Microsoft's upcoming products available for download

A bit away from the Microsoft Dynamics GP world, but at the same time so close, here are some very good news on the upcoming release of Microsoft SQL Server "Denali", Office 2010 and SharePoint, and Internet Explorer.

Download SQL Server Code Name "Denali" CTP3

SQL Server Code Name "Denali" Community Technology Preview
(CTP3) provides the foundation for the cloud-ready information
platform, and will help customers unlock insights across the
organization and quickly build solutions that extend data across
on-premises and public cloud.

Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 Now Available

Service Pack 1 is now available for the 2010 family of products, including Office, SharePoint, Project Server, FAST, Search Server, and Groove Server. For more on deployment, see these articles: Apply Office 2010 Service Pack 1 and Deploy Service Pack 1 for Project Server 2010. Also, download the Service Pack 1 for SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 White Paper.

Internet Explorer 10: Platform Preview 2

The latest preview build of Internet Explorer 10, Platform Preview 2,
is now available for download. With the second Platform Preview,
developers can start working with several site-ready HTML5
technologies.

Remember... should you decide to try any of this code, do so in a test environment.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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The Technology Corner: Linda Rosencrance looks at IE9 Beta across the CRM spectrum

My friend, Linda Rosencrance over at MSDynamicsWorld takes a look at early attempts to run Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 and 5 with the new Internet Explorer 9 Beta in her new article. She also features some of my earlier comments and findings with running Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 and Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 with IE9 Beta. The bottom line is, IE9 Beta is not going to be supported by Microsoft whether you are running Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Microsoft Dynamics GP. Any attempts of running IE9 Beta should be conducted in a non-production environment.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
Maximum Global Business, LLC
http://www.maximumglobalbusiness.com/

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The Technology Corner: IE9 Beta Follow Up

In my previous article I talked about the recent launch of the new Internet Explorer 9 Beta. There are a couple of things I forgot to mention and I want to bring them along in this post for further clarification:

1. Microsoft Dynamics GP is currently NOT supported with Internet Explorer 9 Beta. If you decide to install IE9 Beta, do so in a test environment, not in production as you will not be able to receive support should you have any issues.

2. Internet Explorer 9 Beta will not be made compatible with Windows XP. The new Microsoft browser will run on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2003, and Windows 2008, but no plans for a Windows XP version.

3. You will continue to need the Microsoft Office Web Components to run the metrics on the home page, even with IE9 Beta.

Nonetheless, I have to say that my experience so far with the new browser and Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 and Dynamics GP 10.0 has been very satisfactory. The home page seems to load faster and the metrics display much faster.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
Maximum Global Business, LLC
http://www.maximumglobalbusiness.com/

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The Technology Corner: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Beta now available for download

If you keep up much with what's going on in the Microsoft world, you may have come across the new Internet Explorer 9 Beta. I have installed it and have to say that the performance is just plain superior to the prior two iterations (IE7 and IE8). In addition, I have not run across any issues with Microsoft Dynamics GP home page or any of the new features in GP 2010 not working as expected, for example, the Connect feature -- I must say though, that I continue to experience the pop ups I reported a few weeks ago, all before the upgrade.

If you are one of those who love to explore with new applications, this is certainly one of them you can try. IE9 continues to need some work as some fonts seem to be pretty rough around the edges, but other than that I love it.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
Maximum Global Business, LLC
http://www.maximumglobalbusiness.com/

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