Contents
- 1 Is SharePoint 2010 still supported by Microsoft?
- 2 How do I know if I have SharePoint 2010 Standard or Enterprise?
- 3 How do I know what version of SharePoint 2010 I have?
- 4 How can I tell if SharePoint is standard or enterprise?
- 5 What are the development tools for SharePoint 2010?
- 6 Which is better SharePoint Designer or Visual Studio?
A: Microsoft has no plans to extend support for SharePoint 2010 beyond April 13, 2021. This is a one-time extension due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Microsoft strongly recommends that customers complete their migrations and upgrades before end of support on April 13, 2021.
In 2010, you can also specifically visit the SharePoint 2010 Central Administration Web site, then ‘Upgrade and Migration’, then ‘Check product and patch installation status’ to show version numbers and what components are installed on what servers.
What are the different versions of SharePoint?
There are two editions of SharePoint Server: Standard and Enterprise. A free version called ‘Foundation’ was discontinued in 2016. These servers may be provisioned as normal virtual/cloud servers or as hosted services.
Click the icon to the right of the SharePoint 2010 product name to see a screenshot of the version numbers. You can also use the Windows PowerShell command, get-spfarm | select BuildVersion, however that shows a different version number from the web page.
To know if it is Standard or enterprise version of MOSS, Go to the Central administration -> Operations-> Enable Enterprise features. This will show you whether it is standard or enterprise.
Can you use Visual Studio 2008 to develop for SharePoint?
The WPF ui in VS2010 is much better on the eyes too. All of our devs upgraded, whether they are programming for SharePoint or not. Visual Studio 2008 works just fine. Just make sure you get something like WSPBuilder. Have a look at our series about porting WSPBuilder projects from SharePoint 2007 to 2010.
The SharePoint development tools in Visual Studio 2010 provide a much improved development experience for building business solutions in SharePoint 2010. The SharePoint development tools in Visual Studio 2010: Provide an end-to-end developer experience for SharePoint 2010.
Visual Studio is for creating applications. If you intend to use SharePoint as a platform for custom web applications, then you should be using Visual Studio. SharePoint Solution Packages developed in Visual Studio are reusable across sites, site collections, web applications, environments, and even organizations.
How to deploy a project in Visual Studio 2010?
If you cannot see the Output Window, on the Visual Studio 2010 View menu, click Output. Or, use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+O. In Solution Explorer, right-click the WingtipDevProject1 project node and execute the Deploy command.