Document Sharing with Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010

New features in Office 2010 improve document sharing with SharePoint 2010. With Office Web Apps, which is licensed with some editions of Office 2010, users will be able to read and write Office files on a SharePoint 2010 server using only a Web browser. Other features include simultaneous editing of the same file (“coauthoring”) and the ability to stream PowerPoint presentations over the Web. However, organizations will have to upgrade current installations to the latest versions of Office and SharePoint to get all the new features.

The SharePoint 2010 Lineup

SharePoint Foundation 2010 is the next release of Microsoft’s platform for team collaboration sites, currently called Windows SharePoint Services. Team sites help groups of workers share information and work together. For example, a product development team might use a team site to gather ideas for product features, collaborate on specifications, track project schedules, and communicate project status. Once SharePoint Foundation is installed and configured, workers can create and edit sites without IT involvement. SharePoint Foundation will ship as a free download for the 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008 and later, and its use will be covered by the Windows Server Client Access License (CAL).