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6/22/2009 | SoCalCode Camp San Diego SoCalCodeCamp 2009 June 27/28 | | You only have 1 week left to register!!! You don't want to miss this event!! Did you missed TECH - ED? Are you feeling a little behind on some new technologies? or do you just need to geek out with a few hundred of your friends? Then you need to come to the SoCal Code Camp in San Diego to get your summer off to a great start! And it is FREE!!!
Come See some great presenters talk on topics that you want to heard about! over 70 sessions of FREE Content and growing. If you haven't already registered at www.socalcodecamp.com for the upcoming Rock & Roll Code Camp to be held in San Diego- why not take a minute to do it now!?!?
Remember, CODE CAMP IS FREE!!! June 27th & 28th
University of California San Diego (UCSD)
The Rock & Roll Code Camp
Code Camp is a place for developers to come and learn from their peers. This community driven event has become an international trend where peer groups of all platforms, programming languages and disciplines band together to bring content to the community. Here in southern California we add a little spice to our Code Camp by inviting great independent bands to entertain us! Come and join us for this FREE event on Saturday & Sunday, June 27 & 28, 2009 at UCSD Extension on the La Jolla campus. We have capacity for over 100 sessions delivered by your peers, and we'll keep things lively at the geek dinner with some great musical talent! 
Agenda
Rock & Roll Code Camp begins Saturday, June 27th at 8am, and wraps up on Sunday June 28th at 4pm. Topics are always based on community interest and never determined by anyone other than the community. Since content is determined by the developer community it's all about the code and very few power points!
Here's some information about the event agenda so far: Who will be speaking at Code Camp?
YOU are, YOUR PEERS are, and YOUR LOCAL EXPERTS are all are welcome! This is a community event and one of the main purposes of the event is to have local community members step up and offer some cool presentations! Don't worry if you have never given a presentation before, we'll give you some tips if you need help, and this a great opportunity to spread your wings. Of course, we do have some ringers on our speaker list as well. Code Camp Get togethers!!! Pre-Code Camp Get Together - Friday June 26th at Cozymels 4303 La Jolla Village Dr, San Diego, CA 92122, http://www.nerddinner.com/321 for details and to sign up. Geek Dinner - Saturday June 27th at Cozymels in San Diego - We have enough room for the first 100 people that register an sign in AT THE CODE CAMP. Tickets will be given when you check-in on Saturday. 
Biz Spark!! Do you own, or do you know someone who has a software startup company? Do they need free tools and software? Microsoft is now offering the BizSpark program that will give qualified software startups all the Microsoft software and tools they want! If so, contact Woody Pewitt if you have questions or are interested in singing up.? Code Camp Web Site From the Code Camp Web Site you can register, sign up as a speaker, get location details and directions, keep up to date with agenda, sign up for the RSS feed keep an eye on http://www.socalcodecamp.com for more! We hope to see you at Rock & Roll Code Camp! | Reprinted from an mail….. -Ivan Technorati Tags: Developer, CODE, Camp6/15/2009
For more information, please visit the Project Conference Website at http://www.msprojectconference.com. Don't miss your chance to attend Project Conference 2009! See you in September!
The Microsoft Project Conference 2009 Team | projconf@microsoft.com
This year’s conference will exclusively disclose the powerful capabilities included in Microsoft Project 2010 and Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solutions while providing real world guidance on how Microsoft Project 2007 and Microsoft EPM Solutions are helping customers today with Project and Portfolio Management to save money, enhance efficiency and prepare for future growth. With in-depth content and hands-on opportunities to learn about Microsoft Project 2010 and Microsoft EPM Solutions, obtain unique insights into how the next release will continue to support your business tomorrow.
I can only tell ya from the content coming out of the Project Server Team > Documentation, SSRS Reports, Training, Demos, Content, etc… that this may be the conference of the year…. -Ivan 6/12/2009
Microsoft has just released the following Knowledge Base articles (KB972041, KB972042) to address the incorrect calculations of license expiration dates for Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 and Office Communicator (OC) 2007 R2 Evaluation Edition. The current expiration dates were calculated based on build time, causing the OCS 2007 R2 and OC 2007 R2 Evaluation Edition to expire after June 13, 2009. By applying this fix, the expiration date will be correctly based on installation date of the server.
Microsoft encourages its customers to apply necessary updates in their evaluation environment to take full advantages of the evaluation period. Office Communications Server 2007 R2
Office Communications 2007 R2
or
Download the latest version of the software trial after June 15, 2009 -Ivan 6/9/2009
Pretty Cool Stuff > http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/06/01/office-developer-conference-moving-to-sharepoint-conference-2009.aspx
Want to get an in-depth look at Office 2010 for Developers? Want to see what 64-bit Office looks like?
