SharePoint 2010

There is a “small” error in the Application Pool configuration of SP2010:

“Unfortunately when creating a Web Application, SharePoint 2010 uses the SharePoint only property Display Name for the STS application. The STS application is required as part of every SharePoint 2010 Web Application and lives at /_vti_bin/sts.
As the Web Application is being provisioned SharePoint uses the display name, SecurityTokenServiceApplicationPool. This of course doesn’t exist in IIS and so the loading of this application pool for each web application will fail every time IIS starts up. This will result in a 5048 Warning from WAS within the System Event Log (for each Web Application)”

Read more here: http://www.harbar.net/archive/2009/12/16/application-pool-mis-configuration-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx

via @harbars

The activity feed in SharePoint 2010 is very interesting. It is a way to see and read what your co-workers are doing. Most of your actions in SP2010 will end up in the activity feed.

But what about your actions and updates outside the organisation? For instance your twitter account?

I created a class that will import your twitter updates ( through your public timeline rss feed ) and will post those updates to your activityfeed:

This way your colleagues can keep track of your twitter updates too!

After this, it was easy to create a class that would do the same thing for your Blog RSS feed.

All you need is: a profile property where you store your Twitter account name, no password needed. And you use this class to do the rest on a schedule. I used a command line application for it:

For the class TwitterAcitityFeed I used the code sample from here: http://httpcode.com/blogs/PermaLink,guid,b3af80e2-4e6f-41d6-ae93-61950a332a39.aspx as starting point. you are free to use this example, prototype code as is. It seems to work for us on the public beta.

Download the class here: TwitterActivityFeed.cs.txt (10,8 KB).

Ha great, wssdemo.com is running the SP2010 public beta!

Head over there for more information on SP2010.

wssdemo.com

via @waldekm

SP2010 beta 2, finally it is here!

But be advised, currently you should install this on Windows 2008 and NOT Windows 2008 R2!.

during the configuration of the services you will get an error relating to "allowInsecureTransport".

This is fixed by a HotFix for WCF. But the Windows 2008 R2 version is not yet available.

Read more here: http://blogs.msdn.com/opal/archive/2009/11/16/installation-notice-for-sharepoint-2010-public-beta.aspx

Next week I will be attending the SharePoint Ignite training, and thus this week means some catching up on SharePoint 2010, besides checking some of the presentations of the SPC, I found the following stencils pretty handy. There just released by Microsoft, so read-up.

Services

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Services architecture, including and common ways to deploy services in your overall solution design.

Cross-farm Services

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Illustrates how to deploy services across farms to provide centralized administration of services.

Topologies for SharePoint Server 2010

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Describes common ways to build and scale farm topologies, including planning which servers to start services on.

Hosting Environments in SharePoint Server 2010

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Summarizes the support for hosting environments and illustrates common hosting architectures.

Business Connectivity Services Model

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This model poster describes the architecture of Microsoft Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint Server 2010 and provides information about how to create solutions that are based on the service.

Use this model with the following article: Business Connectivity Services overview (SharePoint Server 2010)

SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Planning

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This model covers planning for an upgrade from Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010. It includes information about the following:

• Upgrade requirements: Hardware, operating system, and database
• Upgrade process: specific steps to follow before, during, and after the upgrade

Use this model with the following article: Upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010

SharePoint Server 2010 Upgrade Approaches

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This model helps you understand the in-place, database attach, and hybrid approaches to upgrading from Office SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010.

• See the farm topologies before, during, and after upgrade
• Compare the advantages of each type of upgrade approach

Use this model with the following articles:

• Determine upgrade approach (SharePoint Server 2010)
• Upgrade process overview (SharePoint Server 2010)

SharePoint Server 2010 — Test Your Upgrade Process

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This model explains the methodology for testing the upgrade process before upgrading from Office SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010.

• Understand the goals for testing your upgrade process: customizations, hardware, timing, planning
• See specific steps to follow for testing your upgrade process

Use this model with the following article: Use a trial upgrade to find potential issues (SharePoint Server 2010)

SharePoint Server 2010 — Services Upgrade

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This model covers upgrading services from Office SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010.

• Considerations for specific services: Personalization, Search, InfoPath Forms, Excel, Business Data Catalog, Single Sign-on
• In-place upgrade with services
• Database attach upgrade with services

Choose a tool for business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010

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This model covers an overview of business intelligence in SharePoint Server 2010 and provides you with the following information.

• An overview of each business intelligence service and when you might use the service.
• Architecture for application of the business intelligence services and how they work together in a topology.
• A list of possible data sources for each business intelligence service.