How to Create a MOSS 2007 VPC Image: Part 5

Welcome to part 5 in a series of posts which describe how to create a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) Virtual PC image for demos and development work. Last time, we looked at how to install and configure the .NET framework inside our VPC image. This time, we’ll look at how to install SQL Server 2005 inside the virtual machine.
You just have to read the 4th other part...
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JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA: InfoPath 2007 resources

JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA: InfoPath 2007 resources: "InfoPath 2007 resources" and Forms
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A great site on the security and MOSS

Microsoft Office Server System (SharePoint 2007), like any other web based application, is subject to attackers for both internal as well as external threats.
Using security policies and security software, it is possible to mitigate these risks.
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA

JOPX on SharePoint 2007 (MOSS and WSS V3 ), Office and SOA
Automatic My Site creation with SharePoint 2007
Last week I got the question if it would be possible to automatically create the My Site for a specific user in SharePoint Server 2007. Normally the My Site gets created when the user accesses it for the first time. I got a some advice from a fellow MVP - Pierre but when I looked at it a little more closely I noticed that some of the classes used in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 are now obsolete.
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P. Erol GIRAUDY
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Global & Multi Farm Deployments by Joel Oleson

There have been a bunch of questions lately around Global Deployments.

Here are some essential resources and some links :
Multi Lingual Whitepaper for MOSS - Just released! Thanks Luca
Global Deployment Whitepaper for WSS 2.0 & SPS 2003 - Still very relevant, but I'll mention differences below
Import/Export Search Configurations from one farm to another - Angus Logan Blog Post
Network Considerations to Deployment Planning - previous posts (Highly recommended)
Troubleshooting Performance Issues - previous post
What are SSPs? - previous blog post
Global Deployment - short post on how MS IT deals with SSPs
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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SharePoint tutorials from LearnVu

SharePointHosting.com provides on-demand access to SharePoint tutorials from LearnVu to all our SharePoint hosting customers. This is a significant value-add service to our SharePoint hosting offerings.
Sample LearnVu Tutorial Tips: (1) use with highspeed internet access (2) after a tutorial loads you may need to press the "stop" button on the video control to que the video (3) verify that your browser has the Flash plugin.
And after you can play all this demos :
Adding Documents to a SharePoint Site
Create a new SharePoint Site Collection Administrator
Add Links to a SharePoint List
Add SharePoint Site to your Trusted Sites in Internet Explorer
Add Users to a SharePoint Security Group
Approve another user's SharePoint Blog Post
Change SharePoint Navigation to a Site Tree View
Change the SharePoint Site Image
Change the SharePoint Site Title and Description
Change a SharePoint User's e-mail address
Change a SharePoint User's password
Create a SharePoint Calendar Appointment
Create a Document-specific SharePoint Alert
Create a New SharePoint User
Create a SharePoint Annoucements List
Create a SharePoint Blog Posting
Create a SharePoint Calendar
Create a SharePoint Contacts List
Create a SharePoint Discussion Board
Create a SharePoint Document Library
Create a SharePoint Document Work Space
Create a SharePoint Gantt Project Management Chart
Create a SharePoint InfoPath form Library
Create a SharePoint Links List
Create a SharePoint Meeting Site
Create a SharePoint Picture Library
Create a new SharePoint Security Group
Create a new SharePoint Sub-site
Create a new Task in a SharePoint Tasks list and assign it to a user
Create a SharePoint Wiki Document
Create a SharePoint Wiki Library
Customize a SharePoint Meeting Site
Delete a SharePoint Meeting Site when you are finished with it
Edit SharePoint Blog Categories
E-mail a SharePoint Document Library
E-mail Enable a SharePoint Discussion Forum
Enable Multiple SharePoint Blog Categorizations
Edit the SharePoint Quick Launch Menu to Customize with your own navigation options
Enable SharePoint Document Versioning
Change SharePoint Top Link bar navigation options
Manage Access Requests to your Site
Move Documents between SharePoint Document Libraries
Remove Persmission Inheritance from SharePoint Sub-sites
Remove the SharePoint Quick Launch Menu
Remove Top Link Bar Inhertitance from a SharePoint Site
Restore Deleted Items As the Site Collection Administrator
Restore SharePoint Site Permission Inheritance (sub-sites)
Work with the SharePoint Recycle Bin
Create a SharePoint Sales CRM Application
Work with your SharePoint Themes
Add Tabbed SharePoint Navigation Options to your Site
Add SharePoint Web Parts
Sign in as a different SharePoint User
Work with a SharePoint Gantt Project Chart
Create a Custom Site Column
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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Microsoft WSSv3.0 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005

