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....

I was installing the training kit listed at following URL for a client. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA102488011033.aspx I try to activate the feature in created training site when I got above error message. The site was configured to run under English (Australia) in the site...

On Monday, May 19, at 6:00 AM PT, Microsoft will announce the availability of SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS), a new partner-delivered offering designed to help Microsoft Office SharePoint Server customers with qualified, Volume Licensing Software Assurance enrollments, successfully plan...

I have been asked few times last week what is the hardware virtualisation support for SharePoint technologies. Following some information from the original MS support article listed below, Microsoft offers the following hardware virtualization software products: Microsoft Virtual PC Microsoft...

The easiest way for founding out whether your SP1 upgrade was successful is to check on the version number. To view the Servers in Farm page 1. Use one of the following methods to open the Servers in Farm page: · On the Central Administration home page, click Operations . Then...

I am getting lot of questions around what is the support available for MOSS with upcoming Windows Server 2008 release. Can we upgrade from win 2003 to win 2008, is 64 bit supported, if so how to install it, what version of .NET Frameworks is required, do we support .Net Framework 3.5? Man .....there...

The Solution Accelerator Communications and Collaborations group is pleased to announce the availability of the SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool available for download on TechNet. Are you planning a SharePoint installation for a customer? Chances are, you have a lot of questions. What is...

There are some new content in Technet around SharePoint global deployment Many organizations support employees working in multiple sites either within a region or around the world. Microsoft currently supports three different deployment configurations to accommodate geographically dispersed sites...

The Enterprise Learning Framework (ELF) is a tool that helps corporations develop a training and communication plan for employees during Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system deployment. The ELF identifies the most relevant learning topics on Windows Online Help and Office Online for different...

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) provides the latest updates to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Additionally, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 contains improvements to security, to stability, and to performance. Some fixes that are included in Windows SharePoint Services...

I'm excited to announce the release of SP1 for WSS 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 . Before you install the service pack there are some very important things to understand. In this post I'll try to provide you with the resources you need to be successful in updating to the latest service pack....

The SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool is a set of free models of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) which allow you to explore the necessary infrastructure based on usage requirements. This tool uses the System Center Capacity Planner 2007 (SCCP)...

It’s a common question these days that ”Can I access Office documents if I use Form base (FBA) or Single sign-on (SSO) authentication?” You can select Windows, FBA or SSO as your authentication type for a web application zone and can disable client integration, which removes features that start client...

Ever wished you just had a sample project plan that you could then modify for your own use? I'm sure this comes up on occasion. Announcing the Office SharePoint Server Deployment Plan sample (MOSS Deployment.mpp) build using Microsoft Project. Read More