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Should I install SP1? What if I was told to wait? Post SP1 Rollup Now Available

In a recent report from product support, they have explained that customers running SP1 are experiencing less issues with no reported regressions not known or otherwise were not included in the post SP1 rollup. SharePoint hotfixes are cumulative. As always
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Known issue: Office 2007 on Windows Vista prompts for user credentials when opening documents in a SharePoint 2007 site

[01/18/2008: The hotfix is now available ! To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, go to http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451 , or call PSS (there would be no charge for a hotfix) . Please take the time to carefully read http://support.microsoft.com/?id=943280
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KB 944105: How to customize application pages in the Layouts folder in WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007

This recently published and just updated (today) KB article addresses a very frequently asked question about how to customize SharePoint's "Layouts pages" in a supported manner. More Information Modifying the files that are installed by SharePoint is
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MSDN/TechNet forums for SharePoint at http://mssharepointforums.com - the place for Q&A and discussions!

Since the SharePoint 2007 products (WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007, and SPD 2007) released about 11 months ago, there has been a tremendous amount of Q&A and discussions in numerous blog comments, in several major public e-mail distribution lists, in a handful

Important hotfixes for upcoming Daylight Savings Time (DST) change

Well, it's almost that time of the year again when many of us need to update our clocks as a result of Daylight Savings Time (DST). The U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires extending the period of DST by four weeks. Starting this year, DST began in

Consuming Shared Services Across the WAN

To dispel the rumor... A customer recently asked if their latency was less than 80 ms could they have a farm consume shared services from a farm across the WAN. There is no magic latency at which it's supported. We do support more than one deployment

Best Practices Analyzer

“Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft® Office System” has Shipped! The Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System Best

Recommended Reading for March and April, 2007

Recommended Reading for March and April (click here for previous recommendations). Lots of useful content (I can hardly keep up anymore!) and tools generated by the community: Complete MOSS licensing info by Cornelius J. van Dyk (SharePoint MVP) -- addresses

Key US Daylight Savings Time Information

Just had got some great very complete information from product support about the upcoming Daylight Savings Time change and how it does or doesn't impact you. I did a post on DST previously, but this has much, much more info. (Thanks Dan and Bruce!) SHAREPOINT
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SharePoint Products and Technologies and DST: Daylight Savings Time Update

With the upcoming changes to DST in the US, those of you who have SPS 2003 or WSS 2.0 deployed should read this. " Preparing for daylight saving time changes in 2007 " includes a list of Microsoft products and describes the change. WSS 3.0 has no change
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Virtual Server 2005 R2 Support for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007

Although there was no support for virtual environments in SPS 2003 and WSS 2.0 in KB 909840 . There is now product support for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 x86 or x64 . Which you can currently download for free or order
 
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