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3/17/2009

March 2009 User Group Meeting – Invitation

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You are invited to the following event:
Riyadh SharePoint User Group Monthly Meeting - March 2009

Date:
Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 12:30 PM - 3:45 PM (GMT+0300)

Location:

Update (Please note the location has been changed to Microsoft Innovation Center at Al-Yamama University)

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3/13/2009

Microsoft DevDrive 2009 - Recap

Finally Microsoft DevDrive 2009 is finished. the event proved to be very nice as we got a chance to meet hundreds of people who are interested to learn new technologies specially SharePoint 2007, Biztalk and Silverlight. For the first time Microsoft Provided a Community Booth to give chance to communities to talk to people about free learning and information Sharing. As part of Riyadh SharePoint User Group we were able to register over 100 people for the community and I was specially amazed to see that so many people are looking to learn SharePoint 2007. I admit that our reach is far less than I was expecting when I started Riyadh SharePoint User group. But this event has given us chance to introduce our community of Developers, end users and implementers. My fellow colleague and RSUG Lead Ali Nimer helped me alot during the event. Here are some of the images for the event. I was unable to take more pictures because we were so busy.

Thanks to Ammar Abuthuraya from Microsoft for providing us lot of giveaways and material for the community.

I will post more pictures of the events once I have them from Ali.

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3/4/2009

Microsoft DevDrive 2009

Drive your business to success!

Just like the best racing drivers depend on the latest and most advanced technology to maximize their performance, you too need the right tools and technologies in order to stay ahead.

If you're a designer or a developer who builds applications on Windows or web platform, join us at the Microsoft DevDrive 2009 event. Come and discover how our new products and technologies can help you build state-of-the-art solutions that can save you money and time especially in the current economic situation.

Gain insight into the latest technological advances and tools like Visual Studio Team System, .NET 3.51 (including ASP.NET 3.51, WPF 3.51), Silverlight and Expression. Discuss topics like next-generation web applications, innovative designs, rich user experience, Windows Communication Foundation and Internet Explorer 8. Learn how to use technology to increase your customer usage, satisfaction and impact the bottom line.

There's also an opportunity for Q&A with Microsoft experts, and a chance to engage with our partners and network with IT experts like you. Drive down to the Microsoft DevDrive 2009 event and stay ahead with the latest technology.

March 11th at Al-Yamama University, Riyadh

The Microsoft Team

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2/8/2009

Quick Silverlight Tip: "InitializeError #2103 - Invalid or malformed application" what is it and how to deal with it?

VIA http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/alex_golesh/archive/2008/07/22/quick-silverlight-tip-quot-initializeerror-2103-invalid-or-malformed-application-quot-what-is-it-and-how-to-deal-with-it.aspx

How to fix Quick Silverlight Tip: "InitializeError #2103 - Invalid or malformed application" what is it and how to deal with it?

Posted at 2:18 PM by Jerry Yasir | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

Visual Studio 2010 CTP Download

Click the link below to download the CTP of VS.NET 2010.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=922B4655-93D0-4476-BDA4-94CF5F8D4814&displaylang=en

But remember that VM is expired so you have do some work around to make it work.

VIA http://blogs.msdn.com/briankel/archive/2007/09/06/a-more-reliable-and-faster-download-experience-for-rosario-vs08-vpc-s.aspx

###Select This Section and Copy It (CTRL+C) For Visual Studio 2010 September 2008 CTP - Do Not Include This Line###

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/4/97467b12-d04b-463f-b703-0e334c177799/VisualStudio2010CTP_11PartsTotal.part01.exe

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/4/97467b12-d04b-463f-b703-0e334c177799/VisualStudio2010CTP_11PartsTotal.part02.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/4/97467b12-d04b-463f-b703-0e334c177799/VisualStudio2010CTP_11PartsTotal.part03.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/4/97467b12-d04b-463f-b703-0e334c177799/VisualStudio2010CTP_11PartsTotal.part04.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/4/97467b12-d04b-463f-b703-0e334c177799/VisualStudio2010CTP_11PartsTotal.part05.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/4/97467b12-d04b-463f-b703-0e334c177799/VisualStudio2010CTP_11PartsTotal.part06.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/4/97467b12-d04b-463f-b703-0e334c177799/VisualStudio2010CTP_11PartsTotal.part07.rar

