This weekend the most expected version of HMC was released for service providers to deploy it. With this version, service providers can offer OCS (IM, Collaboration, PC-toPC VoIP) services as part of their online services. At the same time support to Windows 2008 and WSS 3.0 SP1 is included in this solution...

For those of you (ISVs, Hosters) who develop applications for MPS (multi-tenant applications, provisioning), it's important for you to know that there is an MPS SDK update available for you to review and consider in your development. As an example of these changes, the following namespaces were updated...

If you are planning to run Exchange 2007 on a virtual environment, think twice before following that path: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232170.aspx From the previous article, these are the messages that you have to consider: Neither Exchange 2007 nor Exchange 2007 SP1 is supported...

One of the most expected guides has been released, the guide to deploy SCOM 2007 in HMC 4.0. Be one of the first ones to update your MOM 2005 infrastructure in HMC 4.0 by following the details mentioned in this guide: http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/solutions/hostedmessagingscomupdate.mspx...