Brief Description : The Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Management Pack monitors the health and state of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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Dark Blue Duck

The Scanning EnablerTM Product enhances SharePoint adding support for Desktop Scanning.Scan documents in one go directly into SharePoint as easily as you would add files from your My Documents folder.
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management for Developers and Designers (Level 200)

The Web content management technology in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 represents the first major Microsoft release of Web site content management tools since 2002. Join this webcast to see how these new content management tools make it easier for developers and designers to perform tasks such as creating field controls, creating and customizing master pages, and creating page layouts. Learn how you can customize the HTML Editor and Page Edit Toolbar, and standardize authoring rules, such as specifying styles within field controls. We also provide guidelines for determining which tools are appropriate for developing your Web content management sites, in particular Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Office SharePoint Designer 2007.
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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SharePoint Server 2007 Sample: Web Part That Calls Excel Web Services

Brief Description : This download contains a sample solution that demonstrates how to create a Web Part that calls Excel Web Services to perform custom calculations. It includes a deployment package sample that can be deployed to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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From Lawrence Liu's Report from the Inside

4 new screencast-based demos for MOSS; more hints about SharePointPedia
Coincidentally, here are 4 recently posted screencasts of MOSS features, which were developed by the SharePoint User Assistance group, and there may very well be more forthcoming:
· Configure a SharePoint Server 2007 site to receive e-mail
· Deploy an administrator-approved form template
· Add a library to a Records Center site
· Enable Excel Services and data connections for a SharePoint team site
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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OK, at the risk of looking stupid… has anyone managed to actually locate the MOSS 2007 download on MSDN?

Download MOSS 2007 : If you mean the MSDN Subscription, it’s not there yet. It, along with Professional Plus Suite will be there by NOV-30.

http://office.microsoft.com/fr-fr/downloads/default.aspx

Before, have a nice tests...
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Coming Soon: New Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

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Microsoft Tech·Ed: IT Forum has now concluded

Thank you to everyone and MICROSOFT who made this year's event such a huge success with over 4,700 IT pro's benefiting from a week packed with previews of the latest tools, demos and hands-on training.

Keep up to date with the latest event news in 2007! Will be in Barcelona again... For me that was a great even, a lot of contacts, and answers as an ATE. I realy like this TechEd, a meeting point interactif, in fact a SharePoint ;+)
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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Capacity and Performance Planning for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)

Luca Bandinelli

This session covers techniques to determine your capacity and performance needs, and how to plan your MOSS 2007 architecture to meet those needs. This session also cover learnings from TAP and talk to test data.

Luca Bandinelli is member of the Office 2007 Rapid Deployment Team in MCS and he is in Microsoft Consulting Services since 2000. Luca is specialized on the Microsoft Information Worker platform and in collaborative applications on the .NET platform.
As a Senior Consultant , he's usually to work with customers and partners helping them to design and build solutions. Luca also works closely with internal Microsoft Product and Marketing groups.

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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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Architecting SharePoint Solutions

Bill English, Luca Bandinelli, Richard Riley
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This session discuss how to architect scalable and manageable SharePoint solutions An author and educator specializing in SharePoint Products and Technologies.

Bill English (MCSE, MCSA, MVP) is an industry leader on this exciting product set from Microsoft. Since 2000. Bill has authored 10 books on Exchange and SharePoint products and is currently working on two books, both with Microsoft Press on SharePoint Products and Technologies.

Luca Bandinelli is member of the Office 2007 Rapid Deployment Team in MCS and he is in Microsoft Consulting Services since 2000. Luca is specialized on the Microsoft Information Worker platform and in collaborative applications on the .NET platform. . As a Senior Consultant , he's usually to work with customers and partners helping them to design and build solutions. Luca also works closely with internal Microsoft Product and Marketing groups.

Richard is a Technical Product Manager for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. He is responsible for driving Technical Readiness both within and outside of Microsoft and specializes in the Enterprise Content Management and Search features of the product. He has 6+ years experience at Microsoft working as consultant in Microsoft Consultancy Services and as a Technical Specialist in sales. Richard has 9+ years industry experience and is a frequent speaker at Microsoft Technical Events.

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Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server (SPS): Upgrade and Migration

Bill English make a great presentation of this session covers the upgrade process from WSS version 2 to version 3 and SPS 2003 to Office SharePoint Server 2007.

