The 2007 Microsoft Office system already provides support for 20 different document formats within Microsoft Office Word, Office Excel and Office PowerPoint. With the release of Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) scheduled for the first half of 2009, the list will grow to include support for...

The Office and MU teams says : "As we noted when we released Office 2003 Service Pack 3 via Microsoft Update (MU), we are committed to providing at least 30 days notice before making Office service packs available via Microsoft Update automatic distribution (for Vista and XP). Today, we are giving...

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 is now available and it’s loaded with new features. And these changes aren’t just your standard hotfixes and security updates—you get new management tools, improved Unified Messaging capabilities, better reliability, and more. In the December issue of TechNet Magazine , Tony...

Some of you may be wondering how to do a clean install of Office 2007 using an Office 2007 RTM image along with SP1 at the same time. As you may know, Office 2007 makes use of the Updates folder in the installation media to install any new updates that it finds in the folder however the updates need...

This virtual machine demonstration environment contains almost 50 Hands-On-Labs, ~25 demos, and more than 10 software packages http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=be169548-0be9-454e-905f-e3cd6493fef6&DisplayLang=en

Today sp1 ships. hurray. It's not up there yet but should be later today. Also the kb articles for each patch don't seem to be live at this moment but should also appear later on today. Looking down the list of fixes, here are some that caught my eye (read the whitepaper for the full list): Communicator...

Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 introduces several changes in the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE). Two of these are: Removal of page dependencies Disablement of partial merges But first, in order to understand what is discussed below, we should have a brief discussion on ESE. http://msexchangeteam.com/archive...

On November 30, you will be able to download Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1 . The list of new features in SP1 is long, including new deployment options, new features and improvements for each server role, improved integration with other applications, and even a new, third type of continuous...