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• Service Pack 2 Update.

  Posted: 25 Jun 2009 at 22:24 by sptblog

  The public update for the Service Pack 2 expiration date issue is now available for download.  The update can be applied before or after Service Pack 2 installation.  If the update is applied prior to installing Service Pack 2 it will prevent the expiration date from being improperly activated during installation of Service Pack 2, if it is applied after Service Pack 2 it will remove the expiration date incorrectly set during installation of Service Pack 2.

• How We Did It: SharePoint.Microsoft.com

  Posted: 18 Jun 2009 at 20:53 by sptblog

  I’d like to introduce this next post by congratulating Tony Tai (SharePoint Product Manager) and the team who worked on getting the SharePoint marketing site onto SharePoint.  This was a very cool project and it set the foundation for all the future sites and content that we can now quickly manage and publish onto the Internet.  I’d also like to give a special kudos to Tim McDaniel and Celina Baginski for all their contributions to the project.

• How Microsoft IT Designs and Creates Enterprise Publishing Portals Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

  Posted: 18 Jun 2009 at 20:25 by sptblog

  Kiley Williams and Martin Cai will be hosting this webcast on July 7. Kiley and Martin are program managers and part of Microsoft IT (internal business unit that manage the business systems that are used by all of Microsoft). Microsoft runs a global intranet on SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) and over the years, Microsoft IT has collected valuable lessons and strategies based upon the implementation.

• Updated list of conferences on the road to the SharePoint Conference 2009

  Posted: 09 Jun 2009 at 21:46 by sptblog

  Crossed off 8 conferences on the list of SharePoint conferences and only 5 more conferences until the SharePoint Conference 2009!  Awesome!  Instead of redirecting back to the old post, here is the updated list: SPTechCon June 22-24, 2009: Boston, MA For three exciting days, you'll be eating, drinking, sleeping, talking and living Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows SharePoint Services.

• TechNet Launches New Interactive Silverlight Application for STSADM Technical Reference

  Posted: 05 Jun 2009 at 21:37 by sptblog

  The vision was to plan, design, develop, test and publish a high quality SilverLight application that would improve the overall customer experience with the current downloadable Visio diagram for the Stsadm SharePoint command line admin tool. We have delivered; our application provides a fully browsable interface, in-depth information from the TechNet TOC and library, and links to specific topics for each Stsadm command line operation and property.

• Office Developer Conference moving to SharePoint Conference 2009

  Posted: 01 Jun 2009 at 22:02 by sptblog

  Want to get an in-depth look at Office 2010 for Developers? Want to see what 64-bit Office looks like? As you may have seen at PDC, TechEd or elsewhere, Office 2010 is on its way. To help you get ready, Office 2010 for Developers will be highlighted at the upcoming SharePoint Conference (October 2009, Las Vegas, NV) and TechEd conferences around the world in 2009 and 2010.

• AutoTrader.com Trades in BEA for SharePoint

  Posted: 30 May 2009 at 14:29 by sptblog

  We couldn't avoid this pun in the title so we had to publish this out to the blog. In all seriousness, a good article talking about how AutoTrader.com is migrating from BEA for their Intranet to SharePoint. Make sure to share your customer success stories with us and you may see it appear on the team blog!  Enjoy! - -

• Attention: Important Information on Service Pack 2

  Posted: 22 May 2009 at 04:51 by sptblog

  We take product quality seriously and make every effort to avoid and resolve issues that adversely impact our customers.  Unfortunately, we have recently discovered a bug with Service Pack 2 (SP2) that affects all customers that have deployed it for SharePoint Server 2007.  During the installation of SP2, a product expiration date is improperly activated. This means SharePoint will expire as though it was a trial installation 180 days after SP2 is deployed.

• SharePoint on SharePoint: Launch of new website

  Posted: 21 May 2009 at 00:12 by sptblog

  Lights… Camera… Action! Today, we launched the SharePoint marketing website on SharePoint Server 2007. First the home page, it is brand new and we’re using Silverlight enabled web parts to keep the interface simple, elegant and dynamic thus enhancing the overall usability of it. You can watch customer videos, learn about events, download trial versions of the software and a lot more on the home page now.

• Enter to win a free pass to the SharePoint Conference 2009!

  Posted: 19 May 2009 at 19:10 by sptblog

  Do you think of yourself as someone with a flair for web design? How would you like a free pass to the SharePoint conference & ultimate bragging rights with your friends? Here is what you need to do. Dream up what you think the homepage of the SharePoint conference should look and feel like. Don’t worry about the content; we are most interested in the look and feel, colors & layout. Will you go wild or will you go conservative? You decide!

