Service Pack 2 Update - Expiration Issue Fix

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.

For more details on downloading the fix, refer the blog below.

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/06/25/service-pack-2-update.aspx

Signups for Office 2010 Beta is OPEN !!!!

Office 2010 Beta signups are now available. The survey doesn’t guarantee your entry into the program, but it does put you into a pool of other applicants Microsoft will invite to participate in the beta. Sign up, if you would like to participate for Office 2010 Beta.

http://connect.microsoft.com/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=3343&SiteID=160&InvitationID=Beta-PRJM-HVCM

Happy Sharepointing !!!

Exposing Enterprise Search in SharePoint Server 2007 by Using Internet Explorer 7 and the Office Research Pane

Recently while going through some MSDN articles, I happen to know a way of exposing enterprise search in sharepoint with Internet Explorer 7.0 and the Microsoft Office 2007. Following MSDN articles talk about it in more detail.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb625970.aspx

Enjoy this cool enterprise feature !!!

Next Wave of Microsoft Office Products - Sharepoint 2010

Since the announcing of SharePoint 2010 in may'09, the community has been buzzing with what we know about ‘10, we are still speculating lot about ‘10. There isn’t a whole lot of concrete information out there yet, but I’ve compiled a list below of what I’ve read and known from various communities so far.

1. Inline editing for list items : no need to hit the datasheet view

2. BDC will be a two way road : sp2010 may support inserting data from BDC

3. No IE 6.0 Support : SharePoint 2010 will be “targeting standards based browsers (XHTML 1.0 compliant) including Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.x. running on Windows Operating Systems.

4. With same architechture as of MOSS 2007, the stress will be on intergarting the advanced UI features, watchout for office like ribbon control, ajaxed controls etc

5. Content Management Interoperability Services : This will allow SharePoint to communicate with other CMS.

6. PerformancePoint Monitoring & Analytics functions will be bundled into the Server license.

7. Users will be able to open/edit/save/collaborate on Office documents through a web browser.

8. Native support for ODF and PDF seems to be a safe confirmation as Office System SP2 will now support editing of both formats.

9. All Forms Server functions bundled with 2010 – There are clients who signed on for Forms Server standalone for WSS installs, so it would be nice if they bundled it with the next equivalent of WSS. I have an unofficial confirm from an MS employee that features will be available in 2010 but no solid details so far.

10. Standardized UI across all Office products, browsers, mobile devices.

11. Open API support

12. FAST Search for Server Enterprise owners