Microsoft's Products in 2010

Microsoft started its branding with new best-selling products like Exchange Server 2010 beta.

Most of forthcoming 2010 editions includes MS Office, Exchange and SharePoint 2010 are positioned as Unified Communications (UC) solutions., Office Web applications, Project and Visio.

These projects can be expected in the first half of 2010., although Exchange Server 2010 will arriage in second half of 2009.

Office 2010 will be in both 32-bit & 64-bit. Exchange server will only be in 64-bit product.

Another Office tidbit associated with 2010 branding is MOSS, will be losing its "O".

Microsoft seeks help for new OS: Windows 8

Surprised...?
Yes. It's true. It's next version of Windows 7.
MS looking to fill jobs associated with Windows 8, its next OS next to the current Windows 7 beta.
Two jobs postings have been spotted, published by CodeNameWindows blog last week and by others on web.
"For the upcoming Version of Windows, new critical features are being wored on including cluster support for one way replication" the job post reads.

The core engine is also being reworked to provide dramatic performance improvements.

The reference to "file access in branch offices" sounds a lot like Microsoft's upcoming BranchCache technology.

Windows 7 Enterprise edition and Windows Server 2008 R2 both will contain BranchCache, which is designed to improve application responsiveness across organization's branch offices via a wide area network connection.

Job responsibility of Windows 8 job posting defines, i. Put on customer/design critique hat as we plan our next version file server mgmt experience., ii. participatin in architectural design and development, testing for managing the Next Gen file server.

MS may start releasing Windows 7 RC in may of this year.

Microsoft Gazelle

Microsoft Gazelle
Last week, Microsoft Research released an interesting paper about a web browser, Gazelle, which acts like an OS with the browser kernel specifically securing its resources and sharing across web sites.

The Idea behind Gazelle is to create a browser that is more secure for the current typical dynamic web pages that we find on web. Gazelle is different as no existing browsers, including new architectures, haveing a multi-principal operating system constructed providing the browser-based OS control, exclusively, to mange the protection of all system resources.

Gazelle's security model is centered around protected principals from one another by seperating their respective resources into hardware-isolated protection domains. Any sharing between two different principals must be explicit using cross-principal communication(or IPC) mediated by Browser Kernel.

More details @ Microsoft's Gazelle

Free ASP.NET MVC EBook

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Updated resources of Microsoft sharepoint

SharePoint Developer Center
Find information about planning, coding, building, deploying, and migrating solutions for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905503.aspx
Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map
The Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map is a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application that helps developers visualize the different programs, servers, services, and tools that will help them build solutions. It allows them to drill down to each product and technology and learn about new features, objects, Web services, namespaces, and schemas required to extend Microsoft Office and build custom Office Business Applications (OBAs).
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb497969.aspx
MSSharePointDeveloper.com
A great site that provides Virtual PC images, screencasts, webcasts, hands on labs, and demos to help existing .NET developers quickly learn about the 10 most common developer topics for SharePoint.
http://mssharepointdeveloper.com
MyRampUp.com
Focused training modules split into lecture, demonstration, and hands on labs material to help you learn SharePoint development.
http://myrampup.com
SharePoint Server TechCenter
The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 TechCenter provides comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerates shared business processes, and facilitates information-sharing.
SharePoint Server TechCenter
Video Demos and Training for Office SharePoint Server 2007 – End User
Contains links to many Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 video demos that are intended for IT professionals.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262880.aspx
WSS 3.0 SDK Online
Online: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb264594.aspx
Compiled help format: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C9D6C8C5-8A62-4961-8C1B-DF08B667B1C4&displaylang=en
SharePoint Server 2007 SDK Online
Online: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851473.aspx
Compiled help format: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=BA006584-711D-4CE7-9E1F-181AEDF6434A&displaylang=en
SharePoint Server 2007 Visual How-Tos – Developer
This site provides links to many MSDN walkthroughs that contain both written steps as well as a short video demonstrating how to accomplish specific tasks.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd146863.aspx
WSS 3.0 Visual How-Tos – Developer
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb892193.aspx
SharePoint Guidance – November 2008
This guidance helps architects and developers design, build, test, deploy, and upgrade SharePoint intranet applications. A reference implementation demonstrates solutions to common architectural, development, and application lifecycle management challenges.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C3722DBA-6EE7-4E0E-82B5-FDAF3C5EC927&displaylang=en
Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Training
Install a program to your desktop to receive free training on how to use SharePoint Designer 2007.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B10F061-41D4-48CE-85CB-01D46772240D&displaylang=en

Visual Studio 2010 - Fresh Look

A fresh and new VS2010 UIs were revealed on the web which were built on WPF in .NET 4.0.

Courtesy: VS2010

Microsoft Recite

Microsoft Recite
Just record and you can search your voice texts, an easy way to remember and to retrieve notes and reminders... Just two buttons make you to remember and search what you have remembered.

A really good initiative for Windows Mobile phones to use this Recite technology.
Download this cool app @ Microsoft Recite

Microsoft's My Phone

My Phone
Microsoft has started a beta initiative to sync your phone contacts to Web.
More details @ MyPhone

Microsoft Semblio

Microsoft Semblio

Explaining something with images is a bit easy instead of explaining complete context. But explaining with a presentation, makes one to understand easily and very quickly. Microsoft came up with a new tool which leverages the beauty & wonderful features of WPF to create this Semblio. Semblio can be used to create rich, nice interactive multimedia learning material that teachers can customize, and promote collaboration.

Semblio takes a platform approach to content creation, leveraging the flexibility of Microsoft .NET Framework to work across software, services and learning management systems. It allows you to meet the demand for more cusotmized solutions, providing you with control over how your material is adapted.

For More Info and to download SDK: Microsoft Semblio

Microsoft Solver Foundation

Microsoft is very proud to announce the first 360 degree platform and framework for adaptive business insight and planning, providing a set tools, services, and engines to aid companies. Solver foundation helps business to make optimal and strategic decisions.





Solver Foundation is a pure, managed code runtime for Mathematical Programming, modelling and optimization. Designed to run on NETfx 3.5+ and is completely implemented in C#, by supporting modern MS operating systems and work especially well on 64 bit editions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.






Solver Foundation is a declarative model embedded in familiar NETfx design patterns and development environments like VS 2008.

For more Info, http://www.solverfoundation.com/