By: Rob Fisch | Updated: 2010-07-20 | Comments | Related: > SharePoint
Problem
I cannot seem to be able to find various resources from Microsoft about SharePoint 2010.
Solution
Below is a list of SharePoint 2010 related documents and software available from Microsoft.
Developing Applications for SharePoint 2010
- Developing Applications for SharePoint 2010 contains guidance documentation, detailed examples, and a reusable class library. These resources are designed to help solution developers and architects make the right decisions and follow proven practices when designing and developing applications for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010. The guidance focuses on the building blocks that every developer needs to understand to become an effective SharePoint developer or architect. The guide is provided as a Help (.chm) file and has four core areas: application foundations, execution models, data models, and client models. Eight reference implementations illustrate the core concepts covered in the guide. The reusable class library provides code to help developers build more manageable, flexible, and testable applications. Source code is provided for all reference implementations and for the reusable library. The reference implementations have automated setup scripts to configure the applications.
SharePoint 2010 Walkthrough Guide
- This guide was written as a companion to the SharePoint Server 2010 Evaluation Guide for Technical and Business Decision Makers. We recommend reading that evaluation guide first, because it provides a tour of the new and improved features in the areas of collaboration, social computing, enterprise content management, search, business intelligence and composite applications.
Planning guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
- This document provides information and guidelines to lead a team through the steps of planning the deployment of a solution based on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.
Technical reference for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
- This document includes technical information about the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 provider for Windows PowerShell and other helpful reference information about general settings, security, and tools.
Operations guide for SharePoint Foundation 2010
- This document describes how to operate and maintain your servers, server farms, sites, and solutions in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010.
Planning guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
- This document provides information and guidelines to lead a team through the steps of planning the deployment of a solution based on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.
Upgrading to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010
- This document is designed to guide administrators and IT professionals through the process of upgrading to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
Operations guide for SharePoint Foundation 2010
- This document describes how to operate and maintain your servers, server farms, sites, and solutions in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010.
Planning guide for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010
Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 (32-bit)
- SharePoint Designer 2010 is the tool of choice for the rapid development of SharePoint applications. Using SharePoint Designer, advanced users and developers alike can rapidly create SharePoint solutions in response to business needs. 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, leveraging 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.
- This is the 32-bit edition of SharePoint Designer 2010. It is the recommended configuration for most users.
Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 (64-bit)
- SharePoint Designer 2010 is the tool of choice for the rapid development of SharePoint applications. Using SharePoint Designer, advanced users and developers alike can rapidly create SharePoint solutions in response to business needs. 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, leveraging 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.
- This download is the 64-bit edition of SharePoint Designer 2010. The 32-bit edition is suggested for most users.
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010
- SharePoint Foundation 2010 is the new version of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. It is the essential solution for organizations that need a secure, manageable, web-based collaboration platform. SharePoint helps teams stay connected and productive by providing easy access to the people, documents, and information that they need to make well-informed decisions and get work done. Use SharePoint Foundation to coordinate schedules, organize documents, and participate in discussions through team workspaces, blogs, wikis, and document libraries on the platform that is the underlying infrastructure for SharePoint Server.
- Search Server 2010 Express: If you’re using SharePoint Foundation, you can easily add search capabilities to your collaboration environment across SharePoint sites, file shares, web sites, Exchange Public Folders, and third party repositories using Microsoft Search Server 2010 Express.
Sharepoint 2010 Developer Training Kit
- The SharePoint 2010 Developer Training Kit provides developers with deep guidance on how to develop for SharePoint 2010. Through PowerPoint decks, Hands-On Labs, Source Code, and Instructor-Led Videos, the developer kit walks you through an array of important developer topics--including Developer Roadmap, Visual Studio tooling, Workflow, Business Connectivity Services, and much, much more.
Topologies for SharePoint Server 2010
- This model describes common ways to build and scale farm topologies by using Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, including planning which servers to start services on.
SQL Server® 2008 R2 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint® Technologies 2010
- The Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint® Technologies 2010 allows you to integrate your reporting environment with SharePoint to experience the benefits of using the collaborative environment provided by SharePoint. Once you install the Reporting Services Add-in and configure your servers for integration, you can publish Reporting Services content to a SharePoint library and then view and manage those documents directly from a SharePoint site.
- This download provides a Report Viewer Web part, Web application pages, and support for using standard Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007. New capabilities delivered include:
- Multizone support. Use the alternate access mapping functionality in your SharePoint environment to access report server items from one or more SharePoint zones (default, internet, intranet, extranet, or custom). This is useful when you have a SharePoint environment that can be accessed by users from multiple zones
- SharePoint list support. Access SharePoint lists as data sources for building reports in Report Builder
- Ribbon user experience. Group reports in a more logical manner through the extension of the SharePoint ribbon, making content much easier to find
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Rob Fisch has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5 as a dba, developer, report writer and data warehouse designer.This author pledges the content of this article is based on professional experience and not AI generated.
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Article Last Updated: 2010-07-20
