SharePoint 2010 – Office 365

Office 365 is a cloud service from Microsoft.

Part of the service it provides is cloud-based version (Microsoft hosted platform) of SharePoint 2010. The benefit you get is that you don't have to worry about setting up and maintaining the SharePoint 2010 environment/infrastructure yourself.

Depending on which plan you get, you are able to leverage SharePoint 2010 in addition to other Microsoft tools such as Exchange, Office and Lync.

Here's a comparison list of various plans: http://office365.microsoft.com/en-US/what-is-office365.aspx

To sign up for a free trial: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/free-office365-trial.aspx?WT.z_O365_ca=Try_online-software-Simp_en-us#fbid=je8zSqHYxsp.

To get maximum options and for your SharePoint solutions to function correctly it is recommended to get an Enterprise level plan (either E3 or E4).

Try out the cool/new/free way to get your hands on experience of SharePoint 2010.

More Development related posts to follow.

Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:22 AM | Back to top