Emad's Blog

Remove unnecessary SharePoint lists and libraries from search to improve relevancy : http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=8d9e2a99%2Df288%2D47c2%2D916b%2D2f32864f7b82&ID=152

Using SQL 2008 with SharePoint 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc990273.aspx 

Database maintenance for SharePoint 2007 : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262731.aspx

Application architecture Guide v2.0 Final release: http://www.codeplex.com/AppArchGuide/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=20586

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What Makes A Good Software Tester?  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd252951.aspx

Best Practices For Windows Workflow Foundation Applications: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd252947.aspx

Beware of "too much" logging, it can cause its own problems: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001192.html

Free e-book (17 pages) about getting results in software development: http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/archive/2008/12/10/the-zen-of-results-free-e-book.aspx

Example architecture of a SharePoint site with a single server: http://office.microsoft.com/download/afile.aspx?AssetID=AM103360091033

Beware of the defaults in a SharePoint installation, "defaults have faults" : http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=0cd1a63d%2D183c%2D4fc2%2D8320%2Dba5369008acb&ID=143

Another related article explaining some of the defaults: http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/10/11/default-install-configuration.aspx

Best practices for SharePoint capacity management: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335963.aspx

SharePoint Designer references and tutorials: http://www.shareesblog.com/?p=242

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MOSS SSO Setup step by step: http://thorprojects.com/blog/archive/2008/08/02/moss-single-sign-on-setup-step-by-step.aspx

Microsoft offers Exchange and SharePoint as SAAS: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Microsoft-Shows-SAAS-Launches-Exchange-Online-SharePoint-Online/

SharePoint Videos, podcasts, screencasts, etc : http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/ViewPost.aspx?ID=131

CAML Structure Specification : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313121.aspx

Web Services vs WCF (a funny comparison) : http://keithelder.net/blog/archive/2008/10/17/WCF-vs-ASMX-WebServices.aspx

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SharePoint Guidance released: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203468.aspx

LinqToSql will be obsolete : http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2008/10/31/clarifying-the-message-on-l2s-futures.aspx

Implementing a Brand in a SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd221375.aspx

Application Architecture Guide – v2.0 Beta 1: http://www.codeplex.com/AppArchGuide

a 40 minutes video introduction to M (the new modeling language): http://www.pluralsight.com/community/blogs/jfland/archive/2008/11/04/semi-short-video-on-m-aka-m-is-like-an-onion.aspx 

Great STSADM extensions : http://stsadm.blogspot.com

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Best practices for creating websites in IIS 6.0 : http://msmvps.com/blogs/omar/archive/2008/10/04/best-practices-for-creating-websites-in-iis-6-0.aspx

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Managers should assume responsibility: http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/the-lefferts-law-of-management/

Smart client software factory for VS2008: http://www.pnpguidance.net/Post/SmartClientSoftwareFactorySCSFVisualStudio2008Released.aspx

Why Many programmers don’t read books.. and why they should read books: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001108.html

Joel Splosky’s List of recommended books: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/navLinks/fog0000000262.html

SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb961988.aspx

The Art of Discovering: An Interview with Scott Berkun: http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/the-art-of-discovering-an-interview-with-scott-berkun?pff=2

Checklist for Creating SharePoint Web Parts: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb985502.aspx

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How to innovate right now: Describes that innovation is quite different than what most people think it is. Offers also some techniques to start using. http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/essay-58-how-to-innovate-right-now/

Google Video Lecture about innovation by same author: http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/cmu-lecture-now-on-youtube/

The Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering: As the title says: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001083.html

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101 LINQ samples (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/aa336746.aspx)

LINQ to SQL tutorial as PDF but Scott Guthrie (http://it-box.blogturk.net/wp-content/themes/it-box/files/LINQToSql.pdf) NOTE: this was based on CTP version, some changes happened before final release. For example the Add Method in the Table class is not InsertOnSubmit.

Time Management Lecture (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5784740380335567758 ) By Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch. Here is also his lecture about achieving dreams (http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/multimedia/randy-pausch-lecture.shtml)

How to be a better developer (http://squad.devworx.com.mx/blogs/rodrigo/archive/2008/02/01/how-to-be-a-better-developer.aspx) and a follow up (http://weblogs.asp.net/caioproiete/archive/2008/02/05/how-to-be-a-better-developer.aspx)

Various tutorials and Videos (http://asp.net/learn/)

LINQ Quiz (http://www.albahari.com/nutshell/linqquiz.html)

LINQPad, The LINQ equivalent of SQL Server Management Studio (http://www.linqpad.net/).

Many VERY useful Links from Scott Gu Blog (http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/02/06/feb-6th-links-asp-net-asp-net-ajax-visual-studio-net-wpf.aspx)

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Evidence based scheduling: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/10/26.html

How to demo software: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/11/16.html

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