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Nice overview of SharePoint Online features per plan

We were looking for a good overview of SharePoint Online features per plan. As it turned out, this web site was more clear than the various Microsoft web sites:

https://store.t-suite.telstra.com/jsdn/login/showServiceinfo.do?service_name=Microsoft%C2%AE%20SharePoint%C2%AE%20Online%20Plan%201&service_id=1000800&language_code=US&showOrder=true&company_id=4022732&service_category_id=4000020&subCategoryId=4000025&oName=Collaboration&service_category_type=IT%20Services&category_name=Manage%20My%20Communications

Microsoft SharePoint Online Code Analysis Framework (MSOCAF)

A must have for every SharePoint developer starting with Office 365 development: MSOCAF ( https://caf.sharepoint.microsoftonline.com/ ): a tool used to check code before submitting it to Microsoft for BPOS/Office365.

Setting up test and dev environments for SharePoint Online?

Not really easy to do. MS guidelines currently seem to recommend creating a local SharePoint environment that mimicks the structure you have online.

One option that is available for setting up a test environment is to become a MS partner for free (see https://partners.microsoft.com/partnerprogram/PartnerMembershipCenter.aspx ) and register for a free Office 365 subscription you could use as a test environment. Also check:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh147180.aspx#odc_sp14_ta_SPOnlineDevGuide_SetupDevEnvironment

This basically says: build sandboxed solutions in a local SharePoint env and test them there, because SPOL won’t let you do that.

Finally, check this: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17069