Microsoft Open Doors 2010 - Saudi Arabia
Microsoft Learning Snacks

Microsoft Learning Snacks are short, interactive presentations about popular topics created by Microsoft Learning experts.
Each Snack is delivered by using innovative Microsoft Silverlight technology and includes various media, such as animations and recorded demos. At the end of each free presentation, you can view more Snacks, learn more about the topic, or visit a related Web site.
Click given below
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/training/format-learning-snacks.aspx
Language Offerings for SharePoint 2010 Products
Note: Fast Search Server for SharePoint 2010 uses the language infrastructure of SharePoint Server 2010, so there is no separate language pack or localized version for it.
For more information visit SharePoint official blog Click here
Customization not supported in Import/Export commands SharePoint
SharePoint Webpart LifeCycle
CreateChildControls: Control properties and methods previously declared.
OnPreRender: Control's value kept by ViewState (for example Item value set up by the user to DropDownList nation), is available. For this reason, it's normal to begin business procedure from here, and in our case we are going to load values for the second dropdown list (Town DropDownList) with the proper data:
Render: For HTML rendering WebPart
SharePoint Templates ID
Template Name Description
GLOBAL#0 Global template
STS#0 Team Site
STS#1 Blank Site
STS#2 Document Workspace
MPS#0 Basic Meeting Workspace
MPS#1 Blank Meeting Workspace
MPS#2 Decision Meeting Workspace
MPS#3 Social Meeting Workspace
MPS#4 Multipage Meeting Workspace
CENTRALADMIN#0 Central Admin Site
WIKI#0 Wiki Site
BLOG#0 Blog
BDR#0 Document Center
OFFILE#0 Records Center
OFFILE#1 Records Center
OSRV#0 Shared Services Administration Site
SPS#0 SharePoint Portal Server Site
SPSPERS#0 SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space
SPSMSITE#0 Personalization Site
SPSTOC#0 Contents area Template
SPSTOPIC#0 Topic area template
SPSNEWS#0 News Site
CMSPUBLISHING#0 Publishing Site
BLANKINTERNET#0 Publishing Site
BLANKINTERNET#1 Press Releases Site
BLANKINTERNET#2 Publishing Site with Workflow
SPSNHOME#0 News Site
SPSSITES#0 Site Directory
SPSCOMMU#0 Community area template
SPSREPORTCENTER#0 Report Center
SPSPORTAL#0 Collaboration Portal
SRCHCEN#0 Search Center with Tabs
PROFILES#0 Profiles
BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER#0 Publishing Portal
SPSMSITEHOST#0 My Site Host
SRCHCENTERLITE#0 Search Center
SRCHCENTERLITE#1 Search Center
SharePoint Workspace 2010 & the Offline Experience
SharePoint Explaination in Plain English
SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010 Launch [May 12th, 2010]
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Today, we officially announced that May 12th, 2010, is the launch date for SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010. In addition, we announced our intent to RTM (Release to Manufacturing) this April 2010.
It’s an exciting time for us! We hope you can virtually join us on May 12th at 11am EST to listen to Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch. You can register for the event....Click here to see details..
MSDN Flash - SharePoint 2010 Beta resources now available
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Human Body Facts - Amazing :)
Human Body
Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water.
Your eyes are always the same size from birth but your nose and ears never stop growing.
It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.
Your brain is more active during the night than the day.
One human hair can support 3kg.
Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.
An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
Your body requires 1000-1500 calories per day just too simply survive (breathing, sleeping, eating).
Every day an adult body produces 300 billion new cells.
Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.
The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest it the male sperm.
You use 200 muscles to take one step.
Muscle cells live as long as you do while skin cells live less than 24 hours.
A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.
Your brain operates on the same amount of power that would light a 10-watt light bulb.
There are 5 million hair follicles on an average adult.
The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razorblades.
The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
The white part of your fingernail is called the Lunula.
There is enough iron in a human being to make one small nail.
A shank is the part of the sole between the heel and the ball of the foot.
The talus is the second largest bone in the foot.
The attachment of human muscles to skin is what causes dimples.
A 13 year old child found a tooth growing out of his foot in 1977.
Your thumb is the same length of your nose.
A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.
Dogs and Humans are the only animals with prostates.
It only takes 7lbs of of pressure to rip off your ears.
Understanding software updates
Good piece of difference on Microsoft site...
