MOSS (internet) licensing changed!#

Finally! :) Running MOSS and MOSS for Internet Sites in the same farm has been impossible from a licensing point of view. This was causing many problems when integrating intranet/extranet/internet functionality in one farm.. in reality a common scenario. Today, I was glad to hear that this limitation is taken away. Although financially it's still a 'do I want to do this' question, but at least it is not limited anymore.

From the Sharepoint Team blog:

"The same software is licensed under Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites under different use rights.  Office SharePoint Server 2007's use rights support private intranet sites and require CALs for licensed access, while Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet Sites does not require CALs, but does require that all content, information and applications be accessible through the internet to non-employees.  Please refer to the Product Use Rights (PUR) document for these products' use rights.

As an accommodation for possible deployment scenarios, customers wishing to consolidate their SharePoint needs under a single deployment may acquire licenses for both products, assign those licenses to the same server, and use the same running instance of the software simultaneously under both licenses.  However, customers must acquire CALs as required under the Office SharePoint Server 2007 use rights for users and devices accessing content in any manner not permitted under the Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites use rights."

Read the complete posting here.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:27:18 AM UTC #    Comments [0]  | 

 

WSS 2.0 and SPS 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) released#

New Service Packs are released for WSS 2.0 and SPS 2003:

  • Microsoft® Windows SharePoint® Services Service Pack 3 (SP3) represents a major evolution in security for Windows SharePoint Services. It further hardens Windows SharePoint Services against potential attacks and other security threats. This service pack also includes fixes that have been previously released as separate updates for Windows SharePoint Services.
    You can get specific information about this update in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (923643): Description of Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 3. Download here

 

  • Microsoft® Office SharePoint Portal Server® 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) represents a major evolution in security for SharePoint Portal Server 2003. It further hardens SharePoint Portal Server against potential attacks and other security threats. This service pack also includes fixes that have been previously released as separate updates for SharePoint Portal Server 2003.
    You can get specific information about this update in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (923644): Description of Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 3. Download here
Monday, September 24, 2007 4:56:06 AM UTC #    Comments [0]  | 

 

MS Information Worker Conferences#

Registration is open for two upcoming Microsoft conferences beginning of next year:

  • The Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008 - March 3-6, 2008 in Seattle. Sign up here.

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  • The Microsoft Office System Developer Conference 2008, February 10-13, 2008 in San Jose (CA). Sign up here. [UPDATE: changed link]

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Don't miss them!

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 5:46:33 AM UTC #    Comments [0]  | 

 

New Version of Ontolica Search available (3.2)#

Tam Tam is the first Dutch Microsoft partner with search specialization. We've been working with Ontolica search for MOSS 2007 for a while now. The product solves many of the usability issues that the default MOSS search center is coping with. For example, drilldown, boolean search and a well thought user interface, are a few examples that make Ontolica a good option for enterprise search.

Although a lot fo things going on about search at Microsoft, and the effort being made in the community, Ontolica added some valuable features in version 3.2 which makes the product worth looking at.

Feature Overview - key features in Ontolica for MOSS 2007


Added features in Ontolica 3.2 (released September 14):

 

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Saturday, September 15, 2007 4:04:11 AM UTC #    Comments [3]  | 

 

TamTam.SharePoint.AudienceCreator 1.0 released on codeplex#

I wrote a little console application to create large numbers of audiences and rules in different environments. You can download the source on codeplex.

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Also check out the other Tam Tam free webparts/tools for MOSS here: http://www.codeplex.com/tamtam/

Friday, September 14, 2007 1:08:35 PM UTC #    Comments [0]  | 

 

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