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Office Communicator 2010 beta set for March release

Posted Feb.10, 2010 under Microsoft

Microsoft are reportedly readying to release a beta version of the next component in their Unified Communications ‘Wave 14′ suite. Wave 14 includes Exchange Server 2010, Office 2010, Sharepoint Server 2010 and Office Communications Server 2010.

Communicator and Office Communications Server provide instant message and audio conferencing capability within organisations, with the Enterprise edition also supporting video conferencing and real-time collaboration. Communications Server can also be extended to integrate with public instant messaging services such as Microsoft’s Live Messenger service, while allowing administrators the ability to log and filter traffic.

Microsoft are gearing up towards the first public demonstration of the Communicator 2010 which will be part of UCExpo 2010 at the Olympia in London. The webpage detailing the events at the seminar states that “This will be the first showing outside the US and two weeks earlier than the official public beta launch.”

It is expected that Communicator and Office Communications server will tightly integrate with Exchange Server 2010 to include improved unified messaging features, as well as providing developers with the ability to more easily extend its presence, voice and video features into their own products.

The latest version of Office Communications Server is currently OCS 2007 R2, which was released in December 2008. It is not clear whether Microsoft also intend to release a preview of Office Communications Server 2010 around the same time as the Communicator 2010 beta.

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Office 2010 public beta announced, SharePoint 2010 unveiled

Posted Oct.19, 2009 under Microsoft, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Yesterday, Microsoft announced the public beta of the Office 2010 family of products at the SharePoint conference, which is currently in progress in Las Vegas. The public beta of Office SharePoint server is due to begin in November, alongside the public beta of Microsoft Office 2010.

Microsoft has said that Office 2010, Project 2010, Visio 2010, and SharePoint Server 2010 will be available for public testing during November, and will be free to use during the test period. Up until this point, Office 2010 has only been a private technical preview, only given out to a select group of testers. A public beta would mean that Microsoft would receive many more testers, and a much broader range of feedback – as well as creating hype for the latest version of Office.

Additionally, SharePoint 2010 will come with a wide range of new features, many of them designed to bring the software up to date with the Office 2010, to ensure consistency across the platforms. Notable changes include the new Ribbon Interface, Office integration (including social tagging, backstage integration and document lifecycle management), as well as new-content management features, full integration with Visual Studio 2010 and full support for rich media such as video, audio and Silverlight, making it easy to build dynamic web sites. Microsoft will also be offering hosted SharePoint 2010 solutions.

According to ZDNet, SharePoint is a $1.3 billion business for Microsoft, even though many users still do not know what exactly SharePoint is. SharePoint 2010 will be the fourth version of SharePoint and has now been on the market for 8 years.

The system requirements for Office 2010 are very similar to 2007, as announced on the Office 2010 technet blog:

  1. “Office 2010 will be available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
  2. Office 2010 will run on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
  3. You don’t need to replace hardware that is capable of running 2007, it will support Office 2010. Like Windows 7 has demonstrated, we realize that taking advantage of the hardware you already own is just as important as supporting all the new technology coming out.“

MSDN also has system requirements for Sharepoint 2010; SharePoint 2010 is 64-bit only (as with other recent Microsoft Servers) and requires Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Recommended memory is a minimum of 8 GB. It also requires SQL Server 2005 SP3 with CU (Cumulative Update) 3 or SQL Server 2008 SP (Service Pack) 1 with CU2 or SQL Server 2008 R2.

New SharePoint console:

New SharePoint console running ribbon interface:

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Sneak peak of SharePoint 2010 Released

Posted Jul.20, 2009 under Announcement, Microsoft

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Earlier this year Microsoft announced the next wave of Office products that will “redefine how people work”, which included Exchange 2010, Office 2010, Visio 2010, Project 2010, and SharePoint 2010 which will all enter public beta later this year and is targeted for general availability in the first half of 2010. Over the last few weeks we’ve seen a ton of information leak regarding the Office 2010 suite, and this week Microsoft has released a sneak-peak of SharePoint 2010.

Feature Highlights:

  • New UI including Ribbon
  • Web Edit
  • Silverlight Web Part
  • Rich Theming
  • Multiple Browser Support
  • Visio Services
  • SharePoint Designer
  • Business Connectivity Services

The SharePoint 2010 team launched a sneak-peak website earlier this week, which you can find here. The site is loaded with videos, information on new features, and a complete overview of what is coming to SharePoint 2010, which will be at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas on October 19th-22nd with CEO Steve Ballmer expected to be the keynote speaker.

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