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you are looking for. In addition, there is a quick link to the organizational browser so that you can
quickly surf the organization to understand the hierarchy and reporting structures.
New Search Connector Framework
While SharePoint 2010 continues to support the protocol handler technologies for building
search connectors to other systems, it ships with a new connector framework built on the business
data connector. The BDC - style connectors are easier to write, can be written in managed code,
and allow you to have a seamless experience from connecting the datasource to the end user,
because the BCS is present throughout the product from search through surfacing in lists or
content types.
FAST Integration
Microsoft has introduced a new piece of the SharePoint family, the FAST Search for SharePoint
product. This new product brings the power of the acquired FAST technologies to the
SharePoint environment, including integrated FAST web parts, an advanced indexing and query
engine, and new search functionality. Some of the enhancements in FAST include more complex
query support, entity extraction, sentiment analysis, and larger scale. With these new advanced
capabilities, you can extend beyond what SharePoint search does out of the box and provide a
seamless experience for your end users, while taking advantage of the new FAST capabilities.
WHAT ’ S NEW IN ECM
SharePoint 2010 introduces a number of new Enterprise Content Management features, such
as taxonomy, better records management, and enhancements to existing ECM features such as
document management. The usage of ECM in SharePoint solutions continues to be the highest
of all the workloads, so understanding what is offered both from a new features and platform
standpoint for ECM is important as you write your SharePoint applications.
What ’ s New in ECM: Document Management
Document management has been a core part of SharePoint since SharePoint 2001. SharePoint 2010
innovates with a number of new features that round out the product and provide new platform
services for developers.
Metadata Management and Navigation
SharePoint 2007 provided hierarchical folder - based navigation, which is very similar to a fi le
share navigation that you would see in your Windows client or server infrastructure. While
folder - based navigation is a good way to organize and browse fi les, sometimes you want to
navigate not by location but by metadata in your content. You may have used the stacking feature
in Windows Vista, where you can stack by author, type, or other metadata to help you navigate
large collections of fi les. SharePoint 2010 provides a similar feature, called metadata views. With
the metadata views, you can organize your navigation and also list views by using the metadata of
your content. This way, even if the content is stored in a subfolder 50 folders away from the current
folder, as long as the metadata matches the requested metadata in the view, that content will appear.
What ’ s New in ECM
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