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SharePoint 2010
Powershell Commands for SharePoint 2010
Mar 19th
Here are some (over 400) powershell commands for SharePoint 2010! These can be run remotely (Powershell 2.0).
Stsadm will still be functional in SharePoint 2010. Powershell is not DOS based. Its .NET based. 
Hope you find these useful in the future. Be sure to bookmark this page for future reference.
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Free SharePoint 2010 Training webinar: PowerShell Boot Camp – March 25, 2010
Mar 16th
SharePoint 2010 is the first version of SharePoint technologies in which Microsoft supports administration through PowerShell scripts. In SharePoint 2007, farm administrators use a command-line utility named STSADM.EXE to run interactive commands from the console window and to write DOS-style batch file scripts to automate common administrative tasks such as creating, backing up or restoring a new site collection.
Microsoft now recommends using the new PowerShell support for writing, testing and executing scripts that automate the same types of administrative tasks that you can accomplish using STSADM.EXE.
SharePoint Designer 2010 useful links
Jan 11th
SharePoint Designer 2010 is the tool of choice for the rapid development of SharePoint applications. Using SharePoint Designer, advanced users and developers alike can rapidly create SharePoint solutions in response to business needs. Advanced users can compose no-code solutions that encompass a variety of common scenarios, from collaborative sites and web publishing to Line-Of-Business data integration, business intelligence solutions, and human workflows, leveraging the building blocks available in SharePoint in an easy to use environment. In addition, developers can use SharePoint Designer 2010 to get a quick start on SharePoint development projects.
Here are some useful links for you on SharePoint Designer 2010 I hope you find useful. You can bookmark this page and refer to it later as I will be updating more links as time goes by.
MSDN blogs on SharePoint Designer 2010: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdesigner/archive/2009/11/02/sharepoint-designer-2010-new-shell-tour.aspx
SharePoint videos: http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/free-sharepoint-sharepoint-designer-and-infopath-2010-videos/
Official SharePoint Designer 2010 page on Microsoft: http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/product/related-technologies/Pages/SharePoint-Designer-2010.aspx
Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2010: http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2009/11/12/introduction-to-sharepoint-designer-2010/
Download Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 Beta (64-bit): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=eeda9ab1-ac53-4870-9e1c-38940343d677&displaylang=en
Download Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 Beta (32-bit): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=82df15bd-16a5-460e-a7c4-22599c669bb1&displaylang=en
Changes in SharePoint Designer 2010: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179083%28office.14%29.aspx
SharePoint Designer 2010 books: http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0672331055
SharePoint Designer 2010 training: http://www.kalliance.com/microsoft-office/microsoft-sharepoint-designer-2010-training.htm
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client: download error
Jan 1st
When installing SharePoint 2010, you may see the following error in the SharePoint 2010 preparation tool “Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client: download error”
Solution: Install the SQL Native client and then re-run the preparation tool. You need to run sqlncli.msi file which can be found in your Microsoft SQL Server 2008 install media.
In Microsoft SQL 2008 R2, it is located here: 1033_ENU_LP\x64\Setup\x64\sqlncli.msi
You can also download it directly from here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123718&clcid=0×409
SharePoint 2010 Certification
Dec 28th
Future SharePoint 2010 Certification Opportunities: Coming in June 2010
Certification Path for IT professionals
* 70-667 TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Will cover configuration of SharePoint 2010 including deployment, upgrade, management and operation on a server farm.
* 70-668 PRO: SharePoint 2010, Administrator
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Will cover advanced SharePoint 2010 topics including capacity planning, topology designing and performance tuning.
Certification Path for Developers
* 70-573 TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Five-day instructor-led course designed for developers with six months or more of.NET development experience. Course covers what you need to know to be an effective member of a SharePoint development team using Visual Studio 2010.
* 70-576 PRO: Designing and Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Applications
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Five-day instructor-led training course designed for development team leads who have already passed the Developing on SharePoint 2010 technical specialist exam. The course covers choosing technologies for and scoping a SharePoint project, best practices for SharePoint development, configuring a SharePoint development environment, advanced use of SharePoint developer features and debugging of code in a SharePoint project.
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 beta download
Nov 19th
Yes, its available to the public. Here is the direct link. Click here
There are two versions of SharePoint Server 2010 Beta
1. SharePoint Server 2010 (Enterprise Client Access License features)
Click here to download
2. SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Enterprise (this includes entreprise features as above).
Click here to download
Approx size of download: 561.9 MB
Beta2 will be available this week.
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
Software Requirements depend on configuration.
Hardware requirements:
The requirements below apply to single server with built-in database installations and server farm installations that include a single server or multiple servers in the farm.
Processor: 64-bit, dual processor, 3 GHz
RAM:
4 GB for stand-alone or evaluation installation.
8 GB for single server and multiple server farm installation for production use.
Hard Disk: 80 GB.
SCOM Management pack for SharePoint 2010
A Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Management Pack is available for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products Beta (which includes SharePoint Server 2010 Beta and Project Server 2010 Beta).
Click here to download
SharePoint 2010
Oct 7th
As the year 2010 is fast approaching, we not only have another Christmas but we also have SHAREPOINT 2010 around the corner! For us techs, the latter is more exciting!! 
I remember reading on one site that Microsoft will have a beta version ready after the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009. The conference dates are: October 19-22, 2009. Unfortunately, I would attend it if I lived in the USA.
Read more at: http://www.mssharepointconference.com/Pages/default.aspx
Some of the key features to look out in SharePoint 2010 are:
SharePoint 2010 screenshots & videos
Aug 20th
Are you wanting to know what SharePoint 2010 looks like? I was thrilled to see the changes in SharePoint 2010.
There are three videos from Microsoft, which has sneak peak of SharePoint 2010. Its quite a good tour of SharePoint 2010.
You will get to see Central Administration, Best Practices Analyzer, Developer Tools, Visual 2010 SharePoint tools, the new “Ribbon” and much more!
SharePoint Upgrade Checker
Jul 2nd
As I was looking around, I came across this upgrade check command in stsadm
This command scans your farm servers before starting an upgrade to ensure that some of the prerequisties are met for a successful upgrade.
This is only a guide and will not fix the problems itself.
Remember to work on a development environment and not production. Backup anything before you touch it – even if its your development environment!
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 beta download
Jun 12th
Yes, its available to the public. Here is the direct link. Click here
There are two versions of SharePoint Server 2010 Beta
1. SharePoint Server 2010 (Enterprise Client Access License features)
Click here to download
2. SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Enterprise (this includes entreprise features as above).
Click here to download
Version: 1
Date Published: 11/17/2009
Language: English
Download Size: 561.9 MB
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
Software Requirements depend on configuration.
Hardware requirements:
The requirements below apply to single server with built-in database installations and server farm installations that include a single server or multiple servers in the farm.
Processor: 64-bit, dual processor, 3 GHz
RAM:
4 GB for stand-alone or evaluation installation.
8 GB for single server and multiple server farm installation for production use.
Hard Disk: 80 GB.
SCOM Management pack for SharePoint 2010
A Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Management Pack is available for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products Beta (which includes SharePoint Server 2010 Beta and Project Server 2010 Beta).
Click here to download
