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Visual Studio 2008 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 1.3 CTP

Microsoft Sharepoint Team Blog announces Visual Studio 2008 Extensions form Windows Sharepoint Services 1.3 CTP. New CTP includes following features:

• Can be installed on x64 Server OS machines running SharePoint x64.
• Separate build commands for package, deploy and retract are added
• Command line build, package and retract commands are included enabling continuous integration and build servers.
• Refactoring support for renaming of Web Parts. Previously renaming a web part required changes in several files in the project
• WSP View improvements for consistency of deleting feature elements, merging features and adding event receivers to features
• Solution Generator can now generate solutions from publishing sites. Previously only regular sites could be generated
• Allowing partial trust BIN deployments of web parts. CAS configuration must still be provided by the developer.
• New project item template for SharePoint RootFiles items
• Deployment will now optionally remove conflicting existing features on the development server prior to redeployment.
• Ancillary assemblies such as for business logic can now be added to the SharePoint Solution WSP
• Hidden features related to Site Definition projects are now shown in WSP View. They are no longer hidden
• For advanced users a fast deploy is included to update only the compiled assembly on the SharePoint development installation
• The User Guide is now installed with the extensions instead of being a separate download

Sharepoint Song!

Dedicated to all frustrated sharepoint users and developers: the sharepoint 2007 song! :))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P9QlojtrWs

SharepointTurkiye.Org Launched!

We have launched Turkey's first Sharepoint user group named Sharepoint Turkiye throught ISPA.

Upcoming Sharepoint Events

SharePoint Technology Conference
January 27–29, 2009: Burlingame, CA
For three exciting days in January, you'll be eating, drinking, sleeping, talking and living Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows SharePoint Services. The first day at SPTechCon is filled with intense full and half-day workshops, half in the morning, half in the afternoon. The next two days are filled with more than 50 break-out classes to choose from. Build your own custom program! This conference is hosted by BZ Media LLC. 

SharePoint Best Practices Conference
February 2–4, 2009: San Diego, CA
The SharePoint Best Practices Conference eliminates design, deploy, organization and administration confusion, replacing disorder with Clarity, Direction and Confidence.  This conference is hosted by Mindsharp. 

Microsoft FASTforward '09
February 9–11, 2009: Las Vegas, NV
3 days of compelling discussion on the evolving business environment and how search is enabling companies to succeed.  This conference is hosted by Microsoft.

Microsoft MIX09
March 18-20, 2009: Las Vegas, NV
Now in its fourth year, MIX is a unique technology conference that connects web professionals with industry thought leaders to explore the future of the Web together.  This conference is hosted by Microsoft.

Microsoft Tech Ed North America 2009
May 11-15, 2009: Los Angeles, CA
This will be the 17th year for Microsoft's premier technical education and networking conference.  Sessions and events are presented by Microsoft product team members and industry experts.  This conference is hosted by Microsoft.

December Cumulative Update Steps & Suggestions

Sharepoint Team writes some suggestion about cumulative update pack of WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007. You will find these suggestions and steps above this post.

[IMPORTANT UPDATE 12/21: Please read the highlighted instructions below before starting your installation.] 

Customers do not need to install these updates unless they are affected by the specific problems described in the KB articles. These cumulative updates will be rolled in to Service Pack 2.

To keep all the files in a SharePoint installation up-to-date, we recommend that customers install updates in the following sequence:

1. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1

2. The 2007 Microsoft Office Servers Service Pack 1

3. December Cumulative Update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

4. December Cumulative Update for Microsoft Office Servers

After applying the preceding updates, run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard or “psconfig –cmd upgrade –inplace b2b -wait” in command line. This needs to be done on every server in the farm with SharePoint installed.  The version of content databases should be 12.0.0.6335 after successfully applying these updates.

For more in-depth guidance for the update process, we recommend that customers refer to the following articles. These articles provide a correct way to deploy updates, identify known issues (and resolutions), and provide information about creating slipstream builds.

Deploy software updates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288269.aspx

Deploy software updates for Office SharePoint Server 2007

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263467.aspx

The detail of December Cumulative Update (CU) for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 can be found here:

Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 cumulative update package: December 16, 2008 (The link will be active soon)

Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 cumulative update package: December 16, 2008 (The link will be active soon)

Sharepoint 2007 Cumulative Update Pack (December 2008)

Microsoft Sharepoint Team Announces a new update for Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 and Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 on December 17. You can find all detailed instructions and comments on this blog post.

 

Link : http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/12/17/announcing-december-cumulative-update-for-office-sharepoint-server-2007-and-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0.aspx