SharePoint incurs greater costs and requires more personnel than organizations expect, according to a recent survey sponsored by Microsoft national systems integrator (NSI) partner Azaleos Corp and conducted by Osterman Research.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 30, 2012
The release-to-manufacturing (RTM) versions of Office 2013, Exchange Server 2013, SharePoint Server 2013 and Lync Server 2013 are now available to Microsoft's MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
- By Chris Paoli
- October 24, 2012
Microsoft's next-generation Office solutions and other "2013"-branded products have reached the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) stage, the company announced on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 15, 2012
Other tweaks on tap for November include consolidation of app dev competencies, shuffling of SharePoint competencies and recasting of the Desktop competency.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 01, 2012
Microsoft on Tuesday gave a quick tour of some new SharePoint features found in the Office 365 previews.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 21, 2012
Microsoft on Monday outlined some finer points for organizations wanting to test the business intelligence (BI) capabilities available in the SharePoint 2013 and Excel 2013 previews released last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 24, 2012
On the heels of Monday's "customer preview" release of the next version of Office 365, Microsoft this week announced the availability of preview trials of other 2013-branded products, including SharePoint, Exchange, Lync, Office Web Apps Server, Project, Visio and Office Professional Plus.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 19, 2012
A few clues about Microsoft's product roadmap for this year and the next were unearthed recently.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 16, 2012
Those using SharePoint 2010 can now take advantage of Microsoft's improved mobile business intelligence (BI) support strategy for Apple's iPad.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 18, 2012
WEB EXCLUSIVE: For many partners, matching their priorities with Microsoft's is a sure-fire way to boost business. Conveniently, Microsoft has just listed its top priority areas -- or "priority workloads" -- for the Microsoft Partner Network. Here they are, along with the related products and competencies for each.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 31, 2011
More than 200 partners showcased tools aimed at extending the Microsoft team collaboration platform at its annual SharePoint Conference. Here's a snapshot of eight that caught our eyes.
- By Kurt Mackie, Gladys Rama
- December 01, 2011
Microsoft recently released the third and, probably, last service pack for Office 2007 and SharePoint 2007.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 31, 2011
Jared Spataro, a senior director of SharePoint product management at Microsoft, explained the nuances of the keynote in an interview during the Anaheim, Calif. conference.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 10, 2011
Microsoft announced this week that Service Pack 3 for Office 2007 and SharePoint 2007, expected by year's end or sooner, will be "likely final" for both products.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 07, 2011
This week's sold-out SharePoint Conference in Anaheim, Calif. began with a Microsoft keynote touting the collaboration product's rapid growth. Now, a new survey from analyst firm Forrester Research is drilling down into the reasons for its rise.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 04, 2011