12/19/2010

Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Building Solutions for SharePoint 2010 (Books for Professionals by Professionals)

With this book, you’ll gain intermediate-level guidance for designing and deploying exciting business solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

What you’ll learn
  • Write effective SharePoint 2010 solutions that can be used on the Web, through Microsoft Office, and on mobile devices.
  • Find out best practices for managing data stored in a SharePoint site and the most effective ways to get value out of it.
  • Discover how to write effective web parts and pages and integrate those solutions across other Microsoft technologies.
  • Put on your designer hat and create a custom look and feel for your SharePoint site or portal.
  • Learn how to use existing data to create business intelligence solutions based on SharePoint sites.

It has always been a challenge to find the superman that knows both, data ware housing concepts, and SharePoint concepts. The data ware housing concepts include basic stuff you need to know to work in the BI area such as cubes, MDX queries, etc. So chapter 1 covers that – and if you’re a hardcore DBA, feel free to skip Chapter 1. Then beyond that, we take every single SharePoint 2010 BI topic, and slice and dice it in detail. The topics we deal with are

  • Visio Services
  • Reporting services
  • Business Connectivity Services
  • Excel Services
  • PerformancePoint Services

And in covering each of these topics, we ensure that a general layout was followed for each topic, to ensure completeness of content. We make sure we cover

Who this book is for
This book is for the typical SharePoint 2010 project team member who is technical in nature. It is aimed more toward developers, IT pros, and technical architects than designers or non-technical team members.

Amazon.com: Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Building Solutions for SharePoint 2010 (Books for Professionals by Professionals) (9781430228653): Sahil Malik: Books

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-SharePoint-2010-Building-Solutions/dp/1430228652/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260741579&sr=8-1

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12/18/2010

Microsoft Forefront Protection Server Management Console (FPSMC) 2010

The Microsoft® Forefront Protection Server Management Console (FPSMC) 2010 provides multi-server management for Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint.

The management console delivers a easy to use graphical interface for server discovery, configuration deployment, reporting, quarantine management, update deployment and integration with Forefront Online Protection for Exchange.

The Microsoft® Forefront Protection Server Management Console (FPSMC) 2010 is available as a free download.

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Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Technical Library in Compiled Help format

The SharePtServer2010.chm is a downloadable CHM that includes content in the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 technical library. The CHM is current as of the date above. For the latest information, see the technical library on the Web.

DOWNLOAD CHM SP2010

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12/17/2010

Staffing and People Mappings

One more commonly overlooked component of a successful implementation is staffing. Architects and administrators usually do a good job creating a bill of goods for hardware and software, but they often forget to secure funding for personnel to adequately develop and maintain systems. SharePoint can consume a large amount of human resources if used to its full potential. Understand what types of dedicated personnel are required in the beginning, and start getting stakeholders' support immediately. The table below offers a suggested staffing schedule for you to consider. (Note: F = One full time person and P = One part time person.)

SharePoint Governance – Table of Content

This page to gather all articles on SharePoint governance I have published:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wael/archive/2010/12/16/sharepoint-governance-table-of-content.aspx

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12/08/2010

SharePoint 2010 Governance - Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog

 

Governance is a key component to ensuring the success of your SharePoint 2010 deployment, and one we frequently get asked about it as we travel to conferences and events. Represented by a set of established processes, procedures, and stakeholders, a well designed and implemented governance plan promotes adoption, ensures participation, and maximizes ROI.  By using the governance techniques, best practices, and recommendations available below, you can align your policies for using SharePoint 2010 with your culture and goals while still enabling teams and individuals to effectively collaborate and share information.

SharePoint 2010 Governance - Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog

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12/06/2010

Office 365 Beta Data Sheets in 12 pages

 

Microsoft Office 365: Work Virtually Anytime, Anywhere 4

How Can Office 365 Help You? 4

Enterprise-Class Security and Reliability 4

IT Control and Efficiency 4

User Familiarity and Productivity 5

Office 365 Services 5

SharePoint Online 5

Exchange Online 7

Lync Online 8

Office Professional Plus 9

Office Web Apps 10

Office 365 Subscription Plans 11

Conclusion 12

 

With Office 365, you can take advantage of sophisticated collaboration and messaging capabilities without the operational burden of on-premises server software. Office 365 keeps you in control and provides business-class reliability, high availability, comprehensive security, simplified management, and familiar user interface so that you can confidently choose it as your collaboration and communication solution.

