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    Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Test System and Installation

    Since the beta version of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 was released in November 2009 has not yet done a lot. We have tested the finished Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and quickly established that it is no longer simply dealing with an employee portal for data and programs, but precisely because of the Office 2010 integration of a multi-function software is developed. A few weak points of the beta version are in the sales version is still available. SharePoint 2010 is only 64-bit version available, so your server may need to expand. Also will Internet Explorer 6 is no longer supported, so the IE 8 or latest should be installed. In addition, you will only be able to enjoy the full functionality when you use the latest versions of other Microsoft products like Windows 2008 R2 and Office 2010. In this test, we are mainly concerned with the design options for the user, the Office 2010 integration, the new social functions and how busy you can make effective use of metadata.


    Test System and Installation

    For this test we have SharePoint 2010 on a quad-core server with Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server (64-bit) 2008 installed. Test users were able to connect to SharePoint, via various notebook - and desktop systems running Windows 7 Vista and XP installed, was produced. The setup is simple knit. After a diagnostic program verifies that the server is ready for the installation of SharePoint 2010 will not start the installation. We had no problems upgrading from SharePoint 2007 to implement SharePoint 2010. You only need to be aware that there are only 64-bit version of SharePoint 2010.


    The setup is simple knit. After a diagnostic program verifies that the server is ready for the installation of SharePoint 2010 will not start the installation. We had no problems upgrading from SharePoint 2007 to implement SharePoint 2010. You only need to be aware that there are only 64-bit version of SharePoint 2010.


    Initial Steps

    Once SharePoint is installed successfully and works, you should be using the new Web tools to make familiar editing. Especially users, that the Office 2007 user interface are used to be, to welcome some simplification. We have viewed such as the processing option and received promptly the page in edit mode with the reformatted text and a live preview image.


    The new syntax wiki-like accelerates the creation of links to other content significantly. If you enter "[List S]" shows you all the SharePoint 2010 with "S" starting document folder from a drop-down menu. Now you can easily set the desired document or page scroll and the link. Graphics and multimedia content as easily be inserted. We liked it, especially as web parts (which are display components for various types of information) were now better organized and edit the very top of the page. For example, you can now simply a category, such as media or information, and select the Web content that will be displayed there, Insert.

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    Re: Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Test System and Installation

    More customization ability

    The appearance of the pages for SharePoint 2007 on change, were detailed CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) knowledge required. In SharePoint 2010 allows authorized users to upload templates and easily edit your own liking. No programming knowledge is required. We have chosen one of the many predefined colors and types of templates and within minutes our ideas provided in accordance with other color tones and fonts. You can make adjustments far beyond the user interface. You can not only complete SharePoint 2010 lists, but each list item and choose change. How it works: First you create a rule book with various groups and members increments. Then you can customize almost any page element for the various groups so that each user receives for it specially designed content.

    As a life-life example, we have personnel department uploaded a document in a Web Part on the home-stored and displayed. Now we have assigned to the Web Part only the personnel department group, which meant that only users in this group are assigned to the document to be displayed. In the same way, you can specific data for employees in sales, research and development or another department to assign only the interest groups.


    How to increase the clarity of metadata

    One of the biggest obstacles to organize information within a page, whether documents, multimedia content or entire Web pages, is user get them to consistent and reliable metadata applied. SharePoint 2010 offers a smart solution with term-Store Management . We have a list of city and country names, the elements were separated by commas (comma-separated variable [CSV]), imported into the SharePoint document library. For example, this could be a list that reads, where a company maintains offices worldwide.

    After a few steps that we think that not all are really necessary, the list in the Settings dialog are editing documents are inserted. This allows, for example, in certain documents in question is a certain choice to insert list items. This allows for better clarity and structure of equality in the different departments of edited documents. You can now document lists the metadata to filter and sort. For example, you can search directly in the documents produced by us now to those that relate only to the branch in Mumbai as "Mumbai" for each document from the metadata.


