Sharepoint 2010 administration...Shell is powered again,stsadm remains..Cut the ribbon..reduce the clicks

Yes .Those who have 64 bit and windows 7 must have installed sharepoint 2010 you may now can administer it more efficiently than 2007 administration because
2007 administration need more clicks,time and patience as sharepoint 2010 administration
1.We have sharepoint central administration 4.0 web UI to manage farm,webapplications with Ribbon.And the ribbon is so context censitive that it shows all settings and menus of currently selected application\site\solution\document\item.It boosts productivity a lot as it is just simmiliar to office 2010 ribbon.
Moreover it can be customised.
2.Stsadm command interface for administrator is supported but we have better tool Now......PowerShell really powerful
3.ManyThird party tool for sharepoint administration are coming up and already build for both 2007 and 2010
4.Easy upgrade options and better health\performance analysers are new add ins
So if you want to see summary of whole new world of sharepoint 2010 administration with supported screens and commands check out below slide show

New World Of SharePoint 2010 Administration Oleson

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Thanks Joel.

Those who already feel they know good amount of sharepoint 2007 administration can actually watch this video of tech ed very nicely described by Ian about even a bit of architecture



From last many days I am planning to dedicate post to one person many of you may not know but I am not getting nice picture of that person none the less I have many personalities that keep inspiring me along the journey called my life and Mr. Subrato Bagchi is one such person whose books Go Kiss the world and The professional keep giving me always renewed energy and zeal.This for you Subrato Sir.Keep writing

I Installed Sharepoint.....Now what......Administer sharepoint centrally.....

Now that you have sharepoint right in front of you you must be going mad and crazy about sites and applications and templates and what not.Also impatiently waiting for next steps.Chill friends I will tell you what next and it is really click next next save or finish in sharepoint for creating sites or web applications but before that you must do few common and required administration and configuration tasks.Once you login to machine where sharepoint is installed as an administrator obviously first go to start-> All Programs->Sharepoint Central Administration 3.0 on moss 2007\win2k3 setup.It will open Ready to use web interface to create and manage web applications in IE.Since you logged in as administrator you are authorised to see this interface.First thing you will notice is few tasks are assigned to you since you are by default farm administrator now.What are these tasks and how to perform each one we will discuss one by one.But rest assured you don't need all of them completed or configured readily now.Relax.
What you must remember is this central admin tool and its url.As you will need this to manage anything and everything in a farm to be specific sharepoint farm in object model its refereed as SPFarm
What appears in central administration is nicely and shortly explained here.While this article says what all we can do using central administration is shown in this quick start.Following Video Will give you overview of central administration



Thanks to you tube it has become fantastic e-learning tool So Obviously This post is dedicated to Inventors of YouTube Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim

Oh No 2007..I want 2010 man

Yes Yes brother and sisters I understand...You all are super duper techies and upgraded guys n gals...We are in 2011 and everyone wants to know about 2010 and not 2007 and work on latest.Good but to be very frank those who worked or have knowledge of 2007 will always have upper hand in 2010 too as core concepts like object model,planning and deployment,administration and configuration concepts are similar or extended from 2007. Though you can directly start on 2010, I would advise to c;ear and practice basics of 2007.It will also help during migration and maintenance kind a project.

The best way if you need Sharepoint 2010 on your lappy or desktop is to check first if your processor is 64 bit and if not then upgrade bro there is no way cause on metal or virtual sharepoint 2010 needs processor to be 64 bit.......So you have good reason to ask your big bro or declare your dad that you need new lappy or workstation.....those who already have it guys start study you can't give any reason ok ? and neither you will get new beautiful 64 bit but guys like you and me  can blackmail new 32 bit players who will upgrade for treat cause they will need our help and they have new machine also.

MS guys have given on metal how can you have sp2010 dev environment here but if you are virtual vhd guy then goto  download 2010 info worker vhd . On this vhd but, you will need to install Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010 SDK.

And fans of virtual pc 2007 will be disappointed a bit as2010 info worker vhd  VM requires HyperV R2. Virtual PC is not supported because there is no support for 64bit guest in Virtual PC. If you have VMWare you could use some tools to convert the .vhd to .vmdk and use it in VMWare.Don't worry all freebies VMWare is paid but sun virtual box is not and Sharepoint 2010 can be ran on sun virtual box too.
Sun’s VirtualBox is free, and an interesting option.  It’s the only virtualization tool I know of that let’s you run a 64-bit guest on a 32-bit host. On the downside, it doesn’t have good snapshot support, and it won’t let me hand over more that half my RAM to the guest.Stuart discusses virtualisation option in detail here and if you wanna build on metal or in virtual check out this wiki

So Friends I gave you latest technology on your laptop or desktop so you can send me thanking comments and all but more than that I would be happy if you post all the issues you are facing so that I will try to answer or redirect you to proper KB..

