Nevertheless, if you were looking for a copy of the slides, they’re available here:

For those running SharePoint 2007 on Windows Server 2003 / 2003 R2:

cscript c:\windows\system32\iisapp.vbs /a "%SharePointApplicationPool%" /r

where %SharePointApplicationPool% is the application pool that needs to be recycled. Note that iisapp.vbs resides within %systemroot%\system32\

For those running SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2010 on Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2:

appcmd recycle apppool /apppool.name:%SharePointApplicationPool%

where %SharePointApplicationPool% is the application pool that needs to be recycled.  Note that appcmd resides within %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv

The alternative for this of course is just to go in IIS Manager 6 or 7, select the application pool associated with the web application that requires recycling and recycle the pool manually through the UI.

References:

• Recycle an Application Pool on Demand (IIS 6)
• Recycle an Application Pool on Demand (IIS 7)

There have been several great discussions by Sahil Malik, Jeremy Thake, Srini Sistla, Mike Watson and many others about the power of Sandboxed Solutions. All great points regarding their power – and trust me, in many ways it’s a game changer in delegating the ability to devs to write extensible code that can do more than what SharePoint Designer was ever meant for.

There are some considerations to think about however… and if you’re wondering, “Well what are they?” then I recommend hopping on over to MSDN to read more at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee231562.aspx

A closing thought though… if you’re looking for complete freedom with your solutions and have the need to arch across site collections… then you need something that’s freeing and non-restricting. So for those of you that are studying for your SATs or GREs, you could use the analogy that Sandboxed Solutions are to Briefs as Farm Solutions are to Boxers.

Happy Developing!

The document is available in two flavours, doc and pdf and available here for download:

Upgrading to SharePoint 2010 – Version 3, Released 17 January 2001

Group Policy for Microsoft Office 2010 Version 2, released on 17 January 2011

Unfortunately a change log page is not included within the document, thereby preventing us from knowing exactly what changed.

The best part of the hub in my opinion is the ability to customize it and add additional modules that meet your organization or business unit’s needs to ensure that your implementation is actually serving them from a business perspective rather than just humming away as another file share replacement.

Well, like most technology solutions, there are updates and enhancements.  On 17 January 2011, Microsoft released such an update for the Productivity Hub for SharePoint 2010. So, if you’re looking to just download and implement with the content packs – fear not, it’s simply and easy by just heading over to the Microsoft Download Center at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=4aaa9862-e420-4331-8bc3-469d7bae0ff1

However, if you’re feeling crafty and are looking to customize this product, it’s available on CodePlex from the team that created it (thanks RedTech!) at:

http://productivityhub.codeplex.com/

The key enhancement to the Productivity hub in this case is that of the customization documentation to provide guidance when crafting the Hub for your implementation’s UX.

Back in May 2010, Microsoft released several documents and extensions to assist with configuring the SharePoint v3 (or v12 depending on how you look at it) platform to federate with AD FS 2.0 – allowing for claims authentication federation.

Requirements

• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Identity Foundation
• Microsoft Federation Extensions for SharePoint 3.0

So how do I do this you ask?  Microsoft used to have a document out on Connect for this, but it’s now gone RTW.  The document is available here:

• Federated Document Collaboration Using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with AD FS 2.0
• Configuring SharePoint 2007 AAM applications with AD FS 2.0 (TechNet)
• Microsoft Federation Extensions for SharePoint 3.0 – Windows Identity Foundation (MSDN)

Couple things to make note of…

• Don’t install AD FS 2.0 on the same server as SharePoint.  This should be a no brainer similar to “do not use a basic install” of SharePoint on any server.
• To keep search and other capabilities operational, leave the default zone as Integrated/NTLM Auth. This allows your crawler to still operate in its regular fashion.
• The federation capability really should only be leveraged for extranet / internet situations and not for use for all zones of users. Sure it’s great that claims auth with WSS v3 is there and supported, but let’s not get too zealous just yet
• Get comfy with editing your web.config if you aren’t already so that you’re able to use the claims-based role and membership providers – if you’ve set this up for SharePoint 2010, then it should seem like old hat to you. Better yet, work with your developers to craft up a solution package that updates the web.config for you so that you’re not violating the laws of thermodynam… I mean good source control practices.
• Note that if you’re building this into a multi-server farm, the extension bits have to be installed across all servers – yes, that’s right, it’s not a solutions package and won’t copy across all the servers for you. That’s not to say that the web.config couldn’t be updated via solution package though per the previous bullet.

