SharePoint 2007 RTM
Just in case you missed it, last week we announced the release to manufacturing of the 2007 Office system including Office SharePoint Server 2007. Yesterday was also a significant milestone for SharePoint because of the availability of Office Live including a tailored experience for small businesses built on top of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. We are excited to see SharePoint helping the spectrum of organizations -- from the smallest to the very largest.
When we started this blog around 10 months ago, we were a little nervous about whether we could sustain a level of news and community interest to keep it fresh and meaningful. Over sixty posts, countless comments and feedback e-mails, and over one million views per month later, this blog along with many dozens of other SharePoint centric blogs, has shown us that the buzz around SharePoint has exceeded our wildest expectations. We are increasing our support for the community and technical content, so you should expect to see much more in the coming months. We are eager to hear your feedback – just leave a comment here. Lawrence and crew are working around the clock to understand your input and brainstorm with the development team how we can help.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank and highlight the growing number of partners building, implementing, and supporting SharePoint-based add-ons and solutions. At this year’s Office Developers Conference, Bill Gates said that the most important change introduced by the 2007 Office system is the idea of Office as a platform, “…making it very easy …to build the collaborative, information sharing applications.” Our partners caught on quickly, and as part of our Early Adopter Programs, they have submitted over 230 SharePoint Server 2007-based solutions spanning capabilities from collaboration, search, and business intelligence to workflow, records management, and backup and archival. To view and search the full set of profiled partner solutions, visit the Office System Solutions Directory. To submit a solution, join the Office System Solution Drive. Interested in becoming a SharePoint Partner? Visit our Partner Resource Center.
Thanks again for your support and feedback. We are eager to see what you do with SharePoint 2007!
Jeff Teper
Corporate Vice President
Office SharePoint Server
