Microsoft’s 10 hot new technologies

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AppFabric

Mail to friend Another key technology introduced by Microsoft is AppFabric. AppFabric is an application server layer that includes the cloud and internal servers to provide developers a single, consistent environment for .Net applications. AppFabric combines hosting and caching technologies formerly code-named Dublin and Velocity. AppFabric comes in two flavors: Windows Server AppFabric and Windows Azure platform AppFabric. Beta 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 was released recently and a beta for Azure is expected in 2010.

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Pivot

Mail to friend Microsoft's Live Labs team introduced an experimental prototype application codenamed `Pivot'. Pivot is an application that aims to make it easier to view and interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative and fun. According to a description on the Live Labs Web site, it is meant to combine search, browsing and recommendations to create a more unified Web experience. For example, if you have 10,000 magazine covers and you're looking for only India-specific covers, it will sort out only India-specific covers. Presently, Microsoft is offering a limited technical preview of Pivot to a set of invited testers.

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Office 2010 Beta

Mail to friend Microsoft also released the public beta of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010, Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 and Office Web Apps for business customers. Other than new icons, Office 2010 suite features new Office Communicator 2007 R2 integrated in Outlook 2010. Communicator allows users to sync their Windows Live and other social networking site feeds in Outlook. The public beta is offered in 32-bit (684MB) and 64-bit (750MB) versions. Both packages include tweaked versions of Office applications: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace and Communicator.

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SQL Server Modeling
	Mail to friend According to Microsoft, SQL Server Modeling (formerly code name `Oslo') is a set of technologies that provide productivity gains across the lifecycle of .NET applications by enabling developers, architects, and IT professionals to work together effectively with SQL Server at the center of the application lifecycle.

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Microsoft Windows Azure

Mail to friend At the PDC, Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie, announced plans for the formal launch of Windows Azure, the cloud-based operating system that lets developers write programmes that run on servers in Microsoft's data centers. It is expected to be in production for all users starting January 1. Azure will reportedly be hosted at three pairs of data centers: Chicago and San Antonio for North America, Dublin and Amsterdam for Europe, and Singapore and Hong Kong for Asia.