SharePoint v14 / 2009 Feature List

Let’s do a quick recap about what we could expect from the next version of SharePoint from Microsoft:

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="612"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="100"><strong>Feature</strong></td><td valign="top" width="286"><strong>Summary</strong></td><td valign="top" width="125"><strong>Probability</strong></td><td valign="top" width="99"><strong>Source(s)</strong></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100">64-bit only</td><td valign="top" width="286">The SharePoint v14 / 2009 will be shipped only as x64 installation</td><td valign="top" width="125"><strong>CONFIRMED</strong></td><td valign="top" width="99"><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262529.aspx">TechNet</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100">Silverlight</td><td valign="top" width="286">Silverlight 2.0 webparts or UI will be present.</td><td valign="top" width="125"><strong>MOST PROBABLY</strong></td><td valign="top" width="99">Speculation</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100">Super-Lists</td><td valign="top" width="286">SQL tables-like behaviour for SharePoint lists</td><td valign="top" width="125"><strong>PROBABLY</strong></td><td valign="top" width="99"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/exec/billg/speeches/2008/03-03SharePoint2008.mspx">Bill Gates</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100">Groove Integration</td><td valign="top" width="286">If the user has Groove client installed, more options will be displayed for data synchronization, in more seamless way.</td><td valign="top" width="125"><strong>PROBABLY</strong></td><td valign="top" width="99"><a href="http://www.crn.com/software/207401117">Ray Ozzie</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100">Master Data Management</td><td valign="top" width="286">Master data source for keeping only one version of the truth. This data can be surfaced as SQL Server views or SharePoint data. In essence, a rebranded and somewhat expanded version of Stratature product +EDM, now known as Codename “Bulldog”.</td><td valign="top" width="125"><strong>MOST PROBABLY</strong></td><td valign="top" width="99"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Codename_%22Bulldog%22">Wikipedia</a><br><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb190163.aspx">Microsoft MDM</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100">XHTML-compliant output</td><td valign="top" width="286">SharePoint UI will produce clean XHTML-compliant output.</td><td valign="top" width="125"><strong>PROBABLY</strong></td><td valign="top" width="99">Speculation</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100">FAST search integration</td><td valign="top" width="286">FAST-based enterprise search as a Search replacement. Webparts that show FAST search results.</td><td valign="top" width="125"><strong>MAYBE</strong></td><td valign="top" width="99"><a href="http://www.cmswatch.com/Trends/1176-SharePoint-Conference:-Something-Old,-Something-New,-Something-Borrowed-and-Something-Blue">CMS Watch</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100">ODF and PDF support</td><td valign="top" width="286">Custom filters won’t be necessary to index and extract metadata from ODF and PDF files.</td><td valign="top" width="125"><strong>PROBABLY</strong></td><td valign="top" width="99"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/may08/05-21ExpandedFormatsPR.mspx">Microsoft</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100">CMIS support</td><td valign="top" width="286">Content Management Interoperability Services will allow SharePoint to communicate with other ECMs via web services.</td><td valign="top" width="125"><strong>MOST PROBABLY</strong></td><td valign="top" width="99"><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/sep08/09-10FirstWebPR.mspx">Microsoft</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100">Claims-based Authentication mechanism</td><td valign="top" width="286">Decouples the authentication mechanism from its implementation. It will enable SharePoint to use any interoperable authentication mechanism to authenticate the users.</td><td valign="top" width="125"><strong>MAYBE</strong></td><td valign="top" width="99"><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/101607-microsoft-switching-sharepoint.html">Network World</a></td></tr></tbody></table>