I thought I would discuss some of the key reasons I see for upgrading to SharePoint 2010. For now, I’m going to stay away from the behind the scenes items such as scalability and focus more on the end user perspective.
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All about the metadata – This is a bit of a passion of mine. I’ll go into more detail here in a later post. From managed terms and keywords to the term store and tagging, the features are intuitive, simpler to manage and easier to re-use. For now, I’ll just say that your users will actually want to use the metadata and taxonomy features in 2010.
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Where did my file go – A big difference between prior versions of SharePoint and many of its competitors was the concept of persistent links. Renaming or moving a file in 2007 would instantly break all links pointing to it. The new persistent object ids allow for a single link to access the item no matter where it is moved or how its name changes over time
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Fewer clicks to edit publishing content – While this isn’t really a specific feature, I have observed that experienced SharePoint users maintaining publishing sites are immediately drawn to the simplicity of “Edit Page”.
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What about my photos and videos? – Out of the box digital asset management is finally here. A new library is available in SharePoint Server 2010 which allows users to manage and share digital assets like video, audio, pictures, and other rich media files.
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The ever-present ribbon – Love it or hate it, the office ribbon is here to stay. Users will appreciate the interface similarities with the Office products they use every day.
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Social Media – Microsoft has filled the social media gap in SharePoint with 2010. Some of the new features include tags, “I like it”, activity feeds and ratings
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