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2/17/2010

Speaking at the Houston SharePoint User Group - Today!

Speaking about SharePoint 2010 exclusively at the Microsoft Center Houston.

If you have not already registered - please do so at - http://www.h-spug.com

Also, if you have not noticed - we have achieved SharePoint 2010 Front Runner in addition to the other "available" Front Runner programs.

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1/11/2010

Front Runner in multiple technologies

I have been very silent ... we have been aligning our offerings and here's a teaser ... our efforts at being on the bleeding edge are being rewarded, thanks to the man upstairs!

... we (HDC) are now FRONT RUNNERS in:

- Windows Azure

- Windows 7

- Windows 2008 R2

- SQL Server 2008

... our product suite has achieved

... more to come ... Cheers! «±»

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12/14/2009

Part 2 - SharePoint 2010 - tip of the ice-berg

Please mark your calendars for Feb 17th 2010 http://www.h-spug.com - this is the continuation of the Nov event.

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11/24/2009

Presented: SharePoint 2010 - tip of the ice-berg

Here's the crux of what I presented on Nov.18.2009 at http://www.h-spug.org :

Was holding off for our new SharePoint 2010 site … but too many requests and so decided to post the highlights on the current site.

° Installing SharePoint 2010 on a box running a 32bit OS
If you have a machine capable that supports virtualization in the BIOS but is running XP/Vista/Win7 in 32bit mode - here's how you get SharePoint 2010 running on the same box!

1. enable virtualzation in BIOS
2. download and install a virtualization product.
Windows Virtual PC does NOT support a 64-bit host
... so the next best thing is from http://www.virtualbox.org/ - its FREE
3. add a new virtual machine and install Windows 7 64bit -or- Windows 2008 R2
4. download and install SharePoint 2010 http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/try-it/Pages/Trial.aspx

NOTE: This SharePoint setup is all encompasing. First install the pre-requisites - then install sharePoint 2010 and do select the STANDALONE option ... enjoy 2010!

° PowerShell is not just for Admins

The first command “Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell”

PowerShell is in Accessories > Windows PowerShell

° Visula Studio 2010 … run as Administrator

Right Click > Properties > Compatibility > Check “Run … Administrator”

° Single point for SharePoint 2010

http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com

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10/26/2009

Generation 2010 ...

I have been very silent ... this is the calm before the storm!

There is a lot going on with generation 2010 - have been under Microsoft NDA for a while - awaiting the public availability of SharePoint 2010.

The early winds of the storm: have managed to blend in the shadows for so long .... but no more ... so here goes:

1. Speaking at the http://h-spug.com on Nov18.

2. Launching IASA in first quarter ... with generation 2010

3. Launch of our new site aaand ... but only after our customers are taken care of!

For those re-tooling/tooling/wondering, here's a reminder on gen 2010.

1. Do bing/google/yahoo/ask/clusty: Office2010/SharePoint2010/Windows7/Windows2008R2/SQL Server 2008R2 and the beta 2 of VS2010!

2. Microsoft has new programs - the spark series:

https://www.dreamspark.com/default.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/web/websitespark/

http://www.microsoftstartupzone.com/pages/home.aspx (i can help here - if need be)

Utilize the opportunities - learn and grow - and do NOT forget them - once you grow!

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6/2/2009

... more from Microsoft

Am sure a lot of you have heard of http://bing.com by now - but what about http://vine.net - if not take a look ... suffice to say it has tremendous potential in the "people focused environments" ... more to come later... Cheers!«±»

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6/1/2009

Ramp Up!

Another very useful spot for those "re-tooling" themselves - go Ramp Up - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/rampup/default.aspx

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5/27/2009

Upgrade Win7 Beta to RC and Rollback Win7 RC

I have had quite a few calls regarding Win7, both beta and RC - so here goes:

UPGRADING Win7 Beta to RC

> extract iso to a partition on the same box

> open the cversion.ini in sources sub dir

> change the the MinClient to say 6999.0

> save and re-run setup

see detailed article http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/07/delivering-a-quality-upgrade-experience.aspx

ROLLBACK Win7 beta or Win7 RC

This article says Vista - but works flawlessly in our tests for Win7 too http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168

Hope this saves you some time ... Cheers!«±»

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5/15/2009

F# User Group

Some of you may remember our discussion in 2006 about C Omega and F# while there were still in incubation ... then came the announcement of F# debuting in .NET 4.0 ... and now Houston - we have our own F# User Group - click here to see David's blog

Better late than never ... and those of you who know me - know I surface only to breathe and then submerge - so i missed highlighting this earlier!

SideNote: those of you who think F# is only for the Scientific Community and Mathematicians ... well, if you do OO then, I suggest take a look at it first.

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