SharePoint vNext – Rumours, Speculation and Confirmed Features
The table below lists the known facts about what we can expect in SharePoint vNext and their probability of happening or making the version.
| Feature | Summary | Probability | Source(s) |
| 64 bit only | SharePoint vNext will be a 64 bit version only. | CONFIRMED | TechNet |
| Silverlight | Silverlight 2.0 webparts or UI will be present. | MOST PROBABLY | Speculation |
| Super-Lists | SQL tables-like behaviour for SharePoint lists | PROBABLY | Bill Gates |
| Groove Integration | If the user has Groove client installed, more options will be displayed for data synchronization, in more seamless way. | PROBABLY | Ray Ozzie |
| Master Data Management | 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”. | MOST PROBABLY | Wikipedia Microsoft MDM |
| XHTML-compliant output | SharePoint UI will produce clean XHTML-compliant output. | PROBABLY | Speculation |
| FAST search integration | FAST-based enterprise search as a Search replacement. Webparts that show FAST search results. | MAYBE | CMS Watch |
| ODF and PDF support | Custom filters won’t be necessary to index and extract metadata from ODF and PDF files. | PROBABLY | Microsoft |
| CMIS support | Content Management Interoperability Services will allow SharePoint to communicate with other ECMs via web services. | MOST PROBABLY | Microsoft |
| Claims-based Authentication mechanism | Decouples the authentication mechanism from its implementation. It will enable SharePoint to use any interoperable authentication mechanism to authenticate the users. | MAYBE | Network World |
Thanks to Edin for compiling this list http://edinkapic.blogspot.com/2008/10/sharepoint-v14-2009-feature-list.html.
We’ve known about the 64 bit feature for some time now and have been recommending 64 bit server deployments ever since (for both performance reasons and future proofing customers environments). Microsoft have released some more information about CMIS here http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2008/09/09/announcing-the-content-management-interoperability-services-cmis-specification.aspx.
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