Those still struggling and on 32 bit wish to have 3GB switch and need step by step guidance refer below

Virtual Box Sharepoint2010

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Pictorially sharepoint 2010 dev is represented by our friend below

Finally I dedicate this post to Mr. Shiv Khera whose books keep me inspiring and doing more...

.Thanks a lot shiv keep writing..

I want sharepoint on my lappy or desktop

Yeah cool down....demanding fellow devloper.It is possible and I am gonna give it
If you do not have net connection in that case what you need is a lappy or desktop with  recommended 2 GB ram and windows xp with latest service pack and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 installed on top of it.Once that is ready download.While downloading please see what your os is xp anyways is 32 bit but if you have vista there might be possibility of having 64 bit flavour  in that case 64 bit Microsoft virtual pc need to be downloaded and installed.Now in Virtual pc console you can add existing virtual machine which you need to download at Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 Developer Evaluation VPC Image.While adding new machine make sure you select windows server 2003 as os and memory recommended you give is 1024 MB out of 2GB available.

Other VHDs available on Microsoft on technet are here. It seems Microsoft Has removed dev vpc image for moss 2007 if you need it contact some body who earlier downloaded it.But still if you get nobody I have one and I share it with developers who attend my sessions which i conduct in pune,maharashtra,india.Another alternative is use Microsoft BI image or dynamic crm image as Moss 2007 image but that's very huge download but a good last option.The links for download are below

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

If you are ready to provide your info to one of Microsoft gold partner they provide download facility here

 Remember that none of this VHD image can be used or attempted to be used for internal or external production purpose it is only for developers like us cheers.If you have product key for moss 2007 and wish to do sample installation on VHD this is fantastic codeproject resource step by step .

Our friend at pptspaces.com also has explained following steps to build MOSS 2007 environment

Part 1: Getting Started, Installing IIS, and Installing .NET Framework 2.0

Part 2: Installing and Configuring POP3 Email

Part 3: Installing and Configuring Outlook 2007

Part 4: Installing and Configuring the .NET Framework

Part 5: Installing SQL Server 2005

Part 6: Configuring SQL Server 2005

Part 7: Installing SQL Server 2005 SP1

Part 8: Creating the MOSS Accounts

Part 9: Installing and Configuring the MOSS 2007 Application

Part 10: Setting Up Internet Explorer Web Browser Security

Part 11: Starting Services

Part 12: Creating a Shared Services Provider

Part 13: Configuring Search Settings

Part 14: Configuring Outgoing E-mail

Part 15: Creating the Portal

Part 16: Installing SharePoint Designer 2007

Part 17: Installing Office 2007 Applications

Part 18: Installing Warm-up Scripts

Part 19: Optimizing the MOSS 2007 VPC Image

Part 20: Creating a Virtual PC Differencing Disk

In a nutshell following diagram represents environment requirement and application\components of moss

This diagram is kind of a summary of what we discussed til now .Thanks codetechsolutions.

This was for wss 3.0 and moss 2007 online or offline dev environments what about 2010 we will see in next post. So build your environment or start using Microsoft virtual labs for becoming sharepointer :).Do post your questions issues and comments.I will try my best to suggest resolution or direct it to right chap. Cheers and Happy sharepoint weekend to all....

Last but not least I wish to dedicate this post to Annaji Hazare who is fighting against corruption in india.

I salute and support you Annaji

What I need to become sharepointer

Sorry friends last week I could not post anything last week.But My work,responsibilities is increased and I wanted to balance it and take control of situation.Cheers I have managed to do it.You must be wondering what do actually one needs to start on sharepoint.We need only a thin computer with browser preferably IE 6.0 and above  and an 3mbps Internet connection wireless or wired with preferably windows OS.If you have windows live account it will be great if not you can open one here .
Now You can start by opening virtual labs at Technet or msdn

There are offline options also which I will post in next few hours.Now let me grab my lunch and keep sharepointing . I will dedicate this post to BharatRatna Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar whose 120th birth anniversary we just celebrated.He was the symbol of equality and inspiration to lot of students

Practical Knowledge of sharepoint is Free too :)

Today evening I  was alone at home and got bored of theory and reading so I decided to do Hands on practical on sharepoint....But what about dev environment,64 bit vhd etc.....Don't Worry if there is will there is a way....Microsoft has hosted virtual labs for developers free...What you need is just high speed net connection and a hotmail account....I just completed Visual Webpart and Connected webpart development on msdn virtual labs...its very step by step and straightforward......Thanks god Knowledge is free.....Here I remind myself Nobel Laurette Guru Tagore's lines

Where head is held high,Where Minds are not broken into narrow domestic walls
Where Knowledge is free into That heaven of freedom Oh my father let my country awake...

I dedicate my this post to Guru Ravindranatm Tagoreji 

Is Sharepoint Free or paid?

