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Service Pack 2 Update.

koenvant — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:42:00 GMT

(coming from the Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog)

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.

The update is applicable to all of the products that this issue affected (see the list in the KB linked below).

Installation instructions and download links for x86 and x64 are available in this KB: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971620

The direct download link for x86 is: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/F/5/2F51AB71-1325-49D2-9CB9-18DEC4780E99/office2007-kb971620-fullfile-x86-glb.exe

And for x64: http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/B/B/5BBD34A9-C528-42B0-8A5F-9A8997B25C32/office2007-kb971620-fullfile-x64-glb.exe

We will be updating the existing Service Pack 2 download package with a new package that includes this fix within the next 4-6 weeks.

How We Did It: SharePoint.Microsoft.com

koenvant — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:49:00 GMT

Read how the microsoft sharepoint team created sharepoint.microsoft.com : http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/

Great article ! Nice job guys

must follow webcast

koenvant — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:48:00 GMT

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032417603

Blogging from Win 7 and New Live Writer

koenvant — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:03:59 GMT

Last week I installed the latest bits of Windows 7. I must say that I really enjoy the new taskbar.

Since the new year just started, I will try to start blogging a little more often.

koen

Life at Microsoft Belux

koenvant — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:03:00 GMT

I’m a PC 3

koenvant — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:27:49 GMT

I’m a PC 2

koenvant — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:26:16 GMT

My first blog using Live Writer beta

koenvant — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:19:44 GMT

I have a couple of reasons for this new blog entry.

First :

The live team released the new betas of their software : download.live.com

Second :

Look at these great movies

I'm a dad again

koenvant — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:31:00 GMT

A small personal note to mention that on Saturday 16 of August my second baby girl Noémie was born.

Below is a small collage of the very first days with my wife Fabienne and my other daughter Emilie

greetings

a proud dad :)

Accessible MOSS sites

koenvant — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:07:00 GMT

Jo posted 2 links to must read documents for everyone who creates WCM sites with MOSS

trueSpace for Virtual Earth 3D Development

koenvant — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:15:00 GMT

If you live Virtual earth and stuff, you should read Chris Pendelton's blog.
He just announced trueSpace for Virtual Earth development. This really rock.

I see a lot of opportunities here for partners and enterprises.

In case you're curious, go visit his blog !

Rocking Silverlight application

koenvant — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:30:00 GMT

Michael created this very cool clock in Silverlight. You must see this one !

Nice job !

Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 will support XPS, PDF and ODF

koenvant — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:38:00 GMT

The 2007 Microsoft Office system already provides support for 20 different document formats within Microsoft Office Word, Office Excel and Office PowerPoint. With the release of Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) scheduled for the first half of 2009, the list will grow to include support for XML Paper Specification (XPS), Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.5, PDF/A and Open Document Format (ODF) v1.1.

When using SP2, customers will be able to open, edit and save documents using ODF and save documents into the XPS and PDF fixed formats from directly within the application without having to install any other code. It will also allow customers to set ODF as the default file format for Office 2007. To also provide ODF support for users of earlier versions of Microsoft Office (Office XP and Office 2003), Microsoft will continue to collaborate with the open source community in the ongoing development of the Open XML-ODF translator project on SourceForge.net.

In addition, Microsoft has defined a road map for its implementation of the newly ratified International Standard ISO/IEC 29500 (Office Open XML). IS29500, which was approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in March, is already substantially supported in Office 2007, and the company plans to update that support in the next major version release of the Microsoft Office system, code-named “Office 14.”

Consistent with its interoperability principles, in which the company committed to work with others toward robust, consistent and interoperable implementations across a broad range of widely deployed products, the company has also announced it will be an active participant in the future evolution of ODF, Open XML, XPS and PDF standards.

Microsoft will join the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) technical committee working on the next version of ODF and will take part in the ISO/IEC working group being formed to work on ODF maintenance. Microsoft employees will also take part in the ISO/IEC working group that is being formed to maintain Open XML and the ISO/IEC working group that is being formed to improve interoperability between these and other ISO/IEC-recognized document formats. The company will also be an active participant in the ongoing standardization and maintenance activities for XPS and PDF. It will also continue to work with the IT community to promote interoperability between document file formats, including Open XML and ODF, as well as Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY XML), the foundation of the globally accepted DAISY standard for reading and publishing navigable multimedia content.

More information at source

First Moonlight Release

koenvant — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:38:00 GMT

Miguel de Incaza made a blogpost about the first public availability of Moonlight.
Keep in mind that this is not the first 1.0 release !

More information on Miguel's blog

The digital lifestyle

koenvant — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:06:00 GMT

Your Digital Lifestyle: Girl from Mars