The SharePoint team shares this so far: · Can be installed on x64 Server OS machines running SharePoint x64. Previously only x86 Server OS could be used. · Separate build commands for package, deploy and retract are added · Command line build,...

One of my friends sent me this link to some really good articles compiled by INSEAD knowledge. Thanks Dhananjay!! Top10Year2008

Microsoft releases a long awaited tool kit for WSRP producer support with the following components Visual Studio sample projects that demonstrate two different approaches to producing WSRP conformant output from SharePoint lists and libraries that can...

Just got an invitation code to play with the Azure stock - note that the activation code is per solution and you need a password Creating a solution in Azure using .NET Services and SQL Services Azure Services Create Solution Remember to save...

Good news!! Don't forget to uninstall all the older versions first though !! Silverlight 2 Released: New controls, tools, announcements!

Nice post on calling WCF from a webpart - but honestly - should this be so complex? I agree with the other comment about needing much tighter integration using json - too many moving parts. here in general.. Michael Washam's - SharePoint Blog : Calling...

Check out Steve Martin's post around  Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 and “Dublin” Announcement WCF  4.0 Enhancements - RESTful Singleton and collection support, ATOM feed and publishing support,  POX support over HTTP.  A...

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Overview   Check out the Architecture Modeling tool in Visual Studio 2010!!                               Visual Studio 2010 and...

Recently the BizTalk Customer Advisory Team and BizTalk UE team announced the first edition of the “ Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Hyper-V Guide ”. The Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Hyper-V Guide is the third installment in a series...

I recently read this post from Michael and I think I am ready to plunge into Hyper V on my laptop.. good post... basic summary is a 100% improvement - nice!!! Michael O'Donovan's SharePoint and Stuff : SharePoint under Hyper-V versus Virtual Server 2005...

  First let me start by saying this is not a blog bashing Google - quite the contrary -this blog just proves that whether your Google or Microsoft SDLC Agility remains a challenge.  Just having technology is not a panacea for the problem at...

Microsoft BizTalk Server Performance Optimization Guide released.... The BizTalk Customer Advisory Team and BizTalk UE team are pleased to announce the first edition of the “ Microsoft BizTalk Server Performance Optimization Guide ”. The Microsoft...

Get field-tested best practices and proven techniques for designing, deploying, operating, and optimizing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Part of the new Best Practices series for IT professionals from Microsoft...

I am working on a neat concept for the solutions team at Microsoft - its called OIF or the Operation Improvement Framework.  Probably be delivered  to the public later as part of the MOF Continuous Improvement Framework is my guess. The framework...

Here is some information  on what ISA does vs IAG that I thought would be useful considering security solution in the context of exposing internal web services, SharePoint and Exchange Server services to the Internet. ISA Server 2006 Features General...

Case Study: Using Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server to implement a large-scale content storage scenario with rapid search availability Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007® Scalability and Performance whitepaper . This whitepaper...

SharePoint Designer 2007 Technical Information   Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog a. Recent topics include: · Associate an SPD workflow with a specific task list · SharePoint Conference - Building a SharePoint Designer Mashup (Part...

  I thought I would do some research on REST and I think this link  http://www.xfront.com/REST-Web-Services.html   has the best description of what REST means - its history etc. So REST stands for Representational  State Transfer and...

Tibco announced that it will integrate with Microsoft technologies  .. take a look here to read more... TIBCO Advances Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) with Closer Microsoft Integration

now isn't this cool?  Microsoft is going open source after all... Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries - ScottGu's Blog

Who cares about the theory and definitions really? To me Web 2.0 is a natural consumer (Front end) of a foundation that you create in the back end (SOA)... simple huh... SOA-Web 2.0: a lot in common, but two centers of gravity | Service-Oriented Architecture...

An interesting take on web 2.0 and SOA ... What do you think? I will post my own thoughts on this topic soon... after my vacation perhaps... Gartner: Web 2.0 ‘distracts’ SOA work | Service-Oriented Architecture | ZDNet.com

An interesting blog on the death of UDDI - anyone know who killed this? SOA Infrastructure Blog: The beginning of the end for UDDI

I was having issues with voice command and getting my Motorola Bluetooth to work with the DASH. The issue was that when I was driving and touched the talk/retrieve key on the Bluetooth device it never activated the voice command instead it simply redialed...

Oslo - the latest is the next generation SOA and BPM technologies that will let Microsoft lead the way the SOA maturity space. Consist of five areas: .NET Framework 4.0 and evolution of WCF and WF into a model driven development that allows easier...