• Update on SharePoint forms based authentication(FBA) and Office client

  Posted: 13 May 2009 at 13:29 by sptblog

  Hi folks, It’s Steve Peschka from the SharePoint Ranger team again. I wanted to update everyone on some changes with the level of support and integration in the Microsoft Office client applications (hereafter referred to simply as “Office”) and SharePoint sites that are secured with forms based authentication (FBA).

• April Cumulative Update Packages Ready for Download

  Posted: 13 May 2009 at 07:18 by sptblog

  You may already read from blogs about April Cumulative Update for separate components in SharePoint. Now, the server-packages (also known as “Uber” packages) of April Cumulative Update for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 are ready for download. Download Information Windows SharePoint Services 3.

• Announcing SharePoint Server 2010 Preliminary System Requirements

  Posted: 11 May 2009 at 17:00 by rriley

  We’ve heard loud and clear that you want system requirements information as early as possible to assist in your budgeting and planning, so today we’re happy to announce (and confirm) some preliminary system requirements for SharePoint Server 2010: SharePoint Server 2010 will be 64-bit only. SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit Windows Server 2008 or 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2. SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit SQL Server 2008 or 64-bit SQL Server 2005.

• Congratulations to the First Microsoft Certified SharePoint Masters!

  Posted: 29 Apr 2009 at 22:22 by sptblog

  James Petrosky, the program manager for the SharePoint Master and MCA programs, notified me that his blog post went live on the Master blog. You might be asking what is a Microsoft Certified SharePoint Master? Here’s how I see it: a candidate spends 3 weeks at Microsoft to be educated, challenged, tested and then at the very end – if they pass all the labs and written exams, then they receive the Master certification. I know the trainers and many of the candidates from both class

• Announcing Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

  Posted: 28 Apr 2009 at 20:06 by sptblog

  We are happy to announce that Service Pack 2 for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 has been released to the Microsoft Download Center. It includes all the fixes prior to SP2, and also several enhancements to improve server farm performance, availability and stability. Plus, a new stsadm operation has been added to help customers prepare for the upgrade to the next version of SharePoint. We recommend installing this new service pack and to help, I’ve assembl

• Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 due to ship April 28th

  Posted: 16 Apr 2009 at 06:25 by sptblog

  Office Service Pack team announced Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 would be available on April 28th. It provides many fixes and performance improvements, as well as some new features. Also with the new service pack, Internet Explorer 8 will be added into browser support matrix as level one, and Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 as level two. We recommend every customer to start planning their patch window to apply this service pack. Please look ou

• 2009 Top 10 Innovators & Influencers

  Posted: 15 Apr 2009 at 23:56 by sptblog

  The SharePoint team would like to congratulate Jeff Teper for making Information Week’s 2009 Top 10 Innovators and Influencers list!  It’s a very impressive list – for example, President Obama, Sam Ruby (REST), etc.  Check out the full article here. A brief history of his career at Microsoft: Jeff joined Microsoft in 1992 to work with information technology strategists and corporate developers on early Windows NT deployments. He led the creation of a new business group focused

• Microsoft SharePoint “14” is now Microsoft SharePoint 2010

  Posted: 14 Apr 2009 at 23:37 by sptblog

  You have probably seen the news announcement today where we announced the public beta for the new Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. As part of that announcement, we also talked about some of the names for the “14” wave of products including Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. I wanted to answer some questions that I think will inevitably pop to the top of your mind: What happened to the Office piece of the name? We love MOSS. . . . The first thing you’ll notice is that the

• SharePoint Designer available as a free download

  Posted: 02 Apr 2009 at 14:58 by sptblog

  Today we are excited to share with you some news about SharePoint Designer 2007. Starting now (April 2, 2009), SharePoint Designer 2007 will be available as a free download! We want more of you customizing SharePoint and feel that this a good way to put the tool in the hands of more people. You can find a lot more information in our site including: a) Letter to our Customers b) Frequently Asked Questions c) Free Download Also, make sure to watch this YouTube video where Tom Rizzo and J.R. Arredo

• How We Did It: LearningPoint for SharePoint

  Posted: 01 Apr 2009 at 12:55 by sptblog

  Today's guest blog post is from Martin Harwar who is the chief solution architect for Point8020 Limited. A few weeks ago, I was able to sync up with Martin while he was on campus and he was kind enough to assemble this post that dives into how his solution is leveraging Silverlight-on-SharePoint to build rich Internet applications. At the end of the post, he links you off to a longer white paper, demos of his learning management system and trial. So on to Martin's post. Enjoy! Dave Pa