Product Differentiation - 200 level tables
End user perspective - 200 level table
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SharePoint Server 2010
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FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint |
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Great out-of-box search experience |
Most powerful search experience |
One-stop search center to find answers fast |
• Excellent OOB relevance • Federated results • PC, phone, or browser access |
Same capabilities, plus: • Broader, better language support • Broader query syntax |
Refinement to explore information quickly |
• Metadata based shallow refiners • Related searches • View in Browser |
Same capabilities, plus: • Deep refiners with counts • Similarity search • Sorting on any property |
Social search to connect with people and expertise |
• Phonetic & nickname matching • Relevance and refiners • Integrated presence |
Same capabilities |
Search gets better with use |
• Click-through drives relevance • Colleague & Expertise suggestions • Query suggestions |
Same capabilities |
Visual cues for rapid recognition of information |
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• Thumbnails & Scrolling Previews • Visual Best Bets |
Contextual to meet the needs of diverse groups |
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• User context from user profile • Multiple relevance profiles |
IT Professional perspective - 200 level table
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SharePoint Server 2010
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FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint |
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Enterprise class search system integrated with SharePoint |
Highly capable and easy to manage |
Industrial Strength Scale-out and Performance
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• Enterprise Scale-out (to 100M docs) • Full Fault Tolerance • Native 64 bit; Hyper-V support |
Same capabilities, plus: · Extreme scale-out
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Easy deployment
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• Wizard - driven installation • Consolidated search dashboard |
Same Capabilities |
Enterprise-class manageability |
• PowerShell support • SCOM support • Full search reporting |
Same Capabilities |
Secure, broad connectivity
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• Full set of connectors OOB • Easy to add new sources via BDC • Strong security |
Same Capabilities |
Advanced Content Processing OOB
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· Content Processing pipeline · Metadata Extraction
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Easy to configure high-end user experiences |
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· Easy setup of User Context, Visual Best Bets, Promotion · Give end users control over sorting, ranking, navigation
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Developer perspective - 200 level table
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SharePoint Server 2010
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FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint |
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Open and flexible search platform |
The power to tackle the most challenging search requirements |
Customize the OOB user experience using Web Parts |
• Public Web Parts |
Same Capabilities, based on the Most powerful user experience |
Extend connectivity using the BDC and Federation |
• New connector framework • Integrated with BCS |
Same Capabilities |
Combine search with other SharePoint capabilities |
• Integrate search with BI, Workflow, Social, & Collaboration |
Same Capabilities, applying high-end search capabilities |
Use familiar tools built for developer productivity |
• BDC tooling built into SPD • Application tooling in VS2010 |
Same Capabilities |
Leverage Advanced Content Processing |
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· Add custom property extractors · Extend content processing |
Customize relevance |
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· Include external data in relevance · Build multiple relevance profiles · Extend user context |
Use advanced query capabilities to create powerful applications |
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· Leverage FQL to create geosearch, user-selected influencers, and much more |