SharePoint 2010 Products and Services

[Update: 20th Oct 09] Additions to the line-up - Search Server Express is here to stays

This is the first in a series of sound bites I'll be publishing (wi-fi permitting) during the SharePoint 2009 Conference (SPC09) here in Las Vegas. More details will follow after the event.

The SharePoint 2010 product line-up was announced during Steve Ballmer's keynote on Monday 19th October 2009. And it's a lot longer list than the current 2007 product range:

As my photography was far from perfect, here's what's on that screenshot

On Premise (products you can install)

• SharePoint Foundation 2010 (new name for Windows SharePoint Services)
• SharePoint Server 2010
• FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
• FAST Search Server 2010 for Internet Business
• SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet, Standard edition
• SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet, Enterprise edition

Cloud (online services you access over the Internet)

• SharePoint Online
• SharePoint Online for Internet Sites

Client Access Licenses (CALs)

• Standard (Core)
• Enterprise

Lots of emphasis on SharePoint having 2 paths - on premise (installing servers onsite) and in the cloud (subscribing to online services, with the servers managed in a Microsoft data center)

Not listed on the slide - SharePoint Workspace 2010 (new name for Groove) and a new and much improved SharePoint Designer 2010 (and it will remain free in the next version)

[Update] At a later session, the search line-up was expanded to include Search Server 2010 Express. Yey! Here's the slide with a summary of the differences between Search Server Express, SharePoint Server and FAST Search Server for SharePoint in the 2010 product range:

Side note: Wandered outside during the break after the keynote and look what I found parked right outside the conference:

Do you think a certain rival is having a bit of fun? :-)