Microsoft Content Management Server - life after SP2

For people working with Microsoft Content Management Server - I can definitely recommended you to use ASP.Net 2.0 in combination with MCMS. ASP.Net 2.0 makes CMS development a lot easier. To enable your CMS sites to use ASP.Net 2.0 ( and also SQL 2005 for that matter) you will need to install MCMS SP2. To get things started also take a look at the upgraded Woodgrove ASP.Net 2.0 application.

After deploying MCMS SP2, you should also take a look at the blog postings about these post-SP2 hotfixes:

Site Deployment export does not work on databases created before SP2 and moved to SQL Server 2005 (KB 913401)

Clearing hyperlink does not work after installing SP2 (KB 913554)

Workaround for the "CMS" virtual directory problem with VS.NET 2005

Another hotfix for MCMS 2002 addressing two issues has been released today!

VS.Net 2003 no prerequisite for MCMS SP2

If you want to take a look at the (not so) distant future, you should also take a look at the posting from Mark Harrison about how concepts from MCMS map on the SharePoint Server 2007 platform since web content management will be made available on this platform. I will shortly post some more information about the future of Web Content Management on the Microsoft platform and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 role in this.
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