How to Tell Which Version You Are Running

A primary indicator of a SharePoint Server 2010 site is the presence of both MySite and My Profile links on the site’s Welcome drop-down menu, as shown in Figure 1.1. MySites are commonly enabled on SharePoint Server 2010 or intranet deployments.

Figure 1.1 SharePoint Server 2010 welcome links.

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Other obvious indications of a SharePoint Server 2010 deployment include “pages” in the URL path; for example, http://sitename/pages/default.aspx. The pages parameter indicates a publishing site, which is only available when running SharePoint Server 2010. Publishing sites are more commonly found on Internet, or ...

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