    Further improvements of document management

    We also have some further improvements to the document management tested. The Content Organizer allows rules to the stored documents will classify each data type and metadata according to specific document libraries. For example, you may PowerPoint files in which the day "UK" occurs in a document library called "Lectures-Western Europe" map (the UK stands for United Kingdom, ie: Great Britain). Since then each document library options can be equipped with additional specific, is SharePoint an effective tool for documents and records in larger companies or government organizations useful and easy to arrange a 2010. Working and planning processes are simplified and are many times more efficient because no time is lost through untraceable information or a new information delivery.

    The new customizable user interface is the inclusion of social communities probably the most important big improvement from SharePoint 2010. Our personal pages go to SharePoint Portal Server back in 2003 and consist mainly of self-generated content. In SharePoint 2010, users have to fill in a far wider choice their personal profiles and to determine exactly how much information they want to make available to the public. For SharePoint data sets the public through the system online, so these profiles are the contact point for a social enterprise network. Similar to Facebook , there is a news ticker that shows you which project community members and colleagues are currently working and what they do. When you return to your activities add keywords or tags, can provide the SharePoint metadata search and links a detailed picture of the project.

    Social reading are also drawing an important tool for information exchange within a social network. Each web content can social bookmark directory stored in a. Users can then rate and comment on content, and contribute additional content. This process is similar to blogging. We believe that such a function important for companies due to content and efficiently get yourself organized on the right receiver, providing the groups with valuable information that would otherwise have remained hidden. The name search is also integrated with the social network of SharePoint connected 2010. The system automatically detects the basis of user activity, which expertise is available. The person looking after evaluating the results of "social distance". For example, if an expert with .NET experience you are looking for are proposed preferred colleagues from the same or similar working group.

    The FAST Search for SharePoint, which is sold separately, is recommended by us. Use the FAST Search, you can also sort your search results by name, places and organizations.

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    Re: Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Test System and Installation

    Integration of Office 2010

    The integration of Office SharePoint reached with the respective 2010 versions of its previous peak. You can use the new Office backstage view of what Office client applications available to all, tasks, such as inserting and removing documents from a SharePoint library, perform simple. You can also have complete metadata automatically such as location data from the list as the previous example. Working simultaneously on the same Word document is now also possible, each author is automatically recorded. Word will automatically lock the section that is being edited by one person and simultaneously opens the document for more radical authors. Efficient real-time project work in the team is now more comfortable possible.

    Outlook 2010 with an e-mail alert feature that notifies you when content is created or updated. Thus the tedious search for modified data on SharePoint lapses. Outlook creates automatically connect to "my page" and informs you of changes from external sites such as Facebook. The integration is probably best managed in InfoPath 2010. First, we have a typical SharePoint-table list of persons and the corresponding contact addresses created. Next, we have opened from the SharePoint list using InfoPath menu bar. Previously, we had a visual created in InfoPath data entry form. Users were able to easily update the update the data by clicking their own SharePoint data by using InfoPath. In addition to ease of use can also take advantage of the specific Office programs are used. In our example, InfoPath, the data-input functions and data validation in InfoPath can be used which are not integrated with SharePoint.

    We have also seen the Excel service in more detail. The service allows it from an Excel document parts data to view and edit. Formulas, we were able to protect the weave of user interface with a few clicks of change. Detailed data, we could then be output as a diagram, so users only receive the visualized results. Users can sort information within pivot tables in the usual way to filter and work with. Visio 2010, the chart and graph program from Microsoft, is not part of the standard Office 2010 package. Companies that do Visio license separately, also with new ways to use Visio service. You can create and edit charts, especially within your browser. Even more interesting is this service if you want to use Excel spreadsheets, SQL databases, SharePoint lists as data sources for Visio 2010. The inclusion of this data source works fine, so a visualized presentation of the otherwise dry data sets no more obstacles. The results are again displayed directly in SharePoint for specific groups and stay up to date.


    Summary of SharePoint 2010

    SharePoint 2010 is the end-user for handling was greatly improved because the user interface to the applications like Office does now. Also, now have many tasks to be drawn for the previously time-consuming, an IT professional for advice, had to simply be solved by the user. For this version of SharePoint, it seems as if Microsoft listened to customers and incorporate some of the troubled proposals in the finished product can be. Therefore, we strongly recommend upgrading an existing SharePoint version or a new installation.

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