That’s right. You can use the free version of SharePoint 2010 to run your public facing website. SharePoint Foundation 2010 is free. SharePoint Foundation 2010 may be a good fit to run your public facing website. In order to look at this in a completely scientific manner, realize that there are literally hundreds of web… Continue reading Use the FREE version of SharePoint 2010 for your CMS
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Installing SharePoint Foundation 2010 Stand-alone
SharePoint Foundation 2010 is an incredible product. Not only does it provide robust collaboration capabilities, web site management tools, security management tools, and data integration tools, but SharePoint Foundation 2010 is free. Foundation 2010 is available to download from Microsoft today and can be used for any type of site, internal or external. I’ll be… Continue reading Installing SharePoint Foundation 2010 Stand-alone
SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part VI: FAQs
I’ve tried to cover a lot of information in this SharePoint Licensing mini-series, but there is still a lot of information to cover. For lack of a better format, I’m also including a SharePoint Licensing FAQ. Q: My company has a lot of employees that will be using SharePoint 2010. Can we just purchase the… Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part VI: FAQs
SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part I: Foundation, Server, and Designer
SharePoint 2010 is more powerful and easier to use than ever before, but how do you license SharePoint 2010? SharePoint can be hosted on premise (meaning you can host it yourself), hosted in a managed environment (like a Rackspace or FPWeb), or hosted directly with Microsoft with SharePoint Online. Regardless of where or how you… Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part I: Foundation, Server, and Designer
Account Creation Mode not in SharePoint Foundation – deprecated with WSS 3.0
According to Microsoft’s doc Creating Shared Hosting Solutions on Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 available at office.microsoft.com/download/afile.aspx?AssetID=AM102157711033 "Also note that account creation mode is a deprecated feature of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Although this feature is supported through version 3.0, the product team recommends that customers plan to move off of it at their earliest convenience."… Continue reading Account Creation Mode not in SharePoint Foundation – deprecated with WSS 3.0