Enhancements in Sharepoint 2010

Hi All,

Today I would like to describe a few enhancements in Sharepoint 2010.

• LINQ to sharepoint provider - New support for writing LINQ Query statemetns to access sharepoint list data
• Client side Object Model - Ability to use the sharepoint object model from across the network when programming with .Net,Silver Light and Javascript.
• Claims based security - New authentication support for using external identity management.
• New events for sites, lists and workflows - Additional events for developers to hook up event handlers.
• Sandboxed solutions - New support for deploying solution packages at site collection scope in sandboxed environment.
• Sharepoint developer Tools for Visual Studio 2010 - Finally a first class development tools/templates for sharepoint developers.
• Rating - New feature added, users can rate on List Items, documents and publishing pages.