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facilitated by a new, streamlined Central Administration Web site, new capabilities
to manage and monitor the SharePoint farm, and Windows PowerShell™ support,
just to name a few features.
• Scalable unified infrastructure that includes better control over server
resources (for example, to improve the performance and management of large
lists) and data management and protection by using high availability. We have
also introduced a new scalable services architecture that allows you to effectively
manage and centralize services like Search, My Sites, and Taxonomy. These
service applications can be managed through Central Administration, and they
can be managed and scripted by using Windows PowerShell as well. The new
services architecture is extensible, so third-party companies can build services
and add them to the platform.
• Flexible deployment by providing a quick and simple installation and
configuration process. The upgrade from Office SharePoint Server 2007 is smooth
and predictable. We’ve also introduced functionality that allows you to manage
how your users use SharePoint. For example, you can now safely allow site
administrators to upload custom user code by using Sandboxed Solutions. You
also have more governance control: If you want to maintain a centralized
SharePoint deployment versus a more decentralized approach, you can either
block those deployments through Group Policy or track them by using Active
Directory® marker support.
SharePoint Server 2010 provides a very large number of features, and a detailed
accounting of each feature is well beyond the scope of this document. This guide will
describe some of the most compelling improvements and new additions to the
SharePoint Server 2010 platform for IT pros. With this evaluation guide, the IT pro will
be able to properly evaluate these new features and readily describe their capabilities to
their colleagues, clients, and business partners.
Next, we will briefly discuss a summary of the new features, followed by a brief summary
of how these features can be used to achieve functions such as governance and high
availability. Then we will move on to the details of each of the pertinent features.