Best practices for search in #SharePoint Server 2010 #TechNet Library

This article is one of a series of Best Practices articles for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. This article describes the best practices for enterprise search. Unless otherwise noted, this article applies to both SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft Search Server 2010. For more articles in the series, see Best practices (SharePoint Server 2010). For additional information about best practices for SharePoint Server 2010, see Best practices (SharePoint Server 2010) and Performance and capacity management (SharePoint Server 2010).

In this article:

• 1. Plan the deployment
• 2. Start with a well-configured infrastructure
• 3. Manage access by using Windows security groups or by using role claims for forms-based authentication or authentication using a Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) security token
• 4. Defragment the search database
• 5. Monitor SQL Server latency
• 6. Test the crawling and querying subsystems after you change any configuration or apply updates
• 7. Review the antivirus policy
• Acknowledgements

Read full article at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc850696.aspx

New Delivery Model for #Microsoft #SharePoint2010 #MCM Certification

Starting in January 2012, Microsoft will expand the delivery methods for the SharePoint Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) program to include a "hybrid" delivery model that includes both onsite and remote training. Read more about this new training delivery model. Visit the registration site for more details and training schedule.

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New SharePoint 2010 MOS Exam is now Live!

Microsoft is excited to announce the arrival of the new SharePoint 2010 exam, joining Microsoft’s Office Specialist 2010 line up.

Interested in taking the exam? Check out the exam objectives here. Need training first? Check out the Learning Plan, which links to a number of helpful articles. Microsoft Learning also has an e-learning collection that might be useful as well as a number of instructor-led courses. Ready to take the exam? Click here to find a test center via our MOS exam provider, Certiport.

Happy testing!

Source: Born to Learn Blog-Post By Wendy Johnson

Developing Applications for SharePoint 2010

Brief Description

This guidance provides technical information about key areas of SharePoint 2010 application development. It contains a written guide, reference implementations with source code and documentation, and a library of reusable source code components.

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Overview

Developing Applications for SharePoint 2010 contains guidance documentation, detailed examples, and a reusable class library. These resources are designed to help solution developers and architects make the right decisions and follow proven practices when designing and developing applications for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010. The guidance focuses on the building blocks that every developer needs to understand to become an effective SharePoint developer or architect. The guide is provided as a Help (.chm) file and has four core areas: application foundations, execution models, data models, and client models. Eight reference implementations illustrate the core concepts covered in the guide. The reusable class library provides code to help developers build more manageable, flexible, and testable applications. Source code is provided for all reference implementations and for the reusable library. The reference implementations have automated setup scripts to configure the applications.

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New training videos are available right now over at Channel 9

Application Compatibility for Office 2010 – Analyze your environment for installed add-ins and identify potential migration issues as you migrate earlier versions of Office to Office 2010. Learn how the Compatibility Inspector tools can perform an analysis of the code and suggest potential issues with this video on Channel 9. Additional videos and a lab are also available.

Learn SharePoint 2010 Best Practices – Explore design considerations you should have as you start creating SharePoint solutions targeting SharePoint 2010. Additional videos, labs and code available on testing, deployment and security in this new training course on Channel 9.

Source: Ken Rosen http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/

Free Clinic: What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for Developers

Introduction

This two-hour clinic describes various new features and enhancements that Microsoft SharePoint 2010 provides developers. It describes how you can create and deploy SharePoint 2010 solutions using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. It also describes how you can develop remote clients for SharePoint 2010 and develop SharePoint 2010 solutions that incorporate data from external line-of-business applications. This clinic covers the following topics: Developing SharePoint 2010 Solutions with Visual Studio 2010 Integrating New Development Features in SharePoint 2010 Solutions Developing Remote Clients for SharePoint 2010 Incorporating External Data in SharePoint 2010 Solutions Developers completing this clinic have at least12 months of experience developing solutions with ASP.NET. They should also have 6 months of experience developing solutions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Objectives

At the end of the course, students will be able to: Develop SharePoint 2010 solutions with Visual Studio 2010. Describe the new process capabilities for SharePoint 2010 developers. Develop remote clients for SharePoint 2010 using the client object model and ADO.NET data services. Develop SharePoint 2010 solutions that incorporate data from external line-of-business applications

Sign in: https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/courseDetail.aspx?courseId=160329&tab=overview

SharePoint in Plain English

I have found some great YouTube videos about SharePoint. Watch these videos if you still not clear about the function of SharePoint or what’s new in SharePoint 2010:

• SharePoint in Plain English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s12Jb5Z2xaE
• Learn what’s new in the SharePoint 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Ep5yzQLLw

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 Source: Born to Learn (Gerry)

TechNet Radio: Preparing for SharePoint 2010 from a SQL Server Perspective

In part two of our SQL Server and SharePoint series, our host John Baker interviews Joel Oleson, Sr. Product Manager and SharePoint Evangelist at Quest Software. Listen in as they discuss key considerations you should make when planning for and deploying SharePoint 2010. Learn about new database requirements, high availability options, and enhancements made through SQL Server for SharePoint customers.

http://edge.technet.com/Media/TechNet-Radio-Preparing-for-SharePoint-2010-from-a-SQL-Server-perspective/

Looking for more information on SQL Server 2008 R2? Check this out

If you’re interersted in learning more about the topics discussed in this episode of TechNet Radio — click on any of the below links for free, in-depth videos and virtual labs.

Videos:

• Considerations for Large-Scale SharePoint Server Deployments on SQL Server
• Technical Talks with Tim Vander Kooi – Instrument the Business
• Technical Talks with Tim Vander Kooi – SharePoint 2010
• Cheaper, Better Backups with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
• Get Ready for Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 Release Candidate

Virtual Labs:

• How to Protect SQL Server with DPM
• How to Protect SharePoint with DPM 2007 
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Data Recovery and Preventative Techniques