With all the planning and preparation for MMS 2008 going on behind the scenes, we’re really quite busy.  So, after MMS 2008 look for an upgrade to our blogging system.

Here’s some cool, new features to look forward to (as well as — I hope — some stability fixes):

• Enterprise reporting and analytics to help dissect, analyze, and trend user and community behavior.
• Deep integration with Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.
• For developers, Community Server 2008 includes a complete Web Services (REST) API for easily integrating and extending the platform.
• Social streams enable people to quickly see what friends or others in the community are actively contributing to.
• Robust media gallery for sharing content published in the community or from external sources such as YouTube, Flickr, and more.
• Enterprise file storage enabling both local storage as well as integration with services such as Amazon S3.
• Widgets for easily sharing data between applications. Included widget support for Google, and more.
• On demand groups / social circles make it simple for intranets and even large-scale public communities to quickly form small micro-communities.
• Community Server 2008 is one of the first software platforms to include built-in support for OpenID.
• Community Server 2008 includes many improvements to existing features such as multi-user blogging tools, robust message boards, and person-to-person messaging.