Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Standard with 5 CALs at academic rate now £1,495.00 plus VAT from Tekgia

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Standard with 5 CALs at academic rate

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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Standard with 5 CALs at academic rate

Please note: You download the software from a secure Microsoft website, saving you money (there are no delivery charges) and the environment. Also you can download it many times. This is handy, for example, if you replace your computer, as you can download it again to install it on your new machine.

What is Microsoft SharePoint?

Microsoft describes SharePoint as 'the business collaboration platform for the enterprise and the Web'. What does that mean? Well, you can use SharePoint to run internal (Intranet) and external (Internet) Websites. You get everything you need to build and run Web applications. In other words you don't require specialist developer skills to build your website. And your staff, etc., can use the site to collaborate wherever they happen to be on planet Earth, as long as they have Internet access.

Microsoft SharePoint 2010

SharePoint sites are typically used to share information and ideas. SharePoint has tools, for example, that facilitate team discussions using blogs and Wikis. Users can collaborate on shared documents and build complex Web-based applications. All that users need is a suitable Web browser, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox or Safari.

SharePoint has proven itself popular with companies of all sizes. It has become one of the most widely used platforms for business portals, collaboration applications and document management systems.

With a new management interface, support for PowerShell scripting, added business oriented social networking features, enhanced Office integration and an optional new enterprise search engine the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 has a lot going for it.

Microsoft Office integration is also built in, especially with the Office 2010 suite and cloud-based Web Apps.

The ribbon interface, first introduced in Office 2007, is now in SharePoint 2010, but it is optional. Existing applications can, therefore, be migrated complete with old-style interface and upgraded later (Microsoft calls this feature a visual upgrade).

SharePoint 2010 supports emerging technologies and standards, such as AJAX and XHTML. It also has much improved email capabilities.

SharePoint 2010 is highly scalable and can be hosted in-house if you wish or deployed as a cloud-based service with the servers hosted elsewhere. Previous versions of SharePoint could be run on 32-bit servers, but the 2010 software is 64-bit only, so you’ll need a server with one or more 64-bit processors to host it.

About Microsoft SharePoint and CALs

With SharePoint there are different licences for internal (Intranet) and public-facing (Internet) use. There are also 2 editions of SharePoint 2010, the Standard Edition and the Enterprise Editions.

The SharePoint listed here is meant for internal (Intranet) and so comes with 5 CALs. This is because, for a user to access SharePoint, a Client Access License (CAL) is required.

If the user happens to be a student, there is a CAL especially for students which is somewhat cheaper; although not included in this SharePoint we will be happy to provide prices for these.

The different editions of Microsoft SharePoint 2010

I will briefly cover the editions of SharePoint 2010.

SharePoint 2010 Standard for Internet use.

SharePoint 2010 Enterprise for Internet use.

SharePoint 2010 Standard for internal use (uses CALs; there are 2 types of CALs, the Standard CAL and the somewhat cheaper Standard CAL for students).

SharePoint 2010 Enterprise for internal use (uses CALs; there is only the one type of CAL).

SharePoint 2010 Standard for internal use is cheaper than SharePoint 2010 Standard for Internet use. Ditto for the Enterprise editions.

The FAST Search server, new in SharePoint 2010 and based on technology acquired by Microsoft in 2009, is a chargeable add-on that is particularly expensive.

The SharePoint Designer tool, which is free.

SharePoint Workspace 2010 is an updated and renamed implementation of the old Microsoft Groove application for user access to SharePoint content even when offline.

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