New SharePoint Aims for Larger Scale

SharePoint 2010 delivers simpler administration, reduced downtime, and improved scalability. As a result, organizations should be able to scale SharePoint 2010 installations to larger numbers of users and volumes of content with less effort than was required in earlier versions. However, most organizations building large-scale SharePoint installations will still need third-party administration software to keep their installations in working order, and for large-scale document sharing and content distribution SharePoint still lacks some capabilities of file shares and Exchange public folders.

Administration: Improved Design Options, Automation, Monitoring

SharePoint 2010 includes many improvements to its infrastructure and management tools to ease administration. The improvements will particularly benefit large-scale organizations whose SharePoint installations serve many internal stakeholders.

Service Infrastructure Expands Choices for Architects

SharePoint 2010 has an improved infrastructure for managing installation of its most important supporting services, giving organizations more fine-grained control for scaling out SharePoint installations and for striking a balance between security and simplicity.