SharePoint 2010 Editions and Licensing: Preview Guide

The product lineup for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 builds upon Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 product list to offer a richer set of features and capabilities across intranet, Internet, and extranet scenarios. Microsoft will also will offer servers designed specifically for enterprise search.

​SharePoint Server 2010: Intranet Scenarios

Standard Client Access License

For organizations looking to deploy a business collaboration platform across all types of content. Use the core capabilities of SharePoint to manage content and business processes, find and share information and expertise, and simplify how people work together across organizational boundaries.

​Enterprise Client Access License

For organizations looking to enable advanced scenarios for end users to locate, create and act on data and documents in disparate sources from within a familiar and unified infrastructure. Use the Enterprise CAL capabilities of SharePoint to fully interoperate with external line-of-business applications, Web services, and Microsoft Office client applications; make better decisions with rich data visualization, dashboards, and advanced analytics; and build robust forms and workflow-based solutions

SharePoint Server 2010: Internet/Extranet Scenarios

SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Standard

For small and mid-sized organisations looking to create public Internet sites or basic extranets using the Standard features of SharePoint Server 2010.

​SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Enterprise

For organisations looking to create scalable customer-facing Internet websites or private secure extranet sites using the full Enterprise capabilities of SharePoint Server 2010.

Enabling Technologies

​SharePoint Designer 2010​​

The tool of choice for the rapid development of SharePoint applications. Using SharePoint Designer, advanced users and developers can quickly create SharePoint solutions. Advanced users can compose no-code solutions that encompass a variety of common scenarios, from collaborative sites and Web publishing to line-of-business data integration, business intelligence solutions, and human workflows. These solutions leverage the building blocks available in SharePoint in an easy-to-use environment. In addition, developers can use SharePoint Designer 2010 to get a quick start on SharePoint development projects.

SharePoint Foundation 2010

For smaller organisations or departments looking for a low-cost entry-level or pilot solution for secure, Web-based collaboration. Use SharePoint Foundation to coordinate schedules, organise documents, and participate in discussions through team workspaces, blogs, wikis, and document libraries on the platform that is the underlying infrastructure for SharePoint Server.

SharePoint Workspace 2010

Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010, the new name for Microsoft Office Groove, expands the boundaries of collaboration by allowing fast, anytime, anywhere access to your Microsoft SharePoint team sites. Synchronise SharePoint Server 2010 document libraries with SharePoint Workspace so you can access, view and edit files anytime and anywhere from your computer.