Just think of the applications though, you can keep your WSS v3 / MOSS 2007 farm operational and federate with the partner organizations that you’ve been looking to let into your system while building a transition path to move to SharePoint 2010 using Claims whole heartily. 

Last thoughts… how cool is it that you can actually have a better client integration environment with the extensions that weren’t available with the ADFS v1 authentication provider with Windows Server 2003 R2.

These recently published documents this first week of January 2011 include:

1/3 – SharePoint Foundation Server 2010 Deployment Guide
1/4 – Capacity Planning for SharePoint Server 2010
1/4 – Planning for Sites and Solutions for SharePoint Server, Part 1
1/4 – Planning for Sites and Solutions for SharePoint Server, Part 2
1/4 – Planning for Server Farms for SharePoint Server 2010

Also something that was snuck in at the end of the year that may be helpful for all the IT Pro Individuals out there – Microsoft has released a Help File doc that contains all SharePoint Server 2010 content on TechNet through 12/17/2010 here:

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 IT Pro Content – CHM

There’s also a SharePoint Foundation Server 2010 document available here:

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Server 2010 IT Pro Content – CHM

Happy reading!

Seem like you just got the good bits for the October 2010 Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2010? Just like that *snap* the December 2010 Cumulative Update is available.

The cumulative updates contain several fixes that go across the entirety of the platform from REST to Search to e-mail notifications that should be sent to task assignee’s.

Information Articles for December 2010 Cumulative Updates:

SharePoint Foundation Server 2010 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2459108
SharePoint Server 2010 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2459257
Project Server 2010 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2459258

Windows SharePoint Services v3 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2458606
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2458605

Full server downloads from the automated hotfix system available at:

SharePoint Foundation Server 2010 (x64 – 50.5 MB) – http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=2459125
SharePoint Server 2010 (x64 – 325 MB) – http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=2459257
Project Server 2010 (x64 – 330 MB) – http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=2459258

Windows SharePoint Services v3 (x86 – 29.5 MB, x64 – 33.4 MB) – http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=2458606
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 (x86 – 63.7 MB, x64 – 60.5 MB) http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=2458605

Please be aware that there are some known issues with the SharePoint 2010 Cumulative Updates which may incur issues with some functionality, namely this:

Important notes about the cumulative update package

• The Microsoft Office 2010 hotfixes are now multilingual. This cumulative update package contains updates for all languages.
• This cumulative update package includes all the server component packages. Additionally, this cumulative update package updates only those components that are installed on the system.

Known issue 1
Consider the following scenario:

• You install the Cumulative Update in this KB article on a SharePoint 2010 server.
• You restart the server as it prompts you at the end of the installation.
• You run the Psconfig.exe tool after the server restarts.

In this scenario, you see an error page when you access the Manage User Profile page in Central Administration.

Workaround

To work around this issue, follow these steps:

1. Open the Central Administration page.
2. Click Manage Services on the Server link.
3. Find the User Profile Synchronization service, and then restart the service on the Server.aspx page.
4. Perform iisreset after the service restarts successfully.

Known issue 2

2490381 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2490381/ ) You cannot create an AD DS synchronization connection that has multiple domains selected after you install the Cumulative Update in either KB 2459257 or KB 2459258

(Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2459257)

As always, be sure to install cumulative updates in a testing environment prior to implementation on a production system.

Lastly remember that for SharePoint 2010, you only need to download the patch for the product you’re working with whereas with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 you’ll need both the WSS v3 patch and the MOSS 2007 patch.

They’re available now on the Microsoft Download Center at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=88e03d22-8f42-4c9d-94ef-d8e48322d677

Just drop them in your My Documents > My Shapes folder and they’ll show up in Visio in My Shapes within the Visio Application.

For the IT Pro Stencils, check out this article for more information:

http://www.sharepointdan.com/2010/11/01/visio-stencil-for-office-it-pros/