We learn the different upgrade options, as well as how to prepare your SharePoint deployment today for upgrade. An author and educator specializing in SharePoint Products and Technologie.
3 Methods are show, and a lots of good lessons. I do some screen shoot (photos). Avalable in a few days. I do a presentation for the Club SPS MOSS FRANCE www.clubsps.org

Bill English (MCSE, MCSA, MVP) is an industry leader on this exciting product set from Microsoft. Since 2000, Bill has authored 10 books on Exchange and SharePoint products and is currently working on two books, both with Microsoft Press on SharePoint Products and Technologies. Bill is the co-owner of Mindsharp (www.mindsharp.com), a company that offers top-notch educational opportunities on the SharePoint platform. He has presented at Comdex, The Microsoft Exchange Conference, TechMentor, TechEd, Advisor Live and Networld Interop. You can find his blog at www.mindsharpblogs.com. Bill lives in Minnesota with his wife and two children where he enjoys boating, photography and golf.

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Announcing the RTW of WSS and Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard and Enterprise Evaluation!

It is my pleasure to announce the RTW of WSS 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007. Please read the all information on the details page.

Note: Installing Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 over any beta or trial edition of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is not supported.

Links to download the RTW versions:

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 x86 English Evaluation

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 French evaluation...

SharePoint Designer will be on MSDN Subscriber Downloads by the 30th. We’re still working on making an eval version available on MSCOM Downloads – long story. Same for MOSS x64 eval.

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Here are the Product Keys you will need when installing SharePoint Server 2007 :

SharePoint Server Standard Trial: XJMKW-8T7PR-76XT6-RTC8G-VVWCQ

SharePoint Server Enterprise Trial: F2JB-W4PD-JCHK-XTJY-CKRP-T2J9D

Here's are the links:

"Upgrading from Office SharePoint Server 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh to Release Version": http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78039

Step by Step Instructions (with Screenshots) Office SharePoint Services B2TR to Release by Shane Young (SharePoint MVP)

"Upgrading from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Beta 2 Technical Refresh to Release Version": http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78040

"Upgrading from Office Forms Server 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh to Release Version": http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78041

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From the Tech-ED 2006 : Disaster Recovery for SharePoint Technologies

Bill English Learn best practices of data protection for your organization.

This session covers the pros and cons of Windows SharePoint Services (WSSv3) Backup/Restore, SQL 2005 - only backup/restore, SQL log-shipping, and the new Volume SnapShot (VSS) writer. Bill start on the fonction of the BIN.

Also, we learn how to take advantage of our new version 3 content recovery features, including the recycle bin, versioning, events, and fine-grained content migration. An author and educator specializing in SharePoint Products and Technologies, MOSS 2007.

Bill English (MCSE, MCSA, MVP) is an industry leader on this exciting product set from Microsoft.

Since 2000, Bill has authored 10 books on Exchange and SharePoint products and is currently working on two books, both with Microsoft Press on SharePoint Products and Technologies.

Bill is the co-owner of Mindsharp ( www.mindsharp.com ), a company that offers top-notch educational opportunities on the SharePoint platform.

He has presented at Comdex, The Microsoft Exchange Conference, TechMentor, TechEd, Advisor Live and Networld Interop. You can find his blog at www.mindsharpblogs.com. Bill lives in Minnesota with his wife and two children where he enjoys boating, photography and golf.

Other point and Photos be comments at the meeting of the club the 15th of December at PARIS.
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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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From the Tech-Ed 2006

Luca Bandinelli (from Italia) manage a nice meeting on this subject, this interactive session discussing how to deal with multilingual scenarios using MOSS. Very interssante presentation of the "MUI" and the limite. And also how to use the Web Parts, Listes, and Controles.

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=36ee1bf0-652c-4e38-b247-f29b3eefa048&DisplayLang=en

You drill into the capabilities provided by 2007 SharePoint Products and Technologies to design, build and support various multi-lingual solutions and give you guidance on features provided out of the box involved in these scenarios.

Luca Bandinelli is member of the Office 2007 Rapid Deployment Team in MCS and he is in Microsoft Consulting Services since 2000. Luca is specialized on the Microsoft Information Worker platform and in collaborative applications on the .NET platform. He just finish a White Paper on this subject, I think it will be on-line soon.

Two things important, first wait for all the package, and tests in first.
Other point and Photos be comments at the meeting of the club the 15th of December.

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P. Erol GIRAUDY MVP MOSS
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