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12/04/2010

System Center Service Manager 2010 : documentation du produit

 

System Center Service Manager 2010 fournit une plate-forme intégrée pour l'automatisation et l'adaptation des pratiques recommandées en matière de gestion des services informatiques de votre entreprise, comme celles disponibles dans Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) et Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Il offre des processus intégrés pour la résolution des incidents et problèmes, le contrôle des modifications et la gestion du cycle de vie du matériel.

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SQL Server RBS Performance with SharePoint Server 2010 and StorSimple Storage Solution

When users store more documents and larger media documents in SharePoint libraries, performance, scalability, and manageability challenges occur for SharePoint administrators. The Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) feature in SharePoint Server 2010 addresses these challenges. This paper explains the RBS feature as it applies to SharePoint Server 2010 and analyzes its performance impacts on key attributes of a SharePoint farm such as database size, database backup size, transaction response times, and backup/restore time.

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12/02/2010

Risk and Health Assessment Program for Microsoft SQL Server (SQLRAP) – Scoping Tool

This download package is intended for Microsoft Premier Customers Only. This package includes all of the scoping tools necessary to prepare and qualify your environment to receive a Risk and Health Assessment Program for Microsoft SQL Server (SQLRAP).

Download details: Risk and Health Assessment Program for Microsoft SQL Server (SQLRAP) – Scoping Tool

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11/30/2010

Windows Azure Platform Training Kit

The Windows Azure Platform Training Kit includes a comprehensive set of technical content including hands-on labs, presentations, and demos that are designed to help you learn how to use the Windows Azure platform including: Windows Azure, SQL Azure and the Windows Azure AppFabric.
The November update provides new and updated hands-on labs for the Windows Azure November 2010 enhancements and the Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.3. These new hands-on labs demonstrate how to use new Windows Azure features such as Virtual Machine Role, Elevated Privileges, Full IIS, and more. This release also includes hands-on labs that were updated in late October 2010 to demonstrate some of the new Windows Azure AppFabric services that were announced at the Professional Developers Conference (http://microsoftpdc.com) including the Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service, Caching Service, and the Service Bus.

Download details: Windows Azure Platform Training Kit - November Update

11/25/2010

Head-to-Head: SharePoint Migration Tool Demo Videos |

Below are the links to each of the sessions...
■Introduction (1.3 megs)
■Meta Vis Technologies (18.9 megs)
■Metalogix (12.2 megs)
■AvePoint (13.8 megs)
■Idera (6.0 megs)
■Quest (12.7 megs)
■Axceler (14.2 megs)
■Conclusion (.6 megs)
After watching, please leave a comment so we can determine if it’s worth doing this for other types of SharePoint vendors

Head-to-Head: SharePoint Migration Tool Demo Videos | EndUserSharePoint.com

SharePoint 2010 and Office 2011 MAC - Liam Cleary [SharePoint MVP]

This icon launches the "Document Connection" application that plays a key role in connecting Office with SharePoint on the MAC. When the screen loads you are able to see your SharePoint and Skydive connections.

If you press on your SharePoint connections you will probably get prompted for credentials to that site.

SharePoint 2010 and Office 2011 MAC - Liam Cleary [SharePoint MVP]

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11/06/2010

Critical Information about the SharePoint Server 2010 October Cumulative Update

Microsoft has discovered a critical issue in the recently released October Cumulative Updates for SharePoint Server 2010 and Project Server 2010, and we have removed the files from download availability.  If you have already downloaded the CU, donot install it. If you have installed the CU, please contact Microsoft Support for assistance.  We will be posting additional information about the issue here as soon as we have it, and will make the Cumulative Update available for download again as soon as the issue has been fully resolved.

