SharePoint 2010 and Application Pool Passwords

If by any chance you ran across the need to recover the Application Pool Password(s) in either WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007, they were stored in an unsecure and clear text fashion. Like illustrated nicely in the listed blog postings below:

1. http://www.zimmergren.net/archive/2009/05/18/recoverfetch-the-application-pool-password.aspx
2. http://bloggingabout.net/blogs/bas/archive/2009/05/28/applicationpool-password-stored-as-plain-text-withing-sharepoint.aspx

That has changed in SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint 2010, the methods in the Object Model have been deprecated. Furthermore, when they are called you receive an error which leads to have to handle it correctly.

That certainly is a step forward to securing the Application Pool Passwords.

ASP.Net MVC 3 Beta Released today!

Today quite a few goodies were released:

• NuPack
• ASP.Net MVC 3 Beta Download
• WebMatrix Beta 2

Very interesting changes in ASP.Net MVC 3, the razor engine is a welcome addition. While it is a different way of coding, it has a hint of the throwing ASP and C# together. A WebGrid has been added to the controls, much needed in my opinion.

But do not take my word for it you can read all the details at Scott Guthrie's blog and Phil Haack's blog posting.

Last but not least a roadmap for ASP.Net MVC is available as well.

Enjoy!

Fab 40 Templates Updated for SharePoint 2010

The Fabulous 40 Templates were available for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, khalil has done an excellent job in updating these to SharePoint 2010. They are not all fully available yet, but he has quite a few already updated.

They are available at: http://techsolutions.net/Blog/tabid/65/EntryId/17/Fab-40-Templates-for-MOSS-2010.aspx

WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 June 2010 Cumulative Update

Microsoft released on June 29, 2010 the June 2010 Cumulative Updates, they are available for download:

• WSS 3.0 June 2010 Cumulative Updates
• MOSS 2007 June 2010 Cumulative Updates

Have also updated the list of the SharePoint Levels in a previous post – Determining the current SharePoint Level, in order to make it easier to keep track of all the versions.

Great Blog Posting of "Advice to Microsoft"

After being in the SharePoint world for 8+ years you end up in a variety of situations in which you love the product, but on the other hand one ends up analyzing work performed by entities in which it really is hard to see or find the "Gold" itself.

A lot of issues like the previously mentioned bring up issues that should be addressed sooner than later to improve SharePoint itself.

The blog posting named "Microsoft - A quick word of advice" is one of my personal favorites because it does highlight and clearly convey genuine issues that Microsoft certainly needs to address.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Updated SharePoint Levels Blog Posting

Have updated the previous SharePoint Levels Blog posting to reflect and include the April 2010 Cumulative Updates.

SQL Server 2008 R2 has RTM'ed

Get ready to start downloading, SQL Server 2008 R2 has reached RTM status.

Head on over to MSDN to download.

WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 April 2010 Cumulative Update

The April 2010 Cumulative Update has been released for:

WSS 3.0
MOSS 2007

You can select either 32 or 64 bits.

Installation of Office 2010 RTM

With the recent release of Office 2010 RTM decided to go ahead and un-install the Office 2010 Beta 2, everything seemed to uninstall smoothly except at the end I received a 1402 error indicating that it could not open a specific item in the registry. 

After checking the registry for any problems, found myself still scratching myself without an answer. Decided to be a little risky and force a refresh with secedit, opened the command prompt and typed in:

“secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose”

Once the command completed, attempted the un-installation of Office 2010 Beta 2 once more, this time it was successful.

This might not work for everyone, but in my case it worked great!

Office and SharePoint 2010 just released to MSDN Subscribers!

If you are itching for the RTM versions of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010, this should be music to your ears. As of today morning, both have been added to the downloads.

Go ahead and start downloading!

Windows 7 SP1 Beta Leaked?

Most of Computer Users in general have either moved to Windows 7 or at the very least considered the move. That said, it was quite interesting to find out that there are rumors of a Windows 7 Service Pack 1 that was leaked into the wild.

More details at:

http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/04/windows_7_sp1_beta_build_7601_leaked.html

Testing PowerPoint Web Application in a Real World Scenario

Recently, had the opportunity to demo the beauty of using Skydrive in conjunction with Office Web Applications. The result was far better than expected:

1. Uploaded a PowerPoint Presentation to SkyDrive
2. Logged into SkyDrive
3. Viewed the Uploaded PowerPoint Presentation

The scenario was a usual one: “Why carry my laptop or USB Thumb Drive with me?”. That said, connected to a PC connected to a projector and initiated the presentation. The attendees did notice that it did not look entirely like PowerPoint, yet it did seem very close to it.

Results: The presentation worked perfectly with the added bonus of being able to use my clicker without a single problem.

Hope that other readers can take advantage of this great functionality as well!

February 2010 Cumulative Updates for SharePoint

Microsoft release on February 23, 2010 the February 2010 Cumulative Updates, they are available for download:

• WSS 3.0 February 2010 Cumulative Updates
• MOSS 2007 February 2010 Cumulative Updates

Have also updated the list of the SharePoint Levels in a previous post – Determining the current SharePoint Level, in order to make it easier to keep track of all the versions.

Lanzamiento Oficial de SharePoint y Office 2010 Anunciado!

Asi es, segun el blog del SharePoint Team blog la fecha de lanzamiento es: Mayo 12th 2010; adicionalmente mencionan que RTM esta calendarizado para Abril 2010.


Agreguen a su calendario el lanzamiento, estas son definitivamente excelente noticias!

SharePoint and Office 2010 launch date announced!

This comes directly from the SharePoint Team blog, the date: May 12th 2010; it is also mentioned that RTM is scheduled for April 2010.

Start marking your calendars for the launch, this is really exciting news!