Web Parts Available in SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010

The final comparison for this chapter covers web parts available in the different versions of SharePoint 2010 products. Web parts are the modules of code that can be added to a page to provide views of data contained within lists or libraries on the site or to perform other tasks such as filter data or display a video on a page. Essentially, web parts are the units of construction the page designer has at his disposal to present text, data, and graphics to site visitors, so the more web parts available, the more flexibility the designer has in creating pages and sites.

It stands to reason that SharePoint Foundation 2010 would provide a smaller selection of web parts for use by site administrators after a site has been created. Table 18.9 lists the web parts available in SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 Standard and Enterprise when viewing the Web Part Gallery from a site created using the Team Site site collection template. Although this is a daunting list, and the average site administrator won’t need to know what each and every web part does, the list is helpful from a design standpoint, especially if an organization is trying to decide between SharePoint Foundation 2010 and the SharePoint Server 2010 products and whether SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise is needed.

Table 18.9. Web Parts Available in SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010

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For example, the Business Data web parts can be found only in SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise, along with the KPI web part, again clarifying that adding that functionality to a web part page or dashboard page requires SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise. Likewise, the People web parts, Search web parts, and OWA web parts are not included in SharePoint Foundation 2010. So, if that level of functionality is desired, the SharePoint Server 2010 products are needed.

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