Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 provides a number of compelling improvements designed especially for the system administrator, of these, commonly overlooked, are Managed Accounts. A Managed Account is effectively an Active Directory user account whose credentials are managed by and contained within SharePoint. In addition to storing the credentials of the object, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 can also leverage Active Directory Domain Policies to automatically reset passwords while meeting the requirements established by policy.
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Looking for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 IT Professional curriculum? Microsoft Learning has recently released a new First Look Clinic and Hands on Lab that provides training explaining both new and improved features in addition to deployment, management, and overall administration guidance for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. In addition to deployment and operations you will also learn how to integrate Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 with line of business applications using BCS and troubleshoot common platform issues.
Register to attend the SharePoint 2010: Bits from the Edge Virtual Conference brought to you by SharePoint Connections. Bits from the Edge is free one day online conference for SharePoint Developers February 16th 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. EST and 18th 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. GMT, 2010. On both dates I’ll be presenting a 30 minute session from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. covering several new features in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 designed specifically for the IT Professional and answering any questions you may have related to IT Professional features or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 in general.
Coolness, pure coolness…
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Ham and Cheese
Bacon and Eggs
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Some things are just better together…
Two weeks ago the United States Olympic Committee unveiled its virtual pressroom (USOC PressBox) designed to provide an online media outlet for journalists covering the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as well as providing the best technology and experience to the National Governing Bodies and media covering the United States Olympic & Paralympic Teams, built entirely on SharePoint 2010 and Silverlight, the virtual pressroom provides a wealth of information including real-time Twitter streams.
We’ve published a new post on the SharePoint Team Blog that details the process, procedures, and options for upgrading from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 - read more here…
December 2009 Cumulative Updates are available for download for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
For additional download information and detailed descriptions of the December 2009 Cumulative Update visit the Updates Resource Center for SharePoint Products and Technologies at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb735839.aspx.
Additional Resources
Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and Related Products
Question:
Will the Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture available at www.codeplex.com/governance work with SharePoint 2010?
Answer:
Yes.
Question:
In Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 there is a Timer Job Definition called Gradual Site Delete, will the Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture work when this Timer Job Definition is enabled and what is this Timer Job Definition?
Answer:
Yes, the Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture will work with the Gradual Site Delete Timer Job Definition.
Session abstracts and keynotes have been announced for the 2010 Experts Conference in Los Angeles, CA.
The Experts Conference (TEC) 2010 marks the first ever SharePoint training curriculum for TEC and includes industry recognized speakers and trainers from across the globe providing deep technical sessions to include, but not limited to upgrade and migration, social computing, enterprise and web content management, development, security, and authentication (see also http://tec2010.com/agenda-speakers/sharepoint-training/session-abstracts/ for a sample of session abstracts).