Q&A

Q. Can I use SharePoint 2010 in place of creating custom ASP.NET applications?

A. SharePoint 2010 is a product built using the ASP.NET Framework. It is not intended to replace ASP.NET. While SharePoint provides many features out of the box, SharePoint 2010 is good for specific scenarios such as document management, collaboration, and so on. You still need to build custom ASP.NET applications for other requirements, especially when high transactional data operations are involved.

Q. Why does SharePoint 2010 not support 32-bit platforms?

A. 64-bit platforms provide a considerable improvement in performance compared to 32-bit platforms. SharePoint 2010 takes advantage of the 64-bit platform to achieve higher performance compared to SharePoint 2007. Therefore, it does not support 32-bit platforms.

Q. Can I install SharePoint Designer 2010 on a 32-bit platform or can it be installed only on 64-bit platforms?

A. Yes, you can install SharePoint Designer 2010 on 32-bit platforms also. The prerequisite is that the version of Office must also be 32 bit.

Q. Can we use SharePoint 2010 Designer to connect to SharePoint 2007 sites?

A. No, you cannot connect to SharePoint 2007 sites using SharePoint Designer 2010. For that you need to use SharePoint Designer 2007.