SharePoint 2010 Has Been Released To Manufacturing!
As of Friday April 16th, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 have been released-to-manufacturing (RTM)! This means the beta testing is complete and the software is ready to be manufactured so it can be put on store shelves soon. Volume License customers with active Software Assurance (SA) will be the first to receive the 2010 products from the Volume Licensing Service Center starting April 27. The Microsoft Office 2010 Engineerings web site says that Office will be available in US stores in June. Hopefully SharePoint 2010 will be available in June as well. Check out the official blog postings on the Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog and Microsoft Office 2010 Engineerings.
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Released Today
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 are being released today. You can watch the online lunch event at http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/watch-it-live/. You can download a full 90 day trail version of Visual Studio 2010 Premium and Ultimate from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/download. You can also download Visual Studio 2010 Express which is a set of free, but limited version of Visual Studio 2010 at http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/. Let the fun begin!
Microsoft IE9 Platform Preview
The Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 9 Platform Preview is an early look at how HTML5, CSS3, and a new JavaScript engine, codenamed Chakra, will affect how we build websites in the near future. The IE9 Platform Preview is not a full web browser and is intended for developers to test and debug their work within this new technology. It does not include an address bar, a back button, anti-phishing or malware protection, but has the ability to render HTML5, CSS3, and run the Chakra JavaScript engine. The IE9 Platform Preview can be downloaded at http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/info/ThankYou/Default.html. Microsoft intends to release a new version of Internet Explorer Platform Preview approximately every 8 weeks.
It is important to note that when IE9 comes out in the not so distance future that Microsoft will likely have to issue a service pack for SharePoint 2010. Although HTML5 is said to be defined in a way that it is backwards compatible with the way user agents handle deployed content, I noticed through my limited testing that some SharePoint 2010 features did not always render correctly.
For more information about the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 9 Platform Preview visit Internet Explorer 9: Platform Demos, IE Blog, Windows Internet Explorer Testing Center, IE9 Platform Preview FAQ, Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview User Guide, Release Notes, and Internet Explorer Platform Preview Guide for Developers. For information about HTML5 visit my post at http://www.the14folder.com/2010/04/07/html-5/.
Promotion Video
I have created a new promotional video for The 14 Folder. I am hoping that it will be the first of many YouTube videos. Make sure you subscribe to my channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/the14folder to receive notices about new videos. I plan to do presentations, reports on the lastest news, demos, tutorials, and even answer your burning SharePoint questions. Please let me know what topics you would like me to discuss in future videos. Your feedback and comments are always welcome.
Chat with the SharePoint MVP Experts
Do you have SharePoint 2010 questions you need anwsered? The Microsoft Developer Network is having an event on March 15, 2010 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time for people to discuss tough technical questions with SharePoint Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). A chat room will be setup for the MVPs and the public to discuss setup, administration, design, and development of WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007, SharePoint Fountaination 2010 beta, and SharePoint 2010 beta. To check out this event visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/chats/default.aspx or http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=336965717244. To add the event to your calendar click here.