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http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/4/97467b12-d04b-463f-b703-0e334c177799/VisualStudio2010CTP_11PartsTotal.part09.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/4/97467b12-d04b-463f-b703-0e334c177799/VisualStudio2010CTP_11PartsTotal.part10.rar

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You can use flash get or any download manager to do it.

http://blogs.msdn.com/briankel/attachment/4801607.ashx

VIA http://blogs.msdn.com/briankel/archive/2008/10/27/visual-studio-2010-ctp-vpc-dealing-with-activation-messages.aspx

Disable toe VM Clock

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/11/28/disabling-time-synchronization-under-virtual-pc-2007.aspx

Posted at 12:01 PM by Jerry Yasir | Category: Development | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

Visual Studio 2008 Extensions for SharePoint 1.3 CTP

Can be installed on x64 Server OS machines running SharePoint x64. Previously only x86 Server OS could be used.
Separate build commands for package, deploy and retract are added.
Command line build, package and retract commands are included enabling continuous integration and build servers. Previously command line build of SharePoint projects was very difficult.
Refactoring support for renaming of Web Parts. Previously renaming a web part required changes in several files in the project.
WSP View improvements for consistency of deleting feature elements, merging features and adding event receivers to features.
Solution Generator can now generate solutions from publishing sites. Previously only regular sites could be generated.
Allowing partial trust BIN deployments of web parts. CAS configuration must still be provided by the developer.
New project item template for SharePoint RootFiles items.
Deployment will now optionally remove conflicting existing features on the development server prior to redeployment. Previously any feature name conflicts would result in an error.
Ancillary assemblies such as for business logic can now be added to the SharePoint Solution WSP.
Hidden features related to Site Definition projects are now shown in WSP View. They are no longer hidden.
For advanced users a fast deploy is included to update only the compiled assembly on the SharePoint development installation.
The User Guide is now installed with the extensions instead of being a separate download.

https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/Downloads.aspx?SiteID=428

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Configuring Forms Authentication on SharePoint 2007

http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/windows-forms/configuring-forms-authentication-in-sharepoint-2007/

The above article will give you step by step guide on how to configure the forms authentication.

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/BomBom/Forms-Authentication-with-SharePoint/

The above one is a video screen cast of how to do it.

Few More Links.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/sharepoint/SharePointFBA1of2.aspx

http://old.markharrison.co.uk/blog/2008/02/sharepoint-forms-based-authentication.htm

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2/7/2009

RSUG Monthly Meeting – February - SharePoint Advanced Topics for Developers and Administrators

Dear Members,

We are back. First of all Happy New year and best wishes, we would like to thank all of you for attending our past events and making them successful. We will continue our efforts to make this group even better than ever.

SharePoint Advanced Topics for Developers and Administrators
Meeting Overview:

We Riyadh SharePoint User Group leads are pleased to welcome you on our next public meeting on Thursday, February 12, 2009. The purpose of this meeting is to dive into detailed topics of SharePoint that were initiated in the previous events. This time the topics will include web part development using Silverlight and SharePoint Designer, administration and upgrading Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. We will have Mr. Abdurrahman Al-Qahtani from Microsoft and Mr. Tariq Younas who is SharePoint consultant at ARAMCO.

First 5 Registered users will win Office Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 T-Shirt during the event. Attend and get chances to win handy gifts from Microsoft.

Meeting Details:

Speaker(s):

Tariq Younas | SharePoint Consultant | ARAMCO | President Dot Net | SharePoint hotshots Community

Jerry Yasir | SharePoint Consultant | Ejada | RSUG Community Lead

Abdurrahman Al-Qahtani - | Technology Specialist – SharePoint | Microsoft

Date: Thursday, February, 12, 2009

Time: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Ejada – Al-Umam Commercial Building – Salah UD Din Street (Sitten) Malaz, Riyadh Office 604, 6th Floor

Meeting Agenda:

Agenda Item	Speaker	Start Time	End Time
Welcome Note and Introduction	Jerry Yasir	12:00 PM	12:05 PM
Upgrading WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0	Tariq Younas	12:05 PM	12:30 PM
Break (Tea and Snacks)		12:30 PM	12:45 PM
Developing Silverlight Web Parts for SharePoint 2007	Jerry Yasir	12:50 PM	2:00 PM
Using SharePoint Designer 2007 for building SharePoint web sites	Abdurrahman	2:05 PM	3:15 PM
Q & A / Closing / Tea / Giveaways Distribution		3:15 PM	3:30 PM