Author Archives: Ed

Office 2010 Family Betas are Released

Microsoft released beta packages yesterday for both SharePoint and Office 2010 (Office 14) to TechNet and MSDN. This version of the SharePoint server makes significant progress towards blurring the line between on-premise and hosted cloud implementations (internal or external) as … Continue reading

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Microsoft Adds Cross-Platform Support for Team Foundation Server

With the announcement yesterday (11/9/2009) that Teamprise tools from SourceGearLLC, were acquired and will be an integral part of Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft now officially supports non-Microsoft OS and development tool integrations with Team Foundation Server. Could this pave the way for more development houses to run projects without CVS and the like? I sure hope so.
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Microsoft Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS)

I can remember dealing with clients that were struggling with over 100 Lotus Notes/Domino servers just to keep basic collaboration and email up and running… These same clients were installing 40Meg thick clients to access the proprietary dinosaurs that were increasingly strangling their IT departments and slowing response to business needs. Sad, scary stories that led to many career “changes” in those organizations. Microsoft Business Productivity Online Services provides messaging, collaboration, customizable workspaces and infrastructure . Continue reading

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