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The SharePoint Virtual Summit rolled out Microsoft’s roadmap plans for the future.

Much of yesterday’s event focussed on SharePoint Online for those organisations with Office 365 capabilities, though it was announced that the first components of the SharePoint Framework will be brought to SharePoint Server 2016 with a Feature Pack 2 later on in the year.

“This will enable developers to use an updated client-side development model to create web parts and solutions that can power new solutions on-premises, in hybrid experiences and in Office 365,” says Microsoft in its Office Blog.

For a complete briefing watch the 2017 SharePoint Virtual Summit on the Microsoft website here (2 hours running time).

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“Lawyers are struggling to work to their full potential because their firms fail to give them the right technology…” This is one of the key findings of research conducted earlier this year by Microsoft and online magazine Legal Week.

Given the breadth of technology available today, the Microsoft-Legal Week research finds that more than 86% of those surveyed said they still used a pen and paper to complete legal work. This statistic is all the more intriguing given that around 83% of those surveyed said embracing new technology would lead to greater productivity.

In 2016, Microsoft released Digital Transformation: The Age of Innocence, Inertia or Innovation?, a 52 page in-depth report which revealed that almost half of UK bosses understood they needed to embrace digital transformation or their company would fail within five years.

One law firm that is leading the way in successfully embracing digital transformation is Shoosmiths. Find out in this case study why they opted to implement BizTalk into their business and why they say it is “a perfect solution” for providing integration for their business.

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With SQL Server 2017 set to be released later on this year we were reminiscing about “the old days” and stumbled across this announcement from 1988 about the launch of SQL Server 1.0. Wait for the 30″ mark to watch the advert – it’s a must see!

There are plenty of other video’s in Channel 9’s ” The History of Microsoft,” spanning from 1976 to 2010. Find them all here.

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Need a quick reference to commonly used SQL Server commands? No problem:msft.social/lSOXkm

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