Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Service Application Roles

The most significant architectural change in SharePoint 2010 is the addition of service applications, which replace the SharePoint 2007 concept of Shared Services Providers (SSPs). Service applications are independent services that can be shared across web applications or, in some cases, across farms.

Table 2.1 lists the service applications available with SharePoint 2010 and which version of SharePoint 2010 software they are available in.

Table 2.1. Examining a List of SharePoint 2010 Service Applications

Service applications ...