Author name: Benoit HAMET

SharePoint – SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit

Microsoft has announced the availability of the first edition of SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit. As usual, you will find additional tools to help administering and configuring SharePoint; like User Profile (a classic ) or Content Management. Few details: · User Profile Replication Engine 2010 (UPRE2010): this tool got a complete overhaul and was converted to

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TMG – FTP over HTTP not allowed and not available at the Enterprise level

You can have the following issue if you try to access to an FTP Server which use FTP over HTTP protocol. This is not unusual as many web server which provide download (such as manufacturers web site for downloading their updated drivers). I was surprised as I configured my TMG EMS to allow FTP protocol.

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Windows 7 – Office 2010 – Deploy it quickly and simply

Microsoft has released on update of his MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) to help achieving Windows 7 and Office 2010 deployments. As part of this update, you will find: For System Center Configuration Manager 2007 customers: New “User Driven Installation” deployment method. An easy-to-use UDI Wizard allows users to initiate and customize operating system and application

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SharePoint 2010 – Pattern and Practices – Developing for SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 introduces rich new areas of functionality that create more choices and fresh opportunities for developers and solution architects. Sandboxed solutions, new options for data modelling and data access, and new client programming models with Silverlight and Ajax integration offer a step change in what you can accomplish with SharePoint applications. This guidance provides

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Various – Twitter – Looking for information published on Twitter?

If you are using Twitter to communicate or be informed, the following may interesting you. As you may know, this is almost impossible to find old information published on Twitter (or very difficult). A friend of mine (old Microsoft colleague) has developed an application to help you to make search and make watch on Twitter.

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SharePoint 2010 – Our new book will be available in 2 weeks

I’m very happy and proud to announce that our new book on SharePoint 2010 will be available in 2 weeks. This is, for now, the only on in French about SharePoint 2010. You can pre order it at Amazon (http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/2746225255?ie=UTF8&tag=siteperson07b-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1642&creative=6746&creativeASIN=2746225255), or any other book store. Here is the information needed: Title: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Publisher:

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Windows Live – Wave 4 – News about synchronization

If you don’t have yet downloaded the beta of the new version, this new feature may interest you. Indeed, as part of this ‘wave’, Live Mesh has been fully integrated within Windows Live and allow you to synchronize folders between multiple computers and the ‘cloud’. But do you know, you can also synchronize your Internet

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SharePoint 2010 – Anonymous access, extended web application and search

Recently, I discovered a strange thing with SharePoint 2010: anonymous access never had any search results while authenticated user had. Here is the situation – you must have Search Application Service and a search center already available: Create web application with the following settings (other don’t matters): Authentication: classic mode Port: 80 Host header: set

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Windows Live – WLE Beta now available

The next version of Windows Live is now available in beta. You can download it from http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials-beta As new feature, you will find the integration of remote access and SkyDrive access (Windows Live Sync), the new Messenger and a new Live Mail and Live Writer. A good thing is the Windows Live Sync can communicate

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