Closely tied to the new search capabilities is Managed Metadata. Central to most custom Notes applications are keyword fields, which range from simple pop-up or drop-down lists of terms that users can select from (for example, product codes) to lookups in other views and databases (for example, customer numbers). Some Notes solutions even include custom term-management databases where users could centrally manage the terms, codes, and other resource documents used by other Notes applications.
A powerful new feature of SharePoint 2010 is Managed Metadata (also referred to as Enterprise Metadata). Now SharePoint enables you to manage all the terms that are important to a particular application domain (the keywords, product codes, customer types, document categories, etc.) in a shared term store. SharePoint 2010 includes a complete interface that enables administrators to maintain terms, along with the following features: aliases, translation, context and hierarchy.
10 Ways SharePoint 2010 Will Affect Your Notes Migration
10 Ways SharePoint 2010 Will Affect Your Notes Migration
Over the past five years, many organizations have decided to abandon their legacy Lotus Notes/Domino environments and transition to a platform based on Microsoft collaboration technologies (Exchange Server, SharePoint and Office). Many of these organizations, though, have hesitated in tackling the most difficult part of this transition: migrating their applications from Notes to SharePoint. Some hesitate due to concerns about the cost of rebuilding their applications on SharePoint, while others worry whether SharePoint has all the capabilities that their applications would need.
Quest Software contends that the release of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010 has changed the situation dramatically, for two reasons. First, Microsoft added a great deal of functionality that directly targets the needs of enterprises migrating from Lotus Notes. Second, Microsoft significantly improved the tools for developing custom applications in SharePoint, thus reducing the time and cost required to rebuild applications.
This slideshow highlights 10 aspects of SharePoint 2010 identified by Quest Software that will change the game for enterprises of all sizes who want to use SharePoint to replace or enhance their Notes environments. The first six items are major platform and functionality improvements that Notes people should especially appreciate and that will change their thinking about how applications might be rebuilt. The last four items address improvements of particular interest to developers who want to rebuild the functionality of their Notes applications on SharePoint.
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