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Visio 2010

Microsoft Visio (pronounced VIH-zee-oh), marketed as Microsoft Office Visio, is a diagramming program for Microsoft Windows that uses vector graphics to create diagrams. It is currently available in two editions: Standard and Professional. The current version is Microsoft Office Visio 2007 for Windows. In late 2009, Microsoft released the beta version of Microsoft Visio 2010. Unlike the core Office 2007 applications, Microsoft Visio 2007 does not feature the Ribbon user interface. However the ribbon will appear in Microsoft Visio 2010. No version of Visio exists for the Mac OS X or Linux operating systems, although other diagramming programs exist for those systems.
The Standard and Professional editions both share the same interface, but the latter has additional templates for more advanced diagrams and layouts as well as unique functionality that makes it easy for users to connect their diagrams to a number of data sources and display the information graphically.[1][2]
Microsoft acquired Visio Corporation in 2000. Visio 2007 was released on November 30 2006. Also released alongside version 2002 were Enterprise Network Tools, an add-on product enabling automated network and directory services diagramming, and the Visio Network Center, a Web site where users could locate the latest network documentation content and exact-replica network equipment shapes from 500 leading manufacturers.[3] The former has been discontinued, while the latter's shape-finding features are now integrated into the program itself.[4]

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[edit] Versions

Visio began as a standalone product produced by the Visio Corporation; as of Visio 2000, Microsoft acquired it and branded it as a Microsoft Office application, like Microsoft Project; however, it has never been included in any of the Office suites. Microsoft included a Visio for Enterprise Architects edition with some editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005.[5]
  • Visio 1.0 (Standard, Lite, Home).
  • Visio 2.0
  • Visio 3.0
  • Visio 4.0 (Standard, Technical)
  • Visio 4.1 (Standard, Technical)
  • Visio 4.5 (Standard, Professional, Technical)
  • Visio 5.0 (Standard, Professional, Technical)
  • Visio 2000 (6.0; Standard, Professional, Technical, Enterprise), later updated to SP-1 and Microsoft branding after Visio Corporation's acquisition
  • Visio 2002 (10.0; Standard, Professional)
  • Visio Enterprise Network Tools, Visio Network Center
  • Visio for Enterprise Architects 2003 (VEA 2003) (based on Visio 2002 and included with Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect)
  • Office Visio 2003 (11.0; Standard, Professional)
  • Office Visio for Enterprise Architects 2005 (VEA 2005) (based on Visio 2003 and included with Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite and Team Architect editions)
  • Office Visio 2007 (12.0; Standard, Professional).
  • Office Visio 2010 (14.0; Standard, Professional, Premium - Upcoming Version, currently released to manufacturing)
Note: There are no Visio versions 7, 8, or 9, because after Microsoft acquired and branded Visio as a Microsoft Office product, the Visio version numbers followed the Office version numbers.

[edit] Native File formats

  • VSD - Diagram
  • VSS - Stencil
  • VST - Template
  • VSW - Web Drawing (Office Visio 2010)
  • VDX - Visio XML Diagram
  • VSX - Visio XML Stencil
  • VTX - Visio XML Template
  • VSL - Visio add-on

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "A comparison of Visio Standard and Visio Professional". Microsoft. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896660. 
  2. ^ "Visio 2007 Edition Comparison". Microsoft. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/FX101757911033.aspx. 
  3. ^ "Press release". Microsoft. 2001-05-01. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/may01/05-07networkpr.mspx. 
  4. ^ "Outils de réseau Visio Enterprise produit abandonné". Microsoft. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327399. 
  5. ^ "History of Visio". MVPS. http://visio.mvps.org/History.htm. 

[edit] Further reading

  • Parker, David J (2007). Visualizing Information with Microsoft Office Visio 2007. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-148261-X. 

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SharePoint Server 2010

Microsoft SharePoint, also known as Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, is a content management system with integrated search functionality developed by Microsoft that allows users to work in a web-based collaborative environment. Microsoft provides certain built-in functionality, and third-party developers can also develop custom modifications to extend functionality.
In other words, SharePoint is a Microsoft product that manages the tasks and information of an organization with respect to their hierarchy levels.
SharePoint is a collection of products and software elements that includes, among a growing selection of components, web browser-based collaboration functions, process management modules, search modules, and a document-management platform.[1] SharePoint can be used to host web sites that access shared workspaces, information stores and documents, as well as host-defined applications such as wikis and blogs. All users can manipulate proprietary controls called "web parts" or interact with pieces of content such as lists and document libraries.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer, a freeware[2] editor to help administrators develop and customize SharePoint solutions, is also in the SharePoint family.
Previous versions of elements of this software used different names such as "SharePoint Portal Server 2003" and "SharePoint Team Services" but are also referred to as SharePoint or SharePoint Technologies. Since the beginning, when the SharePoint initiative was collectively called Tahoe, SharePoint development has been a mixed bag of products and technologies and includes the now defunct Site Server 3.0.
SharePoint, as a collection of technologies, is not intended to simply replace a full file server or to be a single use solution. Instead, it is geared and positioned to play various roles in the business and enterprise environment. Microsoft markets these vectors as Collaboration, Processes, and People.
The SharePoint user interface is a web interface accessed through a browser. While all browsers are supported, only Internet Explorer, which Microsoft designates as a "Level 1" browser, is fully integrated and able to utilize the full functionality of a SharePoint Solution.[3]
SharePoint sites are functionally ASP.NET 2.0 web applications, which are served using IIS and use a SQL Server database as a data storage back end. All site content data, such as items in document libraries and lists, are stored within an SQL database named by default as "WSS_Content_[ID]".

