SharePoint 2010: A guide to the many versions

20.10.2009
On Monday, announced that the beta version of would be available in November and the final code would ship in the first half of 2010. In true Microsoft form, this means Redmond will have a whole bunch of confusing editions. Eight have so far been revealed which is more than the list of editions on . Microsoft on Monday revealed two new cloud versions.

Here's is supposed to include. 

-- The basic . Windows SharePoint Services is now Microsoft SharePoint Foundation. It requires Windows Server 2008 64-bit operating system with SP2 or later or Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit.

-- adds collaboration features to the Foundation edition that allows it tie into data repositories outside of SharePoint (including Lotus Notes). Also adds more management features and supports more users. , experts agree.

--Takes SharePoint Server 2010 and adds the high-end search technology Microsoft acquired when in January, 2008. Features include contextual search (such as recognizing departments or geographies), ability to tag meta data to unstructured content, more scalability.