Skip to main content
Add as a preferred source on Google


Microsoft Releases CTP of VS Extensions for SharePoint

  • By John K. Waters
  • 01/13/09

Microsoft this week announced a community technology preview (CTP) release of Visual Studio extensions for SharePoint.

The new Visual Studio 2008 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services (VSeWSS), released as version 1.3, are templates for creating, debugging, packaging and deploying SharePoint projects. This release includes templates for Web Parts, Data Lists, Content Types, Event Receivers and Modules, among others.

The final version of the VS08 extensions is scheduled for release this spring. The SharePoint team blog described this version as an "interim release."

"It is an interim release for SharePoint Developers on the roadmap until Visual Studio 2010," the team wrote. The CTP is currently available for download from the Microsoft Connect Web site, which can be accessed here.

SharePoint is a prevalent departmental portal solution, according to researchers at CMS Watch, a vendor-independent analyst firm that evaluates content technologies. The firm's conclusions about the portal market derive from its recently released "Enterprise Portals Report 2009," which evaluated 12 portal solutions head to head.

Oracle's WebCenter Suite offers a strong alternative, according to CMS Watch. IBM is another contender with the continued expansion of its WebSphere Portal Server offering, the report noted.

SAP has begun promoting the Web 2.0 features of its portal product, although SAP's solution lags the competition, the report noted. Another contender is the venerable portal vendor Vignette, which often bundles its portal software with other CMS tools.

In addition, open source solution providers have been producing worthy portal projects, according to CMS Watch. The report points to points to Apache, eXo, Liferay, and uPortal as open source portals that have recently been upgraded.

About the Author

John K. Waters is a freelance journalist and author based in Mountain View, CA.

Featured

  • circuit patterns

    Anthropic Launches Lower-Cost Claude Sonnet 5

    Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 5, positioning the model as its most autonomous mid-tier offering to date and a lower-cost alternative to its flagship Opus 4.8 system. The company said the model can plan multi-step tasks, operate tools such as browsers and terminals, and complete agentic work at a level that previously required larger and more expensive models.

  • Red alert symbols and email icons floating in a dark digital space

    Phishing Attacks Increasingly Exploit Remote Management Tools and AI E-mail Assistants, Reports Find

    Phishing attacks are increasing their use of legitimate remote management software to take over computers and hidden instructions to manipulate AI e-mail assistants, according to two recent security reports.

  • Image of digital screen with data and math formulas on black background

    AI Giants Report Advances in Mathematical Research

    OpenAI has published what it says is an AI-generated solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of mathematics' seven Millennium Prize Problems, while Anthropic has reported separate advances in research mathematics and formal proof generation.

  • Blurred silhouettes of business people in a modern office with a glowing blue network overlay

    Open Secure AI Alliance Moves to Linux Foundation

    The Open Secure AI Alliance has moved under the Linux Foundation, giving the initiative what the organizations describe as a neutral home for developing open source tools, shared standards and defensive practices. The Alliance was launched by NVIDIA in July to develop open security technologies for AI systems and agents.