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[edit] Microsoft Search Server (MSS)

Microsoft Search Server (MSS), an enterprise search platform from Microsoft, builds on the search capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS).[4] MSS shares its architectural underpinnings with the Windows Search platform for both the querying engine and 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.[5]. Various plugins for indexing third-party files, for example Adobe's Acrobat (pdf) files, are available.

[edit] Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Described by Microsoft as the "Business Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise and the Web"[6], Microsoft SharePoint 2010 promises to deliver numerous benefits over its predecessor. SharePoint 2010 was released to manufacturing (RTM) on April 17, 2010[7].
Feature highlights include[8]
  • New user interface, including the new Office Ribbon.
  • Web Edit, allowing easy customization of a site.
  • Silverlight Web Part, allowing rapid integration of rich Silverlight applications.
  • Rich Theming, allowing simplified skinning of a SharePoint 2010 site
  • Multiple browser support, including Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari amongst others.
  • Enterprise Metadata Management ("SharePoint taxonomy"), which enables a centralized taxonomy
  • Will come in two editions: SharePoint Foundation Server and SharePoint Server 2010
There is also a collection of other new features relevant to IT Professionals[9], Developers[10] and Partners[11].
Here are some key points to think about in terms of upgrading to SharePoint 2010[12] SharePoint 2010 is 64-bit only, so companies may need to upgrade server hardware. SharePoint 2010 does not support Internet Explorer 6. And to get the full functionality companies need to be running the latest versions of other Microsoft products, including Windows Server 2008 R2 and Office 2010.

[edit] Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer

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The WYSIWYG (X)HTML editor Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2010 primarily targets the design of SharePoint sites and end-user workflows for SharePoint Server and SharePoint foundation sites. It is the successor to SharePoint Designer 2007. It is the general web designing sibling of Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 IDE. SharePoint Designer 2010 represents the next-generation replacement for SharePoint Designer 2007.
Through a next-generation family of data controls (like the DataView WebPart), XSLT / XPath, External lists. SharePoint Designer enables developers to manipulate data from SharePoint or external sources (such as Microsoft SQL Server) without coding directly against the .NET Framework.
SharePoint Designer 2010 is not compatible with SharePoint 2007.
In December 2006 for Office 2007, SharePoint Designer and Expression Web replaced FrontPage as web design tools in the Office family.

[edit] Industry analyst assessments

Evaluations of SharePoint by industry analysts 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).[13]

[edit] 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.[14][15][16][17] Therefore, Microsoft announced significantly improved support in the upcoming version of Microsoft Visual Studio to improve the developer experience.[18]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/FX101758691033.aspx?ofcresset=1
  2. ^ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42&displaylang=en
  3. ^ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263526.aspx
  4. ^ Kanaracus, Chris (2007-11-06). "Microsoft Unveils Enterprise Search Products". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E180025738A006D9567.html?ref=technology. Retrieved 2007-11-08. 
  5. ^ "Microsoft Gives Away Search Server 2008". http://rcpmag.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9224. Retrieved 2007-11-08. 
  6. ^ Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Site 2009 Microsoft Corporation
  7. ^ [1]SharePoint Team Blog
  8. ^ Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Feature Highlights 2009 Microsoft Corporation
  9. ^ SharePoint 2010 Benefits for IT Professionals 2009 Microsoft Corporation
  10. ^ SharePoint 2010 Benefits for Developers 2009 Microsoft Corporation
  11. ^ SharePoint 2010 Benefits for Partners 2009 Microsoft Corporation
  12. ^ [2]
  13. ^ "Gartner “SharePoint Related” Magic Quadrants Updated for 2008". http://blogs.msdn.com/modonovan/archive/2008/10/07/gartner-magic-quadrants-updated-for-2008-sharepoint-related.aspx. Retrieved 2009-02-03. 
  14. ^ "Sharepoint is not a good development platform". http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeffrey.palermo/archive/2007/09/13/sharepoint-is-not-a-good-development-platform.aspx. Retrieved 2009-02-18. 
  15. ^ "What SharePoint can learn from Sitecore as web development platform". http://jgnk.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!457F4BDBA1A371A5!271.entry. Retrieved 2009-02-18. 
  16. ^ "How ASP.NET developer have to adjust to work with SharePoint". http://reddevnews.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2634&rss=1. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  17. ^ "How MOSS Can Help Improve Business Processes – ‘’CMS Wire’’". http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/how-moss-can-help-improve-business-processes-003996.php. Retrieved 2009-02-23. 
  18. ^ "SharePoint Development Improves in Visual Studio 2010". http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/11/wss_vs2010. Retrieved 2009-02-18. 

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