That's the key these days in IT.Cost savings,leveraging on existing investment is really important and Microsoft understands this.Windows sharepoint services 3.0(WSS 3.0) is free if you have windows server 2003 edition.Windows sharepoint services 3.0 needs SQL and if you wish to save SQL server licence cost you can go for SQL server express edition which comes inbuilt with WSS 3.0 installer.
But obvious WSS 3.0+SQL server express combination has limited set of features as compared to its Paid counterpart,MOSS(Microsoft Office sharepoint server )2007.
MOSS comes in standard and enterprise editions.This is beautifully represented in following diagram

This diagram guides at high level what to choose depending on what feature and functionality you want in organisation.The very details of comparison are available in excel at Sharepoint Editions Comparison Sheet .Keep this excel handy.Finally I want to tell you all that all the images used in this blog are not mine and wherever possible I have mentioned references but some image\digram references I could not find like the above one.Sorry and thanks to creators of images like above

SharePoint Can be used for.....

Fantastic that everyone needs to know sharepoint in enterprise.But what are the applications of sharepoint for organisation.As I said,Sharepoint is enterprise collaboration platform whenever enterprise thinks that people or existing softwares or both need to collaborate effectively and efficiently please think of sharepoint first.Because with sharepoint it can be facilitated in less time as it has ready to use funcional modules.In business terms sharepoint is used in organisations for one or more of following

• Central document repository.....Document Management System
• Workflow..................................Business Process Automation\Management System
• Reports......................................Business Intelligence\Report Center\Dashboard
• Collaboration in team................Team site\Project site\Knowledge Management System\ Intranet
• Content Author\Edit\approve.....Web Content Management System\Internet
• Collaboration in systems...........Enterprise Application Integration\Line Of Business Integration
• Searching Documents and Content......................................Search Center
• Complex calculations................Excel Services

This is pictorially represented on msdn using following nice diagram

A pictures speaks more than Thousand Words.......I wish I could have been graphics guys...No worries..The Point is many more applications which can configured and customised and made operational in no time with total control on governance and security of applications,users and content with sharepoint.

We will discuss in more details each of this term and Relation of above with each role mentioned previously in next post.Happy weekend and enjoy...

What is there in it for me?Why should one need to know about sharepoint?

Oh that's very rude of you :) just kidding.There are various softwares and products and technologies coming everyday and we need to evaluate technology before
1. we invest our time to learn or invest infrastructure and resources as individual or organisation.
2. But sharepoint is like already invested into by millions and and not in last two-three years but last 10 years. and Incidently today is Sharepoint's Anniversary.....Let us wish happy birthday sharepoint
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/Pages/BlogPost.aspx?pID=968
3.Yes sharepoint today is decade old platform started with Sharepoint Portal Server 2001.
4.Every individual working in the ecosystem of any enterprise needs to know more or less about sharepoint.As a survey indicates those who know sharepoint are more preferred for job or promotion over those who don't

Apart from above,Sharepoint has something or other of interest for everyone in IT andBusiness
1.Business Analyst
2.Designer
3.Developer
4.Tester
5.Architect
6.Managers(HR,Marketing)
7.Data Entry Operators\receptionist
8.IT head
9.IT administrators
10.Content Editors
11.Content authors
12.Teachers
13.Students
What is use for everyone I will cover in next topic.Stay tuned.Let me catch my office bus now.

Let us sharepoint

Hi friends,
My apologies for not posting in couple of days but I have valid excuse :).Yesterday was a Hindu new year and GudhiPadwa a festival to mark same,also I joined new company.To read my poem wishing everyone happy new year click Sankalp Nave . None the less today I am gonna discuss very basic thing for those who just heard sharepoint but don't know what it is.

1. What Is SharePoint?
* Sharepoint is application software which facilitates collaboration among people and other softwares by providing various ready to use(out of the box,OOTB\OOB) templates,definitions,automated workflows and generic functionalities like announcement,blog,task,survey etc.

2. How Microsoft refers sharepoint?
*Microsoft refers it as Enterprise Collaboration Platform.

3.Why Enterpise?What is so unique about sharepoint?
*Yeah.This is my favourite question.Sharepoint is good than its other competitors because it can be configured to adhere policies,rules and guidelines of organisationwide content like documents,spreadsheets,images,slides etc.It is good candidate for governance and security of large amount of content produced or shared in enterprises.

Friends I got to go office so will catch you tomorrow.Cheers Enjoy Sharepointing and do ask Questions..

Introduction

Hi Friends,
I am Indrajit and I am working in software field for around 6 years.Most of my experience revolves around asp.net,c# and share point.My hobbies are reading books,learning new things and Making friends and writing poems.Today I have decided to share what is share point for asp.net developers.So keep following this blog if you also wish to become sharepointer :)
Cheers,
Indrajit