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SP1 for Office 2010 & SharePoint 2010

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:17:32 +0000

In the beginning of July 2011 Microsoft released SP1 for its line of Office 2010 software, which includes Office 2010 suite and individual products (Visio, Project, SharePoint Designer), SharePoint 2010 servers, Search Server 2010, and FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint.

The number of SP1 downloads is quite substantial though. Here are two listings of all required files:
– List of all Office 2010 SP1 packages
– List of all SharePoint 2010 and Office Server 2010 SP1 packages

Additionally the latest Cumulative Update (CU) and Service Pack information for all versions of Office products can always be found here:
– Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and Related Products

Please note, that procedure of installing SP1 for SharePoint Server 2010 consists of first installing SharePoint 2010 Foundation and its Language Packs SP1, without running Configuration Wizard, then SharePoint 2010 Server SP1 and Server Language Packs, and executing SharePoint Configuration Wizard only in the end, in order to upgrade SharePoint databases.
– Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog – SP1 for SharePoint

SharePoint 2010 SP1

admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 22:48:42 +0000

Microsoft has announced today tentative schedule for the release of Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2010, which is end of June 2011. In addition to accumulating a number of released fixes, SP1 is bringing a few new features and improvements, such as:
– sites and site collections recycle bin;
– shallow copy for BLOB storage;
– enhanced storage manager;
– improved support of IE9 and Chrome.

SharePoint Team Blog: Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2010 Coming Soon…

Internet Explorer 9 Resources Online

admin — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:40:36 +0000

Today, on March 15, the long-awaited final release of Internet Explorer 9 becomes available to public. Along with a large number of improvements to the current browsing experience including speed and security, IE9 brings a great deal of brand new abilities, in particular its support of still in draft HTML 5 and CSS 3 standards, as well as a new take on browser integration with operating system and hardware acceleration.

Let us hope that IE9 launch can also end the era of IE6, which is still surprisingly widely popular in corporate world. The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown.

This is a brief list of sites showcasing IE9 features, including support of HTML 5 and CSS 3, and providing overview and technical details about the new browser:

ASP.NET Vulnerability and SharePoint

admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:12:36 +0000

Last week’s published vulnerability in ASP.NET caught a lot of media attention and stirred quite some controversy in online community, since it was affecting all Microsoft ASP.NET versions, and even made it into many web-based server products, including SharePoint.

Even though, workarounds for this problem were announced on Scott Guthrie’s blog almost the same day, the official patch came out just two days ago (ASP.NET Security Fix Now on Windows Update).

Please note, that even though SharePoint 2007 was considered originally not affected by this problem, there was an updated post on SharePoint team site discussing certain variations, when this vulnerability still can be taken advantage of – Security Advisory 2416728 (Vulnerability in ASP.NET) and SharePoint.

Office and SP 2010 Are Now Available to MSDN/Technet Subscribers

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:57:03 +0000

Following the announcement last week by Micorosoft product team about reaching RTM phase for Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010, today Microsoft has made these products officiallly available through MSDN and Technet subscriptions.

MSDN Subscription Home
Technet Subscription Home

SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 Launch Date Announced

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:39:39 +0000

Microsoft announced official launch date for SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 products – May 12, 2010. This time it is going to be a virtual launch, which nonetheless still makes it an exciting event to save in calendars.

2010 Launch Event: Save the Date
Announcement on SharePoint Team Site

Site Redesign and Migration

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:06:11 +0000

The site has recently been migrated from the previous hosting provider and redesigned, in order to provide more of dynamic content and encourage social interaction.