Exceptional Geeks » SharePoint http://exceptionalgeeks.com Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:44:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 SharePoint 2010 http://exceptionalgeeks.com/bi-curious/2009/10/22/sharepoint-2010/ http://exceptionalgeeks.com/bi-curious/2009/10/22/sharepoint-2010/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:41:24 +0000 Pierre LaFromboise http://3.47 The 2009 SharePoint conference wrapped up earlier today. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend. However, I did try to keep up by watching all of the tweets and blog posts that were being generated by the attendees. Here is a quick list of some of the more interesting SharePoint 2010 news:

  • SharePoint 2010 beta should be available in November (sign-up here)
  • Project Gemini gets a product name: PowerPivot
  • SharePoint 2010 will run locally for developers under Vista and Windows 7 x64
  • No more 32-bit, 64bit only
  • IE6 will no longer be supported
  • New PowerShell CmdLets for managing SharePoint
  • New Document Center template optimized to supports hundreds of thousands of documents
  • Windows SharePoint Services rebranded as Microsoft SharePoint Foundation
  • Enterprise Metadata – includes tagging and ratings
  • Integrated support for Silverlight
  • Groove reworked as SharePoint Workspace
  • Improved Mobile Web experience
  • Sandbox isolation for custom code
  • Business Data Catalog becomes Business Connectivity Services – no longer read-only
  • Improved APIs – including list access through REST, LINQ, ATOM, and JSON

You can watch some of the highlights of the conference here.

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