Article ID: 929197 - Last Review: November 30, 2007 - Revision: 1.5

Description of the MSNBC Web Parts that have been discontinued in the online Web Part gallery for Windows SharePoint Services

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INTRODUCTION

This article discusses the MSNBC Web Parts that have been discontinued in the online Web Part gallery for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services.

MORE INFORMATION

On January 25, 2007, the following MSNBC Web Parts will no longer be offered through the online Web Part gallery for Windows SharePoint Services:
  • MSNBC Business News
  • MSNBC Entertainment News
  • MSNBC News
  • MSNBC Sports News
  • MSNBC Stock News
  • MSNBC Stock Quotes
  • MSNBC Technology News
  • MSNBC Weather
On February 6, 2007, these Web Parts will be discontinued, and they will not display data. Beginning on that day, the Web Parts will link to this article. At the end of February, the Web Parts will return an error that resembles the following:
Cannot display information. This Web Part requires a connection to the Internet and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later running on a Windows operating system. Customers are advised to remove these web parts as soon as it is convenient to do so.
If you own pages that contain these Web Parts, you should remove the Web Parts. To obtain up-to-date or live data in a Windows SharePoint Server site, we recommend that you pull data from an RSS feed.

For more information about RSS feeds, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/secrssinfo.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/secrssinfo.mspx)
Several third-party vendors also offer Web Parts. Some of these third-party vendors are listed in the SharePoint Products and Technologies Web Component Directory.

To view the SharePoint Products and Technologies Web Component Directory, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/default.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/default.mspx)
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
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