Eight things to look for in SharePoint 2010

I am eagerly awaiting my first hands on experience with the new SharePoint 2010 servers next week at Microsoft's Ignite sessions in Atlanta.  Before I finally see the system myself, I thought I’d note a few things, off the top of my head, that I’m hoping to find in the new product.

· Two way data exchange via the Business Data Catalog

· Richer end user form design for SharePoint lists, and support for a relational data model, child grids, etc., without InfoPath

· Better tools for bundling and applying changes to existing objects that have already been deployed to production.

· Simpler debugging for web parts, especially ASP.NET

· In line editing of page content

· Better Web 2.0 style social networking for the enterprise -- especially adding micro blogs, or status-presence indicators at the team and individual levels.  This means more Facebook/Twitter type updates – which foster essential social cohesion among dispersed collaborative teams.

· Real blog editing with better permalinking URLs for external sites and in line editing.    (I’d be using SharePoint for this blog if it were better at those two things!)

· Silverlight based native support for streaming media, especially video.

I have a few wish list items for Project Server 2010 as well that I’ll post another time -- but a better security model that doesn’t split administrative tasks between WSS and Project Server would be one.

I promise to share my news as soon as the NDA period is over.  Until then, thanks for reading.

Comments

[Prasanna]

Hey Chris

Looking forward to hear on your experience. Do you think "Your Wish List" is read by somebody who is going to do the presentation @ Microsoft's Ignite sessions? I wish somebody did...