Apr
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SharePoint 2010 Core Editions and Features by Editions

In this article i am going to explain SharePoint 2010 Core Editions and Import facts about these editions. In next section i will explain features of Sharepoint 2010 by editon.

SharePoint 2010 Core Editions

SharePoint 2010 EditionsLicensingImportant Facts
FoundationWindows Server must be licensed; SQL Server Standard Edition is recommended (SQL Server Express Edition may be used for small-scale deployments); Foundation Edition license is freeProvides a collaboration and content-management platform. Web-based applications may be built and customized atop this platform. Is useful for small businesses and departmental deployments.
StandardWindows Server must be licensed; SQL Server Standard or Enterprise Edition is recommended; SharePoint Server 2010 must be licensed.Provides all of the capabilities of the Foundation Edition.
Supports search capabilities.
Supports My Sites and user profiles.
Supports social tagging.
Is useful for medium to large businesses and smaller deployments demanding the features provided by this edition.
EnterpriseWindows Server must be licensed; SQL Server Enterprise Edition is recommended; SharePoint Server 2010 must be licensed.Provides all of the capabilities of the Foundation and Standard Editions.
Supports Business Intelligence components such as Access Services and Excel Services.
Supports PerformancePoint services.
Is useful for large businesses and smaller deployments demanding the features provided by this edition.


SharePoint 2010 Features by Edition

When you are going to install SharePoint 2010, it is one of the most important decisions to chose right editon of SharePoint. To make this decision you should know which editon of SharePoint 2010 is offering what features.

In this table i tried to list all important features of SharePoint by Edition, if anything is missing you can notify me, i will update post.

SharePoint 2010 FoundationSharePoint 2010 StandardEnterprise
  • Accessibility
  • Blogs
  • Browser-based Customizations
  • Business Connectivity Services
  • Business Data Connectivity Service
  • Claims-Based Authentication
  • Client Object Model (OM)
  • Configuration Wizards
  • Connections to Microsoft Office Clients
  • Connections to Office Communication Server and Exchange
  • Cross-Browser Support
  • Developer Dashboard
  • Discussions
  • Event Receivers
  • External Data Column
  • External Lists
  • High-Availability Architecture
  • Improved Backup and Restore
  • Improved Setup and Configuration
  • 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
  • Patch Management
  • Permissions Management
  • Photos and 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 Ribbon
  • SharePoint Service Architecture
  • SharePoint Timer Jobs
  • SharePoint Workspace
  • Silverlight Web Part
  • Site Search
  • Solution Packages
  • Streamlined Central Administration
  • Support for Office Web Apps
  • Unattached Content Database Recovery
  • Usage Reporting and Logging
  • Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Developer Tools
  • Visual Upgrade
  • Web Parts
  • Wikis
  • Windows 7 Support
  • Windows PowerShell Support
  • Workflow
  • Workflow Models
  • Ask Me About
  • Audience Targeting
  • 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
  • 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
  • Relevancy Tuning
  • Rich Media Management
  • Search Scopes
  • Secure Store Service
  • Shared Content Types
  • SharePoint 2010 Search Connector Framework
  • Status Updates
  • Tag Clouds
  • Tag Profiles
  • Tags
  • Tags and Notes Tool
  • Unique Document IDs
  • Web Analytics
  • Windows 7 Search
  • Word Automation Services
  • Workflow Templates

Includes Foundation Features

  • 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

Includes Foundation and Standard

I hope this article will help you in planning and implementation phase of SharePoint 2010. If you need further information please visit at http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/Pages/Editions-Comparison.aspx

This article is referenced from book Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration by Tom Carpenter, JamesPyles


 

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