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SharePoint 2010 Information Worker Demonstration Virtual Machine (Beta)

Joy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:19:38 +0000

Are you looking for a Virtual Image for the purpose of evaluating SharePoint Server 2010 and related products?

Microsoft provides you 02 Virtual Images which we can run in Hyper-V and these 02 Virtual Images will have all the required components loaded and configured them with the recommended configuration.

Only problem is, we need more RAM and Hard Disk space and also Hyper-V enabled machines in order to use these Virtual Images. And the biggets issue is the download size. It’s almost 14GB.

Thanks a lot Chandana for getting it downloaded for me on time.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0c51819b-3d40-435c-a103-a5481fe0a0d2&displaylang=en

Awesome feedback for my TechEd 2010 sessions

Joy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:08:49 +0000

Guys, I’m really impressed with the feedback you gave me for my TechEd sessions.

Thanks a lot for all of you who took some time to give me your valuable feedback.

Having heard that I’m having the 3rd highest feedback rating (among lot of other world-class speakers), I’m ready to do more and more sessions for you guys to stay aligned with the cutting-edge technologies which Microsoft provides.

Following are the feedback ratings I received from you guys:

Session: New Language Features in C# 4.0 – Rating: 8.6
Session: SharePoint Development jus got better – Past, Present & Future – Rating: 8.0
Session: SharePoint Server 2010 – Rating: 7.4

Once again thanks a lot for who those who gave me your valuable constructive/ destructive feedback and hope to do better in next TechEd.

And thanks Wela, for giving me the opportunity to wave the Sri Lankan flag.

Day 3 – TechEd 2010 Sri Lanka

Joy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:29:31 +0000

Today was the busiest day in the TechEd event. I had 02 session, one in the early morning – “New Language Features in C# 4.0“. I had a very good crowd and it was more than the 1st session I did on day 1.

The famous session I did in the afternoon-”SharePoint Development just got better – Past, Present & Future” and it was in the Grand Ballroom-the biggest room we had. It was really interesting to see room-full crowd. I felt very proud and it was one of the best session I did on SharePoint.

Joy @ TechEd 2010

Day 1 – TechEd 2010 Sri Lanka

Joy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:57:33 +0000

We started our great Conference – TechEd 2010 today and I presented my 1st session in the evening.

I did “SharePoint Server 2010” session and there were 154 attendees and the room was full. It was very exiting to see such a crowd and I covered few demos during 1 hour session.

My special thanks goes to Wellington Perera for giving me the opportunity to present at this event and also special thanks to Arpan Shah and Inder Rathore for helping me with preparing the PPT.

And the other specialty of this TechEd 2010 Sri Lanka is today 03 SolidQ presenters were presenting and this is for the 1st time in this part of world that 3 SolidQ Mentors participated as speakers in a TechEd.

Joy @ TechEd 2010

Rushabh & Pinal attending Joy's session @ TechEd 2010

TechEd 2010 Sri Lanka – if you are attending my sessions

Joy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:16:02 +0000

Just 01 more days left for the big IT Conference in Sri Lanka after 3+ years. I’m damn busy with preparing for my sessions though I’m suffering with cold.

I though it’s better if I could share the agenda of my sessions just in case if it’s confusing or difficult to locate my sessions in the agenda.

Session	Description	Date	Time
SharePoint Server 2010	I will be discussing most of the new features of SharePoint 2010 and this will be a full of demos. Starting from Sites to ITPro and Developer investments, I will be discussing lot of features in this new release.	08th Feb	03.15 – 04.15
New Language Features in C# 4.0	I’m aiming on just the 04 new features in the C# 4.0. It will be a very productive session if you are a C# developer and looking for the changes/ enhancements in the upcoming version.	09th Feb	09.00 – 10.15
SharePoint Development just got better – Past, Present and Future	I will be discussing how difficult it was developing solutions for earlier versions of SharePoint and let’s examine the new features we are going to get from Visual Studio 2010.	09th Feb	01.00 – 02.00

Come and join with me to discover the power of new technologies.

MVP for the 3rd time – 1st and only SharePoint Server MVP in Sri Lanka

Joy — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:29:52 +0000

January 1st was a very long day because I was waiting for the email from MVP Administrator but it didn’t not reach my inbox. Oh it came on the 2nd.

As I expected they have renewed my MVP status and this is the 3rd time in a row I’m getting nominated as a Microsoft Most valuable Professional (MVP) and the other important thing is they have changed my MVP criteria from Visual C# to SharePoint Server. So that’s it.

I’m very much proud to say I’m the 1st and only SharePoint Server MVP in Sri Lanka.

SharePoint 2010 Beta 1 released

Joy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:50:18 +0000

Guys, long awaiting SharePoint 2010 Beta 1 was released to public last night. If you are a MSDN Subscriber or TechNet Subscriber why wait anymore?

I have already started downloading and its 3% completed.

Get ready for an in-place upgrade to SharePoint 2010

Joy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:57:34 +0000

If you have a 32-bit implementation of MOSS 2007, you can’t perform an in-place upgrade to SharePoint 2010. Microsoft recommend 1st upgrading from MOSS 2007 32-bit to MOSS 2007 64-bit and then upgrade to SharePoint 2010.

With this best practice, we will be able to identify what assemblies, WebParts, iFilters, 3rd party controls, etc. not supported in 64-bit environment and we can recompile them.

Get ready for SharePoint 2010 upgrade: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=155576

If your existing SharePoint environment on Windows Server 2003 and in 32-bit, Microsoft recommend upgrading from 32-bit to 64-bit and also from Server 2003 to Server 2008 at the same time and then upgrade from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010 as a separate exercise.

With regard to Database server, if you are using SQL Server 2000 in a 32-bit mode, upgrade it to 64-bit SQL Server 2005 SP2 or SQL Server 2008 at the same time and then upgrade it to SharePoint 2010 as a separate exercise.

Don’t mix up architecture upgrade (32-bit to 64-bit), underline product upgrade (Server 2003 t0 2008 & SQL Server 2000 to 2005/ 2008) and SharePoint upgrade since we will not be able to isolate any issues arises.

Sri Lanka Unveiled SharePoint 2010 today

Joy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:15:42 +0000

Last October 19th was a special day for entire world. Microsoft unveiled SharePoint 2010 in SharePoint Conference @ Las Vegas.

We were all under special NDA and our hands were bound by that. I managed to keep my mouth shut and finally we are FREE to talk about it.

I did very 1st session on SharePoint 2010 today @ .NET Forum and we had a very crowd. Most of them from different organizations and that was a very good indication for Microsoft Sri Lanka to judge how customers are waiting to see the product.

There were nearly 70 and I gave more focus on the SharePoint Development area using new Visual Studio 2010 Beta. I covered WebPart development & deployment, LINQ to SharePoint, Business Connectivity Services (BCS) and few other general features.

I noticed how enthusiastic they are and they are in real hunger to see the Beta coming.

Joy @ SharePoint 2010 Session

Microsoft unveiled SharePoint 2010 today @ SharePoint Conference

Joy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:28:02 +0000

With the key note by Steve Ballmer today (19th) at SharePoint Conference, Microsoft unveiled SharePoint 2010 and they will be releasing 1st public Beta in November.

I’m waiting to see some exiting events happening locally and getting ready for few sessions. I would recommend all those who love to see what’s there in the new version of SharePoint, here is the best starting place:

http://blogs.msdn.com/arpans/archive/2009/10/19/welcome-to-sharepoint-2010.aspx

I always like to read Arpan’s posts and here yet another useful post.