Granular Backup: Granular backup has been placed into its own section within Central Administrator. This includes multiple options including the following options:
· Perform a site collection backup
· Export a site or list
· Recover data from an unattached content database
SharePoint Brew : SharePoint 2010 Granular Backup-Restore Part 1
As you probably know, Visual Studio 2010 was announced last week and it contains a lot of great features and project templates for SharePoint developers. Below is a short overview for some of the SharePoint development related features and project templates.
Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog : Short Overview of SharePoint Features in Visual Studio 2010
Future SharePoint 2010 Certification Opportunities for Developers: Coming in June 2010
Certification Path for Developers
70-573 TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Five-day instructor-led course designed for developers with six months or more of .NET development experience. Course covers what you need to know to be an effective member of a SharePoint development team using Visual Studio 2010.70-576 PRO: Designing and Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Applications
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Five-day instructor-led training course designed for development team leads who have already passed the Developing on SharePoint 2010 technical specialist exam. The course covers choosing technologies for and scoping a SharePoint project, best practices for SharePoint development, configuring a SharePoint development environment, advanced use of SharePoint developer features, and debugging of code in a SharePoint project.
Future SharePoint 2010 Certification Opportunities for IT Professionals: Coming in June 2010
Certification Path for IT professionals
70-667 TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Will cover configuration of SharePoint 2010 including deployment, upgrade, management, and operation on a server farm.70-668 PRO: SharePoint 2010, Administrator
Microsoft Official Curriculum: Will cover advanced SharePoint 2010 topics including capacity planning, topology designing, and performance tuning.
The requirements in the following table apply to single server with built-in database installations and server farm installations that include a single server or multiple servers in the farm.
Component Minimum requirement
Processor 64-bit, dual processor, 3 GHz
RAM 4 GB for stand-alone or evaluation installation
8 GB for single server and multiple server farm installation for production use
Hard disk 80 GB
Other DVD drive
Determine hardware and software requirements (SharePoint Server 2010)
Well it looks like Microsoft have listened and decided to make 2 professional level certifications available for SharePoint. In SharePoint 2010 you will now be able to get certified as an MCITP and MCPD for SharePoint as well as the usual MCTS certifications.
Certification and maybe some other stuff: Upcoming SharePoint 2010 Certifications
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This Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual image has been installed using the Server Core installation option within Windows Server 2008 R2. Server Core is a minimal server installation option providing a low-maintenance server environment. There is no graphical user interface in the Server Core installation. This download allows you to evaluate the new features of Windows Server 2008 R2. You have the opportunity to try new and improved features and functionality of Windows Server 2008 R2 free for 180 days. Windows Server 2008 R2 builds on the award-winning foundation of Windows Server 2008, expanding existing technology and adding new features to enable IT professionals to increase the reliability and flexibility of their server infrastructures. New virtualization tools, Web resources, management enhancements, and exciting Windows 7 integration help save time and costs, and provide a platform for a dynamic and efficiently managed data center. Powerful tools such as Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.5, updated Server Manager and Hyper-V platforms and Windows PowerShell version 2.0 combine to give customers greater control, increased efficiency and the ability to react to front-line business needs faster than ever before. To find out more about Windows Server 2008 R2, please visit the product homepage. Note that this product is available for evaluation purposes only and must not be used in a production environment.
This is a preconfigured virtual machine set contained within the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) format. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, or the R2 versions of these products is required to use this virtual machine. Please refer to the system requirements section for more details.
