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== Industry Analyst Assessments ==
== Industry Analyst Assessments ==


Industry analyst firm evaluations of SharePoint have varied. In late 2008, the [[Gartner Group]] put SharePoint in the "leaders" quadrant in three of its Magic Quadrants (for {{dn|Search}}, {{dn|Portals}}, and [[Enterprise Content Management]]).<ref name="Quadrant">{{cite web | url = http://blogs.msdn.com/modonovan/archive/2008/10/07/gartner-magic-quadrants-updated-for-2008-sharepoint-related.aspx | title = Gartner “SharePoint Related” Magic Quadrants Updated for 2008 | accessdate = 2009-02-03}}</ref> In contrast, independent evaluation firm CMS Watch issued customer research<ref name="SharePoint Report">{{cite web | url = http://www.cmswatch.com/SharePoint/Report| title = CMS Watch SharePoint Report | accessdate = 2009-02-03}}</ref> indicating, "Customers readily shared their frustrations: Redmond’s rather belated embrace of Web 2.0, SharePoint’s poor support for individuals working on multiple different teams, as well as its cumbersome and incomplete integration with Outlook." <ref name="SharePoint">{{cite web | url = http://www.cmswatch.com/About/Press/200803SHAREPOINT/ | title = SharePoint Has Become the New Lotus Notes - CMS Watch Cites Collaboration Pros, Proliferation Cons | accessdate = 2009-02-03}}</ref>
Industry analyst firm evaluations of SharePoint have varied. In late 2008, the [[Gartner Group]] put SharePoint in the "leaders" quadrant in three of its Magic Quadrants (for [[Search_engine_(computing)|Search]], [[Web portal|Portals]], and [[Enterprise Content Management]]).<ref name="Quadrant">{{cite web | url = http://blogs.msdn.com/modonovan/archive/2008/10/07/gartner-magic-quadrants-updated-for-2008-sharepoint-related.aspx | title = Gartner “SharePoint Related” Magic Quadrants Updated for 2008 | accessdate = 2009-02-03}}</ref> In contrast, independent evaluation firm CMS Watch issued customer research<ref name="SharePoint Report">{{cite web | url = http://www.cmswatch.com/SharePoint/Report| title = CMS Watch SharePoint Report | accessdate = 2009-02-03}}</ref> indicating, "Customers readily shared their frustrations: Redmond’s rather belated embrace of Web 2.0, SharePoint’s poor support for individuals working on multiple different teams, as well as its cumbersome and incomplete integration with Outlook." <ref name="SharePoint">{{cite web | url = http://www.cmswatch.com/About/Press/200803SHAREPOINT/ | title = SharePoint Has Become the New Lotus Notes - CMS Watch Cites Collaboration Pros, Proliferation Cons | accessdate = 2009-02-03}}</ref>


== Integration with Developer Tools ==
== Integration with Developer Tools ==

Revision as of 14:08, 25 March 2009

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Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer

Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies include browser-based collaboration and a document-management platform. These can be used to host web sites that access shared workspaces and documents, as well as specialized applications like wikis and blogs from a browser. Users can manipulate proprietary controls or pieces of content called web parts to create or modify sites. SharePoint is not intended to replace a full file server. Instead, it is targeted as a collaborative workspace, a tool for the management and automation of business processes, and a platform for social networking. Microsoft markets this as Collaboration, Processes, and People. SharePoint interface is through a web interface, such as a task list or discussion pane. SharePoint sites are actually ASP.NET 2.0 applications, which are served using IIS and use a SQL Server database as a data storage backend. All site content data is stored within a SQL Server database called WSS_Content.

The term "SharePoint" collectively refers to two products, the platform and the services. WSS is the platform and is included with Windows Server, while MOSS provides additional services and is licensed separately. As of 2009 the most current of these two are:

WSS comprises of the core functionality, with MOSS built on top to provide extra features.

Previous versions of this software used different names (SharePoint Portal Server 2003, for example) but are referred to as "SharePoint".

In the beginning, SharePoint was a mixed bag of products and technologies. Among them was Site Server in 1998. The SharePoint initiative was collectively called Tahoe.

The SharePoint family also includes the Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer

The SharePoint family

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)

Microsoft Search Server (MSS), an enterprise search platform from Microsoft, builds on the search capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.[1] MSS shares its architectural underpinnings with the Windows Search platform for both the querying engine as well as the indexer. MOSS search provides the ability to search metadata attached to documents.

Microsoft has made Microsoft Search Server available as Search Server 2008, released March 2008. A free version, Search Server 2008 Express, is also available. The express edition features the same feature set as the commercial edition, including no limitation on the number of files indexed. However, it is limited to a stand-alone installation and cannot be scaled out to a cluster.[2]

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer

The WYSIWYG HTML editor Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer primarily targets the design of SharePoint sites and end-user workflows for WSS sites. It is the successor to FrontPage 2003. It shares its rendering engine with Microsoft Expression Web, its general web designing sibling, and Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008 IDE. SPD represents a next-generation Microsoft replacement for Microsoft FrontPage. SPD requires that IIS has Frontpage extensions installed on the server.

Through a next-generation family of data controls (like the DataView WebPart) and XPath, SharePoint Designer enables developers to manipulate data from SharePoint or external sources (such as Microsoft SQL Server) without coding directly against the .NET Framework.

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 used Microsoft FrontPage. FrontPage is not compatible with SharePoint 2007 or MOSS.

The SharePoint open source community

CodePlex is Microsoft's open source project hosting web site. There are many SharePoint projects available at the CodePlex Open Source Community web site.[3]

Industry Analyst Assessments

Industry analyst firm evaluations of SharePoint have varied. In late 2008, the Gartner Group put SharePoint in the "leaders" quadrant in three of its Magic Quadrants (for Search, Portals, and Enterprise Content Management).[4] In contrast, independent evaluation firm CMS Watch issued customer research[5] indicating, "Customers readily shared their frustrations: Redmond’s rather belated embrace of Web 2.0, SharePoint’s poor support for individuals working on multiple different teams, as well as its cumbersome and incomplete integration with Outlook." [6]

Integration with Developer Tools

SharePoint is often criticized for its lack of well integrated tools for developers and its complex customized software architecture that differs significantly from those of other ASP.NET-based web applications[7][8]. Microsoft therefore announced significantly better support in the upcoming version of Microsoft's primary development environment Visual Studio to increase the developer experience.[9]

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References

  1. ^ "Microsoft Unveils Enterprise Search Products". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  2. ^ "Microsoft Gives Away Search Server 2008". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  3. ^ CodePlex Open Source Community web site
  4. ^ "Gartner "SharePoint Related" Magic Quadrants Updated for 2008". Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  5. ^ "CMS Watch SharePoint Report". Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  6. ^ "SharePoint Has Become the New Lotus Notes - CMS Watch Cites Collaboration Pros, Proliferation Cons". Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  7. ^ "Sharepoint is not a good development platform". Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  8. ^ "What SharePoint can learn from Sitecore as web development platform". Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  9. ^ "SharePoint Development Improves in Visual Studio 2010". Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  10. ^ Darrow, Barbara (2005-08-22). "New Oracle Collaboration Suite Takes Aim At Microsoft SharePoint". InformationWeek. Retrieved 2008-07-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  11. ^ Torode, Christina (2008-12-18). "SharePoint Alternatives Seek to Fill in the Gaps". SearchCIO-Midmarket.com. TechTarget. Retrieved 2008-12-18. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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