SharePoint Server 2010 Web Parts

When SharePoint Foundation is installed, there are only a few web parts available, but that number jumps to many dozens of web parts when your environment includes SharePoint Server 2010; also, that number is dependent on whether the standard or enterprise version is installed. With large collections of web parts like this, it is beneficial to maintain the category information for all web parts by editing the information in the Web Part Gallery; this helps ensure that users are able to easily find relevant web parts for their pages.

Business Data

These web parts allow you to display and interact with data in SharePoint Server 2010Business Data Connectivity. Business Data Connectivity allows SharePoint to integrate with external data sources. This group also contains web parts to display information from Excel Services or Visio Services.

Examples of web parts in the Business Data category follow:

•Business Data Item: Displays a single item from a source in Business Data Connectivity
•Business Data List: Displays a list of items from a source in Business Data Connectivity
•Excel Web Access: Displays an Excel 2007 workbook in a web page format

Content Rollup

This category exists in SharePoint Foundation, but it includes many more web parts when SharePoint Server 2010 is installed in your environment.

Examples of web parts in the Content Rollup category include:

•Content Query: A powerful web part that provides numerous web part properties
to specify how it displays data from multiple lists, libraries, and sites within the site collection
•RSS Viewer: Displays the results of an RSS feed, which is either an external feed or from a SharePoint list
•Site Aggregator: Allows you to create a tab for each site you choose that displays documents and tasks that are assigned to you

Filters

These web parts allow you to filter information in other web parts using web part connections.
Examples of web parts in the Filter category follow:

•Choice Filter: Filters the contents of a web part by allowing the user to pick an option from a list of values
•Date Filter: Filters the contents of a web part by allowing the user to pick a date
•Query String Filter: Filters the contents of a web part by using data in the query string (URL) of the page

Outlook Web App

These web parts connect to Outlook Web Access to incorporate your Outlook information into the page.

Each of these web parts requires Exchange 2003 or later. Examples of web parts in the Outlook Web Access category follow:

•My Calendar: Displays your Exchange calendar
•My Contacts: Displays your contacts from Exchange
•My Inbox: Displays your Exchange inbox

PerformancePoint

This category allows you to display and control PerformancePoint reports and scorecards to create an interactive dashboard. The use of these web parts requires that PerformancePoint be properly configured in your environment and that the necessary objects be created before configuring the web parts.

Examples of web parts in the PerformancePoint category follow:

•PerformancePoint Report: Displays a report from PerformancePoint that can be
connected to other web parts to create an interactive dashboard
•PerformancePoint Scorecard: Displays a scorecard from PerformancePoint that
can be connected to other web parts as part of a dashboard


Search
These web parts provide the functionality needed for searching within SharePoint. Most of these web parts are used in the Search Center site template and in the standard search and search results pages.

Examples of web parts in the Search category follow:

•Search Box: The standard search entry
•Search Core Results: Displays search results

Social Collaboration

This category exists in SharePoint Foundation, but it includes many more web parts when SharePoint Server 2010 is installed in your environment.

Examples of web parts in the Social Collaboration category follow:

•Note Board: Provides the ability for users to leave notes on the page for feedback
or collaboration purposes that are viewable by other users
•Tag Cloud: Displays tag information about the current page