between SharePoint 2010 Foundation vs. Server Standard vs. Server Enterprise.

SharePoint 2010 Online

Microsoft SharePoint Online 2010 is a hosted Microsoft SharePoint Server that is setup, provisioned, maintained and upgraded by Microsoft. Using cloud computing technology, Microsoft SharePoint Online provides you with the functionality of SharePoint 2010 without a team of dedicated IT staff managing the environment. Microsoft SharePoint Online is ideal for small or medium size companies that want to simple collaborate online. Although it will not be available until the first quarter of 2011, SharePoint 2010 Online will have standard and enterprise editions that include sandbox solutions so customers can upload customs code to their SharePoint Online environment. You can try Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Online for 30 days at the Microsoft Online Services Customer Portal. For more information on cost and features visit SharePoint Online Product Information, Microsoft SharePoint Online, SharePoint Online Video, and SharePoint Online in the 2010 wave.

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Happy SharePoint Day!

Today is the official release date for SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010. I am so excited and waiting impatiently for the Microsoft festivities to begin. The webcast will be starting at 11:00am EDT with a keynote by Stephen Elop the President of Microsoft Business Division. Let the SharePoint 2010 adventure begin!

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BinaryFormatter Version incompatibility. Expected Version 1.0. Received Version 1634552164.1866884455

I have a three tiered WinForm application that uses Microsoft .NET Remoting Framework via a HTTP channel formatted in binary to communicate commands from the client to the server. Every so often when I am making changes to the system I will received the following error:

BinaryFormatter Version incompatibility. Expected Version 1.0. Received Version 1634552164.1866884455

I can't begin to tell you how much I hate this error. It is completely useless. I would rather the error message said "Unknown error" instead of miss leading you into thinking there is something more meaningful or helpful in the message. This message simply tells you that there is a problem that needs to be fixed. After many battles with this particular error message I came across a useful trick. I use the following XML in an configuration file the .Net remoting:

<configuration>
  <system.runtime.remoting>
    <application>
      <channels>
        <channel ref="http" useDefaultCredentials="true">
          <clientProviders>
            <formatter ref="binary" />
          </clientProviders>
        </channel>
      </channels>
    </application>
  </system.runtime.remoting>
</configuration>

To receive a meaningful error message I change the binary format to soap by changing <formatter ref="binary" /> to <formatter ref="soap" />. SOAP error messages are descriptive and can tell you what is going on with the connection. Once I resolve the issue, I switch the formatter back to binary and my application magically works again.

For more information about .Net remoting visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973864.aspx.

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SharePoint 2010 Has Been Released To Manufacturing!

As of Friday April 16th, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 have been released-to-manufacturing (RTM)! This means the beta testing is complete and the software is ready to be manufactured so it can be put on store shelves soon. Volume License customers with active Software Assurance (SA) will be the first to receive the 2010 products from the Volume Licensing Service Center starting April 27. The Microsoft Office 2010 Engineerings web site says that Office will be available in US stores in June. Hopefully SharePoint 2010 will be available in June as well. Check out the official blog postings on the Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog and Microsoft Office 2010 Engineerings.

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Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Released Today

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 are being released today. You can watch the online lunch event at http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/watch-it-live/. You can download a full 90 day trail version of Visual Studio 2010 Premium and Ultimate from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/download. You can also download Visual Studio 2010 Express which is a set of free, but limited version of Visual Studio 2010 at http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/. Let the fun begin!

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