Connect V2 Coming Soon
Just a quick note to let you folks know that Microsoft Connect version 2.0 is slated for deployment on the night of June 2, 2006 (Friday night). This is barring any nasty issues coming up in testing, of course, but right now we're looking good.
At about 9 PM Redmond time, the Connect site will be taken down and a "maintenance" page will be put up in its place. We'll need about 4 hours to complete the deployment- there's a LOT of changes coming and the databases that drive the Connect site have seen some serious reworking. Actually, the deployment will take quite a bit longer than that, but the site itself should be available within about 4 hours.
We chose the time because it's statistically one of the least active times on the site, and we can impact the fewest users possible. Since I'll be up all night anyway, I'll try and keep folks up to date on what our status is. We've got a whole team assembled and a war room reserved. ;)
During the upgrade, the Connect site will be offline, but notifications and such will also not work. Of course, standard disclaimers apply; there may be breaking or blocking issues that force us to change plans. Nothing like that is currently anticipated, though.
