Figure 1 shows how SharePoint Foundation is built on Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET, and Internet Information Services (IIS). SharePoint is also built on SQL Server, but you can install SQL Server on a dedicated server that does not have SharePoint installed, which is typical in a production farm. All of these platforms must be running on a 64-bit installation of Windows Server 2008 on the server computers. SharePoint Server, in turn, is built on SharePoint Foundation. There are two editions of SharePoint Server: Standard and Enterprise.

Perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of the figure is that IIS and ASP.NET are shown as a single platform. This is because SharePoint requires that IIS operate in integrated mode with ASP.NET. Hence, from a SharePoint point of view, they are effectively a single web-hosting application. For more information about this, see the next section, SharePoint as an ASP.NET-IIS Application.

In Figure 1, the smaller boxes that have no fill represent some selected subparts of the platform that contains them, or on which they depend. The two thin, downward-pointing arrows indicate some specific dependencies that are shown only as examples. Many other specific dependencies are not shown in the figure. The thick, left-pointing arrows indicate that the entity on the right side accesses the entity to which the arrow points. For example, BCS accesses external databases.

This article discusses the architectures of SharePoint 2010 (with many links to more detailed information) in several senses, including the platform stack on which SharePoint runs, the configuration layers, the client and server object models, the services framework, the HTTP request pipeline, and the worker process system.

Figure 1 shows how SharePoint Foundation is built on Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET, and Internet Information Services (IIS). SharePoint is also built on SQL Server, but you can install SQL Server on a dedicated server that does not have SharePoint installed, which is typical in a production farm. All of these platforms must be running on a 64-bit installation of Windows Server 2008 on the server computers. SharePoint Server, in turn, is built on SharePoint Foundation. There are two editions of SharePoint Server: Standard and Enterprise.

Perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of the figure is that IIS and ASP.NET are shown as a single platform. This is because SharePoint requires that IIS operate in integrated mode with ASP.NET. Hence, from a SharePoint point of view, they are effectively a single web-hosting application. For more information about this, see the next section, SharePoint as an ASP.NET-IIS Application.

In Figure 1, the smaller boxes that have no fill represent some selected subparts of the platform that contains them, or on which they depend. The two thin, downward-pointing arrows indicate some specific dependencies that are shown only as examples. Many other specific dependencies are not shown in the figure. The thick, left-pointing arrows indicate that the entity on the right side accesses the entity to which the arrow points. For example, BCS accesses external databases.

"The Office 2010 will be available for both businesses and consumers in June," Microsoft Corp's India chairman Ravi Venkatesan told reporters here on the sidelines of an seminar on social inclusion here.

The latest version features office web applications which will include online versions of MS Word, Excel, Power Point and OneNot. It will allow sharing and collaboration of documents and files.

Microsoft had already released the beta version, a soft launch, of MS Office 2010 and related web applications in November 2009.

Early this month, the company also unveiled in India its latest offering in the area of cloud computing called Windows Azure that will help companies share software and storage facilities and bring down their total IT spend by as much as 50 percent.

In cloud computing, companies share computer resources, such as servers, software and data storage, through the internet, instead of setting up such infrastructure at their own end.

Global software giant Microsoft Corp will launch the latest version of its popular application suite MS Office 2010 for Indian users in June, a top official said here Thursday.

"The Office 2010 will be available for both businesses and consumers in June," Microsoft Corp's India chairman Ravi Venkatesan told reporters here on the sidelines of an seminar on social inclusion here.

The latest version features office web applications which will include online versions of MS Word, Excel, Power Point and OneNot. It will allow sharing and collaboration of documents and files.

Microsoft had already released the beta version, a soft launch, of MS Office 2010 and related web applications in November 2009.

Early this month, the company also unveiled in India its latest offering in the area of cloud computing called Windows Azure that will help companies share software and storage facilities and bring down their total IT spend by as much as 50 percent.

In cloud computing, companies share computer resources, such as servers, software and data storage, through the internet, instead of setting up such infrastructure at their own end.

In a Wednesday conference call with Wall Street analysts, Microsoft executives said Windows Live pulled in $520 million in revenue in fiscal year 2009, but posted a loss of $560 million. This is by no means a recent trend. Overall, the Online Service Business posted an operating loss of $2.2 billion during fiscal 2009, after racking up a $1.2 billion loss in fiscal 2008.

Tami Reller, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Vice President, Windows Business Group, said Windows Live operates at a loss primarily due to data center construction costs, research and development, and sales and distribution costs.

"The investments in the data centers is one of the most significant investments in the Windows Live business, and really is a result of the large customer base and the strong competitive position that we have today across these services," said Reller.

Windows Live, which includes Hotmail, Live Messenger, and Skydrive, has more than 500 million users, and makes the bulk of its money through online advertising, according to Microsoft. As the user base grows, Microsoft will continue to invest in building out the data center infrastructure to support them, while also maintaining its investment in R&D, sales, and distribution, according to Reller.

"It is an organizational move, not new or changed investment," said Reller.

Microsoft will report its fiscal 2010 first quarter results on October 22, and Wall Street will be looking for some signs of improvement from several consecutive dismal quarters. Slowing PC and server sales have decimated Microsoft’s business, and company officials have called the situation the most difficult economic environment the company has faced in its history.

Source : CRN

Online services have been a financial drain for Microsoft, and the company said it has moved financial reporting for Windows Live from the Online Services Business to the Client division.

In a Wednesday conference call with Wall Street analysts, Microsoft executives said Windows Live pulled in $520 million in revenue in fiscal year 2009, but posted a loss of $560 million. This is by no means a recent trend. Overall, the Online Service Business posted an operating loss of $2.2 billion during fiscal 2009, after racking up a $1.2 billion loss in fiscal 2008.

Tami Reller, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Vice President, Windows Business Group, said Windows Live operates at a loss primarily due to data center construction costs, research and development, and sales and distribution costs.

"The investments in the data centers is one of the most significant investments in the Windows Live business, and really is a result of the large customer base and the strong competitive position that we have today across these services," said Reller.

Windows Live, which includes Hotmail, Live Messenger, and Skydrive, has more than 500 million users, and makes the bulk of its money through online advertising, according to Microsoft. As the user base grows, Microsoft will continue to invest in building out the data center infrastructure to support them, while also maintaining its investment in R&D, sales, and distribution, according to Reller.

"It is an organizational move, not new or changed investment," said Reller.

Microsoft will report its fiscal 2010 first quarter results on October 22, and Wall Street will be looking for some signs of improvement from several consecutive dismal quarters. Slowing PC and server sales have decimated Microsoft’s business, and company officials have called the situation the most difficult economic environment the company has faced in its history.

Source : CRN