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Office 2010 Takes Another Step Forward (ChannelWeb)
Microsoft is now offering the Office 2010 Release Candidate to a portion of its army of software testers, although it doesn't look like everyone will have access to this particular build. The Office 2010 RC is available to members of Microsoft's technology adoption program (TAP), a spokesperson said Wednesday in an e-mail. "This is one of Microsoft's planned milestones in the engineering process; however they do not have plans to make this new code set available broadly," the spokesperson said.

IE Flaw Gives Hackers Access to User Files, Microsoft Says (PC World)
Microsoft warned on Wednesday that a flaw in its Internet Explorer browser gives attackers access to files stored on a PC under certain conditions. "Our investigation so far has shown that if a user is using a version of Internet Explorer that is not running in Protected Mode an attacker may be able to access files with an already known filename and location," Microsoft said in a security advisory.

Can Silverlight Save Windows Mobile from Plummeting Sales? (Ars Technica)
Windows Mobile is steadily losing market share as consumers look to more frequently updated devices with a larger availability of apps. Despite the launch of Windows Marketplace for Mobile with 246 apps, and the opening of the store to Windows Mobile 6.x devices, developers don't seem as interested as Microsoft would hope. The company is hoping to reverse all the negative trends with the release of Windows Mobile 7, the upcoming version of its mobile OS that has seen multiple delays.

Azure Goes GA While Microsoft Speaks of Cloud Interoperability (CMS Wire)
The official launch of the Windows Azure (news, site) cloud is now upon us. It's been in the works for a few years, and well tested — even if Microsoft does not fully utilize it themselves. An Azure Cloud for All. Well, for 21 countries at least. That's right, Microsoft is making Windows Azure and SQL Azure available in 21 countries under the full support of customer and partner SLAs.

Windows Veteran Mike Nash to Leave Microsoft (ZDNet)
A couple of weeks after Windows Senior Vice President Bill Veghte decided to leave Microsoft, another Windows marketing veteran is doing the same. Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President of Windows Platform Strategy, will be leaving the company in February. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed his departure when I asked. From the e-mailed statement:

What's Behind Microsoft's Tinkering with its Low-end Server Line-up? (ZDNet)
Microsoft seems to be making some behind-the-scenes adjustments to its line-up of low-end Windows Servers that are in the pipeline. Last year, Microsoft officials began pitching Windows Home Server (WHS) as not just a home enthusiast product, but also as a  low-end server option that could fit the needs of small office/home office (SOHO) users — effectively making WHS Microsoft’s new lowest-end server offering. Microsoft is in the midst of testing privately the next version of WHS, codenamed Vail.

 

Around the Blogosphere
Birthday Gifts for my Extended SharePoint Family (End User SharePoint)
A friend of mine, Michael Cortez, introduced me to a birthday tradition he has in his family where the person having the birthday gives out gifts to everyone else in the family. I really like that a lot. Since today is my birthday, I’ve got a little gift for you, my extended SharePoint family.

The Great Virtualization Debate: What to do? SharePoint 2010 for Laptops (SharePoint Joel's SharePoint Land)
In a discussion on twitter yesterday a number of people expressed their opinions on how best to run SharePoint in a dev environment or simply on your laptop.  People are looking for easy to run and configure and minimize memory with validation, development, demos, and prototyping as goals.

SharePoint 2010 Beta Virtual Machine Available (Chris Johnson)
(Long time no post … sorry! we have been really busy!) Last week we released a new SharePoint 2010 Beta Virtual Machine.  (GET IT HERE). This VM contains a bunch of pre-configured products including SharePoint 2010, Office 2010, SQL, Exchange, Office Communications Server & Visual Studio + a bunch more.

Microsoft’s SharePoint 2010 Starter Master Page (Randy Drisgill)
Last week, Microsoft’s Dallas Tester (http://twitter.com/dgtester) posted a new starter master page for SharePoint 2010: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/odcSP14StarterMaster. For those that don’t already know, “Starter” is the new term for minimal master pages that were available for SharePoint 2007. Here are some screenshots of the starter master page in action, you will see that it is quite minimal:

 

Around Bamboo Nation
Guest Blog by Abel Solutions' Mark Henderson: Build an ISO 9001:2008 Compliant Document Management System with SharePoint (The Bamboo Team Blog)
In today's economy, providing a product of the highest quality will help differentiate your product line from your competitor's, and provide a strategic advantage. Many customers are now demanding that their suppliers conform to the ISO 9001:2008 standard.

This Week in Bamboo (January 24th, 2010 - January 30th, 2010) (The Bamboo Team Blog)
We released two more web parts User Profile Plus Web Part and List Rotator Web Part to the storefront this week using Web License Manager 1.2.  For List Rotator Web Part (Release 2.5), we fixed the error where random option in Rotating Item Order to work properly.  The web part is now display all photographs instead lists only the first two photographs.  List of bugs fixed can be found below.

SPSNY: Michael Lotter's 'SharePoint 2010 Workflow Overview with Visio and SharePoint Designer' (The Bamboo Team Blog)
The first session of the afternoon that I attended on Saturday at SharePoint Saturday New York was Michael Lotter's "SharePoint 2010 Workflow Overview with Visio and SharePoint Designer."  Michael stated right off that he's "really excited about the huge improvements with SharePoint Designer 2010," particularly as the majority of the improvements are in the service of "empowering the business user."  Michael's agenda for the session incorporated not only an overview of key workflow improvements in both Visio and SharePoint Designer (SPD), but also demos on how to work with each product, both separately and in concert.

 

SharePoint Job Listings**
Sr. Industry Technical Consultant - Sr. SharePoint Consultant - Houston, TX
Nalco has an opening for a Sr. Industry Technical Consultant.  This position is responsible for application development and support of evolving web and SharePoint Intranet/Extranet portals to help automate many critical processes and provide business intelligence reporting to key decision makers.

SharePoint Architect - Austin, TX
SEAL Consulting Inc., is a leading SAP solutions provider addressing enterprise-wide business and technology needs. SEAL helps clients plan their ERP and Web strategies and also designs, develops and implements these concepts efficiently. SEAL provides a comprehensive array of critical ERP-related services to optimize and leverage existing and emerging technology, thus maximizing returns on investment. SEAL has very successfully supported its clients in responding to the ever-changing business and technological environments by offering services ranging from ERP implementations, post-implementation support and outsourcing. With SEAL’s partnership, many companies have successfully changed their business approach and have utilized ERP systems to provide broad backbone support and have adopted innovative strategies to meet the needs of the Internet. SEAL’s solution providers are professionals of the highest caliber who will work with clients to effectively meet their challenges by bringing forth new ideas and path-breaking innovations.

 

Microsoft Updates
You cannot view the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page in Office SharePoint Server 2007 after you create a relative URL (Microsoft Support)
Consider the following scenario. You create a relative URL in the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page in a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site. Then, you try to view the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page. In this scenario, you receive an error message. Note To view the AreaNavigationSettings.aspx page, click Site Actions, click Site Settings, and then click Modify Navigation.

 

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