Original Photo by JohnStover There are literally hundreds and thousands of ‘search engines’ out there. Some of these search engines are for finding stuff on the Internet, like Google, Bing and Yahoo. Some search engines are more specialized, like the search box you see on a single web site that searches only that single website.… Continue reading What is in your Website Search?
Tag: Licensing
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 V: SharePoint 2010 Licensing Costs
How much does SharePoint cost? Everyone asks about costs and fees (imagine that!). SharePoint license costs change frequently and change by vendor. Each reseller that you talk to will have different prices – definitely shop around. There are also different licensing tiers. If your organization is an eligible charity, then you may get significantly discounted… Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part V: SharePoint 2010 Licensing Costs
SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part IV: Scenario Examples
For Part IV in my SharePoint 2010 Licensing mini-series, I have put together several different licensing scenarios and detailed the requisite licensing for each. SharePoint is very flexible in both licensing and capability. As with any large company, understanding exactly which licenses you need can be quite perplexing! Hopefully this will shed some light on… Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part IV: Scenario Examples
SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part III: Search, Office Web Applications, and Project Server
In the previous post, SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part I: Foundation, Server, and Designer and SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part II: Windows Server and SQL Server, I covered SharePoint Foundation 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Windows Server, and SQL Server. In this post, I’ll cover additional related products. Microsoft Search Server Express 2010. SharePoint Server… Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part III: Search, Office Web Applications, and Project Server
SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part II: Windows Server and SQL Server
While Windows Server and SQL Server are left out of many SharePoint 2010 Licensing discussions, they are vitally important when determining overall cost for any SharePoint 2010 initiative. You cannot run SharePoint 2010 without Windows Server. You cannot run SharePoint 2010 without SQL Server. It is that simple. Windows Server. Let’s start with Windows. Why? … Continue reading SharePoint 2010 Licensing Part II: Windows Server and SQL Server
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
SharePoint 2007 Licensing Part III: FAQ
In Part III in this mini-series on SharePoint 2007 licensing, I’m merely answering some of the questions that I’ve been emailed over the past couple of months. As I’ve stated in previous posts, you absolutely should work with either a Microsoft Licensing Specialist or with your VAR (Dell, CDW, etc.) to ensure that you are… Continue reading SharePoint 2007 Licensing Part III: FAQ
SharePoint 2007 Licensing Part II: Scenarios
For Part II in the SharePoint Licensing Update series, I have put together eight different licensing scenarios and detailed the requisite licensing for each. Again, I’ve updated an old posting that I did shortly after the product first came out. As you may or may not know, the product originally did not allow an internal… Continue reading SharePoint 2007 Licensing Part II: Scenarios
SharePoint 2007 Licensing Part I: Products
Licensing is a huge topic. So huge, in fact, that Microsoft has licensing specialists. VARs have licensing specialists. Consulting companies have licensing specialists. In Part I of this multi-post blog entry, I will describe the SharePoint products that are available. I am not listing prices with these products for several reasons, the most obvious one… Continue reading SharePoint 2007 Licensing Part I: Products