Sorry MAC. Microsoft has finally prohibited all Windows Vista editions except Windows Vista Basic from running in a virtualized environment within MAC.

MAC is not secure. That is how simple it is.

The only reason MAC is not taking the heat among media is the mediocre number of hackers breaking into their system; coupled with a mediocre population of MAC users, you have a silent assault against MAC. When Safari was released, MACs security integrity was quickly under fire. As their flaws are beginning show, more and more people wants to take a peak at how secure MAC really is.

These numbers tell the story—MAC OS X 10.4 had a pathetic 68 flaws in the first 90 days compared to 12 for Windows Vista. MAC OS X 10.4 has had 18 high severity flaws to 10 for Windows Vista.

It took millions of dollars to make Windows Vista secure and stable. While I am happy that Windows Vista is so much stable than Windows XP; there is a bullet proof way to crash WindowsVista.

The National Archives and Records Administration endorsed Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) to the Department of Defense for Certification 5015.2.

The certification is the benchmark for the government and corporate organizations managing records and documents which defines basic requirements on operational, legislative and legal needs that the application must adhere to. Also, it includes management of classified records and supports the Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act and interoperability.

Technet has just released their Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget.

If you are creating windows vista aero scheme, it would be great if you could design your own icons and most likely you would need vista aero tricks to come up with design as close as the Windows Vista aero standards.

Don’ t think about the ddr 3 ram. Don’t worry about the reported Windows Vista 3GB ram bug either wherein only Windows Vista 64bit can run ram above the 3GB threshold (4Gb of Ram on Windows 32bit will only show 3GB ram); instead, worry about getting 8GB of ReadyBoost as soon as possible to make your Windows Vista rock.

If you plan to install SharePoint 2007 even without using Active Directory, you may do by creating the database tables manually and assigning the users in them to be used by SharePoint.

This post explains the steps for making this happen:

If you are a gamer you most probably worry about games for vista more than anything else.

This fact sheet posted at from 3dgamers, describes Vista for games capability:

Windows Vista gaming features include the following:

SharePoint Scotland is a great resource written by Siva Phimister from Scotland which focus on SharePoint 2007 website customization. The site also includes information on Excel Services, Business Data Catalog and Office 2007.