Critical Information about the SharePoint Server 2010 October Cumulative Update - Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

10/28/2010

TechNet SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Search IT Professional Training

  • Module 1: Search Management
  • Module 2: Windows PowerShell for Search
  • Module 3: Deployment and Scalability for SharePoint Server 2010
  • Module 4: Monitoring and System Management for SharePoint Server 2010
  • Module 5: Search Reporting and Analytics for SharePoint Server 2010
  • Module 6: Connectors and Using the Business Data Connectivity Services in SharePoint Server 2010
  • Module 7: Configuring User Interfaces for Search in SharePoint Server 2010 and FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
  • Module 8: Federated Search in SharePoint Server 2010
  • Module 9: Advanced Search Security for SharePoint Server 2010 and FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
  • Module 10: People Search Administration and Management for SharePoint Server 2010 and FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
  • Module 11: Advanced Deployment and Scalability for SharePoint Server 2010
  • Module 12: Upgrading from SharePoint Server 2010 to FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
  • Module 13: Deployment and Scalability for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
  • Module 14: Advanced Deployment and Scalability for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
  • Module 15: Linguistics for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint
  • Module 16: Relevancy and Ranking for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

TechNet SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Search IT Professional Training - Michael Greth [SharePoint MVP] - SharePointCommunity

Download details: SharePoint 2010 Easy Setup Script

The SharePoint 2010 Easy Setup Script is a new set of pre-packaged tools that help developers easily get started with SharePoint 2010 development by automating the provisioning of a developer workstation using Windows 7, SharePoint & associated tools.
Written in Windows PowerShell these scripts will install and configure all the pre-requisites & products to get you up and running with SharePoint development.
Additionally the script will download evaluation copies of the products it installs (or use fully licensed product bits you supply), install them either locally or in a user supplied Windows 7 VHD & set that VHD up for duel boot using the Windows 7 VHD native boot feature. It also allows you to configure what products are installed via a configuration file, so you can add or remove products.
All the source is included for your use. If a particular aspect of the setup isn’t right for your requirements then you have the ability to change it. A good example of this might be to configure the SharePoint installation to fit your organizations standard deployment.
Out of the box it will help you install:

  • SharePoint Server 2010 + pre-requisites (Standalone)
  • Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Edition
  • Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio
  • Expression Studio 4 Ultimate
  • Open XML SDK
  • Visual Studio SDK
  • Visual Studio SharePoint Power Tools
  • Office 2010 Professional Plus
  • SharePoint Designer 2010
  • Visio 2010

Download details: SharePoint 2010 Easy Setup Script

YouTube Search Connector for SharePoint Server, Search Server, and FAST Search for SharePoint

Federated Search Connectors allow a search solution based on any Microsoft Enterprise Search product (Microsoft Search Server 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft FAST Search for SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Search Server 2008, or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007) to pass a query to a target system and accept and display results from that system. This connector returns results from the YourTube video sharing site. See the Federated Search Connector Gallery for other connectors and instructions for using connectors with specific Microsoft Enterprise Search products.

Download details: YouTube Search Connector for SharePoint Server, Search Server, and FAST Search for SharePoint

October 2010 Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2010 and SPF 2010

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Again Stefan Grossner is on top off things, there is another Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint foundation:

  • KB 2394323 – SharePoint Foundation 2010
  • KB 2394320 – SharePoint Server 2010
  • KB2345451: SQL 2008 R2 CU 4 released (18 oct 2010)

October 2010 CU for SharePoint 2010 and Foundation « SharePoint Stef (@vanHooijdonk)

10/23/2010

SharePoint Summit 2011

The SharePoint Summit community is inviting all SharePoint subject matter experts to submit their applications to be considered as potential speakers at the next SharePoint Summit conference to be held in Toronto, January 31st - February 2nd 2011. This is an excellent opportunity to share your knowledge with individuals that are interested in SharePoint technology and implementing best practices in order for SharePoint to meet their business needs. 

Strategies for Information Architecture, business-relevant SharePoint solutions, world-class SharePoint products and deployment planning will be discussed amongst your peers.

SharePoint Summit 2011