SharePoint Server 2010 Preliminary System Requirements Announced

• SharePoint Server 2010 will be 64-bit only.
• SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit Windows Server 2008 or 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2.
• SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit SQL Server 2008 or 64-bit SQL Server 2005.

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Next Version of Sharepoint will be known as Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010…. no more MOSS

Microsoft took the name ”OFFICE” out from Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) for next version to avoid confusion for customers. The new official name of  Sharepoint 14 will be MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT SERVER 2010

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Business Data Catalog Definition Editor tool (or “BDC tool”) is now available in the latest (August 2008) version of the downloadable MOSS 2007 SDK

Microsoft have released a tool for developing BDC XML Schems catalogs and it’s part of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server August SDK.

Here is the download link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6d94e307-67d9-41ac-b2d6-0074d6286fa9&displaylang=en

To know more about BDC tool read here: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/08/22/announcing-the-microsoft-business-data-catalog-definition-editor-for-microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx

Note: it works with AdventureWorksDW not with AdventureWorks