SharePoint 2010 Core Editions and Features

In this post I am explaining about SharePoint 2010 core editions and features of each edition.

There are four editions as follows

1.       SharePoint 2010 Foundation (Free Edition)

2.       SharePoint 2010 Standard Edition

3.       SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition

4.       SharePoint 2010 for internet sites

In section I am explaining major features which are missing in each edition

Missing Features in SharePoint 2010 Foundation:

·         Social tagging

·         My content

·         My profile

·         Enterprise Wikis

·         Secure store service

·         Web analytics

Missing features in SharePoint 2010 Standard Edition:

·         Visio Services

·         InfoPath Form Services

·         Excel services

·         Access Services 

SharePoint 2010 for internet sites can be purchased as SharePoint 2010 Standard Edition or SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition.

In this following table I have mentioned all features of each edition and you can easily compare which feature is missing in which edition.

SharePoint 2010 Foundation	SharePoint 2010 Standard	Enterprise
Accessibility Blogs Browser-based Customizations Business Connectivity Services Business Data Connectivity Service Claims-Based Authentication Client Object Model (OM) Configuration Wizards Connections to Microsoft Office Clients Connections to Office Communication Server and Exchange Cross-Browser Support Developer Dashboard Discussions Event Receivers External Data Column External Lists High-Availability Architecture Improved Backup and Restore Improved Setup and Configuration Language Integrated Query (LINQ) for SharePoint Large List Scalability and Management Managed Accounts Mobile Connectivity Multilingual User Interface Multi-Tenancy Out-of-the-Box Web Parts Patch Management Permissions Management Photos and Presence Quota Templates Read-Only Database Support Remote Blob Storage (SQL Feature) REST and ATOM Data Feeds Ribbon and Dialog Framework Sandboxed Solutions SharePoint Designer SharePoint Health Analyzer SharePoint Lists SharePoint Ribbon SharePoint Service Architecture SharePoint Timer Jobs SharePoint Workspace Silverlight Web Part Site Search Solution Packages Streamlined Central Administration Support for Office Web Apps Unattached Content Database Recovery Usage Reporting and Logging Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Developer Tools Visual Upgrade Web Parts Wikis Windows 7 Support Windows PowerShell Support Workflow Workflow Models	Ask Me About Audience Targeting Basic Sorting Best Bets Business Connectivity Services Profile Page Click Through Relevancy Colleague Suggestions Colleagues Network Compliance Everywhere Content Organizer Document Sets Duplicate Detection Enterprise Scale Search Enterprise Wikis Federated Search Improved Governance Keyword Suggestions Managed Metadata Service Memberships Metadata-driven Navigation Metadata-driven Refinement Mobile Search Experience Multistage Disposition My Content My Newsfeed My Profile Note Board Organization Browser People and Expertise Search Phonetic and Nickname Search Query Suggestions, “Did You Mean?”, and Related Queries Ratings Recent Activities Recently Authored Content Relevancy Tuning Rich Media Management Search Scopes Secure Store Service Shared Content Types SharePoint 2010 Search Connector Framework Status Updates Tag Clouds Tag Profiles Tags Tags and Notes Tool Unique Document IDs Web Analytics Windows 7 Search Word Automation Services Workflow Templates Includes Foundation Features	Access Services Advanced Content Processing Advanced Sorting Business Data Integration with the Office Client Business Data Web Parts Business Intelligence Center Business Intelligence Indexing Connector Calculated KPIs Chart Web Parts Contextual Search Dashboards Data Connection Library Decomposition Tree Deep Refinement Excel Services Excel Services and PowerPivot for SharePoint Extensible Search Platform Extreme Scale Search InfoPath Forms Services PerformancePoint Services Rich Web Indexing Similar Results Thumbnails and Previews Tunable Relevance with Multiple Rank Profiles Visio Services Visual Best Bets Includes Foundation and Standard

This article is referenced from book Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration by Tom Carpenter, JamesPyles

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