Michael Sampson

Feature Article

Microsoft SharePoint

SharePoint 2010 for Collaboration: Something Old, Something New, Something Blue

It’s been over a year since Microsoft announced the details of SharePoint 2010, and now six months since the product has been on the market. SharePoint 2010 is a substantial update to the SharePoint product, with new capabilities and enhancements strewn throughout the code. Microsoft has continued its policy of tightly linking the latest release of the Office productivity suite with capabilities in SharePoint 2010 too, in order to drive uptake.

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