Salient Features of SharePoint 2010 for Internet Sites

SharePoint for Internet Sites (SP-FIS) is available in two different versions: SharePoint FIS Standard Edition & SharePoint FIS Enterprise Edition.The enterprise edition includes all the features offered in the standard edition and a preferable choice for organizations willing to utilize SharePoint as a platform for their online presence.

 

There are many companies that might need limited features of SharePoint-FIS including web content management capabilities and other primary features & functionalities. For such companies rest of the components might not be feasible to them. SharePoint FIS Standard Edition, with limited features, could be the best solution for these companies as it also helps saving a lot on the costing part. It could also act as a good starting point for using SharePoint for Internet Sites.

 

SP-FIS standard edition is a basic version of the product and offers users the entire web content management (WMS) features, the workflow collaboration components as well as social computing and site search features. It is important to note that standard edition does not support multiple domains and can be used only for a single domain website.

 

If you need higher usability and better functionalities and other business components such as Business Intelligence (BI), insights into your websites, online or e-forms, or enterprise-wide search functionality then it is advisable for you to go for the Enterprise version of SharePoint 2010 for Internet Sites. Some of the features include:

 

- Interaction management: It includes an important Interaction Management feature which essentiallyenvisages the method in which you interact with the site.

- Content Transformation – a kind of interface which not only helps you searching internal information, but some additional data or information can be pulled in from external resources and both can be merged and represented as a single result.

- Multiple language support: SP-FIS supports multiple languages, so multilingual website can be developed easily and swiftly.

- Connectors: This product also comprises of Connectors for databases, XML and others.

 

Some of the general benefits of SP-FIS include:

 

- Easy-to-use authoring tools helps SP-FIS keeping content fresh and dynamic

- It is easy to launch new sites and content with the help of custom workflows which are adaptable enough to be customized as per user’s requirements

- With SP-FIS, an appealing online experience is certain due to highly interactive features such as search, rich media and social computing. These features will definitely assist you to get your users captivated!

- It is also easy to develop highly interactive and powerful business applications based on your current systems.

- SharePoint 2010 for Internet Sitesoffers a cohesive infrastructure with a feature like web content management (WMS) system, which is very cost-effective, compliant and easily manageable.

- Easy integration of BI tools like Excel Services and PerformancePoint Services for better decision making support.