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**Microsoft SharePoint**, also known as **Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies** or simply **SharePoint**, is a software platform developed by Microsoft for collaboration and web publishing combined under a single server. These capabilities include developing web sites, portals, intranets, content management systems, search engines, wikis, blogs, and other tools for business intelligence.

## Features

Microsoft does not intend SharePoint to replace a full file server or to function as a single-use solution. Instead, it positions the product to play various roles in a business environment. SharePoint users access the web-based user interface through a browser. While the product supports all browsers, only Internet Explorer, which Microsoft designates as a "Level 1" browser, is fully integrated and able to utilize the full functionality of SharePoint.

SharePoint sites are functionally ASP.NET 2.0 web applications, served using IIS and using a SQL Server database as a data storage back end. All site content data, such as items in document libraries and lists, are stored within an SQL database named by default as "WSS\_Content\_[*ID*]".

## Microsoft Search Server (MSS)

Microsoft Search Server (MSS), an enterprise search platform, builds on the search capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS). MSS shares its architectural underpinnings with the Windows Search platform for both the querying engine and the indexer. MOSS search provides the ability to search metadata attached to documents. Microsoft made Search Server available as *Search Server 2008* in March 2008. A free version, Search Server 2008 Express, is also available. The Express edition features the same feature-set as the commercial edition, including no limitation on the number of files indexed. However, the free version is limited to a stand-alone installation and cannot be scaled out to a cluster.. Various plugins can index third-party files, like Adobe's pdf files.

## Microsoft SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 was released to manufacturing (RTM) on April 17, 2010 and will be available in two editions: SharePoint Foundation Server and SharePoint Server 2010. Microsoft has described the new version as the "Business Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise and the Web" and advertises the following improvements over its predecessor:

* a new user interface, including the new Ribbon
* *Web Edit*, allowing easy customization of a site
* *Silverlight Web Part*, allowing rapid integration of rich Silverlight applications
* *Rich Theming*, allowing simplified skinning of a SharePoint 2010 site
* support for multiple browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari (amongst others)
* *Enterprise Metadata Management* ("SharePoint taxonomy"), which enables a centralized taxonomy
* Powershell support

The product includes a collection of other new features relevant to IT professionals, developers and partners. Complications in upgrading to SharePoint 2010 include a lack of support for Internet Explorer 6, only 64-bit architecture is supported, and businesses will need to run the latest versions of other Microsoft products (notably Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Office 2010) to take advantage of full functionality.

## Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer is a WYSIWYG (X)HTML editor which is primarily used for designing SharePoint sites and end-user workflows for SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation sites. SharePoint Designer also allows developers to manipulate data from SharePoint or external sources (such as Microsoft SQL Server) without coding directly against the .NET Framework. SharePoint Designer and Expression Web replaced FrontPage as the primary web design tools in versions of Microsoft Office since Office 2007. SharePoint Designer 2010 is the successor to SharePoint Designer 2007, although the two versions are not compatible.

## Reception

Evaluations of SharePoint by industry analysts have varied. In late 2008, the Gartner Group put SharePoint in the "leaders" quadrant in three of its Magic Quadrants (for Search, Portals, and enterprise content management). Commentators have criticized SharePoint for its lack of well-integrated tools for developers and for its complex customized software architecture that differs significantly from those of other ASP.NET-based web applications.
In response, Microsoft announced in 2009 that the upcoming version of Microsoft Visual Studio would improve the developer experience.

## See also

* Bulldog (Microsoft)
* Collaborative Application Markup Language
* Enterprise portal
* List of collaborative software

## References

1. ↑ "SharePoint site". Microsoft Corporation. http://www.sharepoint.com. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
2. ↑ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263526.aspx
Kanaracus, Chris (2007-11-06). "Microsoft Unveils Enterprise Search Products". *The New York Times*. http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG\_002570DE00740E180025738A006D9567.html?ref=technology. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
4. ↑ "Microsoft Gives Away Search Server 2008". http://rcpmag.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9224. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
5. ↑ [1] SharePoint Team Blog
6. ↑ Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Site 2009 Microsoft Corporation
7. ↑ Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Feature Highlights 2009 Microsoft Corporation
8. ↑ SharePoint 2010 Benefits for IT Professionals 2009 Microsoft Corporation
9. ↑ SharePoint 2010 Benefits for Developers 2009 Microsoft Corporation
10. ↑ SharePoint 2010 Benefits for Partners 2009 Microsoft Corporation
11. ↑ [2]
12. ↑ "Gartner “SharePoint Related” Magic Quadrants Updated for 2008". http://blogs.msdn.com/modonovan/archive/2008/10/07/gartner-magic-quadrants-updated-for-2008-sharepoint-related.aspx. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
"Sharepoint is not a good development platform". http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeffrey.palermo/archive/2007/09/13/sharepoint-is-not-a-good-development-platform.aspx. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
"What SharePoint can learn from Sitecore as web development platform". http://jgnk.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!457F4BDBA1A371A5!271.entry. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
"How ASP.NET developer have to adjust to work with SharePoint". http://reddevnews.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2634&rss=1. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
"How MOSS Can Help Improve Business Processes – ‘’CMS Wire’’". http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/how-moss-can-help-improve-business-processes-003996.php. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
"SharePoint Development Improves in Visual Studio 2010". http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/11/wss\_vs2010. Retrieved 2009-02-18.

## External links

* Microsoft SharePoint Official Site
* SharePoint at the Open Directory Project
* Windows SharePoint Services
* Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
* SharePoint Server Role in Windows Server 2008
* White Paper describes how different versions of Office work with Sharepoint

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