Better to know the requirements for sharePoint 2010 now guys!
- 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.
Browsers:
- Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.x. running on Windows Operating Systems.
- In addition we’re planning on an increased level of compatibility with Firefox 3.x and Safari 3.x on non-Windows Operating Systems.
- Due to this focus Internet Explorer 6 will not be a supported browser for SharePoint Server 2010.
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/07/announcing-sharepoint-server-2010-preliminary-system-requirements.aspx
The question is, how will people build their dev/test environments? These are high specs for those!
Labels: SharePoint 2010
Details of the Office Service Pack 2 are here:
http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2009/04/16/service-pack-2-for-the-2007-microsoft-office-system-due-to-ship-april-28th.aspx
Download links:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b7816d90-5fc6-4347-89b0-a80deb27a082
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=79bada82-c13f-44c1-bdc1-d0447337051b
Here's the SharePoint related bits:
"Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server SP2 include fixes and enhancements designed to improve performance, availability, and stability in your server farms. SP2 provides the groundwork for future major releases of SharePoint Products and Technologies.
An STSADM command line that scans your server farm to establish whether it is ready for upgrade to the next version of SharePoint and provides feedback and best practice recommendations on your current environment.
SP2 offers support for a broader range of Web browsers."
More here:
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/04/21/service-pack-office-2007.aspx
Note the mention of the next version of SharePoint 2010, a scan to see if you will be compatable with the next version. Not long now folks, 2009 is going fast!
Labels: SharePoint 2010
The new name for the next version of SharePoint is oficially Microsoft SharePoint 2010, details here http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Apr09/04-15Office2010.mspx
Labels: SharePoint 2010
SharePoint Designer 2007 is now free, here is the download link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42
On one hand this is great, since is shows MS wants to invest more in giving users more power on the SharePoint platform. But this putting more power in the hands of users takes it away from us specialists and developers. But that is something we will have to accept.
SharePoint is a success because it gives users so much more freedom to share and create their own structures and content via the web, now they will have the freedom to extend and develop their sites. If they mess things up, there is still the wonderful "reset to site definition" button :-) And you still need admin rights to install it, so not everyone in your organisation will be able to download it and start hacking away at your lovely "Out of the Box" SharePoint Farm.
Labels: SharePoint Designer
You can get the ten new SharePoint themes here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0a87658f-20b8-4dcc-ad7a-09ad22641f3a
Labels: Themes