As you may have seen at PDC, TechEd or elsewhere, Office 2010 is on its way. To help you get ready, Office 2010 for Developers will be highlighted at the upcoming SharePoint Conference (October 2009, Las Vegas, NV) and TechEd conferences around the world in 2009 and 2010.
NET: Office Developer Conference will not take place this year; instead we are including the Office Developer Conference content within the SharePoint Conference. If you are an attendee of Office Developer Conference in the past, we strongly recommend you come see us at the SharePoint Conference in October, where we’ll cover Office client development in depth. Be sure to sign up for the Technical Preview as well!
We are optimizing our show presence for developers seeking opportunities to build on the Office platform, which includes Office client applications, SharePoint, Exchange and Communicator. By adding the ODC track to the 2009 SharePoint conference, we can provide better exposure to those seeking to develop solutions across the platform.
-Ivan
6/6/2009
There seems to be more confusion instead of less when it comes to using Explorer View and the various features it supports and why it breaks. I have attempted to summarize the information from a few sources including the whitepaper by Steve Sheppard published in 2006
The files and folders represented in SharePoint do not actually exist as individual items on a file system. They are just representations of file data and properties stored in the SharePoint database. It is only through the complex interactions of a large number of technologies that we can manipulate them as if they were actual files and folders. At a high level, that stack of technologies and their various relationships can be envisioned like this:
Windows WebDAV Client details
The WebDAV support in Microsoft Windows XP is a client only. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 provides both a WebDAV client (the Web Client Service) and a WebDAV server (the WebDAV extension in Internet Information Services 6.0). The client feature is not available on Microsoft Windows 2000. Some of the obvious benefits of building WebDAV client capabilities into the operating system are that it. Provides you with an integrated way to access the Web folders provided by Internet Information Services (IIS) and SharePoint.
- Manages files and folders via WebDAV using Windows Explorer.
- Supports the mapping of drives to a Web folder using Windows Explorer, My Network Places, the Net Use command, or the WNET APIs documented in MSDN.
Because the Web Client Service was built together with the rest of these operating systems, the look and feel of the resources it provides reflect those of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. This is why the icons and the context menu choices on an Explorer View page are similar to those of Windows Explorer when it is using the Web Client Service and WebDAV as the underlying communication mechanism.
Before trying to manage which protocol Explorer View will use, you should first understand the features of each protocol. To that end, we have provided a short list of their features:
Protocol feature comparison chart
|
Feature |
Windows WebDAV |
FPRPC |
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Browse |
Yes |
Yes |
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Open/Save |
Yes |
Yes |
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Win32 APIs |
Yes |
No |
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UNC/Mapped Drive |
Yes |
No |
|
SSL |
No |
Yes |
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Custom Properties |
No |
Yes |
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Alternate encodings |
No |
Yes |
|
Basic Authentication |
Registry change |
Yes |
|
FPSE Integration |
No |
Yes |
|
Root level browsing |
Yes (requires DavWWWRoot) |
Yes |
|
Alternate web ports |
No |
Yes |
After reviewing the features above, you should have a better understanding of the capabilities of each protocol and some idea of why you might want to use one over the other.
DavWWWRoot is a special keyword that alerts the WebDAV client that you are referring to the root of a WebDAV server. A simple validation of this can be obtained by linking a drive to the root of the SharePoint server. An example of using this keyword would be:
Net Use * http://www.dimension-si.com/DavWWWRoot
Because there are two different protocols for accessing data via the SharePoint Explorer View, you may experience two different levels of functionality when accessing the same data. Now that you understand the capabilities of each of these protocols, you can easily tell which is in use by examining a functioning Explorer View page.
The screenshot below is of an Explorer View page rendered using the WebDAV protocol. You will notice two things:
· The folders have the same 3D appearance you typically see in Windows XP.
· The panes on the Explorer Bar and the context menu have a robust set of options that match those in Windows Explorer.
Screenshot of the Explorer View using WebDAV
We have implied that the Web Client Service is more tightly integrated with Windows, therefore, it should come as no surprise that the appearance of the Explorer View when using WebDAV matches that of Windows Explorer.
After looking at the screenshot of the Explorer View using the WebDAV protocol and comparing it to the screenshot below of the Explorer View rendered using the FPRPC protocol, you can easily see the differences:
- The folders have the older, flat appearance of Windows 98.
