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"The highly social and visual nature of the Web has fundamentally changed what users expect from all applications they interact with, regardless of whether it’s on a customer-facing Web site or Windows rich client application, or a desktop business application built using Microsoft Office," said Somasegar according to the press release issued. "Traditionally, organizations have been hard pressed to deliver the richer, more connected applications and services they need to boost productivity, drive revenue and stay ahead of the competition. With Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5, it is easy for developers to use the skills they already have to build compelling applications that take advantage of the latest platforms."

Several tools and resources were also announced on the same occasion, among which the first CTP of the Microsoft Sync Framework and a new release of Popfly Explorer will add new Web tools that provide developers and Popfly users an easy way to add Silverlight gadgets built in Popfly to their Web pages, as well as publish HTML Web pages directly to Popfly.

Tuesday came and made enterprise search look like a breeze with the new Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express, a new addition to its enterprise search lineup. The product is freeware and combines simplicity of installation and ease of use with a powerful set of search features, including new security-enhanced capabilities that help businesses connect to a wide range of information.

In order to make it work Microsoft took the enterprise class search of Microsoft Office SharePoint server 2007 and transformed it into a standalone server that’s free of any charge. Furthermore it has no preset documents limits so it should scale a company’s evolving needs and provide users with advanced security and easy access to relevant, action-oriented results using a familiar Web search experience.

And then came Wednesday the 7th, with its unveiling of the official name for Windows Essential Business Server (previously codenamed "Centro") and the "leaking" of news about its key components and features. Steven VanRoekel, director of the Windows Server Solutions group at Microsoft who oversees product management of the family of server products that are tailored to the specific needs of distinct customer segments, shed some light on the matter: "Windows Essential Business Server is an integrated server infrastructure solution designed for the unique needs of midsized organizations.

Combining the technologies of Windows Server 2008, Exchange Server 2007, Forefront Security for Exchange, System Center Essentials, the next version of ISA Server and SQL Server 2008 into an "all-in-one" solution. Windows Essential Business Server provides a single Client Access License for all included products and offers new technologies that simplify license management. Within the administration console, IT professionals can easily ascertain how many licenses they have, who the licenses are assigned to and – when an employee leaves the company – easily re-assign licenses."

He also mentioned progress on the work at the next Windows Small Business Server which is at the moment in its first, beta release and further data and information will be provided once this period of trial is over, in the coming months.