Microsoft said it is also submitting three metadata data extensions to be included in the standard later in the year. One of the extensions - knowledge description - allows a user to retrieve information more easily by using business standard...
IBM has joined Microsoft's Visual Studio .Net development programme. DB2 developers already use Visual Studio - Microsoft's application for software developers - to create other Windows-based applications.
Also on the way are a patch for an "important" vulnerability in .Net Framework and a fix for "moderate" problems with SharePoint Services and Office. That includes a critical flaw affecting Office and Visual Studio, and another critical flaw...
To ease development of workflow-oriented applications, Microsoft is upgrading its InfoPath form-based application builder, and it will outline search improvements to its SharePoint portal server, according to the PDC session descriptions.
Features such as workflow management, version control, document classification and security are key components of the overall solution. Solutions in the same vein have been made available before: the basic version of Microsoft SharePoint bundled...
Coming soon after the company's recent bid for Yahoo, Microsoft says these product enhancements will bridge the developer-to-designer workflow gap and help to build more interactive applications for the desktop, the web and mobile devices.