Click here to find out the detailed feature breakdown for each of the Sharepoint 2010 editions (Foundation, Standard and Enterprise)

One of the major deficiencies in SharePoint 2007 was the difficulty involved in making sites comply with accessibility standards.

SharePoint 2010 has made significant improvements in this area including standards compliance, keyboard support, tab support, reduced use of tables etc.

There is a useful article on some of the specific improvements that can be found on http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2010/03/09/accessibility-and-sharepoint-2010.aspx

I'm sure there will be specific areas that still require some customisation to get to the level of support expected for accessibility standards but the amount of work to acheive this will be significantly reduced!

Some may know that Windows 7 comes with a variant marked 'N'  (media player unbundled). Aside from the unbundling, as far as I know, the oporating system is the same in every other way

BUT.....

SharePoint 2010 does not install on Windows 7 <version> N. So even if you install Windows 7 Enterprise N (as I did today) you cannot install SharePoint 2010. As far as I know, there are no work arounds & the issue will be addressed in the RTM

Until then, if you want to run SharePoint 2010, make sure that not only do you install the appropriate version of Windows 7 (e.g. Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise) but do not install the N variant

The release of Sharepoint 2010 is on the horizon and the community are starting to get excited about the potetnial new functionality coming along.

Have a look here for some sneak peak information and videos of what is coming through