Yesterday Microsoft released the final version of Internet Explorer 7, the latest version of the world’s most popular web browser. Customers can upgrade and browse the Web with confidence knowing that the new browser provides a greater level of security, makes everyday tasks easier, and works well with the Web sites they visit. We listened carefully to our customers and are delivering a safer browser that makes the tasks they do every day much easier, …
Yesterday Microsoft released RC2 (Release Candidate) of Microsoft Windows Vista. So Microsoft made it by the end of the week, as all rumours indicated about a week ago. It’s now available for everyone for a limited time at: http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc2/en/download.htm
Bernard has posted his monthly list over the recent published IIS knowledgebase articles from Microsoft. Read his list at source: IIS KBs – September 2006.
Microsoft has published 2 new virtual labs. The new labs are for IIS 6.0. In lab 1, IIS 6.0: Compression, learn how to set up compression effectively and efficiently on IIS 6.0. You will learn how to enable compression, add new file extensions, expand to only compress a single file or directory, as well as more about compression in general. In lab 2, IIS 6.0: HTTP Caching, look at the fundamentals for taking your ASP.NET …
AvePoint has released a whitepaper that goes over the native backup tools in SharePoint v3 and details their shortcomings. Download and read it here.