Quick Tips

• Having a filename starting with  a dot. For example, some Adobe AIR installations require a file called .airinstall.cfg. This can not be done from the File explorer, the only way to do it it using the DOS ren command
• In excel services in SharePoint 2007, if you get an error opening an XLS file, try changing it to XLSX (the 2007 format) and this may be the solution.

Good Links November 17, 2008

MOSS SSO Setup step by step: http://thorprojects.com/blog/archive/2008/08/02/moss-single-sign-on-setup-step-by-step.aspx

Microsoft offers Exchange and SharePoint as SAAS: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Microsoft-Shows-SAAS-Launches-Exchange-Online-SharePoint-Online/

SharePoint Videos, podcasts, screencasts, etc : http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/ViewPost.aspx?ID=131

CAML Structure Specification : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313121.aspx

Web Services vs WCF (a funny comparison) : http://keithelder.net/blog/archive/2008/10/17/WCF-vs-ASMX-WebServices.aspx

Good Links, November 8, 2008

SharePoint Guidance released: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203468.aspx

LinqToSql will be obsolete : http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2008/10/31/clarifying-the-message-on-l2s-futures.aspx

Implementing a Brand in a SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd221375.aspx

Application Architecture Guide – v2.0 Beta 1: http://www.codeplex.com/AppArchGuide

a 40 minutes video introduction to M (the new modeling language): http://www.pluralsight.com/community/blogs/jfland/archive/2008/11/04/semi-short-video-on-m-aka-m-is-like-an-onion.aspx 

Great STSADM extensions : http://stsadm.blogspot.com