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This chapter is taken from SharePoint 2010 Business Application Development Blueprints (Preface) by Mike Oryszak. At the time of publication, this chapter is taken from an exciting new Packt title which is yet to be published.
SharePoint provides a robust platform that contains many services from which we can create business solutions. While many solutions can be configured using the included features, it is often necessary to develop customizations in order to meet all of the business requirements for a project. Customizations can come in many forms that range in complexity from simple visualizations in web part displays, custom forms, and timer jobs , all the way to a custom service application that extends the application to provide fully packaged solutions.