- The Explorer Bar and the context menu are missing many of the options available when you render the Explorer View using WebDAV.
Screenshot of the Explorer View Using the FPRPC
As we discussed previously, the FPRPC components were built prior to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, and they were designed for a different purpose than the Web Client Service. This explains the difference in the appearance of the icons and context menus.
Reference: Download details- Whitepaper - Understanding and Troubleshooting
-Ivan 5/29/2009Its a pretty cool tool and its FREE 
Organize and Fix Your MusicFixTunes is an easy and powerful program that will fix any missing or misspelled song details, add album artwork, remove duplicates songs and organize your music. Smarter Than Other ProgramsWorks even if you have misspelled or missing song data (unlike iTunes and others). It's Automatic - Typing Not NecessaryLook up and fix all your songs with just a few clicks. Add Album Art to SongsEnjoy your music the way it was meant to be seen. A must have for iPods, iPhones, etc. Edit and Fix MP3 Tags and NamesCorrects and updates Artist, Album, Title, Track, Year and Genre tags. 
This is the first program that works with a very wide assortment of music. From dance, pop, r&b, rap, metal hard rock, classical, house, techno, trance etc…. Its free, I created a playlist of all of my music where I didn't have the album art and it resolved 90% of the album covers… Like all software your experience may vary… Its a pretty cool tool and its FREE… http://www.fixtunes.com/ -Ivan 5/24/2009
FAQ
Q: What’s the difference between April CU and SP2?
A: Office Sustained Engineering team explained the difference on their blog: FAQ concerning Service Pack 2 and the Cumulative Updates for April 2009 for the 2007 Microsoft® Office System and Microsoft Office Servers. To be simple: April CU contains fixes that are not part of SP2. But it includes only a subset of all the files. So if you want to get everything in your farm up-to-date, you need to apply SP2 first, then apply April CU.
Q: Do you have a timeline on the updates? I’m confused.
A: Here’s an example timeline to help you understand the update schedule during 2007~2009. Cumulative Updates are released every two months. Start from April 2009, cumulative updates cannot be applied directly on RTM version of SharePoint installations. SP1 is the minimum requirement, while SP2 is recommended.
Reference http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/default.aspx
Ivan
5/20/2009
Unfortunately, I have been unable to find an OOTB Solution other than the one below.
Information Management Policy > Labels
To insert the SharePoint Version Number setup an Information Management Policy on the Document library that Enables Labels. You then define a Label to insert the current Version number as an image:
- To Enable Versioning: Document Library > Settings > Versioning Settings & choose Create major and minor (draft) Versions Example: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0
- Create a new Information Management Policy on the Document Library, if you have multiple Content Types select the Content Type where Version Numbers have been requested (The Default Content Type for a Document Library is Document). Document Library > Settings > Information Management Policy Settings >Define Policy
- Define a new policy, check "Enable Labels". Do NOT check to Prompt users to insert a label before saving or printing or Prevent changes to labels after they are added.
- Label format: Insert the following (Version Number: {Version} ).
- Note: {Version} is the field that will display the Version number.
- Modify the "Appearance" settings as necessary.
Create a New Document
- Open Word, Create a New Document and Save it to the Document library you just created.
- In the Word Document, click the "insert" tab in the ribbon, then click "Quick Parts" in the "Text" button group. Under "Document Properties" click on "Label" to insert your SharePoint label as an Image.
- Save the Document, and close.
- Reopen the Document and you should see the label change to the actual SharePoint Version number of the Document.
I will provide a Document Template for a Default Document Library, where the Version Number has been inserted into the Footer of the Document in another post
-Ivan
Code Camp is a place for developers to come and learn from their peers. This community driven event has become an international trend where peer groups of all platforms, programming languages and disciplines band together to bring content to the community.
Who is speaking at Code Camp? YOU are, YOUR PEERS are, and YOUR LOCAL EXPERTS are…all are welcome! This is a community event and one of the main purposes of the event is to have local community members step up and offer some cool presentations! Don’t worry if you have never given a presentation before, we’ll give you some tips if you need help, and this a great opportunity to spread your wings. Of course, we do have some ringers on our speaker list as well…stay tuned…
-Ivan
Technorati Tags: SoCal Code Camp 5/19/2009
This year’s conference will be looking towards the future with a broad array of deep content centered on the next version of SharePoint, SharePoint Server 2010 and at the same time be firmly planted in the present, sharing real world experience and guidance to help you maximize your investment in SharePoint Server 2007.
-Ivan
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