Back in July, I noted a CMS Report article about the apparent lack of real information about Microsoft's plans for CMIS. Well, Microsoft has put that to rest -- CMIS is planned to be for SharePoint 2010 -- Microsoft announced it at ARMA, their SharePoint conference, and their ECM blog.

Since that announcement we've gotten lots of requests for additional details ("give me an exact date!", "tell me exactly what functionality will be included", etc.) I wish that this blog post could be the place to provide more detail – but it's simply not possible at this time. Here's why -- those of you who attended the SharePoint Conference last week have seen that SharePoint 2010 is looking pretty shiny and polished. But until the CMIS 1.0 specification is final, we can't realistically commit to exact dates when our CMIS support would be ready. This means that our plans need to be flexible to balance the following needs:

1. Not rushing the finalization of the CMIS 1.0 specification in a way that would compromise its quality
2. Release CMIS support as soon as possible for SharePoint 2010 that meets the interoperability needs of our customers and partners