Product information

SharePoint 2010 offers platform investments for developers to rapidly build an array of content and collaboration applications:

• The integration with Visual Studio 2010 offers developers the premier experience with tools they already know and love.
• Rich APIs and support for Silverlight, REST, LINQ help developers build applications quickly on the SharePoint platform.
• Business connectivity services (BCS) allows developers to connect with read/write capabilities to line of business data or web services in SharePoint and the Office client.
• Sandbox solutions empowers developers to write custom applications while maintaining IT control.

With SharePoint's enhanced capabilities for Internet sites businesses will find it easer to build dynamic web sites that drive revenue and customer retention:

• New web content managment features such as built in accessibility through WCAG, multi lingual support, and one click page layout enable anyone to be able to acces the site.
• Built in support for rich media such as video, audio, and Silverlight makes it easy to build dynamic web sites.
• FAST Search for Internet Business provides compelling websites user experiences to help businesses drive revenue.
• A single platform that enables companies to deliver and administer advanced Internet, intranet and extranet capabilities more easily and cost effectively.

SharePoint 2010 furthers Microsoft's commitment to cut costs and offer choice and flexibility between cloud and on premises solutions:

• Offers enterprise features such as Excel Services and InfoPath Forms Services.
• Sandbox Solutions allows for custom solutions to be run securely in the cloud.
• We are also announcing two new SharePoint SKUs for internet facing sites:

• An on-permises offer tailored for companies who have small and medium sized websites
• A hosted offer for companies who want their website hosted by Microsoft