Earlier today I created a post stating SharePoint Online now has support for other languages then English. When checking the administration console I noticed this is available in other languages then English (and the other original languages).
You can change the language settings for the Microsoft Online Services Administration Center at the top right of your screen.
Below a screenshot of the Dutch version:
When you have created a site in a language which was made available in the last Service Update you will note that one of the workflows is not available. Seems the language pack has not been configured correctly:
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The same can be noted when configuring the Site Collection Features. The option Group Approval is not available when changing the Site Collection Features in the Language Pack version. The option however is available in the English implementation.
When creating a SharePoint Online site in a language which has just been added you will get an error stating help is not available:
When you have created a new SharePoint Online site in a language in BPOS other than English you do not have the Enterprise tab with the Search Center available as one of the options:
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We've tried to populate the Search Center by selecting the different features but the option will not be available.
You can however get the Search Center by selecting English in the Language options.
Following the post the Microsoft Online Services team on their blog that they would expand the number of languages, SharePoint Online is now available in more languages than the languages first made available. I have just created a Dutch SharePoint teamsite. Other available languages in SharePoint Online are:
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The language of a site can be selected when creating a new SharePoint site:
After this a new SharePoint Online site is populated in the requested language (see example below in Dutch):
The Microsoft Online Team announced the new features in their August 2009 service update!
Below you'll find a copy of their post:
The Microsoft Online Services Service Update for August 2009 begins deployment into production data centers this week and is scheduled to be available to all customers by the end of August; updates to the release deployment status will be posted to the comment section of this blog post.
No scheduled downtime is planned for the Microsoft Online Administration Center or the availability of the services in the Business Productivity Online Suite.
The following features are included in this Service Update:
New Language Options for Microsoft Online Administration Center (MOAC)
The Microsoft Online Administration Center is adding eight new language options: Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
SMTP Relay Support
Exchange Online is enabled to support for SMTP relay, allowing SMTP-enabled applications to send e-mail via Exchange Online.
Exchange Online Journaling
Exchange Online journaling is enabled, allowing email to be journaled to third-party archiving solutions, including Exchange Hosted Archive. Journaling can be enabled by contacting Microsoft Online Services support and opening a Service Request.
While Exchange Online journaling allows email to be journaled to third-party archiving solutions, Microsoft Online Services does not support or certify these third-party solutions. It is the customer's responsibility to configure their archiving solution to work with Exchange Online journaling.
Currently BPOS (SharePoint, Exchange, Office Live Meeting and Office Communications Online) is available in several languages. Of course Dutch isn't one of them. As far as I know now Dutch will not be supported in the near future. However, Exchange Webmail (OWA) is available in Dutch. Next to this there is always a possibility to create a Dutch SharePoint site (at least the content).
Most presumably Microsoft decided on this because the Dutch market isn't large enough and most Dutch people speak English.