Microsoft provides several different kinds of software updates for Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Before you study the details of these updates, it is recommended that you learn the key terminology. The following table provides information about the software update terminology used by Microsoft.
Software update concepts and terminology
Concepts and terms | Description and definition |
Hotfix | A single cumulative package composed of one or more files used to address a problem in a product. Hotfixes address a specific customer situation and may not be distributed outside that customer organization. |
Public update | A public update is usually a security-related hotfix that is released publically and is available for download. The Windows update configuration can identify these updates and install them automatically. You link to public updates from security bulletins. Typically, these hotfixes are released as required. Service packs are another example of a public update. |
Service pack | A tested, cumulative set of all hotfixes, security updates, critical updates and updates, as well as additional fixes for problems found internally since the release of the product. Service packs can also contain a limited number of customer-requested design changes or features. |
Scheduled delivery model | Microsoft Office is moving away from the current priority-driven hotfix release model to a scheduled delivery model. In the scheduled delivery model, hotfixes are released every two months. This schedule creates more predictability for customers. Customers who need an emergency fix can request a shorter turnaround time for a hotfix. The following delivery mechanisms support this new approach. · cumulative update (CU) · critical on-demand (COD) hotfix For more information, see Cumulative updates are available from the Microsoft Office team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems . |
Cumulative update | A collection of hotfixes released every two months. A cumulative update (CU) rolls up previously released hotfixes and cumulative updates. A CU is sometimes called an update rollup. Available hotfixes include the following: · Fixes for issues that meet hotfix acceptance criteria. These criteria include workaround availability, effect on customers, reproducibility, and the complexity of the code that must be changed. · Any critical on-demand hotfixes that are currently released. · Any critical security or non-security updates that are currently released. For more information, see Office hotfixes to be delivered on a defined schedule in the form of Cumulative Updates (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=133358&clcid=0x409) blog post. |
Critical on-demand (COD) hotfix | A critical on-demand (COD) hotfix is available to address critical problems that cannot be handled via the cumulative update delivery cycle. COD fixes are limited to emergency situations, for example, one in which the issue is blocking normal business operations for the customer, and/or for which there is no effective workaround. Critical on-demand (COD) hotfixes are included in the next cumulative update that is released.
COD releases have the versioning pattern 12.0.xxxx.500X. An example is a CU released with the version 12.0.6327.5000, with a COD hotfix subsequently required. In this example, the version of the COD hotfix is 12.0.6327.5001. If additional hotfixes are required before the next CU, the next version number is 12.0.6327.5002, and so on until the next CU is released. |
Package | The downloaded item, an executable (.exe) file that is downloaded for a update rollup or hotfix. A package can contain one or more patches. Depending on the download mechanism that is provided, this executable file might be wrapped inside another password-protected executable file. After you extract the package, you have one or more .exe files that use a Knowledge Base (KB) number as part of its name; for example, Webfldrs-KB907306-ENU.exe. In this example, most customers run the Webfldrs-KB907306-ENU.exe executable file when they update their SharePoint servers. |
Patch | Patches are stored inside packages. The patches run Windows Installer program (msiexec.exe) to update the original installation packages (which have the .msi file name extension) with new information or binaries. Patches that are installed by the Windows Installer program have the .msp file name extension. You can extract patches to a common folder to create a slipstream version of the patch. For more information, see Create an installation source that includes software updates (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0) or Create an installation source that includes software updates (Office SharePoint Server 2007). |
Localized patch | A localized patch, or local patch, contains updates to language-specific strings or related code. |
Global patch | A global patch is language-agnostic and can be applied to any server regardless of the base installation language or whether language packs are installed. Most software updates are delivered by means of global patches. |
Upgrader | An upgrader is a specific piece of the product that evaluates the current state of related objects and possibly alters them to match newer schema, enable new functionality, or correct known issues. |
Microsoft New “Efficiency Launch” Roadshow
Please find given below timing/locations as per your schedule/country.
I will attend session in Bahrain....what about you.

Abu Dhabi
Date: 23rd November, 2009 • Time: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel Abu Dhabi, Dar El Ishtiqbal ballroom
Bahrain
Date: 11th November, 2009 • Time: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Bahrain Hotel
Kuwait
Date: 17th November, 2009 • Time: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Venue: Marina Salwa Al Subah
Oman
Date: 15th November, 2009 • Time: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Venue: Shangri la Barr Al Jissah Resort