Microsoft to turn Semblio educational application into a service

microsoft access 2007 download Semblio! You may do not have heard of this Microsoft educational-software add- in/toolset that was codenamed "Grava! inches But some of my readers had! In fact, some were tinkering with the Semblio software development kit, investigating ways they could use it to extend Office with educational content! Suddenly, the dedicated Semblio Web page on Microsoft's site gone! The Semblio SDK download is still available! But it seemed Microsoft had decided to nix the product, one of my readers said, with no warning or fanfare! It turns out microsoft access hasn't already murdered Semblio! Instead, it's turning the Semblio software into a service! Here's the response I received from a access 2007 spokesperson when i asked about Semblio's whereabouts: "We have made changes to the Semblio technology to raised arrange our approach with major company investments in Office, SharePoint, BPOS, and Live@edu! The idea is to further the integration of education-specific solutions with Microsoft's primary products – products already used throughout many educational institutions today! The content assembly and viewing experiences empowered by Semblio will be available as online services that work with these products! inches Microsoft isn't sharing any information as to when Semblio will be available, the spokesperson said, and isn't talking about distribution or pricing at this point! All that's being said is the original plan was to secrete Semblio as a stand alone application! Now it will become an "educational service! inches "We have divulged these changes to our partner community most importantly and continue to work with them to create education services around SharePoint, BPOS, Live@edu, and Office, inches the spokesperson added! There was some question as to whether Microsoft planned to make Semblio part of Office, as of school 2010 release! The spokesperson said that was incorrect! However, Microsoft's Education Products Group was already folded into the Microsoft Business Division in Jan 2010, resulting in the journeying of the former Microsoft Vice Director of Education Products, L. Michael Golden! Microsoft officials told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that "the idea (behind the reorg) is to further the integration of education-specific solutions with Microsoft's primary products – products already used throughout many educational institutions today! inches It will be interesting to see whether Microsoft plans to turn more of its applications into services designed to complement its core software products…!